Celebration of Faculty Excellence Reception
Date:
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Location:
The Lexmark Public Room, 209 Main Building
The Mythology of the Doudou: Sexualizing Black Female Bodies, Constructing Culture and Nation in the French Caribbean.
Lecture by Dr. Jacqueline Couti, Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies
Jacqueline Couti, an assistant professor of French and Francophone Studies in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures and Cultures at the University of Kentucky, will discuss how the development of "doudou," a Creole term in the French Caribbean, was adopted by 19th century European scholars to rewrite national identity in the then French colony of Martinique. Martinique is now a department, which is an administrative district of France.
Date:
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Location:
New Student Center, Room 249
Get the 411 on International Studies
Everything you’ve always wanted to know about the International Studies Major
Tuesday, September 27, 6-7 pm,
Classroom Building Room 110
(refreshments provided)
Interested in learning more about the IS major?
Come learn about:
- Our new Director,
- Education Abroad scholarships for IS majors,
- IS thematic and world area concentrations and FLIE,
- what you can do with this major when you graduate,
- how you can get involved
Featured guests will be on hand to answer your questions, including:
New IS Director Carlos de la Torre & Education Abroad
Date:
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Location:
Classroom Building Room 110
UK Celebrates Latin American Music
This concert featuring UK faculty and students, as well as international guest artists, will take the stage at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21, at the Worsham Theater
A&S Forms Partnership With Israeli University
UK President Capilouto signed a memorandum of understanding with University of Haifa Rector (Provost) David Faraggi, which bodes well for increased campus collaboration in the future.
UK Welcomes International Studies Director
Member of the Department of Sociology accustomed to creative and interdisciplinary work across colleges and continents, which is ideal for his new role at UK
Cassie Hardin's China Video Blog
International Studies senior Cassie Hardin is spending the next five months is Beijing, China. Luckily for us, she has a video camera and is not afraid to use it! Follow her adventures as she blogs from abroad, and helps A&S celebrate our Year of China initiative.
Carlos de la Torre - New Faculty - Fall 2011
A brief introduction to Carlos de la Torre, director of International Studies and member of the Sociology Department.
A&S Hosts Year of China
This fall, the College of Arts & Sciences will launch a yearlong focus on China as a part of its Passport to the World program
Department of Anthropology Colloquium Series 2011
On Friday September 23, 2011 Professor Marcia Inhorn will deliver the lecture Global Gametes: Reproductive "Tourism" and Islamic Bioethics in the High-tech Middle East. Professor Inhorn is the William K. Lanman Jr. Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs at Yale University. The lecture will take place at 4:00 p.m. in Room 230 of the Student Center. This lecture is co-sponsored by the College of Arts & Sciences, the Department of Behavioral Science, the Department of Geography, the Department of Psychology, and the International Studies Program. Free and open to the public. For more information contact Hsain Ilahiane at hsain.ilahiane@uky.edu.
Date:
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Location:
Room 230, Student Center
