Academic Majors Fair
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The Hub in the basement of W. T. Young Library
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Appalachian Center Events
Concert: Lassatil Abballari
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Barker Hall Dance Studio
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***EVENT CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER***6th Annual Appalachian Research Community Symposium and Arts Showcase
***THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED DUE TO DANGEROUS WEATHER CONDITIONS. WE WILL RESCHEDULE AND POST UPDATES WHEN PLANS ARE FINALIZED*** The University of Kentucky Graduate Appalachian Research Community presents the 6th Annual UK Appalachian Research Community Symposium and Arts Showcase on Saturday, March 7, 2015 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the William T. Young Library. This year's keynote speaker is Lisa Conley, Ph.D. Her research interests focus on foodways, environmental sustainability, and local food politics in motivating the self-provisioning practices of people in rural and urban Kentucky. Please, find more information about registration or proposal submition here: https://appalachiancenter.as.uky.edu/annual-research-symposium. The deadline to submit abstracts is February 15, 2015. Registration for presenters and non-presenters is free. Undergraduate and Graduate students are welcome to register.
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William T. Young Library
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SWAP Meeting with Iryna Galushchak: "Economic, Ecological and Cultural Influences on Regional Development in the Ukrainian Carpathian Mountains"
The UK Appalachian Center welcomes Iryna Galushchak, Professor of Economics at Precarpathian National University for a SWAP (Sharing Work on Appalachia in Progress). Dr. Galushchak will be giving a talk entitled: Economic, Ecological and Cultural Influences on Regional Development in the Ukrainian Carpathian Mountains. This is a free event for UK Students, Faculty, and Staff and will be held at the UK Appalachian Center from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Friday, February 6, 2015.
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UK Appalachian Center, 624 Maxwelton Court
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SWAP Meeting with Domenica Farinella
Please, join the UK Appalachian Center for a SWAP (Sharing Work on Appalachia in Progress) meeting with Domenica Farinella, a Visiting Scholar from the University of Cagliari, Italy. The talk title is "Biodiverstiy Lost and Regained in Sardinian Agriculture." This will be held at the UK Appalachian Center from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 23, 2014. This is a free event for students, faculty, and staff, and lunch is provided.
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UK Appalachian Center
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Appalachian Forum and Film Screening and Discussion of Up the Ridge
Please, join the UK Appalachian Center for an Appalachian Forum in our Speaker Series on Civil Rights, Labor and Environmental Social Movements in Appalachia. This event is free and open to the public and will be held on Tuesday, November 18, 2014 from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in room 213 of Kastle Hall. This event will feature a screening of the film Up the Ridge, a documentary about the American Prison system. There will be a discussion of the film after the viewing. Our guests for the film discussion are Amelia Kirby, filmmaker and Development Director at the Appalachian Citizens Law Center and Melynda Price, UK Law faculty and Director of the African American & Africana Studies Program.
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Kastle Hall, Room 213
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"Perverse Subjects: Becoming Bodies of Literature in the Library"
The second in the “Works in Progress Series” features Melissa Adler, Assistant Professor in the School of Library and Information Science. She will be discussing the introduction to her book manuscript, tentatively titled Perverse Subjects: Becoming Bodies of Literature in the Library. The book provides an account of the ways in which the Library Congress classification standards that organize research libraries in the U.S. and abroad have reproduced normative ideas about sexuality since the beginning of the 20th century. The project challenges these classifications through the lens of perversion, echoing Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick’s call to become “perverse readers.”
Carol Mason (GWS) and Rusty Barrett (Linguistics) will serve as respondents. Attendees should email CST Director Dr. Marion Rust (marion.rust@uky.edu) for a copy of Dr. Adler’s paper.
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Bingham-Davis House, Gaines Center
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Long Time Ago... A Performance by Crit Callebs Eastern Band Cherokee Storyteller
Crit Callebs (Eastern Band Cherokee descendant) is a traditional hunter, food gatherer, and fire-tender and lives on the Yakama Nation Indian Reservation. He is completing his Master’s Degree at Central Washington University (CWU) in Cultural Resource Management with an expertise in treaty rights concerning Indian hunting and fishing. He served as the Native American Liaison at the Center for Diversity and Social Justice and was a very popular guest lecturer for the American Indian Studies program. Crit is a trainer for the “Since Time Immemorial” tribal sovereignty and history curriculum implemented in K-12 classrooms in Washington State. As an active member of the Northwest Indian Storytelling Association he has been a featured storyteller for the Tseil-Waututh Nation, CWU Museum of Culture and Environment, Colville Tribes Youth “Warrior Camp” and is the 2014 Alaska Spirit of Reading storyteller. Crit is also a professional survival trainer and former instructor for the world renowned Boulder Outdoors Survival School. One of his great passions is teaching youth and adults how to be self-reliant in the wilderness. Using his gift of storytelling, he travels throughout the U.S. and Canada sharing traditional stories, teaching cultural camps and conducting workshops that promote self-awareness, ancestral skills, and Indigenous values.
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The Niles Gallery -- Lucille Fine Arts Library
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Film Screening: Goodbye Gauley Mountain
The team of Stephens and Sprinkle screen their film Goodbye Gauley Mountain, in which they activate the metaphor "Earth as lover" and join the fight against mountain top removal (MTR) in Appalachia. The fight for environmental justice can be sexy, fun, and diverse.
Co-sponsored by: UK College of Arts & Sciences, American Studies Program, Appalachian Center, Environmental & Sustainability Studies Program, Gender & Women's Studies Dept.
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Young Library Auditorium
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Emily Satterwhite: "Hillbilly Horror and Wrong Turn"
Appalachian Studies scholar and author of Dear Appalachia will speak on "Hillbilly Horror and Wrong Turn".
Co-sponsored by: UK College of Arts & Sciences, American Studies Program, Appalachian Center, Environmental & Sustainability Studies Program, Gender & Women's Studies Dept.
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Young Library Auditorium
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