New Faculty 2014: Meet Julie Human
The Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Cultures excited to welcome Assistant Professor Julie Human to its faculty!
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New Faculty 2014: Meet Ioana Larco
The Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Cultures is excited to welcome Assistant Professor Ioana Larco to its faculty!
This podcast is part of a series highlighting the new faculty members who joined the College of Arts and Sciences in the fall 2014 semester.
This podcast was produced by Casey Hibbard.
Frights from Coast to Coast with Jeff Rogers
Jeff Rogers is the Director of Undergraduate Studies for Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. He also teaches a class called Global Horror, which examines the course of the horror genre of film from its origins in Weimar, Germany to the modern day. The class emphasizes an application of both film and literature to best cover how the genre has changed and evolved over a century.
Outstanding Teaching Award Recipients Announced
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2014-2015 A&S Outstanding Teaching Awards: Clare Batty, Emily Beaulieu, and Jeorg Sauer.
Effects of Secession: UK Professors on Historic and Cultural Contexts of Ukraine
University of Kentucky professors Karen Petrone and Jeanmarie Rouhier-Willoughby have helped bring a distinctly Russian flavor to UK. In addition to their departments, they are both a part of the Russian Studies program and helped organize 2012's Russian-themed Passport to the World events.
Languages and the Arts: The Perfect Love Story
The relationship has never been made official, but everyone knows that Languages and the Arts are an item. As the story goes, the two got together sometime around the fall of Babel, and they’ve been inseparable ever since.
New Challenges for Peace and Security in East Asia: Perspectives on Japan’s Future
Under the leadership of Prime Minister Abe, the Japanese government is proactively working to solve the major challenges Japan faces. Consul-General Kato discusses these challenges and outlines Japan’s path forward to prosperity.
Consul-General Motohiko Kato arrived to Consulate-General of Japan in Nashville in October 2012 by way of Manila, where he most recently served as Deputy Chief of Mission of the Japanese Embassy in the Philippines. A career diplomat, he entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) in 1982 after passing Japan’s foreign-service examination. Consul-General Kato’s primary mission is to care for Japanese citizens in their families residing in the Southeast, protect the interests of Japanese companies, and promote Japanese culture and business throughout these five states.
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Languages, Dialects, or Repertoires? Approaches to ethnic language with a focus on Jewish English
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Niles Gallery
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Truth-Conditional Pragmatics and Semantic Presuppositions
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Student Center 228
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The Public and the Private: The Writing and Circulation of Personal Letters in Early China
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Niles Gallery in the Lucille C. Little Fine Arts Library
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