Dr. Janecek
Professor Jerry Janecek's "Last Lecture"
Erika Peck Bucciantini
When my students ask me why I became a Latin teacher, I often tell them it was fate. This, obviously, is the short answer I give during class time when they have asked an off-topic question to avoid conjugating deponent verbs or learning about gerunds and gerundives. The truth of the matter is that I have grown to love the Latin language and couldn’t imagine my life without it.
Understanding the Misconceptions of Islam: Jihad and more
The UK Muslim Student Association will host "Understanding the Misconceptions of Islam: Jihad and more" on Thursday January 26, 2012 at 7p.m. in the Grand Ball Room of the UK Student Center. Abdel Rahman Murphy will be a guest speaker. Dinner will be provided.
For more information contact: Humza Qureshi at (859) 699-6370 | hsqu222@g.uky.edu or Aqsa Qureshi at (859) 699-6558 | arqure2@gmail.com
Download the poster here.
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UK Student Center Grand Ball Room
Annual Jewish Studies Luckens Lecture
Rachel Scheinerman, Yale University, "'The Scepter Shall Not Depart from Judah': Jewish and Christian Messianic Interpretation of Genesis 49:10"
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Niles Gallery, UK Fine Arts Library
Miller Krause
Miller came to the graduate program in classics at the University of Kentucky in the autumn of 2006, drawn by the Institute for Latin Studies and the allure of learning to use Latin as a language rather than seeing it as a puzzle or a code standing between an author and a reader.
Deadline for Appalachian Research Symposium Call for Papers Is Dec. 15
Students are encouraged to submit abstracts of their work related to Appalachia for presentation at the third annual Appalachian Research Symposium and Arts Showcase. The deadline for the call for papers is Dec. 15.
Linguistics Program Faculty Speaker Series featuring Stayc DuBravac
Seminar: Linguistics Program Faculty Speaker Series
Stayc DuBravac, UK Linguistics Program & Department of Modern & Classical Languages, Litearatures & Cultures
Gamification and second language acquisition
Wednesday, January 25
1pm
Niles Gallery, Little Fine Arts Library
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Niles Gallery
Confucius Institute Speaker Discusses Chinese Education
The UK Confucius Institute welcomes University of Vermont emeritus professor of education Juefei Wang to campus next week to discuss the current state of Chinese education in the U.S. and around the world.
Chinese Education In A Changing Society - Wang Juefei
WHO: Professor Juefei Wang, University of Vermont
WHAT: "Chinese Education in a Changing Society" - Confucius Institute Speaker Series
WHERE: William T. Young Library
WHEN: Tuesday, December 6, 2011 3:00p.m.
Dr. Juefei Wang is Professor of Education Emeritus of the University of Vermont and Program Director of the Freeman Foundation. He founded the University of Vermont Asian Studies Outreach Program and served as its director for 14 years. In that role he created a statewide program for Asian studies in schools in Vermont, organized more than 1,000 teachers, school administrators, and high school and college students to visit China, Japan, and Thailand, and assisted Vermont schools in offering content on Asia. In 2003, the program received the inaugural Prize for Excellence in International Education from Goldman Sachs Foundation and the Asia Society. Dr. Wang has published extensively in international education and comparative education, and has made presentations on American and Chinese education nationally and internationally. He received his M.Ed. in comparative education at Beijing Normal University, and M. Ed. in Foundational Studies of Education and Ed. D. in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of Vermont.
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William T. Young Library
Joseph Tipton
Joseph Tipton is currently a predoctoral fellow in the Department of Classics at the University of Pittsburgh. In addition to teaching courses in Greek history, ancient mythology and classical literature, he is writing his dissertation which deals with the philosophical commitments underlying the Athenian democracy in the Periclean period as evidenced in philosophical, historical and dramatic texts.