Marro Inoue is the Director of the Japan Studies program. In this interview, Inoue gives a brief overview of the opportunities that the Japan Studies program offers.
This podcast was produced by Sam Burchett.
Vanessa Fong
Associate Profressor of Education
Harvard University
Whitehall Classroom Building Room 118
5pm
Deborah Weiner, director of the Jewish Museum of Maryland, will give a public lecture on “Insiders and Outsiders: Jewish Communities in the Appalachian Coalfields”. Sponsored by the UK Jewish Studies program, UK Appalachian Studies program and Appalachian Center. Free and open to the public. Reception following the lecture at W T Young Library Gallery
"Leadership and Education in a Globalizing World: China’s Challenge"
Julia Chang Bloch
President of the US-China Education Trust (USCET)
Former US Ambassador to the Kingdom of Nepal
Whitehall Classroom Building Room 118
5:00-6:40pm
http://china.as.uky.edu/scholars/ambassador-julia-chang-bloch
Every first Friday of the month, UK College of Agriculture Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems Working Group hosts a networking forum for faculty, students, staff, and members of the community, including sustainability advocates, growers, business owners, market managers, chefs, etc. (see http://www2.ca.uky.edu/safs/ for more information). It is our hope that through our speakers, we’ll be able to start some lively discussions and maybe get some project ideas flying. Download the flier.
For this month’s First Friday on November 4, we have invited a panel of 3 A&S faculty members to talk about: “Does Culture Matter in Sustainable Agriculture?”
First Friday: November 4
7:30 am - 9:30am
E.S. Good Barn
A Panel Discussion: Does Culture Matter in Sustainable Agriculture?
Jeff Rice, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, UK Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Media
Ann Kingsolver, Ph.D.
Director, UK Appalachian Center
Doug Slaymaker, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Japanese, UK Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
In recent years, "cultural sustainability" has been increasingly emphasized in the literature of sustainable agriculture as the fourth leg of sustainability (three legs are economic, ecological, and social sustainability). Books and documentary films which emphasize the need for localizing food economy and making agriculture more sustainable have become very popular. One can argue the idea of "sustainability " has become part of the lexicon that reflects and shapes our lifeworld and everyday practices. Through a lively debate on the question of “culture”, we hope to inquire the notion of "cultural sustainability" and explore opportunities for collaboration among faculty in Ag and A&S colleges.
A breakfast of locally-produced foods will be served starting at 7:30 a.m. There is no charge for the breakfast, but donations will be accepted gladly to help offset the costs a bit. The program will begin at 8:15 and last until 9:30 a.m. If you need to leave before 9:30, please come anyway.
Dr. Jeffrey N. Peters (French and Francophone Studies, UK; jnp@uky.edu) and UK are hosting the annual meeting of the Society for Interdisciplinary French Seventeenth-Century Studies. The conference will take place at the Hilton Hotel downtown (Blue Grass Room, 2nd floor) and will include papers by 40 scholars of early modern France from around the U.S. and the world (6 countries; 3 continents). Sessions run from 1:00 pm Thursday, November 3 through 5:00 pm Saturday, November 5. Please contact Jeffrey Peters for more details.
