Reaping the Rewards of Studying Classics: Claire Heitzman

Claire Heitzman, Gaines Fellow and recipient of a 2011 CAMWS Manson Stewart Scholarship. Every year the Classical Association of the Middle West & South (CAMWS) awards $1,000 scholarships to a limited number of undergraduate students majoring in Classics at the sophomore or junior level at a CAMWS college or university. In this podcast, Heitzman talks about the award and the unique Classics program at UK.

This podcast was produced by Cheyenne Hohman.

Father Justin Sinaites- "'We Knew Not Whether We Were in Heaven or on Earth': The Heritage of Russian Iconography"

The Cottrill-Rolfes Chair of Catholic Studies will be sponsoring two lectures in early November.  The speaker will be Fr. Justin Sinates, a monk of St. Catherine's monastery in the Sinai Desert, Egypt, and a native of Texas.  St. Catherine's was founded in the sixth century by the Byzantine emperor Justinian and is the oldest Christian monastery in continual existence in the world.  St.Catherine's has a extensive collection of ancient manuscripts , surpassed only by the Vatican.  Fr. Justin has spearheaded an innovative effort to digitize all of the manuscripts in the library's collection, beginning with the famous Codex Sinaiticus.  Saint Catherine's also has a unique collection of Greek and Russian icons, which owe their existence to the monastery's isolated location and distance from the problem of Iconoclasm.

Here are some links to articles written about Fr. Justin and his work:

http://justinmartyr.blogspot.com/2009/02/father-justin-sinaites.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/04/technology/at-a-mountain-monastery-ol…

http://articles.latimes.com/print/2007/feb/20/local/me-gettymonk20

http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2005/edition_05-15-2005/feature…

Date:
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Location:
Wallace Briggs Theater, Fine Arts Building

Father Justin Sinaites presents "St. Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai Desert: A Direct Link with the Ancient World"

The Cottrill-Rolfes Chair of Catholic Studies will be sponsoring two lectures in early November.  The speaker will be Fr. Justin Sinates, a monk of St. Catherine's monastery in the Sinai Desert, Egypt, and a native of Texas.  St. Catherine's was founded in the sixth century by the Byzantine emperor Justinian and is the oldest Christian monastery in continual existence in the world.  St.Catherine's has a extensive collection of ancient manuscripts , surpassed only by the Vatican.  Fr. Justin has spearheaded an innovative effort to digitize all of the manuscripts in the library's collection, beginning with the famous Codex Sinaiticus.  Saint Catherine's also has a unique collection of Greek and Russian icons, which owe their existence to the monastery's isolated location and distance from the problem of Iconoclasm.

Here are some links to articles written about Fr. Justin and his work:

http://justinmartyr.blogspot.com/2009/02/father-justin-sinaites.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/04/technology/at-a-mountain-monastery-ol…

http://articles.latimes.com/print/2007/feb/20/local/me-gettymonk20

http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2005/edition_05-15-2005/feature…

Date:
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Location:
Young Library Auditorium

Wei Jiang: Developing an Online Chinese Curriculum for High-Schoolers

Since 2006, Wei Jiang has been a member of a team developing a series of online Chinese Language & Culture courses, taught through BlackBoard, aimed toward high school students. Once the curriculum is completed, courses will range from Chinese I to AP Levels I and II. These are currently available to students, and level III is in development.

This podcast was produced by Stephen Gordinier.

Coady Brownstein

During my four years at the University of Kentucky, I discovered my passion in life. My freshman year, I signed up for a Russian language class, and just fell in love with the language, the culture, and the literature of the Russian people.

Year of China Film Series-Beijing or Bust

Beijing or Bust

 
November 15, 2011 - 5:00pm
Whitehall Classroom Bldg 118

Bejing or Bust

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0791066/

Beijing or Bust is a documentary that follows six American-born Chinese as they leave their lives in the United States for new ones in Beijing. The film, which is documentary maker Hao Wu’s first, was released in 2005. In 2006, while producing a different documentary Wu was detained by PRC officials for nearly 5 months.

Date:
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Location:
Whitehall Classroom Building Room 118

Year of China Film Series-2 Million Minutes

2 Million Minutes

 
November 8, 2011 - 5:00pm
Whitehall Classroom Bldg 118

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2 Million Minutes

http://www.2mminutes.com/

2 Million Minutes is a series of documentaries depicting how students in the United States, India, and China spend the 2,00,000 minutes of their high school years. Producer Robert Compton is a businessman who wanted to turn a lens to the role of education in the increasing amount of competition the United States faces from India and China. As of 2009, four chapters were produced.

Date:
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Location:
Whitehall Classroom Building Room 118

Year of China Film Series-Last Train Home

Last Train Home (归途列车)

November 1, 2011 - 5:00pm
Whitehall Classroom Building Room 118
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Each spring, during the Chinese New Year, millions of migrant factory workers leave their jobs on the prosperous eastern coast to visit the rural villages they call home. Last Train Home tells the story of one particular migrant family, the Zhangs, as they deal with the ruptures this annual migration creates in their family. Last Train Home is Canadian director Lixin Fan’s debut documentary and was released in 2009. 

Date:
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Location:
Whitehall Classroom Building Room 118

Year of China Lecture Series-Carma Hinton

Year of China Lecture Series

Carma Hinton - Director, "Morning Sun"

Clarence J. Robinson Professor of Visual Culture and Chinese Studies, George Mason University

Whitehall Classroom Building Room 118

Thursday, October 27, 5:00-6:40pm

http://china.as.uky.edu/news/famous-filmmaker-focus-china-visits-uk

http://china.as.uky.edu/scholars/carma-hinton

Date:
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Location:
Whitehall Classroom Building Room 118
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