There are all sorts of rare materials in UK Libraries, including a huge collection of books and posters from the former Soviet Union. With the 2012-2013 academic school year's A&S Passport to the World initiative focusing on Russia and its neighbors, the collection will get some extra exposure. This podcast interviews Gordon Hogg, Director of the Special Collections Library, about this unique...
Podcasts
https://mcl.as.uky.edu/sites/default/files/Soviet%20Propaganda%20at%20the%20Library_%20Gordon%20Hogg.mp3
Published February 15, 2012
https://mcl.as.uky.edu/sites/default/files/john%20kamm.mp3
John Kamm was a visiting scholar for the A&S Year of China initiative, and presented the talk, "US/China Relations in the Year of the Dragon." He is an American businessman and human rights activist, and has received a MacArthur fellowship for “designing and implementing an original approach to freeing prisoners of conscience in China.” In this podcast, Denise Ho, an assistant professor in the Department of History, interviews Kamm about the function of the...
Published February 6, 2012
https://mcl.as.uky.edu/sites/default/files/ShawnCecil.mp3
Shawn Cecil is an International Studies and English undergraduate student at UK. She studied abroad in Grenoble, France for the 2010-2011 academic year. In this interview, conducted by Cheyenne Hohman and Jonathan Beam, Cecil talks about her experiences abroad and plans for the future.
... Published January 25, 2012
https://mcl.as.uky.edu/sites/default/files/jaq.mp3
Jacqueline Couti is a professor in the Modern & Classical Languages, Literatures, and Cultures department. Professor Couti specializes in Francophone Caribbean, African, and New World literatures and cultures with an emphasis on how ethnic and cultural identity have been formed. In this podcast, Professor Couti explains what her typical class is like, what kind of students populate them, and what kind of reactions she receives from her students.
This podcast was produced by Sam Burchett.
... Published January 18, 2012
https://mcl.as.uky.edu/sites/default/files/inoue.mp3
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.
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Published November 7, 2011
https://mcl.as.uky.edu/sites/default/files/Reaping%20Rewards%20of%20Studying%20Classics_%20Claire%20Heitzman.mp3
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.
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Published October 27, 2011
https://mcl.as.uky.edu/sites/default/files/Wei%20Jiang%27s%20Online%20Chinese%20Courses%20Reach%20Out%20to%20High-Schoolers.mp3
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.
Published October 26, 2011
https://mcl.as.uky.edu/sites/default/files/parker2.mp3
Clint Parker is an undergraduate student in Chinese and Linguistics. Parker recently began work on a project translating a descriptive summary of a minority dialect called Sarikoli. The descriptive summary is in Chinese, and Parker is translating it into English.
This podcast was produced by Sam Burchett.
... Published October 24, 2011
https://mcl.as.uky.edu/sites/default/files/Jeremy%20Popkin.mp3
Jeremy Popkin is the T. Marshall Hahn, Jr. professor of History for the College of Arts and Sciences, and the director of the Jewish Studies Program, an interdisciplinary minor.
He has been named one of six finalists for the 2011 Cundill Prize in History, the world‘s largest nonfiction history book award, for his recent publication of "You Are All Free: The Haitian Revolution and the Abolition of Slavery."
The Jewish Studies Program will have its open-house event on Wednesday, October 19th, 2011, from 12 - 1:30 p.m. at the Bingham-Davis House (213 E. Maxwell Street).
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Published October 17, 2011
https://mcl.as.uky.edu/sites/default/files/Navigating%20Mandarin%27s%20Maze_%20Learning%20Chinese%20in%20Shangai%20with%20Kelly%20Schumm.mp3
Kelly Schumm is an Economics and Finance senior who recently traveled to Shanghai to study Mandarin. Kelly briefly discusses her expriences learning Chinese with UK Professor Matt Wells.
This podcast was produced by Sam Burchett.
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Published October 3, 2011
