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Languages and the Arts: The Perfect Love Story

October 28, 2013
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.

Shoulder to Shoulder Sends Health Brigade to Ecuador

October 15, 2013
Shoulder to Shoulder Global is a UK-based organization that strives to improve the health and well-being of impoverished communities.

Translated Justice? Ixhil Maya Participation in the Trial of Ríos Montt for Genocide in Guatemala

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Friday, October 11, 2013 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm
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Great Hall, Special Collections Library
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Break dancing with the dead: Popular music and the role of ancestors in Maya language revitalization

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Wednesday, November 13, 2013 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm
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Niles Gallery
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Dr. Barrett will talk about Maya understandings of the dead, funerary practices, and ways of communicating with the ancestors, and then discuss the emergence of rock and hip hop music performed in Mayan languages and the ways they emphasize the ancestors in their music. 

El Dr. Barrett explicará como los Mayas se comunican con sus ancestros, las prácticas funerarias que los mayas tienen y sus pensamientos en cuando a los muertos. También hablará sobre como los ancestros tienen un rol en la inspiración de la música Maya y como el rock y hip hop ha influenciado a esta cultura.

UK Welcomes Students From Brazil Scientific Mobility Program

June 12, 2013
Twenty-six Brazilian students will become Kentucky wildcats in the fall, as part of UK's partnership with the Brazil Scientific Mobility Program (BSMP) and the Institute of International Education (IIE).

They Are Here - Christina Williams and Rachael Hoy

By Victoria Dekle and Brian Connors Manke

Rachael Hoy might be a graduate student in English, but right now her brain is more focused on mapping than sentence fragments.

Student Commencement Speakers Rosado, Glaser to Represent Class of 2013

April 25, 2013
Per University of Kentucky tradition, a student speaker will represent his or her class at both undergraduate Commencement ceremonies on Sunday, May 5. The speakers for the 146th UK Commencement Ceremonies are Mercedes Rosado and Luke Glaser.

The Human Side of the Environment

February 1, 2013

By Guy Spriggs

According to Spanish and topical studies major Sammi Meador, it can be hard to use words like environmentalism and sustainability when talking about her personal and academic interests.

“These are hot topics right now,” Meador said, “and a lot of people think these are just wishy-washy terms.”

As she explains, however, sustainability is about far more than buzz words and empty gestures. Environmental studies is also about people.

Mapping Linguistic Diversity: Benjamin Kinsella and Haralambos Symeonidis

January 29, 2013

How many languages do you speak? Benjamin Kinsella is fluent in English, speaks Spanish, and now also knows touch of Guaraní. He graduated from UK in December of 2012, and worked with Professor Haralambos Symeonidis of the Hispanic Studies Department on a linguistic atlas project, Atlas Lingüístico Guaraní-Románico. The Atlas documents instances of language contact between three languages in South America: Spanish, Portuguese and Guaraní. 

This podcast was produced by Cheyenne Hohman.

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A Powerful Passion for Kentucky: Luke Glaser and Teach For America

January 28, 2013

Every year, Teach for America places thousands of college graduates and professionals in schools in inner cities and rural areas. Luke Glaser, a double major in English and Spanish, has been selected to teach Spanish in an Appalachian high school for the next two years through the program. In this podcast, Glaser talks about his connection to Teach for America and what he plans to do afterward. 

This podcast was produced by Cheyenne Hohman.

 

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