Liturgical Enlivenment : Christian Conceptions of Energy in Western Medieval Art and Ritual
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The Early Medieval Metaverse
Jamie Kreiner is Professor in the History Department at the University of Georgia. Her most recent book is Legions of Pigs in the Early Medieval West, which won the George Perkins Marsh Prize, American Society for Environmental History, 2021, for the best book in environmental history. She has also won the William Koren, Jr. Prize from the Society for French Historical Studies and the Wayne D. Rasmussen Award from the Agricultural History Society. She is one of the co-authors of the article “The Environmental History of the Late Antique West: A Bibliographic Essay” (2018). Among the undergraduate seminars she has taught are “The Animal and the Human in the Middle Ages”, “Economy and Society before Capitalism”, and “The Medieval Mind: Cognition, Media Culture, Ethics”. She is a member of “Dirty History”, an interdisciplinary workshop in agriculture, environment, and capitalism.
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The Global Role of the Catholic Church in Education, Healthcare, and Social Protection: Challenges and Opportunities
PLEASE NOTE TIME CHANGE! 4.00 IS THE CORRECT TIME.
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W.T. Young Library Auditorium (UK Athletics Association Auditorium)
"Reading Jewish Stories in an Age of Climate Change: Grappling with Risk, Reimagining Hope"
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This is the first lecture in the mini-series sponsored by World Religions on "Religion and the Environment".
Julia Watts Belser is an associate professor of Jewish Studies in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at Georgetown University and core faculty in Georgetown's Disability Studies Program, as well as a senior research fellow at the Berkley Center. She is the author of Rabbinic Tales of Destruction: Gender, Sex, and Disability in the Ruins of Jerusalem (Oxford University Press, 2018). She has held faculty fellowships at Harvard Divinity School and the Katz Center for Advanced Jewish Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. She currently directs an initiative on disability and climate change, which brings together disability activists, artists, policy makers, and academics to address how disability communities are disproportionately affected by environmental risk and climate disruption.
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The Origins of Religious Disbelief: Will Gervais
According to recent research, approximately one in five Americans don’t identify with a religion.
The Meaning of Life: Will Gervais
During the 2013 fall semester, University of Kentucky students will have the opportunity to delve into questions that explore some of society's most deeply held beliefs.
Jiang'an Temple
May 2012, members of HIVE and various UK instructors traveled to Shanghai, China to participate in an Appalachian Symposium with members of Shanghai University.
This Year in Jerusalem: The Pleasures of Passover in the “Promised Land”
Passover has always been one of my favorite Jewish holidays. I remember going to my Bubbie’s (grandmother’s) house as a kid, and looking forward to eating the smorgasboard of sugary treats that she would have—my favorites were the red and yellow, candied half fruit slices.
Sword of The Spirit, Shield of Faith: Religion in American War and Diplomacy
WHAT: History Guest Speaker - "Sword of the Spirit, Shield of Faith: Religion in American War and Diplomacy
WHO: Andrew Preston, Senior Lecturer in American History, Clare College, Cambridge University
WHERE: Niles Gallery, Fine Arts Library
WHEN: Monday, March 26, 3:30p.m.
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Niles Gallery, Lucille Caudill Little Library
Bale Boone Symposium to Explore Religion
Gaines Center for the Humanities will present a symposium exploring the connections between religion and such topics as history, science and politics.
