social theory
The Committee on Social Theory Presents: Dr. Peter Temin
"Lessons of the Great Depression" Dr. Peter Temin of MIT discusses market failures, famine, and crisis.
The Committee on Social Theory Presents: Dr. Simon Critchley
The Hamlet Doctrine November 14, 2013
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.
Emancipation, New Sensibility, and the Challenge of a New Era: Arnold Farr
This November, scholars and activists from around the world will gather at UK to attend the 5th Biennial Conference of the International Herbert Marcuse Society. Arnold Farr, a philosopher and social theorist here at the University of Kentucky, is organizing the conference, which seeks to examine “Emancipation, New Sensibility, and the Challenge of a New Era.”
The Making of an Icon: Black Harlem and the Jewish Lower East Side with Catherine Rottenberg
This past April, the University of Kentucky's Jewish Studies Program was lucky enough to host a lecture with renowned scholar and author Catherine Rottenberg. The talk, titled "The Making of an Icon: Black Harlem and the Jewish Lower East Side," concluded a series of special events hosted over the past year by the Jewish Studies Program.
The Origins of Religious Disbelief: Will Gervais
According to recent research, approximately one in five Americans don’t identify with a religion.
UK Libraries Event to Feature Journalist John Egerton
Table, Map, and Text: Writing in France circa 1600
Tom Conley, Harvard University Table, Map, and Text: Writing in France circa 1600
Committee on Social Theory Spring Lecture Series Friday, March 8, 2013 - University of Kentucky
Mapping the Abstract: Jenny Rice
Most of us associate mapping with cartography, but that's not always the case.