currents
Students Examine Election, Next American Leader in Real Time
This semester, students at the University of Kentucky are learning about American leadership and democracy as it unfolds.
omro222
Wed, 11/07/2012 - 09:46 am
Following the Campaign Trail: Currents Fall 2012
Anonymous (not verified)
Mon, 10/29/2012 - 02:26 pm
Fall of 2012 was the perfect time to conduct a class about American electoral politics - so it was taken up as the topic for Currents, a class offered to incoming Freshmen. The course explores the 2012 election from a variety of academic perspectives - including, but not limited to, philosophy, economics, history, and, of course, political science. In this podcast, five Currents students shared their experiences with the class.
A&S Course Offers Lens into 2012 Election
The course, designed for first-year students, aims to facilitate high-level discussion in a nonpartisan manner and to explore how elections really work. The focus will span across historical data from past elections, such as voter demographics, important cultural issues such as religion, women's rights and civil rights, to the key challenges that the nation faces for the 2012 election.
brconn2
Wed, 10/24/2012 - 01:02 pm
Jim Duff Guest Lecture on Historical Presidential Campaigns
Anonymous (not verified)
Wed, 10/24/2012 - 11:06 am
2012 A&S Hall of Fame Inductee Jim Duff visited the Currents class on Thursday, October 18, to give a lecture "Presidential Campaigning in Historical Perspective."
America Through the Lens of the 2012 Election: Mark Kornbluh & Kathi Kern
kern
Thu, 08/23/2012 - 04:24 pm
Arts & Sciences Dean Mark Kornbluh and history professor Kathi Kern are teaching a class 'inside out' - by taking an issue (in this case, the 2012 presidential election) and building a course around it.
