Rayna Rapp - Banking on DNA: Thinking About New Genetic Tests in Comparative Context
16th Annual Distinguished Lecture Series
October 21, 2016 Anthropology Graduate Student Association College of Arts and Sciences University of Kentucky
Date: Oct 8, 2019 (Tuesday)
Light Lunch Reception: 11:15am-12:15pm, Multipurpose Room, WTY Library
Panel: 12:30-1:45pm, UKAA Auditorium, WTY Library
Evening Reception: 5-7pm, Lyric Theater
As part of the Year of Equity programming, this panel brings together organizers, activists, and healthcare providers from national organizations red states to discuss challenges, approaches, and perspectives in advancing reproductive justice. Centering on the experiences and leadership of women, trans, and non-binary people of color, this panel will present latest community research, initiatives, and advocacy on reproductive justice.
Panelists, in alphabetical order, include:
In addition to the Year of Equity, this event is co-sponsored by the departments of Anthropology, Gender and Women Studies, Sociology, and Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies; the Office of LGBTQ* Resources, the Center for Health Equity Transformation, the Center for Equality and Social Justice, Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health, the National Advocates for Pregnant Women, and Kentucky Health Justice Network.
16th Annual Distinguished Lecture Series
October 21, 2016 Anthropology Graduate Student Association College of Arts and Sciences University of Kentucky
As the third session in The Intersections of Violence in Latin America, three distinguished scholars speak about their work on violence:
The Committee on Social Theory at The University of Kentucky is hosting Professor Mahmood Mamdani as its Fall Distinguished Speaker. On October 2, Dr. Mamdani will give a talk entitled “Political Violence and Political Justice: A Critique of Criminal Justice as Accountability.” The talk will take place at 3:30 pm in the W.T. Young Library Auditorium.
One week remains for students to apply for the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) Learning Lab internship.
"For a chapter which did not even exist six-and-a-half years ago, we're doing pretty well."