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Gaines Class of 2027 Gaines Center Selects Newest Cohort of Fellows

The University of Kentucky Gaines Center for the Humanities is thrilled to announce the selection of 12 undergraduates as the newest class of Gaines Fellows. These students will join the prestigious Gaines Fellowship Program in the Humanities for the 2025-2026 academic year.

The 2025 Lafayette Seminar in Public Issues City Stories: The People Behind the Policies

Join the Gaines Center for the Humanities as we welcome Vice Mayor Dan Wu to moderate three conversations between local policymakers and advocates around some of the most pressing health issues in our city: segregation, accessibility, and homelessness. Audience members will hear about the triumphs and tensions between the ways these important community leaders are working to help make our Lexington healthier for all. This event will take place at 1.00pm on Thursday April 17, 2025, at the Farish Theater in Lexington Central Library.

The 2025 Breathitt Lecture with Lucas Carlos de Lima Crystal Palaces: Designing a Better World Amidst Social Chaos

Lucas Carlos de Lima has been selected as the 2025 Breathitt Lecturer. He will give his lecture, Crystal Palaces: Designing a Better World Amidst Social Chaos, at 6.00pm on Thursday April 10, 2025, in the Hardymon Theater of the Davis Marksbury Building. This event is free and open to the public, but registration is advised. 

Spring 2025 Hebrew & Jewish Studies Lectures Professor Gary Rendsburg

Co-sponsored by the Gaines Center for the Humanities, Gary Rendsburg, Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies and History at Rutgers University, will give two lectures: At 6.00pm on Monday March 31, Professor Rendsburg will speak on "The Ever Alive Dead Sea Scrolls," and at 6.00pm on Tuesday April 1, he will speak about "How the Bible is Written." Both lectures will take place at Lewis Honors College and are free and open to the public. 

A Gaines Center for the Humanities Interdisciplinary Exhibition People & Place by Daniela Rodriguez Soto, Lucas Carlos de Lima, and Timihia Murphy

Three of our senior Gaines fellows are collaborating on an exhibit of their thesis work, which will be on display in the Gray Design Building Gallery between March 26 and April 9. "Mind Portraits: Exploring Mental Health Perceptions in Nicoya's Blue Zone" - Daniela Rodriguez Soto;  "PIXO [Do I shape the city or does it shape me?]: A Visual Analysis of Individual Agency in the Megalopolis" - Lucas Carlos de Lima; "Prismatic Flora: How Plant Color Can Enhance Positive Emotions" - Timihia Murphy.

Gaines Center featured in the Journal of Appalachian Studies

The Gaines Center for the Humanities' annual Lafayette Seminar featured in the latest edition of the Journal of Appalachian Studies. The article, authored by Associate Director Dr. Chelsea Brislin, revisited the two-day 2024 Lafayette Seminar, a series of public events on the topic of Monsters, Myths, and the Metaphysical. Check out the article in the Volume 30, Number 2 edition, available now at this link. 

NOW AVAILABLE Our Fall 2024 Newsletter

The Fall 2024 newsletter includes the many (many!) things happening over here in the UK Gaines Center including updates about our new class of Gaines fellows, our 2024-2025 mini-grant recipients, an alumni interview with Alexandria Davis, and a letter from our new Director, Dr. Michelle Sizemore. 

watch it on our YouTube channel Did You Miss "An Evening with Emily St. John Mandel"?

If you missed our 2024 Bale Boone Symposium, "An Evening with Emily St. John Mandel" you can now view the whole event on our YouTube channel. 

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