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Now Accepting Applications for the Gaines Fellowship

Jan 22, 2025

The application for the Gaines Fellowship is open now and interested applicants are invited to attend our information session (via zoom) at 2.00pm on Wednesday, January 22: https://uky.zoom.us/j/87372002950. The Gaines Fellowship is an intensive two-year program awarded to 12 outstanding undergraduate students each year. Selected fellows take a four-credit hour seminar course as a small cohort focused on the humanities with outstanding UK faculty both semesters of their junior year.

Meet the Author: David Tallamy

Dec 6, 2024

Co-sponsored by the Gaines Center for the Humanities mini-grant program, meet the author Doug Tallamy, at 10.00am on Friday December 6, 2024, in the John Jacobs Niles Gallery of the Lucille Little Fine Arts Library. Tallamy is the author of Nature's Best Hope, The Nature of Oaks, Bringing Nature Home, and How Can I Help? The event is free, but registration is required here.

A City on Mars

Nov 19, 2024

Supported by the Gaines Center for the Humanities, join Kelly Weinersmithan--an award-winning scientist and author of A City on Mars--for a provocative conversation surrounding the potential for a settlement on Mars. The talk, which takes place on Tuesday November 19 at 4.00pm in the School of Art and Visual Studies Building, will tackle a range of topics focused on the issues and challenges that come with venturing into deep space. A book signing will follow the talk. This event is free does not require registration.

Humanities in Action

Nov 4, 2024

Add HMN 303 to your planned courses for Spring 2025; registration opens on November 4! This is a unique hands-on course showcasing careers in the Humanities. Students will explore how libraries digitize and coordinate their collections; they will experience the process of how we memorialize history in Kentucky through historical markers; and finally, they will experience a real archaeological dig while learning how artifacts are collected and preserved.

Sizemore Named Director of UK Gaines Center for the Humanities

Jul 3, 2024

Michelle Sizemore has been named the new director of the University of Kentucky Gaines Center for the Humanities, pending approval by the board of trustees.