Lecture by Dr. Jacqueline Couti, Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies

Jacqueline Couti, an assistant professor of French and Francophone Studies in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures and Cultures at the University of Kentucky, will discuss how the development of "doudou," a Creole term in the French Caribbean, was adopted by 19th century European scholars to rewrite national identity in the  then French colony of Martinique. Martinique is now a department, which is an administrative district of France.

"To kick off [this year's focus on China], A&S has invited University of California, Irvine history professor, Asia Society associate fellow and bestselling author Jeffrey Wasserstrom to visit campus Sept. 19 and 20 for classroom visits, master classes and small group sessions with students and faculty."

Excerpt taken from UKnow article, "A&S Hosts Year of China."  To read more, visit http://uknow.uky.edu/content/hosts-year-china.

This symposium is supported by the Confucius Institute, The College of Arts & Sciences and the UK Department of Art.

Oct. 14 at 5:00pm keynote lecture President’s Room, Singletary Center for the Arts

Eugene Wang, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Professor of Asian Art, East Asian Art History Program, Harvard University

After-Shock and After-Image: A Chinese “Neorealist” Painter’s Engagement with the Real in the Postmedium and Post-Earthquake Situation

Additional location - Oct 15, Briggs Theatre, Fine Arts Building.