Monday Memo November 21, 2016

Message from the Dean

Dear Colleagues,

The College of Arts & Sciences really shone last week, and I was delighted to attend several of our events.

  • The Theatre Arts production of King Lear featuring Professor Baron Kelly and several of our students was outstanding. It is of special note that it was our first-ever collaboration with Commonwealth Theatre (formerly Walden Theatre and Blue Apple Players)!
  • Professor Cate Fosl chose the perfect speaker for the 10th anniversary Anne Braden Lecture last Tuesday. Not only did Angela Davis pack the Brown & Williamson Club with 800 seats and 350 more standing around the 5th floor balcony, but a line of several hundred more snaked around the stadium and unfortunately had to be turned away. I am sure an event attendance record was set.
  • Thursday’s annual Phi Beta Kappa Lecture “Shakespeare in America” presented by Professor James Shapiro drew nearly 400 Shakespeare fans. The lecture was one of the signature events of a highly successful community-wide collaboration called Will in the Ville, celebrating the life and work of Shakespeare and featuring Shakespeare’s First Folio. Professor Andrew Rabin was integral to not only bringing the First Folio and Jim Shapiro to Louisville, but also to the largest city-wide cultural collaboration on record.

So thank you to all those across the College who helped to make these and other events successful! Your work raises the profile of A&S and allows us to highlight the incredible impact we have on our community.

After such a busy last week, I’m ready for some quiet days of meetings over the next few days. As you head out for the Thanksgiving break, I want to share with you my gratitude for each and every one of you. I am so proud of all the great work you do, and feel privileged to be dean of A&S.

With much appreciation,

Kimberly Leonard

Kimberly Kempf-Leonard

Dean

Announcements

Faculty: Add your syllabi to Blackboard
We are up to 83%, but we will need to get to 100% for our SACS review. If you are unsure if your syllabus has been added, please check this list of missing syllabi.

Latin American and Latino Studies announces faculty scholarships and fellowships
Applications are now available for The Richard and Constance Lewis Scholarships and Fellowships in Latin American and Iberian Studies. Deadline to apply is Nov. 30. Funded by the Richard and Constance Lewis Fund for Latin American and Iberian Studies, these programs provide funds for faculty development in Latin American and Iberian subjects at UofL, as well as funds to support student study abroad in Latin America, Spain, and Portugal.

Deadline Dec. 16 for 2017 CCHS Faculty Fellows Application
The Commonwealth Center for the Humanities & Society is proud to announce the 2017-18 Faculty Fellows theme and call for applications. The deadline for applications is Dec. 16, 2016. The theme for 2017-18 will be Affect, Emotion, Sensation. This year’s theme invites faculty to bring new perspectives to scholarship on the nature and significance of affect, emotion, and sensation for humanistic research. In keeping with its core mission, CCHS seeks to foreground forms of humanistic inquiry in research and advanced learning not only in humanities departments but across the whole range of departments of the College. Fellows will receive at least one course release as well as a modest supplemental research/travel stipend from CCHS.  Applications require a current CV, a proposal of up to 1000 words stating the project to be pursued while a Fellow, and a letter of support from the department chair. Please visit the CCHS website at http://louisville.edu/cchs/faculty-fellows/affect-emotion-sensation for details. Inquiries can be sent to john.gibson@louisville.edu or tracy.heightchew@louisville.edu.

Teaching, Research, Creative Activities, & Service

Prof. Hall presents on Pinter
Prof. Ann C. Hall (Comparative Humanities) presented a paper, "The Terror of Time:  Pinter's ‘A Kind of Alaska,’" at the Midwest Modern Language Association meeting, Nov. 11 in St. Louis. 

Items of Note

LALS Club seeks donations for Ky. Refugee Ministries
The Latin American and Latino Studies Club is collecting new and gently used winter coats, hats, scarves, gloves, blankets, toys, and household items for Kentucky Refugee Ministries. Drop off items you would like to donate to the LALS Offices (Stevenson 304-306) between now and Dec. 6.

In the News

UofL study: Heat, health risks worsen by 2050 (The Courier-Journal, 11/14/16) – Prof. Keith Mountain (Geography & Geosciences) on the increasing effects of global warming in Kentucky.

Put down your Kindle: First Folio of Shakespeare comes to the Frazier Museum (WHAS-11 Great Day Live) – On events associated with ‘Will in the Ville,” and the exhibition of Shakespeare’s First Folio.

Angela Davis To Deliver 10th Annual Anne Braden Memorial Lecture (WFPL, 11/14/16), Angela Davis speaking at University of Louisville (WHAS-11), and Thousands turn out to hear political activist Angela Davis speak at UofL (UofL News) – On the 10th Annual Anne Braden Memorial Lecture given by activist Angela Davis.

Public Meetings Set To Discuss City’s Comprehensive Plan (WFPL, 11/15/16) – Louisville Metro government officials are using an Urban Studies Institute and Kentucky State Data Center (Urban & Public Affairs) report to help construct the city’s long-range plan.

BWW Review: KING LEAR at University Of Louisville - Budding Among The Ruins (Broadway World, 11/14/16) and Theater city — ‘Venus in Fur’ 
and Shakespeare aplenty (LEO Weekly, 11/16/16) – Reviews of the Theatre Arts Department’s production of ‘King Lear.’

After election, Trump uses Twitter to continue war on media (KLEW, 11/14/16) – Prof. Jason Gainous (Political Science) on Donald Trump’s use of Twitter post-election.

Bringing the Bard to the Bluegrass (Uofl Magazine, Fall 2016) – On the work of departments, faculty and staff across the College of Arts & Sciences, including Prof. Andrew Rabin (English) and Prof. Baron Kelly (Theatre Arts), for ‘Will in the Ville’ events.

Trump, 'true' Americans triumph (The Courier-Journal, 11/16/16) – Prof. Ricky Jones (Pan-African Studies) on the election of Donald Trump.

KenSTUCKy: Can Louisville secede from Kentucky? (LEO Weekly, 11/16/16) – Prof. Dewey Clayton (Political Science) on states’ ability to secede from the union.

Ant bridges connect shy tropical tree crowns (Physics News, 11/16/16) – Prof. Steve Yanoviak (Biology) and biology doctoral student Max Adams’ research on tropical tree canopies.

Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro dishes juicy controversies in advance of his Louisville visit (Insider Louisville, 11/21/16) and U of L Presents Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro (Kentucky Monthly) – On the 2016 Phi Beta Kappa Lecture featuring Shakespeare expert and author James Shapiro (Columbia University).

LISTEN: Ricky Jones On Trump And The Normalization Of Racism (WFPL, 11/17/16) – Prof. Ricky Jones (Pan-African Studies) on Donald Trump and the normalization of racism.

Program strengthens families separated by bars (The Courier-Journal, 11/18/16) – Prof. Cherie Dawson-Edwards (Criminal Justice) on the effects of having incarcerated parents.

Cards for Americana

Please join the University Writing Center in sending supportive messages to Americana World Community Center's immigrant and refugee participants. Stop by the Writing Center and write "We're glad you're here" and "We stand by you." The Writing Center will mail the cards.