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Work-in-Progress Workshop with Dr. Lauren Cagle November 17, 2023

Please join the Committee on Social Theory as we hear from Dr. Lauren Cagle as she discusses a draft chapter of her upcoming book manuscript, Slide Charts: Paper Computers in the Modern Age.

Dr. Cagle will present on the chapter before Dr. Fátima Espinoza Vásquez (University of Kentucky) and Dr. Guy McHendry (Creighton University) discuss and provide critical responses. 

This event will be held at the Bingham Davis House on Friday, November 17 from 3-4 pm. 

New Affiliates Presentations November 3, 2023

Please join the Committee on Social Theory as we hear from new Social Theory affiliates as they introduce themselves and their work. 

There will be presentations from Austin Lillywhite (WRD), Emily Mokros (History), Geronimo Sarmiento Cruz (English), Karrieann Soto Vega (WRD), Lydia Pelot-Hobbs (Geography) and Martin Luther Chan (MCLLC). 

This event will be held at the Bingham Davis House on Friday, November 3, 2023 from 3-4:15 pm. 

New Affiliates Presentations November 3, 2023

Please join the Committee on Social Theory as we hear from new Social Theory affiliates as they introduce themselves and their work. 

There will be presentations from Austin Lillywhite (WRD), Emily Mokros (History), Geronimo Sarmiento Cruz (English), Karrieann Soto Vega (WRD), Lydia Pelot-Hobbs (Geography) and Martin Luther Chan (MCLLC). 

This event will be held at the Bingham Davis House on Friday, November 3, 2023 from 3-4:15 pm. 

Works-in-Progress Interest Form

The Committee on Social Theory (ST) is hosting work-in-progress workshops this upcoming academic year for faculty and grad students to share and receive friendly and productive feedback. We welcome scholarship--journal articles, book chapters, conference papers, proceedings--that is fully or mostly drafted. Each workshop will begin with a short presentation from the author, followed by discussions from the respondents.

Graduate Student Travel Award Showcase October 18, 2023

Please join the Committee on Social Theory on Wednesday, October 18, 2023 from 12-1 pm ET in the Bingham Davis House at the Gaines Center for the 1st Annual Graduate Student Travel Award Showcase! 

This past spring, CST welcomed applications for research awards by University of Kentucky graduate students with interests in social theory (broadly defined). Awards were designed to assist graduate students with travel, lodging, meals, and other research-related expenses.

Necropolitics, Border Walls, and the Murder of Jim and Juan Crows: Geographic Justice Struggles in the Americas

Please join the Committee on Social Theory for the second speaker in our Spring 2023 Speaker Series on the theme of Debility and After/ Alterlives happening on Friday, February 24 at 2 pm ET in the UK Athletics Association Auditorium in the William T. Young Library with Dr. Melissa W. Wright! 

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