Events
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Chandler Lecture: Trevon D. Logan & Caitlin Rosenthal on Slavery and Capitalism
Chandler Lecture: Trevon D. Logan & Caitlin Rosenthal on Slavery and Capitalism
According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, economic historians have produced a number of new studies that "reshape how view the connection between slavery and capitalism... show the role that coercion played in bringing about a modern market system that … Read more
Hutchins Lecture: Robert Gipe on Appalachian Storytellers and Sociopaths
Hutchins Lecture: Robert Gipe on Appalachian Storytellers and Sociopaths
“Storytellers and Sociopaths: Thoughts on How We Define Reality from Post-Obama Appalachia” This lecture will explore connections between the rich storytelling tradition, grinding economic challenges, hard political choices, despair, and hope experienced by people in the southeast Kentucky coalfields. Gipe … Read more
Art @ the Center: Keith Knight’s Political Cartoons
Art @ the Center: Keith Knight’s Political Cartoons
Join us at the Center on Friday, March 10 for the opening of Keith Knight's "Fear of a Black Marker: Political Cartoons." Knight's syndicated series include The K Chronicles, (Th)ink, and The Knight Life. The K Chronicles has won the … Read more