University of Kentucky’s A&S Geek Week, Feb 19-23

Well, if you’re going to be in Lexington between Feb 19th and Feb 23rd, you can take part in University of Kentucky’s Geek Week, being put on by the College of Arts and Sciences.� � � After you pick up some shwag, you can take part in any number of events, here are a few:

� Monday, February 19, Patio/Plaza Main Building, Noon-1p.m.� Kickoff: “Got Geek” with the Arts and Sciences Ambassadors. Also featuring “Paws and Listen,” a Step Show and the UK Wildcat, Scratch. T-shirts, programs, book jacket posters & refreshments.

Monday, February 19, 230 Student Center, 3p.m.-4p.m.� Panel Discussion based on the highly acclaimed book, “Lost Mountain” written by Dr. Erik Reece, UK English Department. Panelists include: Dr. Erik Reece, English, Dr. James Krupa, Biology and Dr. Thomas G. Barnes, Forestry.

Tuesday, February 20, Room, 230 Student Center, 3p.m. to 4p.m� Panel Discussion with Bobbie Ann Mason, UK Writer in Residence and Dr. Suketu Bhavsar, from the UK Department of Physics and Astronomy. Together they will discuss topics such as “dark energy” and “string theory” and how these topics were researched for use in her fiction book entitled, AN ATOMIC ROMANCE.

Wednesday, February 21, Recital Hall, UK Singletary Center for the Arts, 7p.m.� Keynote Speaker: Dr. Kim Edwards, UK English Department and author of The Memory Keeper’s Daughter. A Reception will immediately follow the reading in the east lobby of the UK Center for the Arts.

Thursday, February 22, Room 230 Student Center, 2p.m.-3:30p.m. Presented by: UK Japan Studies Program, the History Department with the support of the Dean of Arts and Sciences and the UK Asia Center.� Speaker: Dr. Sayuri Shimizu, Michigan State University “Transpacific Baseball: Baseball in U.S.-Japan Relations before WWII.” Professor Shimizu argues that, “the diffusion of America’s national pastime in Japan became possible through the manifold forces of globalization that began to shape the contour of U. S.-Japan relations in the late 19th century. More than a story of an American cultural form being transmitted across the Pacific, the spread of baseball highlights an intersection of modern technology, the movement of ideas and aspirations, institution-building, and human networks.”

Thursday, February 22, President’s room, Singletary Center, 4p.m.-5p.m.� Speaker: Caroline Weber “Marie Antoinette: Queen of Fashion” Caroline Weber will speak on the importance of fashion and the role it played in the politics and culture of Marie Antoinette’s reign at the French court of Louis XVI. She will also discuss the current film directed by Sophia Coppola, Marie Antoinette.

Thursday, February 22, Room 303 Slone Building, Lecture Hall, 4 p.m.-5p.m. Speaker: Professor Allen Dennis, University of South Carolina-Aiken. Title: “Breaking Up Isn’t Hard To Do: Terrane Dispersal in the Central Appalachians” Hosted by the A&S Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences.

Friday, February 23, 6:00PM, Room 153, Chemistry-Physics Building “Reading Bones” with Dr. Jim Krupa of the A&S Biology Department Just like current TV shows, come and see how you can look at bones and read them. By reading them one can determine what the animal ate, where it lived, how it moved, etc. We can read the animal’s ecology and behavior right off the bones…actually, mostly from skulls! Find out what indicates a creature is an herbivore, carnivore, predator, omnivore, fish eater, grass eater, bone crusher, etc. This will really be a lot of fun.

Friday, February 23, 7:15PM: Room 139, Chemistry-Physics Building CHEMICAL REACTION ATTRACTION, Professors Jim Holler and Jack Selegue with Mr. Ed Duhr. Description: Elephant toothpaste! Spontaneous combustion! Explosions large and small! The famous electric pickle! The Chernobyl� reaction!

Be sure to check their official website� for the full list and any last-minute changes.

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