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The Gaines Center thanks the National Endowment for the Humanities for its support. The following are supported by an NEH Challenge Grant: The John R. Gaines Chair in the Humanities, The Bale Boone Symposium in the Humanities, and the Lafayette Seminar in Public Issues. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in these programs or by the John R. Gaines Chair do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Breathitt Lectureship

The Gaines Center for the Humanities is eager to accept applications for the 2011 Edward T. Breathitt Undergraduate Lectureship in the Humanities.

Established to honor an eminent Kentuckian and an outstanding alumnus of the University of Kentucky whose interest in higher education and the humanities was exceptional, this lectureship is awarded to an undergraduate whose qualities of mind and spirit have been expressed eloquently on one or more of the basic concerns of the humanities: form, value, and memory. All University of Kentucky students are eligible to apply for the Lectureship.

To apply, submit the following materials:

• the applicant information form, which asks for the names of two faculty references and the title of the proposed lecture
• a typed, two-page (double-spaced) prospectus describing the lecture topic (the topic is to be designed by the applicant), accompanied by a brief, tentative bibliography
• a resume/c.v.

The deadline for applications is 4:00 p.m., December 5, 2011.

Click on the following to download the Application for the Edward T. Breathitt Undergraduate Lectureship in the Humanities. [DOC]

Submit applications in person or by mail (but not by email) to:
The Gaines Center for the Humanities
232 E. Maxwell Street
Lexington, KY 40506-0344

If you are delivering your application by hand, note that the office is open 7:30-12:00 and 1:00-4:30 Monday through Friday.

The selected lecturer will be notified in December, allowing at least a month for thepreparation and practice of the presentation. The presentation will take place on January 20, 2011 in auditorium of the W.T. Young Library. A reception follows the lecture.

The Edward T. Breathitt Undergraduate Lecturer receives a special award and an honorarium of $500.

Past lectures are listed below. For more information, please call the Gaines Center,
257-1537.

2010 Stephanie Straub - English and Philosophy major
The Self and Other: Meaning, Identity, and Communication in Ingmar Bergman's Persona

2009
Clinton Davis - Piano Performance major
[an]aesthetics & [de]composition: the music of the new york school

2008
Kathryn Braun—Psychology major
"In a competition full of hamburgers, you're a steak!": American Idol and the Rise of Reality Television in the Maintenance of our Egos

2007
Kayla Rae Whitaker - English major
"Sometimes I wish the sun would just explode': Squidbillies, the 21st-Century Hillbilly, and Animated Representations of the New Appalachian Myth

2006
Andrew Bozio - English major
"This Machine Kills Fascists":
The German Film Industry from 1919-1934

2005
Shayla Lawson - Architecture major
My Ancestor Antenna: Hair and Its Relation to
African-American Identity Across the Diaspora

2004
Jordan Wood - History major
Taking on a Superpower:
A Salute to the Women of Vietnam

2003
Jim Seaver - History and Geography major
Unmasking the Angel of Death: The Life and Work of Josef Mengele

2002
Lindsey Clouse - Linguistics major
Finding a Common Language: Interspecies Communication between Humans and the Great Apes

2001
Mark Wurth - Chemistry and Classics major
Mythologizing our Contemporary Ancestors: American and Appalachian Musical Identity in the Early 20th Century

2000
Clark Case - Classics major
May the Classics Be with You: Echoes of Ancient Greece and Rome in the Star Wars Saga

1999
Marissa Fugate - Spanish, International Economics, and Marketing major
The Day the Music Lied: Charting the Struggle for Racial Equality through American Popular Music

1998
Kristina Talbert w Agricultural Biotechnology and Biology major
Up Close and Personal: Cultural Perceptions of Behavior, Language, and Social Interaction

1997
Adam Breier - Biology and Classics major
External Influences on Consciousness in Ancient and Modern Literature

1996
Kyle Norman - Philosophy major
Kant's Theory of Punishment: Eighteenth-century Answers to Twentieth-century Questions

1995
Eric Meiners - Communications major
Nemesis: The Heart of Darkness in American Cinema