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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.
Lafayette Seminar in Public Issues
The annual Lafayette Seminar offers an opportunity for Lexington community members, elected officials, and faculty and students to discuss such issues as local economy, town and gown relationships, and the creation of successful public spaces.
2011 Lafayette Seminar in Public Issues
Town & Gown III: The University-Neighborhood Connection
6 pm, February 16, 2011
"How Great Universities Can Shape Great Cities"
by Omar Blaik, U3 Ventures
6 pm, February 23, 2011
University- Community Engagement Models: Panel Discussion
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Previous Lafayette Seminars:
2010 |
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2009 |
Growing Power [PDF] |
2008 |
Art VS. Public |
2007 |
Hidden Treasures: Reviving Downtown Neighborhoods |
2006 |
Redevelopment, Race, and Residential Neighborhoods in Downtown Lexington |
2005 |
Growing Kentucky: New Directions for our Culture of Land and Food |
2004 |
Town and Gown II: The Lexington - University of Kentucky Connection |
2002 |
Town-Gown Relations in Lexington |
2001 |
Why Have a City Center? |
2000 |
Revitalizing Our Downtown |
1999 |
Creating a Successful Urban Public Space |
1998 |
The City as Spectacle, The City as a Site of Celebration |
Last Site Update: October 31, 2011