History
  • Article
  • Dec 16 2024

The IMPACT Awards initiative is an internal funding program from the Office of the Provost designed to support innovation and transformation within UK’s colleges.

  • Article
  • Nov 26 2024

The archive comprises hundreds of scholarly and rare books on the Tsvetaev family, countless research materials related to the sisters’ work and literary legacies, as well as more than a dozen personal items belonging to Anastasia Tsvetaeva.

  • Article
  • Nov 8 2024

The public event on Nov. 9, will highlight how digital tools and archival research can reveal the realities of racial violence.

  • Podcast
  • Oct 28 2024

Laneshia Conner's course, “Horror Films and Social Welfare,” equips students with historical knowledge, empowers them to critically analyze and reshapes their understanding of society.

  • Article
  • Oct 8 2024

In September 2024, the Kentucky Heritage Emergency Response Network was launched at the Arts Disaster & Crisis Preparedness Conference, hosted by UK.

  • Video
  • Oct 3 2024

Brent Seales discusses his groundbreaking work in reading ancient, carbonized Herculaneum scrolls and the future of EduceLab, a first-of-its-kind heritage science lab in Kentucky.

  • Article
  • Jul 12 2024

Archaeologist Paolo Visonà, an adjunct associate professor in the School of Art and Visual Studies (SA/VS) has discovered Spartacus’ first battlefield in southern Italy and Roman fortification systems built by Crassus to blockade Spartacus’ army.

  • Article
  • Mar 15 2024

While St. Patrick’s Day is associated with wearing green, community parades and shamrock hunting, the holiday is also grounded in history that dates back more than 1,500 years.

  • Article
  • Feb 16 2024

The Digital Access Project aims to help families and researchers piece together information and previously unknown stories about Central Kentucky, including the lives of enslaved people who lived in the region.

  • Video
  • Jan 11 2024

Brandon M. Erby, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies, is studying the life of civil rights icon Mamie Till-Mobley, mother of Emmett Till.