http://www.wku.edu/library/social_network/podcast/ Podcasts of community outreach activities and programs organized or sponsored by Western Kentucky University Libraries and the Southern Kentucky Book Fest partners. Podcasts Western Kentucky University Libraries en-us Fri, 14 Apr 2006 03:00:00 CST haiwang.yuan@wku.edu (Haiwang Yuan) Sun, 29 Oct 2006 02:10:00 CST haiwang.yuan@wku.edu (Haiwang Yuan) 60 http://www.wku.edu/library/social_network/podcast/faraway.php WKU Photographer Clinton Lewis shared his spectacular photographs of the expedition Far Away Places series, March 21, 2013 at Barnes and Noble. podcasts http://acadmedia.wku.edu/library/faraway/clintonlewis_peru.mp3 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 15:03:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/social_network/podcast/faraway.php The Far Away Places talk series featured Dr. John Dizgun from KIIS, WKU on February 14, 2013 at Barnes and Noble, where he told a large community audience about his research experiences in Buenos Aires, Argentina. podcasts http://acadmedia.wku.edu/library/faraway/buenosaires.mp3 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:33:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/social_network/podcast/faraway.php Samford University journalism professor Julie Hedgepeth Williams talked at Barnes and Noble about how the family of her great uncle Albert Caldwell survived the sinking of the Titanic. podcasts http://acadmedia.wku.edu/library/faraway/titanic.mp3 Fri, 16 Oct 2012 16:00:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/social_network/podcast/faraway.php Dr. Patrick Pranke from U of L spoke about Paths to Liberation in Burmese Buddhism for our Far Away Places Series on October 18, 2012 at Barnes and Noble. podcasts http://acadmedia.wku.edu/library/faraway/burmesebuddhism.mp3 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 17:00:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/social_network/podcast/faraway.php Florencia Mallon, Professor and Head of the Department of History at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, discussed her book in the context of Chilean history to an overflow crowd at Barnes and Noble on September 20, 2012. podcasts http://acadmedia.wku.edu/library/faraway/chile.mp3 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 18:00:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/social_network/podcast/faraway.php WKU Geography Professor Michael Trapasso shared his research experience and encounters with exotic and sometimes dangerous animals in big game parks of South Africa on April 12 at Barnes and Noble Bookstore. podcasts http://acadmedia.wku.edu/library/faraway/africa.mp3 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 10:05:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/social_network/podcast/faraway.php Ricardo Marin Ruiz, Professor of English at the University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, talked in our Far Away Places series about Ernest Hemingway and Spain: Or How a Land Can Attract A Man on Thursday, April 5 at Barnes and Noble Bookstore. podcasts http://acadmedia.wku.edu/library/faraway/spain.mp3 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 22:20:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/social_network/podcast/faraway.php Professor Jid Lee from Middle Tennessee State University spoke about her book To Kill a Tiger, a personal narrative of her girlhood in a traditional South Korean family against the traumatic events of recent Korean history including the Japanese occupation. The talk took place on the evening of February 16, 2012 at Barnes and Noble Booksellers. podcasts http://acadmedia.wku.edu/library/faraway/korea.mp3 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:00:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/social_network/podcast/faraway.php Dr. David Keeling from WKU Department of Geology and Geography, talked about Gabon, once a French colony in Equatorial Africa in WKU Libraries' Far Away Places program at Barnes and Noble Bookstore on Thursday, November 17, 2011. podcasts http://acadmedia.wku.edu/library/faraway/gabon.mp3 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:46:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/social_network/podcast/faraway.php Angene Wilson, emeritus Professor of UK, and Jack Wilson, retired Kentucky official, talked about their service as the first Peace Corps volunteers in the 60s on October 20, 2011 at Barnes and Noble. podcasts http://acadmedia.wku.edu/library/faraway/peacecorps.mp3 Fri, 20 Oct 2011 24:00:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/social_network/podcast/faraway.php University of Kentucky Anthropologist Erin Koch, A native of Venice, California, talked about her research in the Republic of Georgia and its dislocated people. podcasts http://acadmedia.wku.edu/library/faraway/georgia.mp3 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 15:21:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/social_network/podcast/faraway.php Professor James Siekmeier, historian from West Virginia University, talked about Bolivia and the United States on Thursday, April 21 at Barnes and Noble Bookstore, Bowling Green, KY. podcasts http://acadmedia.wku.edu/library/faraway/bolivia.mp3 Fri, 22 Apr 2011 09:45:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/social_network/podcast/faraway.php On March 17, 2011 WKU Libraries Far Away Places series featured John All, Professor of WKU Geography and Geology. While studying climate change in the Himalayas in 2010, he reached the summit of Mount Everest on May 23rd. podcasts http://acadmedia.wku.edu/library/faraway/mteverest.mp3 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:30:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/social_network/podcast/faraway.php On February 17, 2011, Haiwang Yuan, WKU Libraries professor, talked about the changes taking place in China through the city of Tianjin, where he grew up. podcasts http://acadmedia.wku.edu/library/faraway/tianjin.mp3 Fri, 18 Feb 2011 15:30:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/social_network/podcast/faraway.php John R. Hale, Director of Liberal Studies at the University of Louisville in Kentucky, talked on Discoveries Underwater in the Mediterranean on October 19, 2010. He signed his books afterward. podcasts http://acadmedia.wku.edu/library/faraway/halepodcast.mp3 Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:30:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/social_network/podcast/faraway.php Sarah D. Phillips, award-winning Anthropologist from Indiana University, talked on Stories From Rights Movements In Ukraine on September 16, 2010 at Barnes and Noble Bookstore, Bowling Green, KY as part of WKU Libraries Far Away Places international talk series. She signed her book afterward. podcasts http://acadmedia.wku.edu/library/faraway/phillips_podcast.mp3 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 11:10:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/social_network/podcast/faraway.php Dr. Saundra Ardrey, Head of the Department of Political Science at WKU, spoke about Ghana in this month's Far Away Places series at Barnes and Noble. Her lecture is part of the international talk series sponsored by the Friends of WKU Libraries and the Kentucky Museum. Dr. Ardrey led a study abroad delegation from WKU to Ghana in 2009. She's partnering with the village of Sanka and with the village elders to provide needed resources for the village. podcasts http://acadmedia.wku.edu/library/faraway/ghana.mp3 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:12:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/social_network/podcast/faraway.php Barry Kitterman was a featured speaker in our Far Away Places series this month. He talked about his experiences in the 1970s Belize as well as about his novel and creative writing on Thursday, November 19 at Barnes and Noble Booksellers, Bowling Green, KY. A book signing followed. His first novel, The Baker’s Boy, was published by Southern Methodist University Press in 2008 and in 2009 won the Maria Thomas Fiction Award. He drew inspiration from his work as a Peace Corps volunteer in Belize in the 1970s. podcasts http://acadmedia.wku.edu/library/faraway/belize.mp3 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:20:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/social_network/podcast/faraway.php Professor Debbie Kreitzer from the Department of Georgraphy and Geology is the first speaker in the tenth series of talks on "Far away Places with Strange Sounding Names" sponsored by the friends of WKU Libraries and the Kentucky Museum. Debbie teaches classes on World Regional Geography, the Georgraphy of North America and Geographic Information Systems. She led a Study Abroad group to Slovenia in 2007 and made a return visit in 2008. This event was held at Barnes and Noble on Thursday September 17th at 7:00 p.m. podcasts http://acadmedia.wku.edu/library/faraway/slovenia.mp3 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:02:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/social_network/podcast/faraway.php On the evening of April 16 at Barnes and Noble Booksellers, WKU Libraries Far Away Places Series featured Dr. Michael Trapasso from the Department of Geography and Geology at WKU. Trapasso provided a unique and fascinating look at retracing the Viking Voyages. Many WKU faculty and students as well as local community members attended the lecture. podcasts http://acadmedia.wku.edu/library/faraway/vikings.mp3 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:51:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/social_network/podcast/faraway.php WKU Libraries presented Joseph Trafton, Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at WKU, who spoke on The Dead Sea Scrolls as part of the Far Away Places Series at Barnes and Noble Bookstore (1680 Campbell Lane) on the evening of March 19th, 2009. podcasts http://acadmedia.wku.edu/library/faraway/deadseascrolls.mp3 Sat, 21 Mar 2009 21:22:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/social_network/podcast/faraway.php On March 19, 2009, WKU Libraries Far Away Places Series featured Doug McElroy , a Professor of Biology at WKU, who talked about the Galapagos Island. podcasts http://acadmedia.wku.edu/library/faraway/galapagos.mp3 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:22:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/social_network/podcast/faraway.php On November 20, 2008, Dr. Roger D. Launius, Curator of the National Air and Space Museum at the Smithsonian spoke for Western Kentucky University Librariesâ€?Far Away Places series on his new book titled Robots in Space in Barnes and Nobles, Bowling Green, KY. podcasts http://acadmedia.wku.edu/library/faraway/robotsinspace.mp3 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:55:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/social_network/podcast/faraway.php On November 19, 2008, David Keeling, Head of Geography and Geology, talked about Russia in Helm Library. This is part of the Faraway Places series sponsored by WKU Libraries and of the International Education Week events sponsored by the WKU Office of International Programs. podcasts http://acadmedia.wku.edu/library/faraway/davidkeeling_russia.mp3 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:20:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/social_network/podcast/faraway.php This Thursday, October 16, 2008, David Keeling, Head of Geography and Geology, talked about Cambodia in our Faraway Places series at Barnes and Noble. podcasts http://acadmedia.wku.edu/library/faraway/cambodia.mp3 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:00:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/social_network/podcast/faraway.php Aristofanes Cedeno, Associate Professor of Spanish, Director of the Panamanian Studies Program and Academic Dean of the Kentucky Governor Scholars Program at the University of Louisville, talked about Panama in the Faraway Places Series on Thursday, September 18th at Barnes and Noble. podcasts http://acadmedia.wku.edu/library/faraway/panama.mp3 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:20:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/social_network/podcast/faraway.php This Thursday, March 20, 2000, Dr. Michael Trapasso, Professor of Department of Geography and Geology, WKU, shared his research experiences on the mysterious Easter Island in our Faraway Places series at Barnes and Noble. podcasts http://acadmedia.wku.edu/library/faraway/easterisland.mp3 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:35:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/social_network/podcast/faraway.php This Thursday, October 18, 2007, Uma Doraiswamy, Social Science Catalog Librarian and a native of South India, talked about that part of the country in our Faraway Places series at Barnes and Noble. podcasts http://acadmedia.wku.edu/library/faraway/southinda.mp3 Fri, 19 Oct 2007 02:40:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/social_network/podcast/faraway.php This Thursday, September 20, 2007, David Keeling, Head of Geography and Geology, talked about the Sahara in our Faraway Places series at Barnes and Noble. podcasts http://acadmedia.wku.edu/library/faraway/sahara.mp3 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 01:10:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/social_network/podcast/faraway.php On April 12, 2007, Prof. Shannon Schaffer talked about Israel at Barnes and Noble. This is part of the international lecture series sponsored by the WKU Libraries. podcasts http://acadmedia.wku.edu/library/faraway/israel.mp3 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 01:20:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/social_network/podcast/faraway.php This Thusday, February 15, 2007, Dr. Michael Trapasso, Professor of Geology and Geography at Western Kentucky University, talked about the remote icy continent in our Faraway Places series at Barnes and Noble. Podcasts http://acadmedia.wku.edu/library/faraway/antarctica.mp3 Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:17:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/social_network/podcast/faraway.php This Thusday, November 16, 2006, Ronald Messier, Professor of Middle East history at Vanderbilt University, talked about Medieval Morocco in our Faraway Places series at Barnes and Noble. Podcasts http://acadmedia.wku.edu/library/faraway/medievalmorocco.mp3 Fri, 17 Nov 2006 11:17:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/social_network/podcast/faraway.php On Thusday, September 21 at Barnes and Noble, Bowling Green, Kentucky, Haiwang Yuan, Associate Professor of Western Kentucky University Libraries, gave a lecture on Chinese culture through the stories he retold in his book The Magic Lotus Lantern and Other Tales from the Han Chinese published recently by Libraries Unlimited. Eighty WKU faculty and students as well as Bowling Green residents attended the lecture. Podcasts http://acadmedia.wku.edu/library/faraway/chinesethnicity.mp3 Sun, 22 Oct 2006 10:17:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/social_network/podcast/faraway.php On Thusday, April 13 at Barnes and Noble on Campbell Lane, Bowling Green, Kentucky, Dr. Shawn Parkhurst from the Department of Anthropology of the University of Louisville gave a lecture on Portugal. Podcasts http://acadmedia.wku.edu/library/faraway/portugal.mp3 Fri, 14 Apr 2006 03:00:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/social_network/podcast/faraway.php On Thusday, Feb. 16 from 7:00 - 8:30pm at Barnes and Noble on Campbell Lane, Bowling Green, Kentucky, Dr. John Dizgun, a member of Western Kentucky University's History Department, presented this semester's first Faraway Places program on the Yucatan in Mexico, which is rich in Inca cultural relics. Podcasts http://acadmedia.wku.edu/library/faraway/yucatan.mp3 Sat, 18 Feb 2006 09:16:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/social_network/podcast/ Podcasts of WKU Photographer Clinton Lewis shared his spectacular photographs of the expedition in this month’s Far Away Places series at Barnes & Noble Bookstore. Podcasts Western Kentucky University Libraries en-us Fri, 14 Apr 2006 03:00:00 CST shaden.melky@wku.edu (Shaden Melky) Thurs, 28 Mar 2013 011:45:00 CST