Notables

Jerrold Hirsch, professor emeritus of history, has an essay, “Kentucky Folk Art: New Deal Approaches,” in Kentucky by Design: The Decorative Arts and American Culture, which has just been awarded the Alice prize given by the J. M. Kaplan fund. The award recognizes nonfiction books having to do with art, architecture, design and cultural history and that appeal to an informed general audience and give evidence of high standards in editing, design, and production. Kentucky By Design was published by the University of Kentucky Press.

Antonio Scuderi, professor of Italian, has published an article “Tracing Ritual to Theatre: The Carnival Encoded in Plautus’ Menaechmi” in the book “Stage, Page, Play: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Theatre and Theatricality.”