Kelly Oliver
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Vanderbilt University honors emeritus and emerita faculty, deans
Vanderbilt University has honored 33 retiring faculty members for their years of service by bestowing upon them the title of emerita or emeritus faculty. Additionally, four outgoing deans were honored for their service as deans. They were recognized during Vanderbilt’s Commencement ceremony. Read MoreMay 12, 2023
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Three Graduate School faculty honored with first-ever mentor awards
Vanderbilt Graduate School has named three faculty members as recipients of its first Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring Awards. The honorees include Bruce Compas, Meike Werner and Kelly Oliver. Read MoreMay 25, 2022
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Vanderbilt faculty, alumni to present at Southern Festival of Books
Vanderbilt faculty and alumni are featured at the free Southern Festival of Books, happening this weekend at War Memorial Plaza and the downtown Nashville Public Library. Read MoreOct 11, 2018
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Southern Festival of Books, C-SPAN feature Vanderbilt authors
Vanderbilt University again has a strong presence at the Southern Festival of Books, to be held Oct. 14-16. Read MoreOct 11, 2016
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Saturday University at Vanderbilt offers answers to life’s big questions
The fall 2013 edition of Saturday University at Vanderbilt will feature members of the philosophy department lecturing on “Life’s Big Questions and Philosophy’s Answers to Them” on four October Saturday mornings. Read MoreSep 4, 2013
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Rethinking prisons subject of conference
Rethinking Prisons conference brings together more than 100 scholars, activists, and practitioners from across the US, as well as Canada and Brazil, to discuss issues raised by prisons and the death penalty. Read MoreApr 25, 2013
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Depiction of pregnancy in film topic of lecture
Kelly Oliver, the W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy, will discuss her book Knock Me Up, Knock Me Down: Images of Pregnancy in Hollywood Films from noon to 1 p.m. Monday, Nov. 5, in Buttrick Hall, Room 123. The image of a heavily pregnant woman, once considered ugly and indecent,… Read MoreOct 31, 2012
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Faculty honored at 2012 Fall Assembly
Jeffrey Balser and Richard McCarty surprised Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos with his 25-year recognition award. (John Russell/Vanderbilt University) To see a slide show of photos, visit Vanderbilt’s Flickr page. Earl Sutherland Prize for Achievement in Research was presented to Peter Buerhaus,… Read MoreAug 23, 2012
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Eischen, Oliver, Pierce-Baker to be honored by Women’s Center
The Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center will present its Mentoring Award to Christine Eischen, associate professor of pathology, microbiology and immunology; and Kelly Oliver, the W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy, during the Cuninggim Lecture on Women in Culture and Society Tuesday, March 13. The Women’s Center also… Read MoreMar 8, 2012
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Oliver to give Frist gallery talk March 17
Kelly Oliver (Vanderbilt) Vanderbilt philosophy professor Kelly Oliver will give a gallery talk at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 17, at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts. Oliver will discuss “Ambivalence Toward Animals and the Moral Community” in response to the Fairy Tales,… Read MoreMar 8, 2012
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Vanderbilt expert can discuss Hollywood’s images of pregnancy in “Breaking Dawn”
The 20-minute bloody birth scene in Breaking Dawn – Part One continues a long line of horror films featuring women giving birth to otherworldly creatures, says Kelly Oliver, a Vanderbilt University philosophy professor who is writing a book on images of pregnancy in recent movies and popular culture. Read MoreNov 30, 2011