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If you find yourself frequently watching YouTube or listening to podcasts while eating, you are going to love Lunch & Lit at Lesch Lending Library inside UK's Office of LGBTQ* Resources. Here at Lunch & Lit, we invite you to break bread with your neighbor while connecting with campus and community over free food as well as food-for-thought. 

The last installment of our Spring 2025 Lunch & Lit series features Author, Professor, Playwright, Former Kentucky Poet Laureate, Cultural Critic, Grammy Award Nominee, and television star, Silas House. 

Listeners will hear from the Appalachian advocate on the mystery and mysticism of the writing process and as well as the power of the authentic voice. 

The Transcendent Pen: Silas House on the Supernatural Powers of Storytelling is sponsored by our friends in the Appalachian Center & Appalachian Studies Department and PNC Bank. 

Sandwiches and sides are provided on a first-come, first-serve basis, so feel free to bring your own lunch to enjoy during the talk!

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If you find yourself frequently watching Youtube or listening to podcasts while eating, you are going to love Lunch & Lit at Lesch Lending Library inside UK's Office of LGBTQ* Resources. Here at Lunch & Lit, we invite you to break bread with your neighbor while connecting with campus and community over free food as well as food-for-thought. 

Following the success of the first Lunch and Lit, our second installment features a panel of some of the most influential UK staff, faculty, and Alums: 

*Willie Carver Jr. -- Former Kentucky Teacher of the Year turned Activist & acclaimed Poet

*Frank X Walker -- Originator of the "Affriliachian" literary and cultural movement

*Greg Bourke -- One of the fourteen plaintiffs in the historic Obergfell vs. Hodges Supreme Court Decision (Same Sex Marriage Equality)

*Mariama J. Lockington -- Acclaimed author of numerous LGBTQ* BIPOC titles. 

*Rachel Elliott -- Award winning graphic novel and comic writer and artist. 

 Breaking Ground: UK Trailblazers Celebrating Firsts  is sponsored by our friends in the CARES First-Generation department 

A free, light lunch is provided on a first-come, first-serve basis, so feel free to bring your own lunch to enjoy during the talk! 

GARC meetings are meetings of graduate students working on planning events, opportunities, and other graduate-related things. We will meet once a week in preparation for the symposium. These meetings are open to any member of GARC and occur in a hybrid format. We will meet in the Appalachian Center Annex Conference Room (641 S. Limestone; entrance is in the back by the gravel lot beside the Appalachian Center and via Zoom). Please see the agenda for topics to be discussed!

Click here to register to join April 4 Informational Session via Zoom.

Click here to register to join March 28 Informational Session via Zoom.

Click here to register to join March 14 Informational Session via Zoom.

Click here to register to join February 28 Informational Session via Zoom

Click here to register to join February 7 Informational Session via Zoom

Join us for our SWAP (Sharing Work on Appalachia in Progress) presentation at the Appalachian Center or tune in virtually via Zoom. This year's SWAPs will showcase the research conducted by recipients of the 2024 James S. Brown Graduate Student Award for Research on Appalachia and the UK Appalachian Center Eller & Billings Student Research Award, as well as other scholars and students sharing their research.

March 26 Presentation:

Chandana Mathur, Associate Professor of Anthropology, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, "Reflections on struggles over water in India"

Register for the Zoom link to join here

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Full schedule of SWAPs for the 2024-2025 academic year:

This group meets biweekly for a 'drop-in' block where grads can stop by and work on writing projects, emails, course prep, etc. with other grads to encourage solidarity and build community amongst those with Appalachian Studies interests. You are welcome to drop in for any part of that time. We will have coffee, tea, and water available. Come write or work with fellow App Studies friends!

Zoom link will be available soon!