Please  join us this February for the 2024 Martin School Book Club, featuring “The Injustice of Place: Uncovering the Legacy of Poverty in America,” by Dr. Kathryn J. Edin (Princeton University), H. Luke Shaefer (University of Michigan), Timothy J. Nelson (Princeton University).

February 1 is the kickoff event to launch the discussion of the 2024 book selection, The Injustice of Place by Kathryn J. Edin, H. Luke Shaefer, and Timothy J. Nelson. There will be two book club events following this kickoff, one the week of February 5 and another the week of February 12.

The full schedule of events and registration for the Book Club may be found here.

This reading group centered on Appalachia-based and/or Appalachian-written novels resumes with Crystal Wilkinson's The Birds of Opulence - please see this helpful Google sheet for which pages we will be reading for the 11th. 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 email Shelby Roberts (shelbyroberts@uky.edu) if you have any questions!).  

The Appalachian Center invites you to our drop-in Coffee Hour, Thursday from 10-11 AM. We welcome students, faculty, staff, and community members for coffee and light refreshments. Come visit with others interested in the region and learn more about the work of the Appalachian Center and the Appalachian Studies Program. Coffee Hour is a space to exchange ideas for programs, initiatives, and events, discuss regional issues, and share research in a casual, collegial atmosphere.

Join us in person, or virtually via Zoom!

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://uky.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwrf-uqqzIoH9BRuFEV9SbtlJCyVdIF7S_Q

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

The Appalachian Center invites you to our drop-in Coffee Hour, Thursday from 10-11 AM. We welcome students, faculty, staff, and community members for coffee and light refreshments. Come visit with others interested in the region and learn more about the work of the Appalachian Center and the Appalachian Studies Program. Coffee Hour is a space to exchange ideas for programs, initiatives, and events, discuss regional issues, and share research in a casual, collegial atmosphere.

Join us in person, or virtually via Zoom!

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://uky.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwrf-uqqzIoH9BRuFEV9SbtlJCyVdIF7S_Q

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

The Appalachian Center invites you to our drop-in Coffee Hour, Thursday from 10-11 AM. We welcome students, faculty, staff, and community members for coffee and light refreshments. Come visit with others interested in the region and learn more about the work of the Appalachian Center and the Appalachian Studies Program. Coffee Hour is a space to exchange ideas for programs, initiatives, and events, discuss regional issues, and share research in a casual, collegial atmosphere.

Join us in person, or virtually via Zoom!

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://uky.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwrf-uqqzIoH9BRuFEV9SbtlJCyVdIF7S_Q

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

The Appalachian Center invites you to our drop-in Coffee Hour, Thursday from 10-11 AM. We welcome students, faculty, staff, and community members for coffee and light refreshments. Come visit with others interested in the region and learn more about the work of the Appalachian Center and the Appalachian Studies Program. Coffee Hour is a space to exchange ideas for programs, initiatives, and events, discuss regional issues, and share research in a casual, collegial atmosphere.

Join us in person, or virtually via Zoom!

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://uky.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwrf-uqqzIoH9BRuFEV9SbtlJCyVdIF7S_Q

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

The Appalachian Center invites you to our drop-in Coffee Hour, Thursday from 10-11 AM. We welcome students, faculty, staff, and community members for coffee and light refreshments. Come visit with others interested in the region and learn more about the work of the Appalachian Center and the Appalachian Studies Program. Coffee Hour is a space to exchange ideas for programs, initiatives, and events, discuss regional issues, and share research in a casual, collegial atmosphere.

Join us in person, or virtually via Zoom!

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://uky.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwrf-uqqzIoH9BRuFEV9SbtlJCyVdIF7S_Q

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

The Appalachian Center invites you to our drop-in Coffee Hour, Thursday from 10-11 AM. We welcome students, faculty, staff, and community members for coffee and light refreshments. Come visit with others interested in the region and learn more about the work of the Appalachian Center and the Appalachian Studies Program. Coffee Hour is a space to exchange ideas for programs, initiatives, and events, discuss regional issues, and share research in a casual, collegial atmosphere.

Join us in person, or virtually via Zoom!

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://uky.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwrf-uqqzIoH9BRuFEV9SbtlJCyVdIF7S_Q

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

The Appalachian Center invites you to our drop-in Coffee Hour, Thursday from 10-11 AM. We welcome students, faculty, staff, and community members for coffee and light refreshments. Come visit with others interested in the region and learn more about the work of the Appalachian Center and the Appalachian Studies Program. Coffee Hour is a space to exchange ideas for programs, initiatives, and events, discuss regional issues, and share research in a casual, collegial atmosphere.

Join us in person, or virtually via Zoom!

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://uky.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwrf-uqqzIoH9BRuFEV9SbtlJCyVdIF7S_Q

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Join us for our SWAP (Sharing Work on Appalachia in Progress) presentation at the Appalachian Center (624 Maxwelton Ct.) or tune in virtually via Zoom. This year, SWAPs will showcase the research conducted by recipients of the 2023 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. 

Presentations November 29, 2023, at Noon:

Bradley Firchow, Rural Physician Leadership Program in the UK College of Medicine, James S. Brown Graduate Student Award for Research, "Quality Improvement: Local Health Department Community Health Assessment and Improvement Planning in Kentucky" 

Allen Fletcher, Department of History in the UK College of Arts and Sciences, James S. Brown Graduate Student Award for Research, “Women and the Politics of Education in Twentieth Century Appalachia"

Register for the zoom meeting here: https://uky.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpdeyopz4qGtZuCBBFXK9-_FI5tagGMSZi 

Be sure to check you spam folder for the zoom link after registering.

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