The Appalachian Center invites you to our drop-in coffee hour Thursday from 10-11 a.m. 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. Click here to register for Zoom link.

The Appalachian Center invites you to our drop-in coffee hour Thursday from 10-11 a.m. 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.! Click here to register for Zoom link.

The Appalachian Center invites you to our drop-in coffee hour Thursday from 10-11 a.m. 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.! Click here to register for Zoom link.

Due to inclement weather this week, the January 29 Coffee Hour has been canceled.

The Appalachian Center invites you to our drop-in coffee hour Thursday from 10-11 a.m. 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. Zoom registration has closed due to cancellation of event.

Due to inclement weather this week, the January 29 Coffee Hour has been canceled.

The Appalachian Center invites you to our drop-in coffee hour Thursday from 10-11 a.m. 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. Zoom registration has closed due to cancellation of event.

The Appalachian Center invites you to our drop-in coffee hour Thursday from 10-11 a.m.. 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. Click here to register for Zoom link.

The Appalachian Center invites you to our drop-in coffee hour Thursday from 10-11 a.m.. 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. Click here to register for Zoom link.

Alongside the UK Appalachian Center and Appalachian Studies Program, the UK Graduate Appalachian Research Community announces the University of Kentucky’s 15th Annual Appalachian Research Symposium and Arts Showcase will be Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. 

Please see our full Call for Proposals for more information, and please share widely.

The symposium is open to all undergraduate and graduate students of all disciplines from any college and university interested in Appalachia. Registration is free for both presenters and registered attendees. The symposium is intended to foster a supportive community in which students from various fields can present their Appalachian-based research and creative work. 

This year’s theme is "Interdependent Possibilities: Cultures of Care, Practices of Place-Making." Attention to care and community provides an opportunity to bring together work on relationality and social justice across disciplines, including: 

• Environmental studies.
• Medicine and public health.
• Life and physical sciences.
• The social sciences and humanities. 

We will examine what care looks like and how we can understand care in relation to place. We welcome work related to the theme or other topics related to Appalachia.

Our keynote, Hopesick: Reckoning with Care, Community, and Recovery in Central Appalachia, will feature Abby Mack, Ph.D, assistant professor in the UK Department of Anthropology. Mack is an applied and engaged ethnographer and medical anthropologist with extensive training in linguistic anthropology, public health and the critical humanities. Her research program explores how people navigate everyday ethical and political dilemmas in providing and accessing care for psychiatric and substance use disorders in the United States, Los Angeles and Central Appalachia in particular.  

Abstract Submission: To be considered for a presentation, submit a 200-250 word abstract (a brief summary/overview of your work) online by 5 p.m. E.T. Monday, Jan. 23, 2026: 2026 Abstract Submission Form.

Symposium Registration: To register to attend, sign-up online by 5pm ET on Friday, Feb. 14, 2026: 2026 Registration Form (for both presenters and non-presenting attendees).

Any questions, comments, or concerns should be directed to GARCommunity@uky.edu.

Alongside the UK Appalachian Center and Appalachian Studies Program, the UK Graduate Appalachian Research Community announces the University of Kentucky’s 15th Annual Appalachian Research Symposium and Arts Showcase will be Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. 

Please see our full Call for Proposals for more information, and please share widely.

The symposium is open to all undergraduate and graduate students of all disciplines from any college and university interested in Appalachia. Registration is free for both presenters and registered attendees. The symposium is intended to foster a supportive community in which students from various fields can present their Appalachian-based research and creative work. 

This year’s theme is "Interdependent Possibilities: Cultures of Care, Practices of Place-Making." Attention to care and community provides an opportunity to bring together work on relationality and social justice across disciplines, including: 

• Environmental studies.
• Medicine and public health.
• Life and physical sciences.
• The social sciences and humanities. 

We will examine what care looks like and how we can understand care in relation to place. We welcome work related to the theme or other topics related to Appalachia.

Our keynote, Hopesick: Reckoning with Care, Community, and Recovery in Central Appalachia, will feature Abby Mack, Ph.D, assistant professor in the UK Department of Anthropology. Mack is an applied and engaged ethnographer and medical anthropologist with extensive training in linguistic anthropology, public health and the critical humanities. Her research program explores how people navigate everyday ethical and political dilemmas in providing and accessing care for psychiatric and substance use disorders in the United States, Los Angeles and Central Appalachia in particular.  

Abstract Submission: To be considered for a presentation, submit a 200-250 word abstract (a brief summary/overview of your work) online by 5 p.m. E.T. Monday, Jan. 23, 2026: 2026 Abstract Submission Form.

Symposium Registration: To register to attend, sign-up online by 5pm ET on Friday, Feb. 14, 2026: 2026 Registration Form (for both presenters and non-presenting attendees).

Any questions, comments, or concerns should be directed to GARCommunity@uky.edu.

Alongside the UK Appalachian Center and Appalachian Studies Program, the UK Graduate Appalachian Research Community announces the University of Kentucky’s 15th Annual Appalachian Research Symposium and Arts Showcase will be Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. 

Please see our full Call for Proposals for more information, and please share widely.

The symposium is open to all undergraduate and graduate students of all disciplines from any college and university interested in Appalachia. Registration is free for both presenters and registered attendees. The symposium is intended to foster a supportive community in which students from various fields can present their Appalachian-based research and creative work. 

This year’s theme is "Interdependent Possibilities: Cultures of Care, Practices of Place-Making." Attention to care and community provides an opportunity to bring together work on relationality and social justice across disciplines, including: 

• Environmental studies.
• Medicine and public health.
• Life and physical sciences.
• The social sciences and humanities. 

We will examine what care looks like and how we can understand care in relation to place. We welcome work related to the theme or other topics related to Appalachia.

Our keynote, Hopesick: Reckoning with Care, Community, and Recovery in Central Appalachia, will feature Abby Mack, Ph.D, assistant professor in the UK Department of Anthropology. Mack is an applied and engaged ethnographer and medical anthropologist with extensive training in linguistic anthropology, public health and the critical humanities. Her research program explores how people navigate everyday ethical and political dilemmas in providing and accessing care for psychiatric and substance use disorders in the United States, Los Angeles and Central Appalachia in particular.  

Abstract Submission: To be considered for a presentation, submit a 200-250 word abstract (a brief summary/overview of your work) online by 5 p.m. E.T. Monday, Jan. 23, 2026: 2026 Abstract Submission Form.

Symposium Registration: To register to attend, sign-up online by 5pm ET on Friday, Feb. 14, 2026: 2026 Registration Form (for both presenters and non-presenting attendees).

Any questions, comments, or concerns should be directed to GARCommunity@uky.edu.