Join us for a SWAP (Sharing Work on Appalachia in Progress) presentation Tuesday, November 12, 2019 12-1:30PM at the UK Appalachian Center. 2019 UK Appalachian Center Eller & Billings Student Research Award recipient, Kate Love (Forestry and Natural Resource Sciences) will present Assessing the Climate Water Balance Model's Ability to Predict Soil Moisture Variability and Species Distribution at Fine Scales. 2019 James S. Brown Graduate Student Award for Research on Appalachia recipient, Erfan Saidi Moqadam (Anthropology) will present Reconstituting Religious Identity: Multivocal Religiosity in the Appalachian Iranian Diaspora.This is a catered event open to all UK students, faculty, and staff. We hope to see you here at the Center!
The ASA Steering Committee will be meeting on UK's campus July 26-28th. The Appalachian Center will be hosting a reception, Friday July 27th at 5:30 pm at 624 Maxwelton Ct. We invite those in the UK Appalachian Studies community to join us to meet with the Steering Committee and discuss the upcoming conference. Refreshments will be provided.
The Laurel County African-American Heritage Center (LCAAHC) is beginning the “African Americans in the Tri-County Area Oral History Project.” Join us for a community oral history training to learn how to conduct oral history interviews. Stipends are available for community members to conduct interviews. This training is sponsored by the Laurel County African American Heritage Center, the UK Nunn Center for Oral History, and the UK Appalachian Center. For more information click HERE!
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Laurel County African-American Heritage Center 119 Short Street London, Kentucky 40741
UK Athletics is partnering with the UK Mountain Cats and the Appalachian Center on UK’s campus to begin yearly service excursions to Eastern Kentucky.
Twenty-five student-athletes and staff members will participate in the inaugural trip, traveling to Harlan, Kentucky, June 21-23 for a three-day, two-night service experience. This group will be embarking on service opportunities, working directly with non-profit organizations in the Harlan area. This inaugural trip is designed to reach out to an often underserved region of Kentucky, as well as to provide educational opportunities to student-athletes and staff about this particular region of Kentucky.
The LCAAHC is beginning the “African Americans in the Tri-County Area Oral History Project.” Join us for a community oral history training to learn how to conduct oral history interviews. Stipends are available for community members to conduct interviews. This training is sponsored by the Laurel County African American Heritage Center, the UK Nunn Center for Oral History, and the UK Appalachian Center.
This project seeks to explore, document, and share African American experiences in southeastern Kentucky, especially Knox, Laurel, and Whitley Counties. Oral history interviews will give insight into the lives and contributions of African Americans in the Tri-County area. A research team of the project co-directors, community researchers, and project consultants will work together through the Laurel County African American Heritage Center to conduct oral histories in order to highlight diverse voices in the community and broaden the narrative about the history of the area. Lunch will be provided. To learn more click HERE or visit the LCAAHC Facebook page!
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Laurel County African-American Heritage Center 119 Short Street London, KY
As part of the "Appalachian Forum" series, the UK Appalachian Center will host a film screening and discussion with filmmaker, William Isom, Director of the "Black in Appalachia" project. Isom will be screening "Knoxville's Red Summer: Riot of 1919" on Monday, October 28, 2019 at 5:00 pm. The screening will be held at the William T. Young Library UKAA Auditorium. There will be a reception open to all UK students, faculty, staff and open to the community with free food to follow the event at the UK Appalachian Center - 624 Maxwelton Court.
This programming is presented with support from the UK Office of Institutional Diversity Inclusive Excellence Student Program Grant.
Free t-shirts, free biscuits and gravy, and free App Center swag! Grab your friends and join us to learn about all the fun projects we have going on, our minor and undergraduate certificate programs, and meet the Associate Director, Dr. Kathryn Engle! Sponsored by Appalachian Center and Appalachian Studies Program.
Join us for our second Conversations with Gurney event of the semester featuring University of Kentucky associate professor and award winning writer, Crystal Wilkinson, on Monday, November 11th at 5PM in the CM Gatton College of Business Woodward Hall Room 307. Reception to follow at the UK Appalachian Center 624 Maxwelton Ct.
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Gatton Business & Economics Building Woodward Hall Room 307
