The Appalachian Book Club (ABC) centered on Appalachia-based and/or Appalachian-written novels will meet to discuss Living Social Justice in Appalachia by Helen Matthews Lewis. Below is the full schedule of book discussion dates for Living Social Justice in Appalachia:

April 15, 2024
April 29, 2024
May 13, 2024

Please refer to this helpful Google sheet for which pages we will be reading for each book discussion meeting. 

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 Book Club (ABC) centered on Appalachia-based and/or Appalachian-written novels will meet to discuss Living Social Justice in Appalachia by Helen Matthews Lewis. Below is the full schedule of book discussion dates for Living Social Justice in Appalachia:

April 15, 2024
April 29, 2024
May 13, 2024

Please refer to this helpful Google sheet for which pages we will be reading for each book discussion meeting. 

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 Book Club (ABC) centered on Appalachia-based and/or Appalachian-written novels will meet to discuss Living Social Justice in Appalachia by Helen Matthews Lewis. Below is the full schedule of book discussion dates for Living Social Justice in Appalachia:

April 15, 2024
April 29, 2024
May 13, 2024

Please refer to this helpful Google sheet for which pages we will be reading for each book discussion meeting. 

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 Book Club (ABC) centered on Appalachia-based and/or Appalachian-written novels will meet to discuss Trashlands by Alison Stine. Below is the full schedule of book discussion dates for Trashlands:

February 19
March 4
March 18
April 1

Please refer to this helpful Google sheet for which pages we will be reading for each book discussion meeting. 

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 Book Club (ABC) centered on Appalachia-based and/or Appalachian-written novels will meet to discuss Trashlands by Alison Stine. Below is the full schedule of book discussion dates for Trashlands:

February 19
March 4
March 18
April 1

Please refer to this helpful Google sheet for which pages we will be reading for each book discussion meeting. 

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 Book Club (ABC) centered on Appalachia-based and/or Appalachian-written novels will meet to discuss Trashlands by Alison Stine. Below is the full schedule of book discussion dates for Trashlands:

February 19
March 4
March 18
April 1

Please refer to this helpful Google sheet for which pages we will be reading for each book discussion meeting. 

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 Book Club (ABC) centered on Appalachia-based and/or Appalachian-written novels will meet to discuss Trashlands by Alison Stine. Below is the full schedule of book discussion dates for Trashlands:

February 19
March 4
March 18
April 1

Please refer to this helpful Google sheet for which pages we will be reading for each book discussion meeting. 

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 Book Club centered on Appalachia-based and/ or Appalachian-written novels will be discussing Neema Avashia's 2022 memoir Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place. Please refer to this helpful Google sheet for which pages we will be reading for each book discussion meeting.

Book Club Dates for Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place:

January 22
February 5

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!

This reading group centered on Appalachia-based and/ or Appalachian-written novels resumes with Neema Avashia's 2022 memoir Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place. Please refer to this helpful Google sheet for which pages we will be reading for each book discussion meeting. If you can't make the January 22nd meeting, the next one will be on Monday, February 5th at the same time, and will be every other Monday from 7-8 pm the rest of the semester. 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!

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 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.

April 10 Presentations:

London Orzolek, 2023 James S. Brown Graduate Student Award for Research on Appalachia, "Inclusion, Engagement, and Success: Appalachian Experiences in Higher Education"

Ryley Butler Modaff, 2023 James S. Brown Graduate Student Award for Research on Appalachia, "The Impact of Stigma in Community Implementation of Medication Assisted Therapy (MAT)"

Register for the Zoom meeting here.

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