Do you research Appalachia? The Journal of Appalachian Studies is the place for you! We are seeking articles based on original empirical research, including applied research, as well as literary criticism and reflections on conceptual, theoretical, and methodological issues in Appalachian studies. We will consider rigorous scholarship from scholars, teachers, activists, and others whose work focuses on the Appalachian region. The current editor invites scholarship which compares the Appalachian region to other regions in the world and places the region in a critical, global context. For more information check out our website at: Link in bio. #appalachianstudies #appalachia #appalachian #appstudies #asa #Asainaction #jas #journalofappalachianstudies
Do you love the annual conference? Love reading the Journal of Appalachian Studies? ASA needs you! We are a membership organization! Renew or become a member today to enjoy all the benefits of membership, which supports us so we can continue to serve our mission! Your membership enables: • The continued publication of the Journal of Appalachian Studies • Support for the BIPOC Appalachian Studies Scholarship • Support for the ASA Endowment fund for Sustainability • Organization of Appalachian Studies Association Annual Conference • Annual Awards highlighting achievements • The publication of Appalink • The evolving community that makes up ASA Thanks to @sabrinalgreenenc for the background photo! Renew/Join at: Link in bio. #appalachianstudies #appalachia #appalachian #appstudies #asa #Asainaction
Do you love the annual conference? Love reading the Journal of Appalachian Studies? ASA needs you! We are a membership organization! Renew or become a member today to enjoy all the benefits of membership, which supports us so we can continue to serve our mission! Your membership enables: • The continued publication of the Journal of Appalachian Studies • Support for the BIPOC Appalachian Studies Scholarship • Support for the ASA Endowment fund for Sustainability • Organization of Appalachian Studies Association Annual Conference • Annual Awards highlighting achievements • The publication of Appalink • The evolving community that makes up ASA Thanks to @sabrinalgreenenc for the background photo! Renew/Join at: LInk in bio. #appalachianstudies #appalachia #appalachian #appstudies #asa #Asainaction
Do you love the annual conference? Love reading the Journal of Appalachian Studies? ASA needs you! We are a membership organization! Renew or become a member today to enjoy all the benefits of membership, which supports us so we can continue to serve our mission! Your membership enables: • The continued publication of the Journal of Appalachian Studies • Support for the BIPOC Appalachian Studies Scholarship • Support for the ASA Endowment fund for Sustainability • Organization of Appalachian Studies Association Annual Conference • Annual Awards highlighting achievements • The publication of Appalink • The evolving community that makes up ASA Thanks to @sabrinalgreenenc for the background photo! Link in bio. #appalachianstudies #appalachia #appalachian #appstudies #asa #Asainaction
#Repost @appalachstudies with @use.repost ・・・ Do you teach Appalachian studies? Are you a student of Appalachian studies? Do you want to be able to read Journal of Appalachian Studies from your library? Now you can recommend a subscription to your library! Use the link in the comments and ask them to subscribe! Link in bio. JAS is published by @illinoispress . #appalachianstudies #appalachia #appalachian #appstudies #asa #Asainaction #jas #journalofappalachianstudies
We want to again say a big, big thank you to our host! The 47th annual ASA conference was such an amazing success! Thank you! Our Host – @western_carolina • WCU Provost’s Office • WCU Hunter Library @hunterlibrary • Mountain Heritage Center @wcu_mhc • Department of English Studies • Department of Cherokee and Indigenous Studies • Department of History • Cherokee Language Program • Ron Rash, Distinguished Professor of Appalachian Studies #BelovedCommunity #appstudies2024 #appalachianstudies #appalachia #appalachian #appstudies #asa #Asainaction
Last day to be entered into the drawing! Please complete the ASA Conference Demographic Survey and Evaluation with your feedback! Complete the survey by April 30, 2024, for a chance to win a free conference registration for 2025! Link in bio. #BelovedCommunity #appstudies2024 #appalachianstudies #appalachia #appalachian #appstudies #asa #Asainaction
Do you teach Appalachian studies? Are you a student of Appalachian studies? Do you want to be able to read Journal of Appalachian Studies from your library? Now you can recommend a subscription to your library! Use the link in the comments and ask them to subscribe! Link in bio. JAS is published by @illinoispress . #appalachianstudies #appalachia #appalachian #appstudies #asa #Asainaction #jas #journalofappalachianstudies
It feels so good to be posting this ☄️! I’ll be graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Bluegrass, Old time, and Roots Music Studies, ( with an Audio concentration ), and a Minor in Appalachian Studies next week! 💥 This past week has been a whirlwind! Just like this whole semester has been.. Found out I get to walk on May 4th! I was at the Down Home every night this week either playing with a band or running sound, or both. It was so awesome getting to hear everyone in the program perform! And such a bittersweet last ETSU show! Tomorrow will be my last intern shift at The Martin Center for the Arts…12 hour day 🫠 lol… Then a few papers/finals.. Then done! Ive had a rough few years and an extra rough last one .. being able to come back to Tennessee and finish my degree was a goal I set for my self around this time last year... I did it in one semester 🔥. Now, watch me make the rest of them come to fruition. 🌞🌻 .. #etsubluegrass #bluegrass #appalachianstudies #audioengineer #graduation #graduate #goalachieved
ASA In Action Sarah Denman "Faces of Appalachia" Fellow 2023-2024: Investigating diversity in nursing, Assistant Professor Brandy McGhee, MSN RN The Appalachian Studies Association is hosted at Marshall University and one of the annual events we do here on campus is to help host the Sarah Denman Faces of Appalachia Fellowship Symposium. The award is sponsored by the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Gender in Appalachia, and is funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. #appalachianstudies #appalachia #appalachian #appstudies #asa #Asainaction
Do you research Appalachia? The Journal of Appalachian Studies is the place for you! We are seeking articles based on original empirical research, including applied research, as well as literary criticism and reflections on conceptual, theoretical, and methodological issues in Appalachian studies. We will consider rigorous scholarship from scholars, teachers, activists, and others whose work focuses on the Appalachian region. The current editor invites scholarship which compares the Appalachian region to other regions in the world and places the region in a critical, global context. For more information check out our website at: Link in bio. JAS is published by @illinoispress #appalachianstudies #appalachia #appalachian #appstudies #asa #Asainaction #jas #journalofappalachianstudies
Meet the 2025 conference team! “Rural Reimagined: A Grand Challenge for Appalachia” Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, Tennessee, March 20-22, 2025 #appstudies2025 #Ruralreimagined #appalachianstudies #appalachia #appalachian #appstudies #asa #Asainaction
Do you love Appalachia? Do you like reading about Appalachia? Want to know the latest in Appalachian Research? The Journal of Appalachian Studies is the official journal of ASA offering quality scholarship on Appalachian history, culture, society, and more! Scroll to see a sample of the articles in the latest issue. All ASA Members receive a subscription to the journal within the year of their membership. Become a member today and start reading. Link below. Thanks to @sabrinalgreenenc for the background photo! Join at: https://www.press.uillinois.edu/journals/subscribe_now.php?id=jas #jas #journalofappalachianstudies #appalachianstudies #appalachia #appalachian #appstudies #asa #Asainaction
Diddly decided to find a spot to relax, enjoy some good tunes and educate himself on Appalachian ballet history. Last week you could find Diddly in the “Ballet in Appalachia: 75 Years with Bristol Ballet” exhibit. He was placed in a display case that contained artifacts from the Bristol Ballet. The Bristol Ballet was started in 1948 by Constance Hardinge as a school for the training of young people in the art of dance. In 1959, Miss Hardinge founded a performing company, this company grew in stature and became one of the leading regional ballet companies in the nation. In 1966 Bristol Ballet produced the area’s first “Nutcracker” ballet, which some of the artifacts in the case originate from. For the month of April, we invite you to visit the Reece Museum and challenge you to #FindDiddly (a 3D print based off of a taxidermized opossum in our collection that has grown to be affectionately known as “Diddly.”) hidden in the museum! In order to win, you must… 👉Take a picture of Diddly where you found him 👉Post it to your story and tag us @etsureecemuseum 👉Come receive your prize at the front desk The prize this week is 2 Reece Museum buttons. Happy hunting! The Reece Museum is free admission and open to the public Monday - Friday, 9am - 4:30pm. #art #history #museum #reecemuseum #etsu #appalachianstudies #easteregg #egghunt #opossum #playtowin #prize
Do you teach Appalachian studies? Are you a student of Appalachian studies? Do you want to be able to read Journal of Appalachian Studies from your library? Now you can recommend a subscription to your library! Use the link in the comments and ask them to subscribe! Link in bio. #appalachianstudies #appalachia #appalachian #appstudies #asa #Asainaction #jas #journalofappalachianstudies
A few days left to be entered into the drawing! Please complete the ASA Conference Demographic Survey and Evaluation with your feedback! Complete the survey by April 30, 2024, for a chance to win a free conference registration for 2025! Link in bio. #BelovedCommunity #appstudies2024 #appalachianstudies #appalachia #appalachian #appstudies #asa #Asainaction
🌺I'll be doing a set at The Reece Museum at 3:15p today. (4/23)! Such a cool event to be involved with! Come check it out :). .. #laborsprings #womenshistory #coalminersdaughter #womencoalminers #etsubluegrass @etsubluegrass , @ETSU #AppalachianStudies #etsu
Did you love the WVU conference logo shirts and didn’t get one, or want another one? Mountain Mindful has told us that they'll do a second print run if we can guarantee orders for at least 50 shirts and/or hoodies. Sign up with the number you will order, and if we get enough people, we will share the information to order! Thanks to Morgantown artist Liz Pavlovic for her wonderful design. Sign up at: Link in bio #appalachianstudies #appalachia #appalachian #appstudies #asa
Do you love Appalachia? Do you like reading about Appalachia? Want to know the latest in Appalachian Research? The Journal of Appalachian Studies is the official journal of ASA offering quality scholarship on Appalachian history, culture, society, and more! Scroll to see a sample of the articles in the latest issue. All ASA Members receive a subscription to the journal within the year of their membership. Become a member today and start reading. Link below. Thanks to @sabrinalgreenenc for the background photo! Join at: Link in bio. #jas #journalofappalachianstudies #appalachianstudies #appalachia #appalachian #appstudies #asa #Asainaction
Did you present at the 2024 ASA Conference? We need your help! Share your work and help us grow our digital collection of Appalachian research. Submit your 2024 presentations, or even work from previous conferences! And be sure to browse and share the collection to explore current and past Appalachian research. Information on how to submit: Link in bio. #appalachianstudies #appalachia #appalachian #appstudies #asa #Asainaction
#Repost @appstate_appstudies with @use.repost ・・・ 25 Years of Appalachian Strings! Check out the most recent edition of @theappalachian to see a profile of @alex.hooker who some may know better as the Executive Director of @wataugarestore @wataugahabitat . Alex is a talented fiddler, banjo picker, and skilled luthier who has shared his skills with the Appalachian Strings course since 1998. Check out the article by Sara Jones and photos by Devon Richter over on The Appalachians website! 🪕🎻 #appalachia #appalachianstate #appalachianstudies #appalachianmusic #fiddle #banjo
Do you research Appalachia? The Journal of Appalachian Studies is the place for you! We are seeking articles based on original empirical research, including applied research, as well as literary criticism and reflections on conceptual, theoretical, and methodological issues in Appalachian studies. We will consider rigorous scholarship from scholars, teachers, activists, and others whose work focuses on the Appalachian region. The current editor invites scholarship which compares the Appalachian region to other regions in the world and places the region in a critical, global context. For more information check out our website at: Link in bio. #appalachianstudies #appalachia #appalachian #appstudies #asa #Asainaction #jas #journalofappalachianstudies
25 Years of Appalachian Strings! Check out the most recent edition of @theappalachian to see a profile of @alex.hooker who some may know better as the Executive Director of @wataugarestore @wataugahabitat . Alex is a talented fiddler, banjo picker, and skilled luthier who has shared his skills with the Appalachian Strings course since 1998. Check out the article by Sara Jones and photos by Devon Richter over on The Appalachians website! 🪕🎻 #appalachia #appalachianstate #appalachianstudies #appalachianmusic #fiddle #banjo
In a moment of reflection, Diddly thought about his past decisions and put trust in himself to find the best hiding spot possible. Last week, Diddly was found in the “Column of Diversity”, which was the result of a workshop led by color therapy educator and artist Nija Woods. The abstracted tree stands as a vibrant symbol of diversity, unity and resilience. It is adorned with layers of colors embodying the richness of our backgrounds, just as these hues intertwine so do our stories and journeys creating a dynamic tapestry of community strength. Nija woods invites you to add your own creative experience to the tree, if you would like to do so materials to create are located at the front desk. Color Symbolism Guide: 🔵Blue: Reflection and trust 🟣Purple: Transformation and heritage 🟢Green: Growth and resilience 🔴Red: Passion and strength 🟡Yellow: Joy and strength 🟠Orange: Creativity and diversity For the month of April, we invite you to visit the Reece Museum and challenge you to #FindDiddly (a 3D print based off of a taxidermized opossum in our collection that has grown to be affectionately known as “Diddly.”) hidden in the museum! In order to win, you must… 👉Take a picture of Diddly where you found him 👉Post it to your story and tag us @etsureecemuseum 👉Come receive your prize at the front desk The prize this week is 2 Reece Museum buttons. Happy hunting! The Reece Museum is free admission and open to the public Monday - Friday, 9am - 4:30pm. #art #history #museum #reecemuseum #etsu #appalachianstudies #easteregg #egghunt #opossum #playtowin #prize
The recent conference was so memorable! We would love for you to share your photos and videos with us! Comment and share your favorite memories and moments! Thank you to @sabrinalgreenenc and Ann E. Bryant for these images! 47th ANNUAL APPALACHIAN STUDIES CONFERENCE Beloved Community: Pride in Identity, Culture, and Geography Western Carolina University #BelovedCommunity #appstudies2024 #appalachianstudies #appalachia #appalachian #appstudies #asa #Asainaction
Cratis D. Williams & James S. Brown Service Award Given to an individual who has made exemplary contributions to Appalachia, the Appalachian Studies Association, and/or Appalachian Studies. More information available at: https://www.appalachianstudies.org/awards Art Van Zee Sue Ella Kobak Sister Beth Davies For drawing attention to the opioid crisis and for testifying against Purdue Pharma #appalachianstudies #appalachia #appalachian #appstudies #asa #Asainaction #awards
Jack Spadaro Documentary Award The award, established in 2005, honors the activist and whistleblower Jack Spadaro, who spent his career working within the coal mining industry for the betterment of the Appalachian community. More information available at: https://www.appalachianstudies.org/awards Winners of the 2023 Award are: Reclaiming Best Short Film Directed by @clarahaizlett and @talconquinn @opioneerfilm Best Feature Length Film Directed by Clara Lehmann and Jonathan Lacocque #appalachianstudies #appalachia #appalachian #appstudies #asa #Asainaction #awards
Please complete the ASA Conference Demographic Survey and Evaluation with your feedback! Complete the survey by April 30, 2024, for a chance to win a free conference registration for 2025! Link in bio. #BelovedCommunity #appstudies2024 #appalachianstudies #appalachia #appalachian #appstudies #asa #Asainaction
e-Appalachia Award The e-Appalachia Award is given annually in recognition of an outstanding media source that provides insight on Appalachia and its people, or provides a vital community service to Appalachians. The winner receives $250. About the Award The award was established in 2001 by the Website Committee chaired by Phil Obermiller. More information available at: https://www.appalachianstudies.org/awards #appalachianstudies #appalachia #appalachian #appstudies #asa #Asainaction #awards
Carl A. Ross Student Paper Award About the Award Established in 1984 as the "Student Paper Award," this award honors Carl A. Ross, Professor of History and Director of the Center for Appalachian Studies at Appalachian State University at the time of his death in 1988. More information available at: https://www.appalachianstudies.org/awards #appalachianstudies #appalachia #appalachian #appstudies #asa #Asainaction #awards
It's still Giving Day! Join us in supporting the Ohio University Press First Book Fund, which empowers emerging scholars and writers from Africa and Appalachia. Just a few hours left to donate. Thank you for your consideration. https://giving.ohio.edu/schools/OhioUniversity/ohio-giving-day-2024/pages/libraries #OHIOGivingDay #scholarlypublishing #africanstudies #appalachianstudies
Diddly took a look at the man in the mirror and asked him to make a change. So, he did. Last week Diddly was found by the artifact “Pier Glass”, a Victorian trumeau mirror that was created by French convicts c.1870. The mirror was bequeathed to the Reece Museum by Jessie Ackerman, a friend of University President Charles C. Sherrod in the mid 1920’s. For the month of April, we invite you to visit the Reece Museum and challenge you to #FindDiddly (a 3D print based off of a taxidermized opossum in our collection that has grown to be affectionately known as “Diddly.”) hidden in the museum! In order to win, you must… 👉Take a picture of Diddly where you found him 👉Post it to your story and tag us @etsureecemuseum 👉Come receive your prize at the front desk The prize this week is 2 Reece Museum buttons. Happy hunting! The Reece Museum is free admission and open to the public Monday - Friday, 9am - 4:30pm. #art #history #museum #reecemuseum #etsu #appalachianstudies #easteregg #egghunt #opossum #playtowin #prize
Ohioan Farmer Diaries (AC-935) is a newly-added collection to the Special Collections Research Center. The collection contains 19 diaries by William Stymmes. Daily entries date from January 1, 1872 to December 31, 1891. Each day briefly records the weather, Symmes’s activities, the level of the river, events, such as deaths, visitors, hearing preachers, etc. and more. The diaries have hand sewn bindings and the covers are a mix of handmade and commercially-produced papers varying in color. William Symmes (1817-1892) was born in Jackson County, West Virginia, and married Eliza Matthews of Cheshire, Gallia County, Ohio, in 1820. Symmes settled in Gallia County with his wife. He opened a general store in 1854 and held various town offices throughout his life. In 1875, he sold his store and goods to Sanford & Maddy and focused on farming and maintaining his homestead. #specialcollections #archives #diaries #ohioanfarmer #farmerdiaries #cheshireohio #appalachianstudies #appalachia #ohiohistory #appalachianhistory
Look out! He's on the run again! For the month of April, we invite you to visit the Reece Museum and challenge you to #FindDiddly (a 3D print based off of a taxidermized opossum in our collection that has grown to be affectionately known as “Diddly.”) hidden in the museum! In order to win, you must… 👉Take a picture of Diddly where you found him 👉Post it to your story and tag us @etsureecemuseum 👉Come receive your prize at the front desk The prize this week is 2 Reece Museum buttons. Happy hunting! The Reece Museum is free admission and open to the public Monday - Friday, 9am - 4:30pm. #art #history #museum #reecemuseum #etsu #appalachianstudies #easteregg #egghunt #opossum #playtowin #prize
Stephen L Fisher Awards for Excellence in Teaching. The award recognizes individuals dedicated to intellectual rigor and pedagogical integrity in constructing and delivering inclusive knowledge about Appalachia and its people. K-12 Award - Leia Davis Post Secondary - Emily Satterwhite Special Memorial Award - Travis Stimeling #BelovedCommunity #appstudies2024 #appalachianstudies #appalachia #appalachian #appstudies #asa #Asainaction #awards
Please complete the ASA Conference Demographic Survey and Evaluation with your feedback! Complete the survey by April 30, 2024, for a chance to win a free conference registration for 2025! Link in bio. #BelovedCommunity #appstudies2024 #appalachianstudies #appalachia #appalachian #appstudies #asa #Asainaction
Wilma Dykeman “Faces of Appalachia” Post-doctoral Research Fellowship Award The Dykeman Award provides funding to support research related to gender, race, and/or ethnicity in Appalachia in years when funding is available from the fellowship’s endowment. Scroll to see the winner! Congratulations! Jillean McCommons! Dr. McCommons earned her PhD in History from UK in 2022. She is an Assistant Professor of History and Africana Studies at the University of Richmond. #BelovedCommunity #appstudies2024 #appalachianstudies #appalachia #appalachian #appstudies #asa #Asainaction #awards
The Opening Ceremonies and Award Ceremonies at the 47th Annual ASA Conference were fabulous! Stay tuned to our social media over the next few days to learn about the winners! #BelovedCommunity #appstudies2024 #appalachianstudies #appalachia #appalachian #appstudies #asa #Asainaction #awards
A pleasure to co-present a lecture at this year’s Appalachian Studies Conference @appalachstudies with writer, friend and historian Rick Underwood. Our two very generous volunteer ballad singers were joined by two more in the audience! A very real and rich experience out in Cullowhee. More ballad swaps and lectures to follow later this summer in Asheville. #appalachianstudies #westerncarolinauniversity #murderballads #ashevilleartmuseum @the_bullfight
The Special Collections Research Center recently added a new collection — the Charles “Chuck” Miller papers. The collection includes the personal collection of Charles “Chuck” Allen Miller (1937-2019), a notable professor and author. Miller studied music as a child and took lessons from the folk music specialist Ruth Crawford Seeger. He was also a former camper and counselor at Camp Catawba, a camp for Jewish boys that opened in the 1940s. Miller played an active role in compiling the camp’s papers and wrote the book, A Catawba Assembly. Image 1 - Chuck Miller is at the forefront at Grandfather Mountain in 1956 Image 2 - A sniper from a composition likely written by Miller entitled “OH Mrs. Seeger,” dated July 5 when he took music lessons with Ruth Crawford Seeger from 1945-1947 #archives #ruthcrawfordseeger #ruthseeger #campcatawba #appalachia #appalachianstudies #appstudies #grandfathermountain
Y’all! What a conference!!!! We are still taking a minute to process the moving and memorable time it was, (and do the wrap of paper work too). But we want to say a huge thank you to the WCU team that made all that magic, and to all our ASA members, our Beloved Community, who joined us! Stay tuned for more conference memories, features on the awards ceremony and winners, and more! #BelovedCommunity #appstudies2024 #appalachianstudies #appalachia #appalachian #appstudies #asa #Asainaction
#Repost @appalachstudies with @use.repost ・・・ Please complete the ASA Conference Demographic Survey and Evaluation with your feedback! Complete the survey by April 30, 2024, for a chance to win a free conference registration for 2025! Link in bio. #BelovedCommunity #appstudies2024 #appalachianstudies #appalachia #appalachian #appstudies #asa #Asainaction
Black Mesa to Appalachia 🏜️🌿🏔️ • Last week, Tó Nizhóní Ání team members traveled to Southwest Virginia, Eastern Kentucky, and Western North Carolina for a cross-culture exchange from the Black Mesa region here in the Navajo Nation to the Central Appalachian Region. • Our team spent the week from March 5th to March 10th traveling with Willie Dodson, the Central Appalachian Field Coordinator with Appalachian Voices, to learn more about central Appalachia and its history and impacts of coal mining and to meet grassroots organizers fighting for environmental justice in the region. • Tó Nizhóní Ání would like to thank the Sierra Club and the Alliance for Appalachia for making this trip possible. We appreciate your support! We’d also like to thank our long-time partner organization, Appalachian Voices, for organizing this trip for those of us from Black Mesa. Ahéhee’, thank you, Willie, for taking the time to guide this trip and facilitating the presentations and panel discussion at UVA-Wise and the 2024 Appalachian Studies Conference. • And most importantly we’d like to acknowledge the Eastern Band of Cherokee relatives for holding it down and continuing to defend your lands, language and way of life! ✊🏽 • Check out the link in our bio to read the full write-up. • Partners & Sponsors: 🌿 @tonizhoniani 🌿 @appalachianvoices 🌿 @southappmtnstwrds 🌿 @alliance4appalachia 🌿 @appcitizenslaw 🌿 @uvawisecas 🌿 @uva_wise Lecture Committee 🌿 @uva_wise Division for Advocacy & Opportunity • #BlackMesa #Appalachia #AppalachianVoices #SacredWaterSpeaks #Navajo #Diné #Transition #JustTransition #Coal #CoalMining #MountainTopRemoval #AppStudies2024 #AppalachianStudies
Hoping to have a really great conversation with the folks who come out to this one. A little music, a little reading, and friendly discussion on the definition of masculinity and what it is to be a man. @thephilosophershouse @gratefullyconfused #philosophy #appalachianstudies #songwriting #newsongwriters #songstagram #WriteEveryday #poetryreading #poet #literature #artist #booklover #bookstagram #country #bluegrass #folk
Please complete the ASA Conference Demographic Survey and Evaluation with your feedback! Complete the survey by April 30, 2024, for a chance to win a free conference registration for 2025! Link in bio. #BelovedCommunity #appstudies2024 #appalachianstudies #appalachia #appalachian #appstudies #asa #Asainaction
#Repost marietcochran with @use.repost ・・・ 47th Annual Appalachian Studies Conference Beloved Community Yes indeed. Proud of the work we put in to have an open and exhilarating conversations for the plenary, “Of This Place: Conversation on Black Appalachians and Whiteness” with David Joy, Dr. Wilburn Hayden and Meredith McCarroll. Followed by a Listening Lounge chat, “Affrilachian Audio” hosted by Blue Ridge Public Radio with NitaJade and Esther Baldwin. APPLAUSE APPLAUSE APPLAUSE #BLAC #BLACwave #BLACremembering #appstudies2024 #appalachianstudies #appalachia #appalachian #appstudies #asa #belovedcommunity #belovedland #affrilachiaforever 🖤
We had a great time this past weekend attending the Appalachian Studies Association Conference at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, NC! This was our first opportunity to take our new tabling setup out to represent the museum. We saw tons of old friends, made some new ones, and got to see presentations from some folks we've been working with throughout the year. We may have inspired some visits to Matewan too! 😉 #appstudies2024 #belovedcommunity #appalachianstudies #asa #mountainheritage @appalachstudies Our regular hours start March 27. Make plans to visit us Wednesday through Thursday 10am-5pm. Until then, stop in and see us on Fridays from 10am-4pm.
The 2024 Appalachian Studies Conference has come to a close, and we want to thank all who attended, exhibited, performed, or supported this year’s conference. We had so much fun, and we hope you did to, so let’s look back at some of the highlights! @appalachstudies @western_carolina #appalachianstudies #appalachianstudiesconference #appalachianstudiesassociation #asa #asa2024 #mountainheritagecenter #mhc #wcu #westerncarolinauniversity #cullowhee #sylva #appalachia
This pink Art Deco flapper-style dress features silver, and brown glass beading. The dress is ankle length, sleeveless, and has a round neck. The fabric appears to be thin silk crepe. There is a pin on the left shoulder with purple velvet flowers, white ostrich feathers, and a long net sash. There are net ruffles on the bottom and an inner lining of more silk. Flapper Dress c. 1920s Fabric, Silk, Velvet, Netting, Glass, Metal, Feathers To view this artifact and others from our Collection, please visit the link in our LINKS highlight! #exhibit #appalachianstudies #appalachia #art #photography #reecemuseum #etsu #museum #history
We’re glad to have had even a small part in the event last week. It was great to be introduced to new artists and voices, and to see the work of our contributors shared and honored over the weekend. We have some exciting news to share later in the week! Stay tuned.
Home from @appalachstudies conference, exhausted in the best way, and having all the feels. So much gratitude to be part of this kind, fierce community; to be of a place as complex and rich as Appalachia; to witness the important work happening all across our region. I didn’t get enough pictures or sleep, but I sure left with an abundance of beautiful memories and new ideas. #appalachianstudies #asaconference2024 #appalachianstudiesassociation #appalachianstudiesconference #appalachia
47th Annual Appalachian Studies Conference Beloved Community Yes indeed. Proud of the work we put in to have an open and exhilarating conversations for the plenary, “Of This Place: Conversation on Black Appalachians and Whiteness” with David Joy, Dr. Wilburn Hayden and Meredith McCarroll. Followed by a Listening Lounge chat, “Affrilachian Audio” hosted by Blue Ridge Public Radio with NitaJade and Esther Baldwin. APPLAUSE APPLAUSE APPLAUSE #BLAC #BLACwave #BLACremembering #appstudies2024 #appalachianstudies #appalachia #appalachian #appstudies #asa #belovedcommunity #belovedland #affrilachiaforever 🖤
Such an amazing pleasure to listen and be present for this presentation “Of This Place: A conversation on Black Appalachia and Whiteness “ My saying of the year “Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable” #westerncarolinauniversity #educator #828isgreat #victoriacaseymcdonald #davidjoy #wcu #communitysupport #Appalachianstudies 
Are you attending the 2024 Appalachian Studies Conference and still looking for session recommendations? Well we’ve got some! @appalachstudies #appalachianstudiesconference #appalachianstudies #appalachianstudiesassociation #asa #asa2024 #cullowhee #mountainheritagecenter #westerncarolinauniversity #appalachia #appalachians
What a whirlwind #appalachianstudies conference! So much fun meeting heroes and new friends. Especially loved getting to hang and present with my buddy @noracarpenterwrites! So much fun finding her books at @malapropsbookstore. We’re most certainly gonna have to do it again! #appalachianstudiesassociation #appalachianstudiesconference PS - #Rural and #Appalachian kids deserve to read complex and nuanced depictions of their realities to build their own complex identities and futures.
We hope you’re enjoying your time at the ASA (@appalachstudies .) Stop by and see us before you leave!
Congratulations to the Weatherford Award Winners from the Appalachian Studies Conference! Fiction - Daughters of Muscadine: Stories by Monic Ductan Nonfiction - Appalachia on the Table: Representing Mountain Food and People by Erica Abrams Locklear Poetry - Bloodroot by Bill King and River, Amen by Michael Garrigan #daughtersofmuscadine #monicductan #appalachiaonthetable #ericaabramslocklear #bloodroot #billking #riveramen #michaelgarrigan #weatherford #weatherfordaward #weatherfordawardwinner #appalachianstudies #appalachianstudiesconference
Stop by our inviting table at the Appalachian Studies Association conference! Books are 35% off & are as low as $5.00! Not in Cullowhee? Shop online at ohioswallow.com/app24 and use promo code APP24 #appalachia #appalachianstudies
Blue Ridge Public Radio @blueridgepublicradio Listening Room with Silas House and his husband Jason Kyle Howard - what a wonderful experience! The Appalachian Studies Association is incredibly inspiring and Kelly and I are honored to meet such talented writers. @appalachstudies @silashouse @jasonkylehoward #appalachianstudies #appalachianstudiesconference
Looking for ideas on what sessions to attend today? Here’s a few sessions that lovers of the Mountain Heritage Center may be interested in! #appalachia #appalachianstudies #appalachianstudiesassociation #appalachiastudiesconference #asa #asa2024 #westerncarolinauniversity #wcu #mountainheritagecenter
If you’re at ASA, we hope you’re enjoying yourselves! Several of our contributors and friends of the magazine have interesting events and panels scheduled today and tomorrow. Go see them if you’re able. Want to know more about them? Stop by the ACC/Red Branch table and pick up an issue. More information in our stories.
Found at Malaprops in the wild. So excited to be at App Studies and in the presence of @williecarverjr !!! #appalachianstudies
We’re grateful and humbled to announce that O Pioneer has received the Appalachian Studies Association’s Jack Spadaro Documentary Award. The judges commented that O Pioneer is a “…beautiful and inspiring film. Well-paced with rewarding endings. I appreciated the clear messaging about pioneers, rather than vague signals to it.” The Jack Spadaro Documentary Award is given annually to recognize the best documentary film on Appalachia or its people. The award, established in 2005, honors the activist and whistleblower Jack Spadaro, who spent his career working within the coal mining industry for the betterment of the Appalachian community. Thank you to the Appalachian Studies Association! We’re blown away. @Western_carolina @appalachstudies @wcu_mhc @MountainHeritageCenter #BelovedCommunity #appstudies2024 #appalachianstudies #appalachia #appalachian #appstudies #asa #Asainaction #asaawards #mountainheritage #opioneer #opioneerfilm #documentary #documentaryfilm #filmmakers #appalachia #appalachianfilm #westvirginia #almostheaven #westvirginiafilm #illustration #quote #inspirationalquote #onlyinwestvirginia
Out to Judaculla Rock with Dr. Riggs and the @appalachstudies conference activities. Beautiful weather and wonderful visit to this significant site. @western_carolina #appalachianstudies #asa #appstudies2024 #mountainheritage
Spring in Appalachia means blooming redbud and dogwood trees AND the annual Appalachian Studies Association conference! From today through March 14, get 35% off + free US shipping on select titles with promo code APP24 at ohioswallow.com/app24/. #appalachia #appalachianstudies @appalachstudies
First day of our @appalachstudies virtual exhibit! Take 50% off when you use code WCU24 on all #appalachianstudies books #linkinbio #BelovedCommunity #appstudies2024 #appalachia #appalachian #appstudies #asa #Asainaction
The Appalachian Studies Conference starts tomorrow, and we want to see you there! Join us for a weekend celebrating Appalachia with amazing speakers and exhibitors such as, @annette_saunooke_clapsaddle #appalachianstudies #appalachianstudiesconference #asa #asaconference #appalachia #westerncarolina #belovedcommunity #westerncarolinauniversity #mountainheritagecenter
Are you a first time attendee at the Appalachian Studies Conference? Then we want to meet you at the newcomers reception! Join us for appetizers and mingling on Saturday at 5:00 @appalachstudies @western_carolina #appalachianstudies #appalachianstudiesconference #appalachstudies #asa #asaconference #westerncarolinauniversity
Dr. Melissa D. Birkhofer and Dr. Paul M. Worley will present a paper about Indigenous-Spanish relations in Appalachia at the Appalachian Studies Association’s Conference in March 2024. Their scholarly work “She Said That Saint Augustine Is Worth Nothing Compared To Her Homeland,” discusses the testimony of an Indigenous woman, Teresa Martín, whose testimony about her homeland in what became known as Appalachia sheds light about the Spanish colonial state called “La Florida.” Their work, which was published in the North Carolina Literary Review and won the 2023 John Ehle Prize, contributes to filling in historiographic gaps in this period in US history. Birkhofer and Worley will be part of the panel “Beloved Communities: Language and Resistance for Cherokee/Catawba Indigenous Women” on Friday, March 8, from 9:00 am to 10:15 am. Session 1.11. The convener will be Mae Miller Claxton, and the other presenters are Victoria Allen of Western Carolina University with “Power and Resistance: Cherokee Language Traditions and Communication in Robert Conley’s War Woman,” and Michael Deckardwith of Lenoir-Rhyne University “Irony and Narrative in Robert J. Conley’s War Woman.” Birkhofer is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the English Department and was the Founding Director of WCU’s Program in Latinx Studies, and Worley is the Chair of the Department of Languages, Literatures, & Cultures. #Appstate #2024ASAConference #Appalachia #AppalachianStudies #NCLiteraryReview #faculty #paulworley #melissabirkhofer #paneldiscussion #indigenouswomen #appalachianindigenouswomen #johnehleprize #joara #whitesettlersscholars #spaniardsinappalachia #cherokeeindigenouswomen #catawbaindigenouswomen #languagesliteraturesandcultures @appalachstudies @tsikbal_ich_maya @appstatelanguages @melissabirkhofer @appstatecas Photo: Appalachian State University Department of Communication
The 2024 Appalachian Studies Conference at Western Carolina University is only two days away! In preparation, we’ve gathered some local tips for all of those who will soon be making their way to Cullowhee. More information about these businesses, exhibits, and more can be found in the program. #appalachianstudies #appalachia #asa #asa2024 #mountainheritagecenter #westerncarolinauniversity #appalachstudies #appalachianstudiesassociation #appalachianstudiesconference #cullowhee #sylva #northcarolina
**UPDATE** This weekend is the ASA conference! Check them out to learn more about this amazing community! Come to @lazyhikerbrewingsylva for a @sylvabellesdrag Drag event to benefit @cornbread.roses this Saturday March 9th and to celebrate the wrap up of the conference! Show followed by an after party disco at The Shak!