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Searching For Balance in the Uneven

Photo: Miners at an early coal mine, Miller's Creek, Kentucky

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Francie Chassen-Lopez Department Chair

Ron Eller identfies two versions of Appalachia: a real place and an imagined region. He makes this distinction because he has dedicated his career in higher education to addressing the needs of rural communities...Read more

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Very Recent History: News From The Department

Robert Olson Has Ninth Book Published

New book is titled "Blood, Beliefs and Ballots: The Management of Kurdish Nationalism in Turkey, 2007-2009."

Eller Recognized Again for Work in Appalachia

Eller was presented with the East Kentucky Leadership Foundation’s annual “private individual” award.

Dr. Robert Olson on WUKY's Focus on Kentucky speaking on Kurdish Studies and Middle-Eastern relations.

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