appalachian studies

Ready To Represent: UK will be in full force at the 37th Annual National Women's Studies Association Conference

October 24, 2013
90 miles to the north of Lexington on the banks of the Ohio River is the “The Queen City.” The nickname itself could probably be the topic of a panel discussion when the 37th annual meeting of the National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) rolls into town in early November.

UKP Author/Activist Wins Appalachian Writers Book of Year Award

October 23, 2013
Author Helen Matthews Lewis has been named the recipient of the 2012 Appalachian Writers Association’s Book of the Year Award for Nonfiction for her book "Helen Matthews Lewis: Living Social Justice in Appalachia."

UK Special Collections to Present Exhibition of Students' Work

April 22, 2013
The University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections will highlight the projects of its first full cohort of Learning Lab interns with an undergraduate panel presentation, exhibition and reception.

Appalachian Center Event to Honor Kate Black, Archivist and Scholar

April 8, 2013
The UK Appalachian Center will sponsor an event honoring the contributions of Kate Black as an Appalachian Studies archivist and scholar who retired from the UK library faculty in January.

'UK at the Half' features Frank X Walker, Kentucky Poet Laureate

March 4, 2013

UK English Professor and Affrilachian poet Frank X Walker has been named Kentucky's Poet Laureate! In this segment from UK at the Half with Carl Nathe, Walker talks about the award and his childhood dreams of literary accomplishment. 

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Shaunna Scott named Editor of the Journal of Appalachian Studies

February 13, 2013
Scott is a former president of the Appalachian Studies Association – which publishes the journal – and becomes the second sociologist from UK to serve as editor of JAS.

Charting Economic Terrain in Appalachia: Amanda Fickey

January 23, 2013

Amanda Fickey, a University of Kentucky doctoral candidate was recently granted a year long research fellowship by the Central Appalachian Institute in Research and Development. The Institute, located in Pikeville, Kentucky, focuses heavily on improving educational access and issues of economic development in the Central Appalachian region.

Fickey, an instructor in the Department of Geography as well as in the Appalachian Studies Program while completing her doctoral studies, will spend 2013 as a fellow-in-residence at the institute. There she will focus her research around questions of regional identity and economic development throughout all of Appalachia. The fellowship is the first of its kind for CAIRD and Fickey hopes that her work this coming year will pave the way for other fellows and students to come.
 

This podcast was produced by Patrick O'Dowd.

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UK's Amanda Fickey Earns CAIRD Research Fellowship

December 10, 2012
University of Kentucky doctoral candidate and Letcher County native Amanda Fickey is the recipient of a research fellowship from the Central Appalachian Institute in Research and Development (CAIRD).

Rural Traditions, Modern Ties Interwoven in Baskets from Appalachia and the Andes

November 9, 2012
An exhibit titled “Interwoven: Rural Traditions, Modern Ties ~ Baskets from Appalachia and the Andes” will showcase more than 100 pieces of basketry from Ecuador and Appalachia at the Lexington Public Library’s Central Gallery.

Folk Artist Si Kahn, Dulcimer Player Don Pedi to Play at UK

October 26, 2012
Fans of folk music and the dulcimer should check out the next two concerts in the "Appalachia in the Bluegrass" concert series.

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