Appalachian Studies Association Conference 2025

Appalachian Studies Association Conference 2025

48th Annual Appalachian Studies Conference | Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, Tennessee | March 20 - 22, 2025.

April J Asbury

Radford University

Highland Summer Conference co-director

https://apriljasbury.com

3:00pm CDT

ASA Members Business Meeting Laboratory Science Commons

4:00pm CDT

Opening Reception Stonecipher Hall

5:00pm CDT

ASA Conference Opening Ceremonies, In Memoriam, and Awards, music from Doug Van Gundy Stonecipher Hall

8:00pm CDT

Author Showcase hosted by poet Andrew Smith (Sunfrog) Jere Whitson Building

8:00am CDT

Registration, Exhibit Hall, and Silent Auction Open Roaden University Center (RUC) Transforming the Foundry: Planning the Resurrection and Reuse of an Historic but Contaminated Industrial Site Henderson Hall

10:00am CDT

Morning Snack Break Roaden University Center (RUC)

11:00am CDT

Plenary 1 Stonecipher Hall

1:30pm CDT

What the Water Reveals and How We Heal Henderson Hall

3:00pm CDT

Academic Kinship: Reviving Appalachian Studies with Interdisciplinary Connection Henderson Hall

4:00pm CDT

Afternoon Snack Break Bryan Fine Arts Building

4:30pm CDT

A Way to Dance: A Reading and Discussion with Cathryn Hankla and Her Students T.J. Farr Hall

10:00am CDT

Mystic Wind Choctaw Social Dancers Performance Bryan Fine Arts Building Mystic Wind Choctaw Social Dancers Bryan Fine Arts Building

11:00am CDT

Gender, Race, and Appalachia T.J. Farr Hall Pop Culture: Representation Henderson Hall

12:00pm CDT

Close of Silent Auction; Winning Auction Items Pick Up Roaden University Center (RUC)

1:00pm CDT

Plenary 2 Stonecipher Hall

2:30pm CDT

Death Traditions Henderson Hall Agency, Fiber Work, and the Appalachian Woman Henderson Hall

3:30pm CDT

Afternoon Snack Break Roaden University Center (RUC)

5:00pm CDT

Publishers Reception and Book Signing Roaden University Center (RUC)