Appalachian Studies Association Conference 2025

Appalachian Studies Association Conference 2025

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

8:00am CDT

The Gifts of Poet Bill King Bartoo Hall Trauma and Co-Creativity in Appalachia T.J. Farr Hall

9:30am CDT

Community Remembrance Projects in East Kentucky and Southwestern Virginia" Convener: Eric Fields, Kentuckians for the Commonwealth Henderson Hall The Mountain Fiesta: Cultivating Comunidad in Central Appalachia T.J. Farr Hall

1:30pm CDT

Howdy Ya'll: Voices from the Hills a Video Documentary Henderson Hall Transitions and Representations: Women Rewriting the Rural Landscape T.J. Farr Hall Writing Appalachian Women’s History Henderson Hall

3:00pm CDT

A Reading from Women Speak, Volume Ten T.J. Farr Hall The World We Live in and the Words We Write: Life and Art in Eastern Kentucky Henderson Hall Veins of Controversy: The TVA Pipeline and Appalachia's Future? Henderson Hall

4:00pm CDT

Rachel Rodriguez Latin Country Music Performance 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 Swannanoa and Blanket Town: The Rise and Fall of an American Mill Town Henderson Hall

8:00am CDT

Montañitas Reimagined T.J. Farr Hall The Brownsville Project: Recovering Remnants of an Appalachian African-American Community T.J. Farr Hall Voices of Nature: Creative Writing Among Appalachian Students T.J. Farr Hall

9:30am CDT

After the Flood Documentary Short Screening Henderson Hall High Water is Hell, Brothers and Sisters! Bartoo Hall Writing the New Appalachia: A Reading and Discussion with Appalachian Memoirist Jennifer McGaha Bartoo Hall

10:00am CDT

Mystic Wind Choctaw Social Dancers Bryan Fine Arts Building

11:00am CDT

A Reading from Appalachian Lit Authors Bartoo Hall We Dwell on These Mountains: Diverse Voices of Appalachia Showcase T.J. Farr Hall

2:30pm CDT

Dark Skies in Appalachia Part III: Musical Star Streams Henderson Hall Local History T.J. Farr Hall Night Skies Henderson Hall