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Coal Sludge Disaster: 10 Years Later

UK sociology professor Shaunna Scott, with support from the Appalachian Center, will lead a team of student researchers from around the world to Martin County, Ky. to follow up on a 2001 study of risk perceptions after a 2000 coal slurry spill in the region.

Place Matters

2012 Place Matters Lecture Series

Four talks on the importance of place in scholarship, pedagogy, and citizenship.

Affrilachian Poet Brings Big Plans to UK

Intense is the only speed that Frank X Walker knows. The Affrilachian Poets cofounder and creator of the word "Affrilachia" is just settling into teaching Intro to Poetry and Advanced Affrilachian Studies in the University of Kentucky's Department of English, but he's far from settling down.
 

2010 Appalachia in the Bluegrass

The John Jacob Niles Center for American Music, a collaborative research and performance Center of the UK College of Fine Arts, School of Music, and University Libraries, is delighted to host an annual series of concerts “Appalachia in the Bluegrass” that explores old time and bluegrass music of the Appalachian region. Full schedule... 

“[Just] because things is legal, it don’t make them right”

The following piece, by Julie Shepherd-Powell, won first place at the 2010 UK Appalachian Research Symposium. She interviews Pete Ramey about the struggle to stop construction of a Dominion Resources 585 mega-watt coal fired power plant in Wise County.

Why Study Appalachia?

The minor in Appalachian Studies is designed for students with a serious interest in the Appalachian Region. Through the program, students are enabled to more fully comprehend the diverse histories social structures and cultures of the region.