In celebration of the United Nations' International Mountain Day 2021
When: Saturday, Dec 11, 2021
12 p.m. - 2 p.m. EST
Where: Zoom. Registration required at https://appstate.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMsduGsrTguHdQf986Db3CeRM2npEig-mB2
Cost: Free
What: This event will bring together established and aspiring practitioners of mountain-to-mountain research, activism, and pedagogy with like-minded Appalachianists--those who study, teach about, and (sometimes) live in the Appalachian Mountains of the United States.
Format:
First-hour
Presenters will summarize established connections between Appalachia and other mountain regions.
Second-hour
Attendees will be placed into breakout rooms for thirty minutes with discussion questions and then return to the large group for another thirty minutes of whole-group conversation.
Occasion: United Nations' International Mountain Day 2021
Sponsor: International Connections Committee, Appalachian Studies Association
Presenters:
Austrian Alps
- Dr. Christian Quendler, University of Innsbruck, Austria
- Dr. Benjamin Robbins, University of Innsbruck, Austria
- Dr. Theresa Burriss, Radford University, Virginia, USA
- Dr. Donald Davis, Independent Scholar, Washington, DC, USA
- Mr. Thomas Hansell, Appalachian State University, North Carolina, USA
South Africa
- Ms. Nomcebo Dlamini, University of the Free State, South Africa
- Dr. Grey Magaiza, University of the Free State, South Africa
eds, Global Mountain Regions: Conversations toward the Future (2018)
- Dr. Sasikumar Balasundaram, William & Mary, Virginia, USA
- Dr. Ann E. Kingsolver, University of Kentucky, USA
Contact:
Katherine E. Ledford, PhD
Chair, International Connections Committee, Appalachian Studies Association
Professor of Appalachian Studies
Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
Appalachian State University
Boone, North Carolina, USA
ledfordke@appstate.edu
graphic depicting a quilt square star with text if Appalachian Studies Association
Appalachian Studies Association event graphic, (Alp)alachia: Celebrating Appalachia's International Connections