Events

Philosophy and Religion Department

Philosophy and Religion Department: fall 2017 Colloquium Series
Sep 1, 2017

The Philosophy and Religion Department fall 2017 Colloquium Series:Tuesday, September 19 Dr. Jack Kwong, Associate Professor of Philosophy"How Ho...

Rob Haswell working with Nelson Mandela

Meeting and Working with Nelson Mandela: Politics and Memory in a Democratic State
Aug 31, 2017

On Tuesday, Sept. 5, Robert Haswell, geographer, political activist and former member of the Democratic Party of Parliament in South Africa, will pres...

The Edible and Visual South with Southern scholars Marcie Cohen Ferris and William R. Ferris of University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill

The Edible and Visual South: UNC scholars visit Appalachian Sept. 15
Aug 31, 2017

Southern scholars Marcie Cohen Ferris and William R. Ferris of University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill will be on campus for two events Friday, S...

Tommy Young, English Student

English major presents at American Literature Association
Aug 23, 2017

In May, Appalachian State University’s Tommy Young was one of a handful of undergraduates to present at the American Literature Association Conferen...

History of Eclipses

History of total solar eclipses in North Carolina
Aug 16, 2017

Since 1869 there have been three total solar eclipses in North Carolina: Aug. 7, 1869, May 28, 1900, and March 7, 1970. There will be three more befor...

USC Shoah Foundation

Visual history archive with 55,000 testimonies of genocide survivors and witnesses will be accessible this fall through Appalachian’s Belk Library and Information Commons
Aug 8, 2017

This fall semester, Appalachian State University will become one of 79 sites to provide full access to the USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive...

The Great Solar Eclipse of 2017
Jul 31, 2017

On Aug. 21, a solar eclipse will occur over the United States. Appalachian State University’s College of Arts and Sciences and Department of Physics...

Photo credit: NASA

Community and campus events lead up to the Great American Eclipse; two occur July 28 and 29, with more in mid-August
Jul 27, 2017

As the Great Solar Eclipse approaches this August, there is much to learn about and participate in during the lead up to this rare event. Members of t...

PHOTOGRAPH BY ROBERT CLARK, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE

'Mountain of God' Volcano Preparing to Erupt
Jul 19, 2017

An active volcano in northeastern Tanzania known to the Maasai as the “Mountain of God” has been quietly rumbling—and it is showing signs that a...

Holocaust survivor Ralph Preiss appears in this January 1939 photograph taken in Paris. He will speak during the 16th Annual Summer Symposium “Remembering the Holocaust” Aug. 5-10.

Summer Symposium Aug. 5-10 will focus on global history and complex connections in remembering the Holocaust and crises today
Jul 17, 2017

The 16th Annual Martin and Doris Rosen Summer Symposium on “Remembering the Holocaust” will be held Aug. 5-10 at the Marriott Hotel in Boone, near...