Appalachian to host conference on economic history with panel from Cuba
Apr 7, 2016
The 11th Annual Appalachian Spring Conference in World History and Economics: "Institutions and Development," returns to Appalachian State University, Saturday and Sunday, April 15, 16 and 17th.
College News, Events, Global LearningYom HaShoah Commemorations at Appalachian to Begin with Play by Second-Generation Holocaust Survivor
Apr 6, 2016
Appalachian State University's Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies is working with a multitude of partners throughout North Carolina to organize several events around this year's Yom HaShoah commemoration.
College News, EventsLecture on slave impressment during the Civil War in North Carolina presented April 14
Mar 25, 2016
Civil war historian Jaime Amanda Martinez will speak April 14 at Appalachian State University on “Slave Impressment and Political Dissent in Governor Zeb Vance’s North Carolina.” Her lecture begins at 6 p.m. in room 114 Belk Library and Information Commons.
College News, EventsAuthor of “The Vegan Studies Project” to speak April 21 at Appalachian
Mar 24, 2016
Laura Wright, author of “The Vegan Studies Project: Food, Animals, and Gender in the Age of Terror” will speak April 21 at 5:30 p.m. in room 114 Belk Library and Information Commons at Appalachian State University.
College News, Events, SustainabilityMichael Eric Dyson to speak April 12 at Appalachian
Mar 22, 2016
Michael Eric Dyson, an American academic, author and radio host, will speak Tuesday, April 12, at 7 p.m. in the Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts at Appalachian State University. His talk, originally scheduled for Jan. 21 as part of the university's Martin Luther King Jr.
College News, EventsAward-winning poet and journalist Dannye Romine Powell talks about her craft March 31
Mar 14, 2016
During her career as a book review writer and editor, Dannye Romine Powell has interviewed some of the South's most notable literary talents: James Dickey, Eudora Welty, Shelby Foote, Reynolds Price and Lee Smith to name a few. Powell will talk about her work and her poetry March 31 during
College News, EventsPresentation and discussion of the global garment industry and its labor held March 17
Feb 26, 2016
A presentation and discussion of the global garment industry and the exploitation of labor will be held Thursday, March 17, at 7 p.m. in Price Lake Room in Appalachian State University’s Plemmons Student Union. The presentation is free and open to the public.
College News, EventsPoet Ed Madden will read from his work March 3 at Appalachian
Feb 22, 2016
Poet Ed Madden opens the spring Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series Thursday, March 3, at Appalachian State University. He will give a craft talk, “Public Voice, Public Work,” at 2 p.m. in Plemmons Student Union’s Table Rock Room.
College News, EventsProfessor and author Dr. Robert Hazen to present current research during upcoming Morgan Science Lecture March 23
Feb 16, 2016
BOONE - Dr. Robert M. Hazen, research scientist at the Carnegie Institution and professor at George Mason University, will be guest lecturer for Appalachian State University's upcoming Morgan Science Lecture.
College News, EventsNina G. Jablonski to speak on the politics of skin pigmentation at annual Dean’s Advisory Council Interdisciplinary Lecture
Feb 11, 2016
BOONE - Nina G. Jablonski, author, anthropologist and professor, will be the special guest speaker at the 6th Annual Dean’s Advisory Council Interdisciplinary Lecture, March 17, 7pm, in Belk 114.
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