Dr. David Ruccio, Professor of Economics at Notre Dame is giving the talk at the UK Appalachian enter SWAP (Sharing Work on Appalachia in Progress) meeting on Tuesday, April 18, 2014.  This talk will be held at the UK Appalachian Center from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Please join the UK Appalachian Center at an Appalachian Forum with Dr. Fran Ansley, Professor Emeritus of law at the University of Tennessee Knoxville on Wednesday, November 5, 2014.  Dr. Ansley will give a talk entitled Telescoping Movements, Telescoping Time:  Five Decades of Looking for the Labor Movement  through an Appalachian Lens in the Niles Gallery from 3:30 to 5 p.m.  This is a part of the Appalachian Forum Speaker Series on Civil Rights, Labor and Environmental Movements in Appalachia.  The event is free and open to the public.

Please join the UK Appalachian Center for an evening with Mimi Pickering as part of our Appalachain Forum Series on Appalachian Labor, Civil Rights, and Environmental Movements.  This is a free and public screening of "Anne Braden: Southern Patriot" followed by a discussion of the film with the Director and Producer of the film, Mimi Pickering.  The event will be held in Memorial Hall from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 2, 2014.

Join the UK Appalachian Center at RCARS in Jackson, KY for our 2nd annual Pickin' Time Event on Saturday, November 1, 2014!  This is a great event for learning about culture through various musical workshops, cutting board workshops, a local craft market, a visual arts showcase, farmer's market, and much more. UK Students, Faculy, and Staff are invited to go by bus.  Please, RSVP to Erin Norton by October 15th, 2014 via email at erin.norton @uky.edu.  Please email one RSVP per person.  We will accommodate as many requests as possible, and admission is free!

The UK Appalachian Center is hosting a SWAP (Sharing Work on Appalachia in Progress) Meeting with presentations on research by 3 Brown Awardees: Tammy Clemons, Mary Beth Schmid, and Jasper Waugh-Quasebarth.

 Please, join the UK Appalachian Center for our SWAP (Sharing Work on Appalachia In Progress) Meeting with Dr. William Schumann, Director of the Center for Appalachian Studies, Appalachian State University.  This will be held in Room 206 of the Student Center from 1-2:30 p.m., and Dr. Schumann’s talk is entitled: “Engaging in Sustainability in Neoliberal Contact Zones.”  This is a free event and open to the public; lunch is provided.