Call for Participation: Presentations, Conveners, Award Nominations, Exhibitors, Advertisers, and Sponsors
36th Annual Appalachian Studies Conference
Communities in Action, Landscapes in Change
March 22 - 24, 2013
Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina
Katherine Ledford, Conference Chair and Immediate Past President, ledfordke@appstate.edu (828) 262-4087
Kathy Olson, Program Chair, olsonk@lmc.edu (828) 898-8932
Sonya Long, Local Arrangements Chair, longsm@appstate.edu (828) 262-7660
We invite participation in the 36th annual Appalachian Studies Conference organized by the Appalachian Studies Association. This year's theme is "Communities in Action, Landscapes in Change." We encourage innovative proposals that explore all types of communities across the Appalachian region-historical, contemporary, and imagined ones-and the landscapes and environmental spaces that impact, and are impacted by, those communities.
Formats might include:
* individual scholarly research papers and sessions
* formed sessions
* poster sessions presenting scholarly research OR documenting community work
* panels and community presentations
* performance or sharing of films, documentaries, videos, poetry, music, plays, art, and writing
* roundtable conversations on contemporary issues, e.g. activism in the region, professional development, or a newcomer's orientation to Appalachian studies
Proposals must be e-mailed to:
ASAconference2013ASU@gmail.com no later than October 5, 2012, with no exceptions. Submit your proposal (approx. 250 words) within the text of your email AND as a single-spaced Word attachment. Please use the following e-mail subject line format: [individual or group] proposal on [subject area selected from list below]: [topic]. For example, "individual proposal on literature: Ron Rash's female characters." Inquiries only should be sent to Katherine Ledford or Kathy Olson at their university e-mail addresses listed above.
