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Appalachian Journal, founded in 1972, is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed quarterly featuring field research, interviews, and other scholarly studies of history, politics, economics, culture, folklore, literature, music, ecology, and a variety of other topics, as well as poetry and reviews of books, films, and recordings dealing with the region of the Appalachian mountains.

Appalachian Journal marks 50 years of spotlighting Appalachia
Mar 9, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University’s Appalachian Journal: A Regional Studies Review marks its 50th anniversary this academic yea...

“Calls from Home” is produced by Appalshop and Working Films. The 34-minute film will be screened Wednesday, March 22, 2023, at 7 p.m. in Room 114 of the Belk Library and Information Commons.

App State's Center for Appalachian Studies to present "Calls from Home" film screening
Mar 8, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University's Center for Appalachian Studies is proud to present a screening of “Calls from Home,” a short docume...

Appalachian studies graduate students Camden Phillips, Kevin Freeman, Sammy Osmond, Megan Hall and Yndiana Montes met with MountainTrue's High Country Watershed Coordinator, Hannah Woodburn, as part of their microplastics project.

App State's Center for Appalachian Studies prepares for AppalachiaFest
Mar 6, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University's Center for Appalachian Studies is preparing for the 46th Annual Appalachian Studies Association (ASA) C...

Black in Appalachia staff members Dr. Enkeshi El-Amin and William Isom II

January 30: Black in Appalachia Common Reading Event
Jan 23, 2023

Black in Appalachia Common Reading EventMonday, January 30, 2023, at 6 p.m.Parkway Ballroom, Plemmons Student UnionBOONE, N.C. — This year’s ...

Edwin Bernbaum, Ph.D.

2022 Mountain Studies Lecture: Sacred Mountains of the World
Sep 16, 2022

The Appalachian State College of Arts and Sciences invites you to the 2022 Mountain Studies Lecture featuring Dr. Edwin Bernbaum, autho...

Nazario-Colón is the new president for the Appalachian Studies Association 2022-2023
Sep 12, 2022

Recently, Ricardo Nazario-Colón, chief diversity officer at Western Carolina University, took the oath of office as president of the Appalachian Stud...

Environmental Historian Dr. Luke Manget - Thursday, Sept 15 at 6pm
Sep 12, 2022

Thursday, September 15, 2022Lecture and Book Signing 6-7:15pmBelk Library & Information Commons Room 114Dr. Luke Manget is an instructor of Americ...

Appalachian Studies Association 45th Conference logo

Announcing 45th Annual Appalachian Studies Conference
Feb 15, 2022

The 45th annual Appalachian Studies Association Conference will explore the theme “Making, Creating, and Encoding: Crafting Possibilities in Appalac...

Announcing Trevor McKenzie, director of the Center for Appalachian Studies at Appalachian State University. Photo by Megan Sheppard

Alumnus Trevor McKenzie named Director of Center for Appalachian Studies
Aug 17, 2021

Trevor McKenzie '10, '12 has been named director of the Center for Appalachian Studies effective Aug 1, 2021. McKenzie has worked for almost...

Cover image of the Appalachian Journal, its first special edition on Appalachian music.

Appalachian Journal
Jun 25, 2021

Appalachian Journal has published its first special edition on Appalachian music. This double issue (vol. 42, nos. 3-4) is the largest one in the jour...