Archives

Since 1977, ASA has been vital to the understanding of the Appalachian region and its people. This new site will help tell the story of ASA.

Conference programs are categorized by year published and linked from the below list. An ASA Timeline shows the development of the Association in the larger context of appalachian history and scholarship. A historical narrative will detail the 25 years of ASA's existence.

Projects & Events by Year




2008


"The Road Ahead The Next Thirty Years. of Appalachian Studies"

31th Annual Conference Program
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March 28-30, 2008
Hosted by Marshall University
Huntington, West Virginia

Watch Keynote Address by Silas House


Award Winners

Cratis D. Williams/James S. Brown Service Award
Phillip J. Obermiller

Helen M. Lewis Community Service Award
Silas House

Carl A. Ross Paper Award
Kristin Kant "Artists Minimizing Economic Uncertainty Through Cultural Commodification Strategies and Performances"

Weatherford Award
The Fiction and Poetry award went to Ann Pancake for Strange as the Weather Has Been.

The Non-fiction award went to James J. Lorence for A Hard Journey: The Life of Don West.

Media Arts Award
Morristown: Anne Lewis

E-Appalachia Award
http://www.IloveMountains.org


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2007


"Piecing the Appalachian Experience"

30th Annual Conference Program
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March 23-25, 2007
Hosted by Maryville College
Maryville, Tennessee

Photographs from Maryville, Tennessee


Award Winners

Cratis D. Williams/James S. Brown Service Award
Ron Lewis

Helen M. Lewis Community Service Award
Gurney Norman

Carl A. Ross Paper Award
White and Mzwandile Ginindza from Berea College for their paper entitled “Shifting Paradigms: The Future of Economic Development in Appalachia”.

Weatherford Award
Fiction: Rudy Abramson and Jean Haskell for the Encyclopedia of Appalachia.

2007 Weatherford Award for Fiction and Poetry: Dot Jackson for Refuge.

Media Arts Award
Catherine Pancake for Black Diamonds: Mountaintop Removal & the Fight for Coalfield Justice.

E-Appalachia Award
Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition


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2006


"Both Ends of the Road: Making the Appalachian Connection"

29th Annual Conference Program

Sinclair Community College
Dayton, Ohio
on March 17-19, 2006

Photographs from Dayton, Ohio


Award Winners

Cratis D. Williams/James S. Brown Service Award
Gordon McKinney

Helen M. Lewis Community Service Award

Carl A. Ross Paper Award
John R. Burch; "Fighting the War on Poverty in the Second Poorest County in the United States"

Weatherford Award
Fiction and Poetry – Darnell Arnoult - What Travels With Us: Poems
Non-Fiction – Sharon Hartfield - Never Seen the Moon: The Trials of Edith Maxwell

Media Arts Award

E-Appalachia Award
Just Connections



2005


"Vital Words and Vital Actions: Partnerships to Build a Healthy Place"
28th Annual Conference Program

Hosted by Radford University
at Radford University in Radford, VA
on March 18-20, 2005

Photographs from Radford, Virginia


Award Winners

Cratis D. Williams/James S. Brown Service Award
Lynda Ann Ewen and Michael Montgomery

Helen M. Lewis Community Service Award
(1) Our Common Heritage (Dayton) & (2) Pam and Jerry Williamson

Carl A. Ross Paper Award
Kristin Patterson, "Stealing Democracy: Sheriff Biggs, the Good Government League, And Politics in Polk County, Tennessee, 1930-1948"

Weatherford Award
Fiction and Poetry – Darnell Arnoult - What Travels With Us: Poems
Non-Fiction – Sharon Hartfield - Never Seen the Moon: The Trials of Edith Maxwell

Media Arts Award
Robert Salyer for SludgeE-Appalachia Award
Just Connections; website



2004


"Building A Healthy Region: From Historical Trauma to Hope and Healing"
27th Annual Conference Program

Cherokee High School
Cherokee, North Carolina
on March 26-28, 2004


Photographs from Cherokee, North Carolina


Award Winners

Cratis D. Williams/James S. Brown Service Award
Patricia D. Beaver

Helen M. Lewis Community Service Award
Jack Spadaro

Carl A. Ross Paper Award
Emily Satterwhite: " ‘That's What They're All Singing About': Embracing Appalachian Heritage, American Nationalism, and Celtic Pride at the 2003 Smithsonian Folklife Festival"

Weatherford Award
Fiction and Poetry - Ron Rash - Saints at the River
Non-Fiction - Michael Montgomery - Dictionary of Smoky Mountain English

E-Appalachia Award
Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Gender in Appalachia at Marshall University; http://www.marshall.edu/csega/index.asp



2003


"Building A Healthy Region: Environment, Culture, Community"
26th Annual Conference Program

Co-hosted by Berea College & Eastern Kentucky University
Richmond, Kentucky
on March 28-30, 2003


Photographs from Eastern Kentucky University


Award Winners

Cratis D. Williams/James S. Brown Service Award

Helen M. Lewis Community Service Award
Southern Appalachian Labor School (SALS), Beards Fork, WV

Carl A. Ross Paper Award
Matt Schroeder: "The Prison Paradox: Bushy Mountain Prison, the Early Years"

Weatherford Award
Fiction and Poetry - Gretchen Moran Laskas - The Midwife’s Tale
Non-Fiction - Wilma A. Dunaway - Slavery in the American Mountain South

E-Appalachia Award
Christiansburg Institute; www.christiansburginstitute.org



2002


"Voices from the Margin -- Living on the Fringe"

25th Annual Conference Program

Unicoi State Park, Helen, Georgia
on March 15 - 17, 2002

Photographs from Unicoi State Park


Award Winners

Cratis D. Williams/James S. Brown Service Award

Helen M. Lewis Community Service Award
The Dayhoit Activists: Teri Blanton, Monetta Gross, and Joan Robinette

Carl A. Ross Paper Award
Alyson Baker: " ‘The Flanary & Co. Store: A Century of Connections Between Southern Appalachia and the Wider World"

Weatherford Award
John A. Williams - Appalachia

E-Appalachia Award
Nantahala Review; www.nantahalareview.org



2001


"Standing on the Mountain, Looking to the Future
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24th Annual Conference Program

Snowshoe Mountain Resort, Pocahontas County West Virginia
on March 30 - April 1, 2001

Photographs from Snowshoe Resort Mountain


Award Winners

Cratis D. Williams/James S. Brown Service Award
Steve Fisher and Jerry Williamson

Helen M. Lewis Community Service Award
Hindman Settlement School

Weatherford Award
John O'Brien - At Home in the Heart of Appalachia

E-Appalachia Award
Resources for Readers and Teachers of Appalachian Literature for Children and Young Adults; Judy Teaford and Tina Hanlon; www.ferrum.edu/AppLit/



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