Global Appalachian Readings:Race, Place and Migration

Activity Type: 
Reading Group
Date: 
Wednesday, October 23, 2024 - 13:30 to 15:00
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Location: 
4130 Posvar Hall
Contact Person: 
Veronica Dristas
Contact Phone: 
(412) 624-2918
Contact Email: 
dristas@pitt.edu
Cost: 
Free

The Global Appalachia Reading Group will focus on Appalachia from a global perspective. The semester’s series theme is Race, Place and Migration. Copies of the books will be available for those planning to attend the event. To register please follow this link: https://forms.gle/J7jqr1h3mRsdrJEa9.

Note: We are able to fund and distribute books to registrants as funding allows. Registration will remain open after this amount is reached. Registrants will be notified if we are unable to provide them with the reading material.

October 23, 2024: Hillbilly Highway: The Transappalachian Migration and the Making of a White Working Class by Max Fraser

November 13, 2024: After Coal: Stories of Survival from Appalachia and Wales by Tom Hansell

December 4, 2024: Out of the Mountains: Appalachia Stories by Meredith Sue Williams

UCIS Unit: 
Global Studies Center
Other Pitt Sponsors: 
World History Center
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA)
World Regions: 
International
Is Event Already in University Calendar?: 
No
Pitt Grad Students: 
2