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 Annual Conference
The Road Ahead
The Next Thirty Years of Appalachian Studies
March 28-30, 2008
Hosted by Marshall University
Huntington, West Virginia
www.marshall.edu
Friday Keynote Speaker: Silas House
Saturday Plenary Session: MTR & Sustainable Development
Shaunna Scott, ASA President
Chris Green, Conference Program Chair
Dan Holbrook, Local Arrangements Chair
DESCRIPTION
The 2008 ASA conference highlights how people (citizens, professionals, students, scholars, educators, artists, activists, etc.) are responding to the “next generation” of challenge and change in Appalachia. At the core of social change rests a tension between innovation & continuity, theory & action, and initiative & democracy. You are invited to help build “the road ahead” in Appalachia by organizing a panel, submitting a research paper, putting together a roundtable discussion, developing a workshop, creating a poster, or producing a display table. The final report of the ASA’s longrange planning committee will be presented at this conference as well. So please join us in a conversation about the future of our region and ASA itself.
Everyone is encouraged to submit proposals to the 2008 Conference and to join more than 600 people in the conference
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History of Marshall University -- "Named after John Marshall, the great Chief Justice of the United States, Marshall Academy was established in 1837. Marshall became a university in 1961 and has since grown tremendously, particularly in the 1990's which saw the construction of the state-of-the-art Drinko Library, Jomie Jazz Center and the addition of the Graduate College."
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ENVIRONS
Located in Huntington, West Virginia, Marshall University is conveniently located off I-64 on the Ohio River just eleven miles from Kentucky. Marshall University, which serves students throughout the tristate region (WV, KY, OH) in central Appalachia, has offered a home to ASA’s national headquarters since 2001. Incorporated in 1871 as a railroad nexus between the east coast and the Midwest, Huntington serves as a port of entry to the mountains of West Virginia. Visit the Cabell-Huntington Vistors Bureau.
You can fly into Huntington either at Tri-State airport, which is ten minutes from Huntington, or Yeager airport in Charleston, which is 45 miles from Huntington.
ACCOMMODATIONS
Blocks of rooms are being held at several hotels/motels on a first-come, first-serve basis. Ask for the Appalachian Studies Association Conference rates.
Pullman Plaza (Downtown, five blocks from campus): $89.00/night, including breakfast and 2 cocktails/evening. A second person in a room is an additional $10.00/night. A third person is additional $20. (304) 525-1001
Holiday Inn and Suites (Downtown, eight blocks from campus): $79.00/night, continental breakfast included. (304)523-8880
Ramada Limited (I-65 Exit 11, 2.2 miles from campus): $79.95/night. (304) 523-4242
Super 8 Motel (I-64 Exit 11, 2.2 miles from campus): $69.95/night. (304) 525-141
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