Global Appalachia Reading Group: Interdisciplinary Perspective on a Region in Motion

In the spring of 2024, the World History Center’s Global Appalachia working group and the Global Studies Center will host a series of book discussions focusing on the region of Appalachia from a global perspective. The series theme is Interdisciplinary Perspectives on a Region in Motion. Participation in all three events in the series is not required but encouraged. All events will take place from 1:00-2:30pm (EST). Copies of the books will be available for those planning to attend the event. Please contact Veronica Dristas at dristas@pitt.edu with questions.

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.

January 31, 2024: Ramp Hollow: The Ordeal of Appalachia by Steven Stoll 

• In Ramp Hollow, Steven Stoll offers a fresh, provocative account of Appalachia, and why it matters. His investigation, ranging widely from history to literature, art, and economics, questions our assumptions about progress and development and exposes the devastating legacy of dispossession and its repercussions today.