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SUMMARY:Mountain Mondays Speaker Series
LOCATION:Online
DESCRIPTION:Appalachian State University’s Center for Appalachian Studies 
 and Department of Interdisciplinary Studies will present the Mountain Mon
 days Speaker Series\, a virtual series featuring scholars and community p
 ractitioners in the humanities and social sciences whose work explores mo
 untains and mountain communities around the world.\n\nFormerly the Intern
 ational Mountain Studies Conference\, Mountain Mondays will take place vi
 a Zoom each Monday from Oct. 12 through Nov. 23. Session times vary by da
 te. The series is free and open to the public with advance registration.\
 n\nPresentations will highlight the growing academic field of mountain st
 udies and encourage comparative studies of and exchanges between the Appa
 lachian Mountains and other mountain regions around the world. Topics ran
 ge from health in Appalachia and Haiti and art collaborations between App
 alachia and the Carpathians to music in the Slovak Tatra Mountains and Au
 strian Alps\, mountain traditions in Vietnam and the Zagros Mountains\, a
 nd the impacts of Hurricane Helene. Other presentations explore Appalachi
 an history\, culture\, agriculture\, literature\, tourism\, and environme
 ntal issues.\n\nTo register and view the complete schedule\, visit https:
 //imsc2026.sched.com. The password to access the site is MountainMondays2
 026. Once in Sched\, register for a free account to access the Zooms.\n\n
 For more information\, contact Dr. Katherine Ledford\, professor of Appal
 achian studies\, at ledfordke@appstate.edu.\n\nhttp://next-to-u.app/event
 s/6da45a02-1bb8-4300-a5b1-9fba690741ea
URL:http://next-to-u.app/events/6da45a02-1bb8-4300-a5b1-9fba690741ea
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