The Stephenson Center for Appalachia Announces Summer Lecture Series Schedule for the 2014 Season

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High Country Press
Boone, North Carolina
The Stephenson Center for Appalachia Announces Summer Lecture Series Schedule for the 2014 Season
July 1, 2014.

If you are looking to gain insight into Appalachian culture or seeking to enrich your summer experience, reserve three Wednesdays in July to participate in the John B. Stephenson Lecture Series at Lees-McRae College. The Stephenson Lecture Series is free and open to the public.

Beginning at 7 p.m. on July 9, 16 and 23 and Evans Auditorium within Lees-McRae’s Cannon Student Center, the College will present a diverse set of programs: Dr. Michael Joslin, director of the Stephenson Center for Appalachia; Dr. Ron Roach, Chair of the Department of Appalachian Studies at East Tennessee State University; and John Goad and his Bluegrass Band will share their expertise with the public in presentations that promise to be both entertaining and enlightening.

To start the summer series, on July 9, Dr. Michael Joslin will lead a discussion on life in the Toe River Valley with his slide presentation Our Living Heritage. An award-winning author, he has published six books on Appalachia: Mountain People, Places and Ways; More Mountain People, Places and Ways; Appalachian Bounty; Our Living Heritage; Highland Handcrafters and Mountain Spring.

Living in the Toe River Valley since 1983, Joslin has written about and photographed the area to document both the present life of the valley and the traditions that are slipping into the past. He has interviewed hundreds of mountain folks who preserve their heritage in both their memories and their ways of life, and has hiked many mountain trails and woodlands documenting the natural wonders of the area....