Eberly Roundtable
About Eberly Roundtable
The Eberly Roundtable, hosted annually by the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, provides an interdisciplinary forum open to the campus and community. Each year, the event brings together scholars, artists and community members to engage on a topic of central importance to WVU’s land-grant mission and regional identity.
2023 : Labor In Appalachia
The Eberly College of Arts and Sciences invites the WVU community to its second annual Eberly Roundtable on “Labor in Appalachia” Sept. 29-30 at the Mountainlair or via Zoom.
This event brings together academic and public scholars, artists and intellectuals to engage on a topic central to WVU’s land-grant mission and national identity.
The Eberly Roundtable will begin with a keynote lecture from Joe W. Trotter, the Giant Eagle professor of history and social justice at Carnegie Mellon University. A panel of featured speakers will discuss incarceration, invisible labor, the future of work, “John Henryism” and more.
The Eberly Roundtable seeks to amplify Appalachia’s centrality, Appalachian voices and Appalachia’s importance in national discussions. It creates an environment to examine and discuss critical issues such as race, rurality, the changing nature of work, displacement, immigration, poverty and economic uncertainty from an Appalachian standpoint.
"The roundtable models the importance of multidisciplinary dialogue,” Scott Davidson, a professor of philosophy at Eberly College and roundtable co-coordinator, said. “Panels bring experts together from different disciplines and backgrounds, allowing for unexpected conversations that allow everyone to leave having discovered something new."
The event is sponsored by WVU’s Office of the Provost, the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, WVU Research Office, School of Public Health, College of Creative Arts, Center for Resilient Communities, Humanities Center and Africana Studies Program, as well as West Virginia University Press.
2021 : Race, Identity, and Place
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Event Invitation
The Eberly College of Arts and Sciences is pleased to invite faculty, staff, students,
and the entire Mountaineer community both near and far to the first
annual
Eberly Roundtable. This inaugural event brings together academic
and public scholars, artists, and intellectuals to engage on a topic
central to WVU’s land-grant mission and national identity. The inaugural
theme of this year’s Eberly Roundtable is “A Coming Together.” Our
distinguished participants have been invited to discuss blackness, black
identity, black agency, and black presence in Appalachia. We would like
to thank our sponsors for their generous support and look forward to this important
conversation.
The event on October 12, 2021 features Dr. William H. Turner and the launching of his book The Harlan Renaissance on WVU Press. The event will begin with a book-signing and reception, followed by a discussion. Dr. Turner will discuss his new book, The Harlan Renaissance - an intimate remembrance of kinship and community from the treasured son of one of the most successful and diverse coal camps in Appalachia's history.
About William H. Turner
William H. Turner, PhD, the fifth of ten children, was born in 1946 in the coal town of Lynch, Kentucky, in Harlan County. His grandfathers, father, four uncles and older brother were coal miners.
Bill has spent his professional career studying and working on behalf of marginalized communities, helping them create opportunities in the larger world while not abandoning their important cultural ties. He is best-known for his ground-breaking research on African-American communities in Appalachia, but Bill’s work is universal. As an academic and a consultant, he has studied economic systems and social structures in the urban South and burgeoning Latino communities in the Southwest. What he strives for on behalf of his clients and their communities is what we all want: prosperity, understanding and respect.
Please register to attend this meeting by clicking here.