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The Appalachian Studies Association will hold its twenty-fifth annual conference on March 15-17, 2002, at Unicoi State Park in the mountains of north Georgia. The theme of the conference will be "Voices from the Margins--Living on the Fringe," in which participants are invited to explore the experiences of southern and central highlanders on the geographic edges of the region as well as those marginalized in other ways: Latinos, African Americans, Cherokees, women and girls, gays and lesbians, prisoners, and others. The Appalachian Studies Conference is an interdisciplinary gathering of academics and activists, writers and filmmakers, musicians, craftsmen, and artists. Proposals for submissions of all types--scholarly sessions, live performances, poetry readings, displays, film showings--are invited. Twelve copies of proposals, consisting of one-page abstracts, along with brief c.v.'s of all participants, should be mailed by September 28, 2001, to the Program Chair: Professor Patricia D. Beaver, Director, Center for Appalachian Studies, Appalachian State University, P.O. Box 32018, Boone, North Carolina 28608. E-mails and faxes cannot be accepted. For more information, contact Professor Beaver at (828) 262-4089; beaverpd@appstate.edu; or visit the ASA website at: www.AppalachianStudies.org.

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