Archived events
- Smart Mountains: how can biosphere reserves contribute to the Green Deal?
- Lecture: UNESCO Biosphere Reserves
- ‘Why Mountains Matter’ Public Lecture by Prof Martin Price
- Challenging Upland Futures
- Research for Sustainable Development in Mountain Regions
- SILK Sustainability Seminar: Professor Ioan Fazey (CECHR, University of Dundee)
- Mountains for Europe's Future
- SILK Sustainability Seminar: My land? Your land? Scotland!
- A Very Short Introduction to...Mountains - Public talk
- Perth III: Mountains of Our Future Earth
- Climate connections 2011; Linking Climate Change Research
- Perth II: Global Change and the World's Mountains
- Scotland's Wild Landscapes – New Ways Forward
- Scotland's Changing Rural Biodiversity: policy and action needs
- Summits of Learning: 150 Years of Mountaineering, Mountains, and Science
- Northern Europe - planning together for a sustainable future
- The Future of Biodiversity in the Uplands
- Information in the Making - Advancing Strategic Planning in Scotland
- Perth I: Open Science Conference - Global Change in Mountain Regions
- Climate Change in the Scottish Uplands
- Terrestrial environmental change in the Highlands and Islands: from mountain summits to coasts
- RGS-IBG annual conference
- 2002: International Year of Mountains
A forum held at Perth Concert Hall on 5 & 6 October 2021
Aim
‘Challenging Upland Futures’ was a public forum with the aim, agreed by a range of diverse stakeholders:
- to integrate knowledge and understanding on the uplands of Scotland, and to agree priority actions to help ensure that our uplands deliver the widest possible range of benefits.
Participants
Participants represented the wide diversity of stakeholders living in, and concerned with, the uplands of Scotland.
Appalachian Mountains: Place, Pedagogy, and Parallels to other Mountain Regions
Appalachian Mountains: Place, Pedagogy, and Parallels to other Mountain Regions
Monday 12 December 2022: 1300 - 1400
Online and in person (UHI Perth)
Presenter: Katherine E. Ledford of the Appalachian State University
This talk will introduce attendees to the Appalachian Mountains in the United States and to the academic field of Appalachian studies, paying special attention to how scholarship about these mountains is used across the region in higher education classrooms and communities. The talk concludes with an examination of Appalachia's connections to other mountain regions around the world.
When registering, please choose either an online or in person ticket
Katherine E. Ledford is a professor of Appalachian Studies at Appalachian State University, North Carolina. She teaches courses in Appalachian literature, mountain literature, comparative mountain studies, and higher education pedagogy. She also has an important role in fostering communication between Appalachian studies academics and mountain studies academics around the world.
This talk will be an excellent opportunity for UHI students, lecturers and researchers to learn more about a fascinating area of scholarship and explore possible connections between the Appalachian mountains and Scottish Highlands.
