Last year’s conference was both inspired and inspiring as we welcomed guest instructor Annie Woodford, author of the award-winning collection, Where You Come From is Gone.

Now we’re preparing for a new conference for 2025. This year we’ll be hosting the one and only Robert Gipe, artist and author of Trampoline, Weedeater, and Pop.

So save the date for July 14-18, because we’ll be back at the Selu Conservancy for a five-day celebration of creativity, art, and Appalachia.

Below is a sneak peak of the flyers we’re bringing to the Appalachian Studies Association Conference. If you’re going to be in Cookeville for the conference, come check our session about the present and future of Appalachian Studies at Radford University.

Flyer advertising Robert Gipe as the guest of the 2025 Highland Summer Conference. Photos of Robert Gipe in a garden and the Little River at Selu Conservancy