Work-in-Progress Presentation Monday, February 16, 2026 · 5:00-6:30 PM ET
In person · Smith Warehouse, Bay 4, C106
Join us for a work-in-progress presentation by Jessie Wilkerson (University of Tennessee), examining how networks of care emerge within labor conflict in Industrial Appalachia. Drawing on labor history and archival research, the talk approaches care as a collective and conflictual practice.
Presenter
Jessie Wilkerson (University of Tennessee)
"Care, Radically: Labor Conflict and Networks of Care in Industrial Appalachia"
Respondent
Anne Whisnant (Duke University)
To receive the pre-circulated paper and to sign up for the light dinner, please write to revaluingcarelab@duke.edu.
The "Care, Radically" work in progress is co-sponsored by the Revaluing Care Lab, the History Hub, and Graduate Liberal Studies.
Sponsor
Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI)
Co-Sponsor(s)
Graduate Liberal Studies; History; Revaluing Care Lab