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The idea for Anthropologists and Sociologists of Kentucky (ASK) came about in 1962, and the first annual meeting was held in the spring of 1963 at the University of Kentucky with George A. Hillery of the University of Kentucky as the first president. The second annual meeting was held in the spring of 1964 at Transylvania University with Father William Hogan of Bellarmine College as the second president. The third annual meeting at Eastern Kentucky University (then Eastern Kentucky State College) in 1965 found fifty-six ASK members from sixteen schools in attendance despite the heavy snow.
Annual meetings were held every spring until a snow storm of March 1980 dumped a foot of snow on the meeting’s location at Morehead State University, forcing participants to caravan home through the snow or remain at the meeting site for additional days. With the October 1981 event at Louisville’s Jefferson Community College, annual meetings were transferred to the autumn. With the 2013 meeting, annual meetings were moved to the late spring to allow those students working on senior projects the opportunity to present before they graduate. The spring 2020 and 2021 meetings were cancelled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
A student paper competition was begun in the late 1970s, and from 1999 on the competition has been named for its financial benefactor, Larry Webster. In 2009 this student paper competition was renamed for the first ASK archivist, Jules Delambre, who passed away in 2005.
In 2024, ASK added a student poster contest to our annual meeting.
Many illustrious individuals have given keynote addresses at the meetings over the years, including anthropologist Ward Goodenough who spoke at the 1994 event at Kentucky State University.
Faculty and students have participated on our meetings from Bellarmine University, Berea College, Bluegrass Community and Technical College, Campbellsville University, Centre College, Eastern Kentucky University, Georgetown College, Jefferson Community & Technical College, Kentucky State University, Lindsey Wilson College, Morehead State University, Murray State University, Northern Kentucky University, Spalding University, Somerset Community College, Thomas More College, Transylvania University, Union College, University of Cincinnati, University of Kentucky, University of Louisville, University of Pikeville, Western Kentucky University, and other colleges and universities.
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