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Feb 13th, 2024
Associate professor Jean-Luc Houle was awarded a grant from the Rust Family Foundation to support his ongoing archaeology research in Mongolia.
View ArticleFeb 1st, 2024
The application window for the 2024-2025 Drs. Du-Powell Scholarship in Anthropology opened on February 1 and applications will be accepted until February 29, 2024.
View ArticleJan 2nd, 2024
WKU's Kentucky Archaeological Survey partners to reprint the classic "Kentucky Before Boone" poster.
View ArticleFeb 3rd, 2023
Dr. Gwynn Henderson, Education Director for the Kentucky Archaeological Survey, is the 2023 recipient of the Society for American Archaeology Distinguished Achievement in Public Archaeology Award.
View ArticleMar 22nd, 2022
Dr. Ashley Stinnett, assistant professor of anthropology in the Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology, has assumed leadership of the Society for Visual Anthropology, expanding her long-time involvement with the organization.
View ArticleFeb 11th, 2022
Dr. Jean-Luc Houle is collaborating with scholars of the Max Planck Institute in Germany to study the initial dispersals of domesticated livestock across Central and Inner Asia beginning about 5,000 years ago.
View ArticleAug 20th, 2021
The Kentucky Folklife Program (KFP) is proud to release its third consecutive volume of the online publication.
View ArticleNov 30th, 2020
Two members of WKU’s Kentucky Archaeological Survey, Dr. David Pollack, KAS Director, and Dr. Justin N. Carlson, KAS Project Director, are co-editors of a new book on Ohio Valley archaeology.
View ArticleJun 16th, 2020
In accordance with Western Kentucky University’s dedication to social justice, as outlined recently in We Are One WKU, the Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology stands in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.
View ArticleMay 26th, 2020
On Saturday May 23rd, the Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology held a virtual Graduation Reception, Awards, and Hooding Ceremony to celebrate the accomplishments of our 2019-2020 graduates and award winners.
View ArticleMay 14th, 2020
Dr. A. Gwynn Henderson, Education Director for the Kentucky Archaeological Survey, is reaching out to Kentuckians to bring archaeology to them directly – and remotely. She is participating in two projects to share archaeological stories with the public.
View ArticleFeb 21st, 2020
WKU will host the 37th Annual Kentucky Heritage Council Archaeology Conference on the Bowling Green campus. It brings professional archaeologists and students from across the state to learn about recent research on a wide range of archaeology topics.
View ArticleFeb 10th, 2020
On Saturday, February 15, 2020, five anthropology students will present papers at the Seventh Annual Dr. Lindsey Powell Memorial Conference, sponsored by the Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology.
View ArticleNov 20th, 2019
In celebration of Kentucky Native American Heritage Month, archaeologist Gwynn Henderson of WKU’s Kentucky Archaeological Survey will present "A History of Native Americans in Kentucky" at the McCracken County Public Library in Paducah on Nov 21, 2019.
View ArticleNov 8th, 2019
On September 20-21, 2019, anthropology students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the WKU Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology volunteered at the 31st annual Living Archaeology Weekend, Kentucky’s oldest and largest public archaeology event.
View ArticleSep 9th, 2019
Hannah Hudson, the youngest daughter of Mark and Scarlett Hudson, has been named the Dr. Delroy & Patricia Hire Special Collections Intern for 2019. Hannah is a sophomore at WKU pursuing a degree in Cultural Anthropology with a minor in Folk Studies.
View ArticleJun 3rd, 2019
Dr. Ashley Stinnett, assistant professor of anthropology, was selected to receive the 2019 Office of Scholar Development Mentor Award.
View ArticleMay 29th, 2019
In April 2019, Jennifer N. Molchan of the Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology was awarded a competitive $2,000 Field Research Fellowship from the American Center for Mongolian Studies.
View ArticleMay 28th, 2019
Cameron Knight graduated from WKU in December 2005 with a BA in Photojournalism and Anthropology. He was recently part of an investigative team at the Cincinnati Enquirer that was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for their project "Seven Days of Heroin."
View ArticleMay 20th, 2019
The Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology is pleased to announce that retired University Distinguished Professor of Folk Studies Michael Ann Williams was recently awarded the title Emeritus.
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