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Folk Studies Faculty Member Organizes Applied Folklore Conference
Dec 7th, 2018
Dr. Tim Frandy, assistant professor of folklore, recently co-organized a public and applied folklore conference entitled "Folklore and the Wisconsin Idea." It featured the many ways folklorists collaborate with community partners across the US.
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Folk Studies Professor Tim Evans Interviewed on WKYU about "Bowling Green Massacre" and Fake News
Oct 30th, 2018
Folk Studies Prof. Tim Evans was recently interviewed by Kevin Willis of WKYU radio about his article on “the Bowling Green Massacre,” published in the Fall 2018 issue of the Journal of American Folklore.
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WKU Folk Studies at the Annual Meeting of the American Folklore Society
Oct 23rd, 2018
WKU Folk Studies has just returned from another successful and productive Annual Meeting of the American Folklore Society! Faculty, current students, and alumni presented papers, served on forums, and participated in leadership and section meetings.
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WKU Kentucky Folklife Program Director to Speak at Smithsonian Symposium
Oct 15th, 2018
On October 23-24, WKU’s Kentucky Folklife Program and Kentucky Museum Director Brent Björkman will speak at "Building Bridges: A Symposium on Global Cultural Heritage Preservation."
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"Fake News" the topic of forthcoming issue of the Journal of American Folklore
Oct 1st, 2018
The Editors of the Journal of American Folklore (JAF), currently based in the Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology at Western Kentucky University (WKU), are pleased to announce a forthcoming issue on the topic of "fake news."
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Sam Cole Visits Folk Studies Class Ahead of "Hillbilly" Screening
Sep 24th, 2018
Sam Cole, an archival researcher for the documentary film hillbilly, visited Dr. Ann Ferrell’s Women’s Folklife class on September 18 prior to a screening of the film at the Capitol Arts Center that evening. The film premiered in May of this year.
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Folk Studies Instructor Barry Kaufkins Featured in CCSJ's September Spotlight
Sep 23rd, 2018
Folk Studies instructor Barry Kaufkins has been featured in CCSJ’s September spotlight! This write-up details, among other things, his use of service learning in his Folk Studies classes.
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Folk Studies Faculty Member Helps Run 4th Annual Wild Ricing Camp for Native American Medical Students
Sep 19th, 2018
Dr. Tim Frandy helped to coordinate a Wild Ricing camp on the Lac du Flambeau reservation in northern Wisconsin for NACHP students, staff, and their families to learn about indigenous food ways and the Anishinaabe tradition of wild rice harvesting.
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Anthropology Faculty Publishes in Anthropology News
Aug 28th, 2018
Dr. Ashley Stinnett, Assistant Professor in the Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology, contributed a piece to Anthropology News "What's In Your Bag, Anthropologists?" series.
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Kentucky Folklife Program Featured in Humanities for All
Aug 6th, 2018
The Kentucky Museum exhibit "A Culture Carried: Bosnians in Bowling Green" and the Bowling Green Bosnia Oral History Project were recently featured in Humanities for All, a National Humanities Alliance site showcasing publicly engaged humanities work.
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