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Kentucky Folklife Program to Present Homer Ledford Award at Kentucky Crafted Market
Mar 14th, 2019
Visitors to The Kentucky Crafted Market, March 16-17 at the Kentucky Horse Park’s Alltech Arena, are guaranteed to find the best Kentucky-made art and craft, but they can also learn about the techniques and traditions of two well-known Kentucky art forms.
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Kentucky Folklife Network Gathering at the 2019 Kentucky Crafted Market
Mar 6th, 2019
Folklorists, Community Scholars, folk artists, tradition bearers and other folklife enthusiasts are invited to the Kentucky Folklife Network Gathering at the 2019 Kentucky Crafted Market at the Kentucky Horse Park Alltech Arena.
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Sarah McCartt-Jackson Poetry Reading
Feb 14th, 2019
Join us for a poetry reading by Sarah McCartt-Jackson at Cherry Hall (Room 125) on Thursday, February 21 at 7:00 pm!
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Anthropology Faculty Wins Photo Contest
Jan 29th, 2019
Dr. Ashley Stinnett, assistant professor of Anthropology in the Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology, was one of twelve to win the 2018 American Anthropological Association Photo Image Contest.
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Recent WKU Folk Studies Alums Publish Article in History News
Jan 23rd, 2019
Congratulations to WKU Folk Studies '18 grads Anne Rappaport and Susanna Pyatt on the publication of their article "Traditional Culture, Collaboration, and Ethnography: Folkloristic Perspectives and Public History" in History News, published by the AASLH.
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Review of Stonelight, Poetry Collection by WKU Folk Studies Alum
Jan 21st, 2019
In Stonelight, winner of the 2017 Airlie Prize, Sarah McCartt-Jackson adds to a tradition of lyric narrative collections.
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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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Kentucky Folklife Program receives Kentucky History Award for Community Impact
Nov 16th, 2018
The WKU-based Kentucky Folklife Program receives a 2018 Kentucky History Award for Community Impact from the Kentucky Historical Society.
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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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"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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Folk Studies and Anthropology Newsletter Now Available
Sep 18th, 2018
The WKU Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology's latest newsletter is available for download.
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Folk Studies and Kentucky Folklife Program Present at Horse Cave Heritage Festival
Sep 18th, 2018
On Saturday, September 15th, graduate students, faculty, and staff in the WKU Folk Studies Program and Kentucky Folklife Program partnered to produce the Chattin’ on the Porch stage at the Horse Cave Heritage Festival in Horse Cave, Kentucky.
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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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Folk Studies MA Graduate Appointed Director of Studio Potter
Jul 30th, 2018
Anthony Stellaccio, a recent graduate of Western Kentucky University’s Folklore MA Program, has been appointed as the new Director of Studio Potter (SP).
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Folk Studies Faculty Member Publishes New Book on Disaster
Jul 23rd, 2018
Kate Parker Horigan, Assistant Professor in the Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology, has just published Consuming Katrina: Public Disaster and Personal Narrative (University Press of Mississippi: 2018).
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Folklife Archives Granted KOHC Accreditation
Jun 18th, 2018
Western Kentucky University’s Manuscripts and Folklife Archives, a part of the Department of Library Special Collections, was recently granted accreditation status by the Kentucky Oral History Commission (KOHC).
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