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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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Folk Studies MA student Nicole Musgrave wins WKU's John D. Minton Award
May 31st, 2018
Nicole Musgrave (Folk Studies MA 2018) was selected as this year's WKU outstanding graduate student, receiving the John D. Minton Award at the university commencement.
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Congratulations to 2018 Folk Studies MA Graduates!
May 31st, 2018
Seven new graduates of our Folk Studies MA program joined our alumni ranks this month. These folklorists are off to work in museums, state art agencies, and more!
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Brent Bjorkman, Director of KFP, travels to Washington D.C.
Mar 15th, 2018
Brent Bjorkman, Director of the Kentucky Folklife Program, travels to Washington D.C. for the National Humanities Alliance Annual Meeting.
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