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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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Kentucky Folklife Program Accepting Nominations for 2019 Homer Ledford Award
Oct 30th, 2018
The Kentucky Folklife Program is now accepting nominations for the 2019 Homer Ledford Award. Nominations accepted through December 5th, 2018.
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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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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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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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Kentucky Rural-Urban Exchange announces 2018 cohort, WKU hosting first exchange
Jun 6th, 2018
The Kentucky Rural-Urban Exchange (RUX) will gather in Bowling Green this weekend for the first 2018 Rural-Urban Exchange Community Intensive, hosted by the Kentucky Folklife Program at WKU.
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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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Kentucky Folklife Program to receive $20,000 Art Works grant from NEA
May 11th, 2018
The Kentucky Folklife Program at WKU has been awarded a $20,000 Art Works grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to support the establishment of a Kentucky Folklife Network and online magazine.
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