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The Kentucky Folklife Program Archive Arrives at The Kentucky Museum

The Kentucky Folklife Program moved to Western Kentucky University earlier this year, and now it is really settling in to stay. During the week of October 29, 2012, the Kentucky Historical Society Archival staff officially moved the Kentucky Folklife Program Archive to the Kentucky Museum. Read WKU's full announcement for more information, or check out the Bowling Green Daily News story. 

                  

Photos: Sarah Milligan, Louise Jones, and Heather Stone of the Kentucky Historical Society move the Kentucky Folklife Program Archive to the Kentucky Museum.

 

WKU Alumni Recognized with Awards at AFS 2012 Annual Meeting in New Orleans

Two recent WKU Folk Studies graduates won awards at the American Folklore Society 2012 Annual Meeting: The Continuity and Creativity of Culture. 

Matthew Hale won the first annual Bill Ellis Award from the NewFolk Section for his essay, "Air Captains, Pith Helmets, & Other Assorted Brassy Bits: Steampunk Personas and Material-Semiotic Intertextuality," which will be published in New Directions in Folklore. Hale (2010) is now continuing his Folklore studies at Indiana University. 

Suzanne Barber's paper "Shaoshon: A Return to Mao, A Return to Home," has been selected as 2012 recipient of the Jonathan T. Yeh Award for Student Scholarship in Asian and Asian American Folklore. Barber (2011) is also continuing her Folklore studies at Indiana University. 

 

Alumni Dinner at AFS 2012 Annual Meeting 

The WKU Folk Studies department hosted an alumni dinner at the Crescent City Brewhouse Thursday, October 25 during the American Folklore Society 2012 Annual Meeting. Alumni and faculty shared a meal together and enjoyed catching up with each other about the various projects former Hilltoppers are leading around the country. 

 

Bramham/Collins Lecture Series 

Laura Marcus Green & Amy Skillman
September 27 & 28, 2012

Laura Marcus Green and Amy Skillman visited Bowling Green to discuss their partnership, "Building Cultural Bridges." This effort leads workshops and other programs around the country, offering resources and building collaborations between immigrant/refugee communities, artists from those communities, immigrant service workers, arts organizations, and other community groups. These leading Public Folklorists presented their work to current students and the larger community. They were not only informative, but also welcomed questions and provided tips for individuals interested in similar projects.

*See event page for more details.