Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology News

Nov 29th, 2022

The Kentucky Folklife Program is accepting nominations for the 2023 Homer Ledford Award, through February 1. This award honors outstanding Kentucky luthiers in memory of master luthier, musician, and educator Homer Ledford.

Aug 24th, 2022

The Folk Studies program at WKU is celebrating with a series of five speakers marking five decades of folklore graduate studies at WKU.

Jun 7th, 2022

Folk Studies graduate Taylor Dooley Burden has received a prestigious Archie Green Fellowship, awarded by the American Folklife Center (AFC) of the Library of Congress, to support her project “The Occupational Lives of Religious Workers in Kentuckiana.

Mar 22nd, 2022

Dr. Ashley Stinnett, assistant professor of anthropology in the Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology, has assumed leadership of the Society for Visual Anthropology, expanding her long-time involvement with the organization.

Feb 11th, 2022

Kentucky Folklife, the Digital Magazine from the Kentucky Folklife Program, has just released it's 4th Spring 2022 Issue!

Feb 11th, 2022

Dr. Jean-Luc Houle is collaborating with scholars of the Max Planck Institute in Germany to study the initial dispersals of domesticated livestock across Central and Inner Asia beginning about 5,000 years ago.

Jan 13th, 2022

The Kentucky Folklife Program, part of the Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology at WKU, received a $15,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to support the continuation and expansion of the Kentucky Folklife Network.

Oct 24th, 2021

WKU Folk Studies students, faculty, and staff attended the American Folklore Society 2021 Annual Meeting, presenting research and projects, connecting with alumni, and celebrating the awarding of a prestigious honor to alumnus Teresa Hollingsworth.

Sep 1st, 2021

Folk Studies MA student Caitlyn Sheets has received an In These Mountains Graduate Student Fellowship, with funding provided by the regional arts organization South Arts

Aug 20th, 2021

The Kentucky Folklife Program (KFP) is proud to release its third consecutive volume of the online publication.