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![KFP Launches](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/8713.jpg)
Apr 16th, 2020
The Kentucky Folklife Program, in partnership with WKU Folk Studies Program and the Kentucky Oral History Commission, is launching a new project, Connecting Across the Commonwealth in the Time of the Coronavirus.
View Article![Folk Studies MA Student Zahra Abedi is PCAL's Outstanding Graduate Student](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/8709.jpg)
Apr 14th, 2020
Congratulations to Folk Studies MA student Zahra AbedinezhadMehrabadi, who has just been named the 2019-2020 Outstanding Graduate Student for Potter College of Arts and Letters! The Graduate School announced the winner for each college on Friday.
View Article![Congratulations to KY's 2020 Folk & Traditional Arts Master Artist Fellows](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/8651.jpg)
Mar 26th, 2020
The Kentucky Folklife Program is excited to share the news that three Kentucky traditional artists have been recognized as the 2020 Folk & Traditional Arts Master Artist Fellows through SouthArts: Roger Cooper, Charlene Long, and Octavia Sexton.
View Article![WKU to Host Annual State Archaeology Conference on Feb 28-March 1](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/8526.jpg)
Feb 21st, 2020
WKU will host the 37th Annual Kentucky Heritage Council Archaeology Conference on the Bowling Green campus. It brings professional archaeologists and students from across the state to learn about recent research on a wide range of archaeology topics.
View Article![Folk Studies MA Student Camille Acosta Presents Research on Artistic Responses to El Paso Shooting](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/8523.jpg)
Feb 20th, 2020
On Saturday, February 22nd, WKU Folk Studies MA student Camille Acosta will present her original research at "20/20 (Re)Vision," the 13th annual OSU/IU Student Research Conference in Columbus, Ohio.
View ArticleFeb 13th, 2020
"Creelsboro and the Cumberland: A Living History" is a new documentary that examines the history and culture of a farming community in south-central Kentucky. A free campus screening is scheduled for February 24 at 7:00 pm in Cherry Hall 125.
View ArticleFeb 10th, 2020
On Saturday, February 15, 2020, five anthropology students will present papers at the Seventh Annual Dr. Lindsey Powell Memorial Conference, sponsored by the Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology.
View Article![SAVE THE DATE: Kentucky Folklife Gathering May 28th and 29th](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/8437.jpg)
Jan 27th, 2020
The Kentucky Folklife Program will be hosting a state-wide meeting for the newly established Kentucky Folklife Network. It will take place in Bowling Green, KY on May 28th and 29th.
View Article![Archaeologist Presents on Native Americans at Paducah Library](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/8286.jpg)
Nov 20th, 2019
In celebration of Kentucky Native American Heritage Month, archaeologist Gwynn Henderson of WKU’s Kentucky Archaeological Survey will present "A History of Native Americans in Kentucky" at the McCracken County Public Library in Paducah on Nov 21, 2019.
View Article![Graduate Student Camille Acosta Prepares Dia de los Muertos Altar](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/8248.jpg)
Nov 11th, 2019
Folk Studies graduate student Camille Acosta prepared a Dia de los Muertos altar in her Speech and Debate office to celebrate her Mexican heritage.
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