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2024-10-29Ellos no Sabían que Éramos Semillas ~ They Didn’t Know We Were Seeds: A Día de los Muertos Celebration Honors Those We have Loved and Lost this Thursday, October 31st, 2024
2024-02-23Kentucky Folklife Digital Magazine Premieres its Spring 2024 Issue Celebrating African-American Voices with a Virtual Narrative Stage
2024-02-21Yap Islander Will Present on Death Traditions
2024-02-13Anthropologist Awarded Grant for Mongolia Research
2024-02-01Application Window Open for 2024-2025 Drs. Du-Powell Scholarship in Anthropology
2024-01-25Farmer Cultural Awareness Project exhibit opens at Kentucky Museum
2024-01-02Archaeology Poster Gets New Lease on Educational Life
2023-12-22WKU Folk Studies Saddened to Announce the Passing of Professor Lynwood Montell
2023-10-16Folk Studies to Host Oral History Meet-up on November 17
2023-10-10“Tejido por la Historia; Sobrevivido de Corazón ~ Woven by Story; Survived by Heart” Celebrates the Stories of Hispanic WKU Students and Bowling Green Community Members to Close Out Hispanic Heritage Month
2023-10-04An Interactive Ofrenda Beaming with Hispanic Culture will be on Display as Part of Programming for Hispanic Heritage Month and Día de los Muertos
2023-09-27Hopkinsville Woodcarving Folk Artist to Host Artist Demonstrations and Audience Discussions to Kick Off ‘Willie Rascoe Day!’
2023-09-11Folk Studies Students Reflect on Summer Internship Experiences in Three Area Museums
2023-08-25Venezuelan/Appalachian Duo to Perform and Host Workshops as Part of Cultural Enhancement Series ~ Dúo Venezolano/Apalache Actuará y Organizará Talleres como parte de la Series de Mejora Cultural
2023-04-05Kentucky Folklife Program Welcomes New Folklife Specialist
2023-03-18Final Talk in WKU Folk Studies Anniversary Series to Feature 1974 Alumnus Peggy Bulger
2023-02-21WKU Folk Studies Welcomes Back Former Faculty Member and American Folklore Society President
2023-02-16Kentucky Folklife Program Announces the Recipients of the 2023 Homer Ledford Award
2023-02-03WKU Archaeologist Wins National Award
2023-01-25Public Folklore Policy and Practice Students Visit Washington, D.C.
2022-11-29Kentucky Folklife Program now accepting nominations for the 2023 Homer Ledford Award
2022-08-24Folk Studies Graduate Program Celebrates 50 Years at WKU
2022-06-07WKU Folk Studies MA Grad Receives American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Fellowship
2022-03-22Society for Visual Anthropology Led by WKU Faculty Member
2022-02-11Kentucky Folklife Digital Magazine Spring 2022 Now Live
2022-02-11WKU Archaeologist Partners with Max Planck Institute
2022-01-13Kentucky Folklife Program receives NEA grant to support outreach network
2021-10-24WKU Folk Studies Presentations and Award at American Folklore Society Annual Meeting
2021-09-01Folk Studies MA Student Receives In These Mountains Fellowship from South Arts
2021-08-20The Summer 2021 issue of Kentucky Folklife is now live!
2021-05-13Dr. Tim Frandy Selected for College Research Award
2021-04-26Folk Studies MA Student Georgia Ellie Dassler Receives PCAL Outstanding Graduate Student Award
2021-04-05Folk Studies Alumnus Dr. Jon Kay to Give Talk on April 8th for PCAL Alumni Speaker Series
2021-03-04WKU Features Graduate Student Ellie Dassler for Capstone Project
2021-02-18Kentucky Folklife Program at WKU to hold first virtual Kentucky Folklife Network Gathering
2021-02-09Kentucky Folklife Program receives NEA grant to further statewide outreach project
2020-11-30KAS Archaeologists Co-Edit New Book on Falls Area Archaeology
2020-11-09WKU Folk Studies MA Alumnus Tommy Hines Wins Kentucky Historical Society Award
2020-11-03WKU Folk Studies MA Alumnus Wins Prestigious Chicago Folklore Prize
2020-10-27WKU Folk Studies Alum is Associate Producer on New Country Music Documentary
2020-10-14Presentations, Prizes, and Professional Gatherings at American Folklore Society Annual Meeting
2020-10-08Folk Studies MA Student Interning with the Smithsonian
2020-09-29Kentucky Folklife Program to Host Virtual Watch Parties Beginning October 8th
2020-08-17WKU's Folk Studies Graduate Program Announces New Concentration in Museum Studies
2020-07-14Folk Studies MA Students Engage in Summer Internships and Research, Despite COVID Challenges
2020-07-01Folk Studies MA Alum (2020) Wins Archie Green Fellowship from Library of Congress
2020-06-232020 National Heritage Fellowship Awarded to Mino-giizhig (Wayne Valliere)
2020-06-16Departmental Statement of Solidarity
2020-06-15Kentucky Folklife Program launches Kentucky Folklife On-line Magazine
2020-05-26Congratulations to our 2019-2020 Graduates and Awardees in Folk Studies and Anthropology!
2020-05-14Kentucky Archaeological Survey Shares Archaeology Remotely
2020-04-16KFP Launches "Connecting Across the Commonwealth in the Time of Coronavirus"
2020-04-14Folk Studies MA Student Zahra Abedi is PCAL's Outstanding Graduate Student
2020-03-26Congratulations to KY's 2020 Folk & Traditional Arts Master Artist Fellows
2020-02-21WKU to Host Annual State Archaeology Conference on Feb 28-March 1
2020-02-20Folk Studies MA Student Camille Acosta Presents Research on Artistic Responses to El Paso Shooting
2020-02-13Campus Screening of Creelsboro Documentary Scheduled for Feb 24
2020-02-10Students to Participate in Annual Anthropology Conference
2020-01-27SAVE THE DATE: Kentucky Folklife Gathering May 28th and 29th
2019-11-20Archaeologist Presents on Native Americans at Paducah Library
2019-11-11Graduate Student Camille Acosta Prepares Dia de los Muertos Altar
2019-11-08Hilltoppers Volunteer at Living Archaeology Weekend
2019-11-05Folk Studies MA Student Wins Award at National Conference
2019-10-24KFP and Kentucky Museum Present "A Conversation with Jackie Abrams"
2019-10-21Dr. Michael Ann Williams, University Distinguished Professor of Folk Studies, Emeritus, Awarded Kenneth Goldstein Award for Lifetime Academic Leadership
2019-10-08Folk Studies Graduate Students and KFP at Hammer-In
2019-09-23Kentucky Folklife Program and WKU Folk Studies at Horse Cave Heritage Festival
2019-09-17Kentucky Folklife Program at WKU Receives NEA Grant to Preserve and Share Kentucky Musical Legacies
2019-09-09Macon County Native Receives Dr. Delroy & Patricia Hire Internship to Preserve Local History
2019-08-29WKU Faculty Showcase Collaborative Folklore and Museums Projects at Lund University, Lund Sweden
2019-08-27Kentucky Folklife Program Welcomes New Folklife Specialist Joel Chapman
2019-06-13Kentucky Archaeological Survey Joins Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology
2019-06-03Anthropologist Wins Mentor Award
2019-05-29Anthropology Major Awarded Competitive Research Fellowship
2019-05-28Anthropology Alum ('05) Part of Pulitzer Prize-Winning Team
2019-05-20Congratulations to Dr. Michael Ann Williams, University Distinguished Professor of Folk Studies, Emeritus
2019-05-18Congratulations to our 2019 Folk Studies & Anthropology Grads and Award Winners!
2019-05-16Folk Studies Faculty Member Tim Frandy Featured on "A Public Affair" Podcast
2019-05-09Anthropology Major Wins National Scholarship Competition
2019-05-02Folk Studies Faculty Member Publishes Researched Translation
2019-05-01Bowling Green to Host Kentucky Folklife Network Gathering
2019-05-01Kentucky Museum to Host Bosnian-American Heritage Celebration
2019-04-22Folk Studies Graduate Students Present Research from DC Study Away Course
2019-03-28Kentucky Folklife Network, Cumberland Gathering Information
2019-03-27Collins-Bramham Public Folklore Workshop with Andrea Graham
2019-03-26KFP Presents Cuban Artist Renesito Avich this Week
2019-03-14Kentucky Folklife Program to Present Homer Ledford Award at Kentucky Crafted Market
2019-03-06Kentucky Folklife Network Gathering at the 2019 Kentucky Crafted Market
2019-02-25Anthropology assistant professor Ashley Stinnett interviewed by Culture and Agriculture.
2019-02-20Kentucky Folklife Program announces recipient of 2018 Homer Ledford Award
2019-02-14Anthropology major Amber Burdine wins Study Abroad Photo Contest
2019-02-14Sarah McCartt-Jackson Poetry Reading
2019-01-29Anthropology Faculty Wins Photo Contest
2019-01-23Recent WKU Folk Studies Alums Publish Article in History News
2019-01-21Review of Stonelight, Poetry Collection by WKU Folk Studies Alum
2018-12-07Folk Studies Faculty Member Organizes Applied Folklore Conference
2018-11-26Celebrate Folk Studies and Anthropology on Giving Tuesday 2018
2018-11-16Kentucky Folklife Program receives Kentucky History Award for Community Impact
2018-10-30Folk Studies Professor Tim Evans Interviewed on WKYU about "Bowling Green Massacre" and Fake News
2018-10-30Kentucky Folklife Program Accepting Nominations for 2019 Homer Ledford Award
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