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New M.A. Program at Texas A&M
Copied from a H-Folk posting by Harris Berger: The Department of Performance Studies at Texas A&M University announces a new Master of Arts degree in Performance Studies. This interdisciplinary...
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All But Dissertation
It is not quite over, but this academic year was one in which a large number of students with whom I work have undergone the rite of passage known as the Ph.D. qualifying exams. All of the following...
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Congratulations to Virginia Luehrsen!
Congratulation to Virginia Luehrsen on the successfully passing her folklore M.A. oral exams today. While a student at Indiana, Virginia pursued the joint M.L.S. degree in our School of Library and...
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Fall Conference #5: SIMA Board Meeting and the AAA Annual Meeting #AAA2010
Last week I went quickly to New Orleans. I had not planned to go to the American Anthropological Association meetings this year, but my friend Candace Greene called a meeting of the Advisory Board for...
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Time to Apply: Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology #SIMA
Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology (SIMA) Supported by the Smithsonian Institution and the National Science Foundation June 27 – July 22, 2011 Application deadline: MARCH 1 SIMA is a graduate...
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Creative Commons Webinar for Traditional Arts Indiana
In the wake of the recent Creative Commons-focused Artisan Ancestors podcast that I did with Jon Kay, I am leading a free webinar on the Creative Commons. Traditional Arts Indiana (which Jon directs)...
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Recording of the Creative Commons Webinar Now Online
I should have noted it previously, but the excellent folks at Traditional Arts Indiana have gotten the recording of my early summer webinar on the Creative Commons up online. If you missed it and are...
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New Topics for the Open Folklore Screencast?
Its time to start work on one or more new informational screencasts for the Open Folklore portal site and project. The first (posted below in case you have not seen it) focused on using the search...
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Badges! (with Special Reference to Public Folklore) #dmlbadges
As if the worlds that I try to keep up with were not overflowing already, more and more stuff to keep track of keeps coming. For several months I have wanted to take a few hours to get up to speed on...
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Time to Apply to Participate in the Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology
Happy New Year! With the new year comes the season in which thoughts turn towards summer plans. A great summer program for graduate students interested in material culture studies is the Summer...
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Its Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology (SIMA) Applicaton Time Again
Its time for graduate students with material culture interests to think about, and follow through on, applying to participate in the 2014 Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology. This is a four-week...
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An Interview with Alexander Betts, Curator at the Ohio History Connection
Alex Betts is a Curator at the Ohio History Connection based at the OHC’s headquarters in Columbus, Ohio. He earned a MA with distinction in Museum and Artefact Studies at the University of Durham in...
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Southern Foodways Alliance: 2017 Summer Oral History Workshop
An organization whose work I am enthusiastic about is the Southern Foodways Alliance. Here I share news of its next oral history workshop. I quote from the call for participants and end with a link to...
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Two Short Courses in Tartu
#fulbrightspecialist #fulbright #exchangeourworld In an earlier post, I expressed my appreciation for the opportunity to visit the University of Tartu as a Fulbright Specialist. Among my tasks while...
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Cracking the Vault: A Celebration of Daniel Swan
Below find the first of a series of guest posts offered in celebration on the occasion of our colleague and friend Daniel C. Swan’s retirement from the University of Oklahoma, where he has served with...
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Lessons of Accountability
Below find the second of a series of guest posts offered in celebration on the occasion of our colleague and friend Daniel C. Swan’s retirement from the University of Oklahoma, where he has served with...
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