Ayorinde & Dyer, Visiting Professors Fall 2022
Visiting Assistant Professors Dr. Oladele Ayorinde and Dr. Jeffrey Dyer join the Department of Folklore & Ethnomusicology, Fall 2022
Julianne Graper to join the department
Dr. Julianne Graper, who has been a Visiting Assistant Professor for the past two years, will join the Department of Folklore & Ethnomusicology beginning Fall 2022 as Assistant Professor!
Cooper to join department
Associate Professor and Director of the Archives of African American Music and Culture, Tyron Cooper will join the Department of Folklore & Ethnomusicology beginning Fall 2022.
Senior Levi Gettleman wins 2021 Carolyn Lipson-Walker Outstanding Senior Scholarship for Jewish Studies
Levi Gettleman, Undergraduate Major, wins 2021 Carolyn Lipson-Walker Outstanding Senior Scholarship for Jewish Studies
Lydia Campbell-Maher and Micah Ling, inaugural recipients of Graduate Pathways Fellowships
Huge congratulations to PhD candidates Lydia Campbell-Maher and Micah Ling, inaugural recipients of the College of Arts and Sciences & The University Graduate School Graduate Pathways Fellowships!
Alumnus Tom Mould wins Chicago Folklore Prize
Alumnus Tom Mould wins 2021 Chicago Folklore Prize for Overthowing the Queen: Telling Stories of Welfare in America
2021 Advisor of the Year
Krystie Herndon, the College of Arts and Sciences’ 2021 Advisor of the Year, brings her best to the “art and science” of academic advising.
New Visiting Assistant Professor in Ethnomusicology, Dr. Bertie Kibreah
Dr. Bertie Kibreah is our new Visitant Assistant Professor in Ethnomusicology for the 21-22 academic year.
Shukla named Provost Professor
Dr. Pravina Shukla has been named an IU Provost Professor
Ray DeMallie tribute
A tribute to the late Chancellor’s Professor of Anthropology Emeritus Ray DeMallie by Anya Peterson Royce with Jason Baird Jackson (drawing on an earlier profile authored by Della Collins Cook, Douglas R. Parks, and Anya Peterson Royce and published in 2017)
İlhan Başgöz tribute
A tribute to the late İlhan Başgöz by John McDowell
SoundLore: Official podcast of the Dept. of Folklore & Ethnomusicology
New episodes out now!
Alumna Dr. Patricia Sawin publishes new book
Folklore in the United States and Canada: An Institutional History
Alumna Dr. Yesim Kaptan publishes new book
Television in Turkey: Local Production, Transnational Expansion and Political Aspirations
Alumna Dr. Gillian Richards-Greaves publishes new book
Rediasporization: African-Guyanese Kweh-Kweh
Dr. Pravina Shukla Elected Fellow of the American Folklore Society
Induction happened at the 2020 AFS annual meeting.
Alumnus Dr. Greg Kelley publishes new book
Unruly Audience: Folk Interventions in Popular Media
Alumnus Dr. Dan Ben-Amos publishes new book
Folklore Concepts: Histories and Critiques
Alumnus Dr. Simon Bronner's book wins Chicago Prize
Awarded at the 2020 AFS annual meeting
Dr. Eric Morales inaugural Folk Art & Social Change Fellow
Alumnus Eric Cesar Morales named Philadelphia Folklore Project's inaugural Folk Art & Social Change Fellow
Dr. Solimar Otero to give Alan Dundes lecture
The Alan Dundes lecture is given by the UC-Berkeley Folklore department.
Alumna Emily Buhrow Rogers to Research Community Artists' Responses to COVID-19
Dr. Emily Buhrow Rogers is an American Council of Learned Societies Leading Edge Fellow
Dr. Alisha Jones Named Inaugural Patterson Fellow
Dr. Alisha Lola Jones was named inaugural Patterson Fellow of the Residential Colleges at Vanderbilt University, a nomination generously submitted by the Blair School of Music faculty.
Alumna Selina Morales reports on new professional positions
Alumna Selina Morales has been busy! She started a new job at the Southwest Folklife Alliance and was appointed to the Advisory Council of the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage!
African American Music: An Introduction by folklore emerita book receives accolades
Congratulations to Drs. Mellonee Burnim and Portia Maultsby, emerita of our department, on having their book, "African American Music: An Introduction," listed as one of the 100 Best Books by African American women authors in The Zora Canon on Medium!
PhD Candidate Allie Martin Wins Howard Mayer Brown Fellowship
Congratulations to Ethnomusicology PhD candidate Allie Martin on winning the Howard Mayer Brown Fellowship
Dr. David McDonald Wins 2019 Crossroads Music and Social Justice Prize
Congratulations to Dr. David McDonald on winning a Crossroads Music and Social Justice Prize at The Society for Ethnomusicology annual meeting here in Bloomington in November 2019!
Alumna Dr. Kyoim Yun (PhD '07) recent book release
Congratulations to alumna Dr. Kyoim Yun (PhD '07) on her recent book, "The Shaman's Wages Trading in Ritual on Cheju Island," from the University of Washington Press. Dr. Yun is an Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures at The University of Kansas.
Dr. Rebecca Dirksen Wins the 2019 Trustees Teaching Award
Congratulations to Dr. Rebecca Dirksen for winning the 2019 Trustees Teaching Award.
Alumna Hilary-Joy Virtanen honored with Faculty Award
Hilary-Joy Virtanen (Folk MA '08) was honored as the Board of Trustees Distinguished Faculty Award recipient at the 2019 Commencement Ceremony at Finlandia University in Michigan.
Folk Narrative interview with Jason Jackson
Nimeshika Venkatesan (University of Tartu and Stella Maris College) recently published an interview with Indiana University faculty member Jason Jackson in the International Society for Folk Narrative Research (ISFNR) Newsletter.
Dr. Tyron Cooper wins regional Emmy
Dr. Tyron Cooper was nominated for two Regional Emmy awards in the category of “Musical Composition/Arrangement” for his music compositions in PBS documentaries Eva A-7063 and The Music Makers of Gennett Records.
Rebecca Dirksen's new article in Latin American Music Review
Congratulations to Dr. Rebecca Dirksen who has a new article in the latest issue of Latin American Music Review.
Alumna Gillian Richards-Greaves elected to AAA exec. board
Congratulations to alumna Gillian Richards-Greaves (PhD '13) who has been elected to the Minority Seat on the American Anthropological Association Executive Board!
Jason Jackson, Lijun Zhang, and Johannes Muske publish paper
Faculty member Jason Jackson together with alumna Lijun Zhang and colleague Johannes Müske of the University of Zurich have published a new paper in the Chinese-language journal Folk Culture Forum.
Alumna Josephine McRobbie and former TAI staffer Joseph O’Connell receive Archie Green award
Josephine McRobbie (MA '03) and Joseph O’Connell, independent folklorists based in Durham, North Carolina, received an Archie Green Fellowship to document “The Culture of Birth Work in North Carolina.”
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