Gloria Dorson passed away last week in Indianapolis at the age of 90.
News from the Field
In a recent essay in the The Guardian, Nell Leyshon describes the inspiration and issues of her new play Folk, soon to be staged in London, that explores questions of representation and intellectual property in early 20th-century English folk song collecting. The
Recently in The Guardian, critic Kelefa Sanneh placed Roger Abrahams’ Deep Down in the Jungle at the top of his list of the 10 most important books on musical subcultures. Said Sanneh:“In 1964, a folklorist based in Philadelphia managed a neat trick:
Two anonymous donors made gifts totaling over $5 million to the University Libraries at the University of Arkansas, making history as the single largest contribution made by individuals to support the Libraries, with benefits for Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts, among others.
Simon Bronner has been awarded the National Jewish Book Award for Education and Jewish Identity for his new book Jewish Cultural Studies (Wayne State University Press).
Congratulations to Jennie Williams for her new role as director of the Folklife Program at the West Virginia Humanities Council.
The Florida Folklore Society will host a two-day virtual workshop, "Understanding Folk and Cultural Traditions in Our Time," on February 18-19, 2022.
Press release from Folk Alliance International Kansas City, MO (January 13, 2022) – Aengus Finnan, Folk Alliance International’s fourth Executive Director in the organization’s 35-year history, has announced that he will step down from the role in 2022. He has been at the
Meg Glaser, the longtime program director for the Western Folklife Center and the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, has retired from her position after a 37-year tenure.
Brigham Young University will present the William A. Wilson’s Folklore Archives Founder’s Lecture, featuring a lecture by folklorist Simon J. Bronner, on January 26, 2022 at 2pm MST, in person or online (via Zoom). “This lecture shares a continuing conversation I (Dr.