Graduate Workshop: "The Institutional History and Ecology of Folklore Studies in the US"

February 12, 2020

2:00PM - 4:00PM

Humanities Institute, 198A Hagerty Hall

Add to Calendar 2020-02-12 15:00:00 2020-02-12 17:00:00 Graduate Workshop: "The Institutional History and Ecology of Folklore Studies in the US" Led by Tim Lloyd, Senior Advisor for Partnerships, American Folklore Society Please click here to register for the workshop. English PhD students who wish to get credit to fulfill their workshop requirements should register and indicate that they are taking it for credit. In order to practice in the field of folklore studies fully and effectively, and to ensure through that practice the community and vibrancy of the field as a whole, folklorists need to become familiar with the field’s past and present institutional and professional landscape, including those organizations that provide financial support for folklore research and public education. This workshop along with a following one on March 4th entitled "Finding Funding for Your Work in Folklore Studies" will lead to that familiarity by providing you with: an overview of the institutional history of the field of folklore studies an ethnographic introduction to the current institutional landscape of the field in academic, government, and non-profit settings practical information about the primary organizations that fund folklore work, and about successful strategies for finding support for your work in the field To register for the workshop, fill out the 2019-20 Graduate Workshop Registration form and select the appropriate session from the dropdown menu. Reading and Writing Assignments for Course Credit Before the February 12 workshop, participants seeking course credit should read the AFS publication 100 Years of American Folklore Studies: A Conceptual History (Washington, DC: American Folklore Society, 1988), available openly online in the AFS space within the Indiana University institutional repository at https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/9008. Workshop Leader Information Timothy Lloyd is Senior Advisor for Partnerships for the American Folklore Society and was the Society’s Executive Director from 2000 to 2018. Before his time at the Society, Lloyd spent his career in folklore and cultural policy work for agencies of the US national government, including the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institution, and in similar posts in the state governments of Ohio and Maryland. A student of Pat Mullen, Dan Barnes, and Francis Lee Utley, Dr. Lloyd received his BA in literature and anthropology and his MA in design from The Ohio State University, and his PhD in American studies and folklore from The George Washington University, where he studied with material culture and vernacular architecture scholar John Michael Vlach. His research interests include cultural policy, foodways, occupational culture, and the history of public practice in the field of folklore studies. He has published articles and reviews in the major American folklore journals and abroad. Dr. Lloyd has served as a board and committee member, AFS representative, or consultant for many US and international organizations, including the Smithsonian Institution, UNESCO, and the World Intellectual Property Organization. He has extensive research and teaching experience in the US, China, Finland, France, and the United Kingdom. Humanities Institute, 198A Hagerty Hall OSU ASC Drupal 8 ascwebservices@osu.edu America/New_York public

Add to Calendar 2020-02-12 14:00:00 2020-02-12 16:00:00 Graduate Workshop: "The Institutional History and Ecology of Folklore Studies in the US" Led by Tim Lloyd, Senior Advisor for Partnerships, American Folklore Society Please click here to register for the workshop.  English PhD students who wish to get credit to fulfill their workshop requirements should register and indicate that they are taking it for credit.   In order to practice in the field of folklore studies fully and effectively, and to ensure through that practice the community and vibrancy of the field as a whole, folklorists need to become familiar with the field’s past and present institutional and professional landscape, including those organizations that provide financial support for folklore research and public education. This workshop along with a following one on March 4th entitled "Finding Funding for Your Work in Folklore Studies" will lead to that familiarity by providing you with: an overview of the institutional history of the field of folklore studies an ethnographic introduction to the current institutional landscape of the field in academic, government, and non-profit settings practical information about the primary organizations that fund folklore work, and about successful strategies for finding support for your work in the field To register for the workshop, fill out the 2019-20 Graduate Workshop Registration form and select the appropriate session from the dropdown menu. Reading and Writing Assignments for Course Credit Before the February 12 workshop, participants seeking course credit should read the AFS publication 100 Years of American Folklore Studies: A Conceptual History (Washington, DC: American Folklore Society, 1988), available openly online in the AFS space within the Indiana University institutional repository at https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/9008.  Workshop Leader Information Timothy Lloyd is Senior Advisor for Partnerships for the American Folklore Society and was the Society’s Executive Director from 2000 to 2018. Before his time at the Society, Lloyd spent his career in folklore and cultural policy work for agencies of the US national government, including the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institution, and in similar posts in the state governments of Ohio and Maryland. A student of Pat Mullen, Dan Barnes, and Francis Lee Utley, Dr. Lloyd received his BA in literature and anthropology and his MA in design from The Ohio State University, and his PhD in American studies and folklore from The George Washington University, where he studied with material culture and vernacular architecture scholar John Michael Vlach. His research interests include cultural policy, foodways, occupational culture, and the history of public practice in the field of folklore studies. He has published articles and reviews in the major American folklore journals and abroad. Dr. Lloyd has served as a board and committee member, AFS representative, or consultant for many US and international organizations, including the Smithsonian Institution, UNESCO, and the World Intellectual Property Organization. He has extensive research and teaching experience in the US, China, Finland, France, and the United Kingdom. Humanities Institute, 198A Hagerty Hall Department of English english@osu.edu America/New_York public

Led by Tim Lloyd, Senior Advisor for Partnerships, American Folklore Society

Please click here to register for the workshop. English PhD students who wish to get credit to fulfill their workshop requirements should register and indicate that they are taking it for credit.

In order to practice in the field of folklore studies fully and effectively, and to ensure through that practice the community and vibrancy of the field as a whole, folklorists need to become familiar with the field’s past and present institutional and professional landscape, including those organizations that provide financial support for folklore research and public education. This workshop along with a following one on March 4th entitled "Finding Funding for Your Work in Folklore Studies" will lead to that familiarity by providing you with:

an overview of the institutional history of the field of folklore studies
an ethnographic introduction to the current institutional landscape of the field in academic, government, and non-profit settings
practical information about the primary organizations that fund folklore work, and about successful strategies for finding support for your work in the field

To register for the workshop, fill out the 2019-20 Graduate Workshop Registration form and select the appropriate session from the dropdown menu.

Reading and Writing Assignments for Course Credit

Before the February 12 workshop, participants seeking course credit should read the AFS publication 100 Years of American Folklore Studies: A Conceptual History (Washington, DC: American Folklore Society, 1988), available openly online in the AFS space within the Indiana University institutional repository at https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/9008.

Workshop Leader Information

Timothy Lloyd is Senior Advisor for Partnerships for the American Folklore Society and was the Society’s Executive Director from 2000 to 2018. Before his time at the Society, Lloyd spent his career in folklore and cultural policy work for agencies of the US national government, including the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institution, and in similar posts in the state governments of Ohio and Maryland.

A student of Pat Mullen, Dan Barnes, and Francis Lee Utley, Dr. Lloyd received his BA in literature and anthropology and his MA in design from The Ohio State University, and his PhD in American studies and folklore from The George Washington University, where he studied with material culture and vernacular architecture scholar John Michael Vlach. His research interests include cultural policy, foodways, occupational culture, and the history of public practice in the field of folklore studies. He has published articles and reviews in the major American folklore journals and abroad.

Dr. Lloyd has served as a board and committee member, AFS representative, or consultant for many US and international organizations, including the Smithsonian Institution, UNESCO, and the World Intellectual Property Organization. He has extensive research and teaching experience in the US, China, Finland, France, and the United Kingdom.