Folklore Professionalization
Archived Workshop 2005-2006
The Center for Folklore Studies is sponsoring a year-long series of professionalization workshops for students and interested faculty. Workshops will cover topics such as grant-proposal writing, getting your work published, issues regarding cultural appropriation, how to write a compelling resume, etc.
Students will be asked to sign up for 1units of credit with Dorry Noyes. Please contact Dorry Noyes for further information.
Autumn Quarter
Professionalization Workshop
September 30 (Friday)
10:00 am-12:00 noon, Dulles 250
Professionalization workshop #1."So You Think You Want to Be a Folklorist?": Introduction to the Profession and the American Folklore Society. Dr. Timothy Lloyd, Executive Director, American Folklore Society; Dr. Dorothy Noyes, Director, Center for Folklore Studies
Professionalization workshop #1."So You Think You Want to Be a Folklorist?": Introduction to the Profession and the American Folklore Society. Dr. Timothy Lloyd, Executive Director, American Folklore Society; Dr. Dorothy Noyes, Director, Center for Folklore Studies
October 28 (Friday)
10:00 am-12:00 noon, Dulles 250
Professionalization workshop #2. Human Subjects Review. Barbara Lloyd, Associate Director, Center for Folklore Studies; Dorothy Noyes, Director
Professionalization workshop #2. Human Subjects Review. Barbara Lloyd, Associate Director, Center for Folklore Studies; Dorothy Noyes, Director
December 2 (Friday)
10:00 am-12:00 noon, Dulles 250
Professionalization workshop #3. Ethnography and New Technologies.
Professionalization workshop #3. Ethnography and New Technologies.
Winter Quarter
January 27 (Friday)
10:00 am-12:00 noon, Dulles 344
Professionalization workshop #4. Research Design for Theses and Dissertations
Professionalization workshop #4. Research Design for Theses and Dissertations
February 24 (Friday)
10:00 am-12:00 noon, Location TBA
Professionalization workshop #5. Grant Hunting and Gathering. Dr. Timothy Lloyd, Director, American Folklore Society; Barbara Lloyd, Associate Director, Center for Folklore Studies.
Professionalization workshop #5. Grant Hunting and Gathering. Dr. Timothy Lloyd, Director, American Folklore Society; Barbara Lloyd, Associate Director, Center for Folklore Studies.
Spring Quarter
March 31 (Friday)
10:00 am-12:00 noon, Dulles 250
Professionalization workshop #6. Introduction to Publishing. Dr. Judith McCulloh from University of Illinois Press will address issues such as manuscript preparation, choosing the right press for you, and other issues surrounding publication.
Professionalization workshop #6. Introduction to Publishing. Dr. Judith McCulloh from University of Illinois Press will address issues such as manuscript preparation, choosing the right press for you, and other issues surrounding publication.
April 28 (Friday)
10:00 am-12:00 noon, Dulles 308
Professionalization workshop #7. Ethnographic Archiving and the Work of the American Folklife Center. Michael Taft, Head of the Archive of Folk Culture at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress and David Taylor, Head of the Folklife Projects and Programsat the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress speak on archives, the Folklife Center, and working for the federal government.
Professionalization workshop #7. Ethnographic Archiving and the Work of the American Folklife Center. Michael Taft, Head of the Archive of Folk Culture at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress and David Taylor, Head of the Folklife Projects and Programsat the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress speak on archives, the Folklife Center, and working for the federal government.
May 26 (Friday)
10:00 am-12:00 noon, Dulles 308
Professionalization workshop #8. Topic: The Job Search. Dorothy Noyes, Director of the Center for Folklore Studies and Brent Bjorkman, Associate Director of the American Folklore Society, discuss job search strategies for academic and public folklorists.
Professionalization workshop #8. Topic: The Job Search. Dorothy Noyes, Director of the Center for Folklore Studies and Brent Bjorkman, Associate Director of the American Folklore Society, discuss job search strategies for academic and public folklorists.
To see what workshops were offered in previous years, look at the Archived Workshop Listings
