“Expertly curated selections, excellent listens, this time chosen by Emily Hilliard, West Virginia state folklorist and founding director of West Virginia Folklife Program.”
Read and listen to the annotated playlist via Smithsonian Folkways
Mountaineers are Always Free Book Launch
A new book by folklorist Rosemary Hathaway explores the history and potent symbolism of the iconic West Virginia University Mountaineer. The book launch for “Mountaineers Are Always Free: Heritage, Dissent, and a West Virginia Icon” ( WVU Press, 2020) will be held in the Event Hall at the WVU College of Law on February 24 at 4 p.m. Admission is free and the public is invited to attend.
Hathaway, an associate professor of English, will lead a discussion about the Mountaineer with Travis Stimeling, associate professor of music, and Emily Hilliard of the West Virginia Folklife Program.
Learn more via West Virginia University’s Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
New Journal of American Folklore Editorial Team
“Lisa Gilman (George Mason University) is taking over as the Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of American Folklore on November 15, 2019…
An outstanding editorial team will collaboratively produce the journal through 2023.
Associate Editors: Debra Lattanzi Shutika, Benjamin Gatling, and Lijun Zhang, George Mason University
Editorial Assistant: Tanya Boucicaut, George Mason University
Book Review Editor: James Deutsch, Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Exhibit Review Editor: Kelley Totten, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Film and Video Review Editor: Emily Hilliard, West Virginia Folklife Program
Sound Review Editor: Langston Collin Wilkins, Center for Washington Cultural Traditions
Digital Resources Review Editor: Natalie Underberg-Goode, University of Central Florida”
Learn more via the American Folklore Society
The Food We Eat, The Stories We Tell: Contemporary Appalachian Tables
Hilliard’s chapter “‘The Reason We Make These Deep Fat-Fried Treats:’ In Conversation with the Rosettes of Helvetia, West Virginia,” is included in the new collection, The Food We Eat, The Stories We Tell: Contemporary Appalachian Tables, edited by Elizabeth Engelhardt and Lora Smith and published by Ohio University Press.
Related Events:
Keynote with Courtney Balestier, Emily Hilliard, and Lora Smith at Hindman Settlement School’s Dumplin’s and Dancin’, Hindman, KY, November 2, 2019
Reading and Dinner at Holly Hill Inn with Elizabeth Engelhardt, Robert Gipe, Emily Hilliard, and Lora Smith, Midway, KY, November 15, 2019
Reading at Taylor Books with Courtney Balestier, Emily Hilliard, and Lora Smith , Charleston, WV, December 5, 2019
Related Media:
Elizabeth Engelhardt and Emily Hilliard on WEKU’s Eastern Standard
Music Makers Lecture and Panel Discussion
October 3, 2019, 5pm at the Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences, Charleston, WV
Led by curator Jessica O’Hearn, Music Maker Foundation founder Tim Duffy will be joined by West Virginia State Folklorist Emily Hilliard and Clay County Fiddler John Morris, to discuss the importance of supporting artists with opportunities and funding and preserving artistic and cultural history. Attendees will learn how the Music Makers Foundation and the West Virginia Folklife program have assisted many artists and practitioners to forge a path to success, and preserve musical traditions.
This event is free and open to the public.