Pattern in the Material Folk Culture of the Eastern United St... by Henry Glassie

'Deeply gratified by this prize, I am proud to be the first folklorist so honored, amazed to find myself in the company of such past recipients as Yi-Fu Tuan, Helen Vendler, Clifford Geertz, and Bill Labov and pleased to have won it as a member of the faculty of Indiana University,' Glassie said. 'Professor Glassie's formidable contributions to folklore extend well beyond one discipline, and the award will provide an opportunity for many new scholars to become familiar with his work.' Bertenthal, dean and the Rudy Professor of psychological and brain sciences in IU's College of Arts and Sciences. 'This award affirms what we have known for a very long time at IU,' said Bennett I. The ACLS is a private nonprofit federation of 70 national scholarly organizations and is considered the pre-eminent representative of humanities scholarship in the United States. In announcing Glassie's selection, the ACLS called Glassie 'one of the intellectual leaders who broadened the discipline of folklore from a study of the texts of ballads and tales into a kind of descriptive and interpretive ethnography.' Named for the first chairman of ACLS, the Charles Homer Haskins Prize Lecture series celebrates scholarly careers of distinctive importance.

Glassie will deliver the Haskins Prize Lecture at the 2011 annual meeting of the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS). It is one of America's major awards for a lifetime of scholarly achievement. Other times are by chance or appointment.Newswise - Henry Glassie, College Professor Emeritus at Indiana University, has been awarded the Charles Homer Haskins Prize of the American Council of Learned Societies. Someone is usually here Monday - Friday 10:00 - 2:00. We also have old books with attractive bindings, post cards, a few magazines and interesting pamphlets and brochures. Literature, fiction, mysteries, science fiction, ancient, classical, medieval and modern history, science, nature, religion, children's, art, poetry, drama, music, folklore, linguistics, philosophy, travel and military are our main sections with hundreds titles available in each. We have a wide variety of interesting books, many of which are scarce, from recently printed, out of print, scholarly and collectible. There are bank machines in the neighborhood. We accept cash or checks, but not credit cards.

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Pattern in the Material Folk Culture of the Eastern United St... by Henry Glassie