Center for Folklore Studies

Past Activities

Spring 2006 Quarter

Folklore Dinner/Lecture. Anne Bower, Associate Professor, Department of English, Marion Campus

Tuesday April 11
6:30-8:30 pm
Mershon Center 120, 1501 Neil Avenue

Anne Bower, Associate Professor in the Department of English at the Marion Campus, will give a talk entitled "Exploring Food and Culture: Cookbooks, Thin Ice, Movies, and Cultural Identity." Bower will consider the interdisciplinary nature of working with food and culture, as discovered with her work with community cookbooks, films, and material culture.

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Winter 2006 Quarter

January 9 (Monday)

English Department, Folklore Candidate, Job Talk

January 11 (Wednesday)

English Department, Folklore Candidate, Job Talk

January 27 (Friday)

Professionalization workshop #4. Research Design for Theses and Dissertations.
Katherine Borland, Department of Comparative Studies, Newark, and Sabra Webber, Department of Comparative Studies, Columbus.

Final Fridays Lunch

February 8 (Wednesday)

Folklore Dinner/Lecture. Eric Shepherd, Lecturer, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures.
"From Performing Monkey to Shandong Fast Tale Performer." Attendance is limited. To reserve a space, RSVP to Yan.49@osu.edu.

February 17 (Friday)

American Folklore Society Executive Director, Tim Lloyd, will speak on writing proposals for submission to the 2006 AFS Annual Meeting program committee.
The meeting is scheduled to be held in Milwaukee, WI, October 18-22. AFS annual meeting proposals are due March 31 and may be electronically submitted. This luncheon workshop is worthwhile for anyone planning to present at AFS or for anyone interested in submitting proposals for other professional meetings. Lunch will be provided.

February 24 (Friday)

Professionalization workshop #5. Grant Hunting and Gathering.
Dr. Timothy Lloyd, Director, American Folklore Society; Barbara Lloyd, Associate Director, Center for Folklore Studies.

Final Fridays Lunch