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Portrait of David Todd Lawrence. he is wearing a purple button down shirt and glasses. he has dreadlocks and a beard.

February 9, 2023

Failing to See: A Meditation on Ethnography with Todd Lawrence

18th Avenue Library 3rd Floor (Colloquial Space)

February 24, 2023

February Lunch

198 Hagerty Hall

Black and white illustration of an elephant lying in the street with a carpet and structure on its back

February 28, 2023

With Admirable Effect: Father Kipling’s Animal Ethnography

18th Avenue Library 3rd Floor (Colloquial Space)

March 23, 2023

Inaugural Lecture Series: Katherine Borland

Faculty Club Grand Lounge

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Billboard with folklore images on it: mothman, dolly parton, an animal

November 1, 2022

New Appalachian Folklore Course for Spring 2023

We're pleased to announce a new folklore course to be offered Spring 2023. "Folklore of the Americas: Appalachia" will be taught by Jasper Waugh-Quasebarth as an undergraduate course.

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July 14, 2022

Amy Shuman and Mary Hufford reflect on 2022 Field Schools

This past semester, professors Amy Shuman and Mary Hufford were awarded Discovery Field School Grant Awards, which allowed them to “take students to domestic destinations to learn about the…

June 15, 2022

Congrats to Sarah Craycraft on her Defense

On June 14th, 2022, Sarah Craycraft defended Reinventing the Village: Generations, Heritage and Revitalization in Contemporary Bulgaria, a dissertation that committee members described as an…

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May 26, 2022

Announcing The Student Digital Folklore Collection

The Center for Folklore Studies is delighted to announce the launch of the newest collection in its archive: OSU Student Digital Folklore Collection (SDFC). The aim of the SDFC is to gather,…