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2024-2025 Student Award Winners

At the April 22 end-of-year celebration, the Humanities Institute's center directors announced their award winners for the academic year. Undergraduate and graduate students were present to…

Folklore Studies Grants and Funding

SP25 Graduate Student Travel Grants Awarded

The Center for Folklore Studies has announced this year’s recipients of the Graduate Student Travel Grant, supporting folklore scholars as they present their research at major conferences around…

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Folklore Reading Room New Business Hours

The Folklore Reading Room (Hagerty 455A) is now open during normal working hours.

These are the standard open hours through the end of spring semester: 
Mondays: 10 am – 5…

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Recap: Graduate Student Conference

"Our Shared Traditions: More than Human Experiences" conference on February 28th and March 1st, was an incredible success! Graduate students from the Folklore Student Association …

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Ph.D. Candidate, Graduate Research Associate
Professor, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures
Professor in the Departments of English and Comparative Studies
Director, Center for Folklore Studies; Associate Professor, Folklore and Scandinavian Studies