2015-2016 Calendar

Autumn Semester


August 31, 2015: Monthly Lunch

September 17, 2015Lecture: Maria Tatar
September 21, 2015Lecture: Ingrid Hehmeyer
September 28, 2015: Monthly Lunch

October 1, 2015: Lecture: Sue Kalt
October 1, 2015: Film Screening: Jesse Freeston
October 2, 2015: Film Screening: Jesse Freeston
October 13-17, 2015: Annual meeting of the American Folklore Society
October 19, 2015: Lecture: Mark Janse
October 22, 2015: Lecture: Francis Cody
October 26, 2015: Monthly Lunch
October 29, 2015: Reception: Ohio Bluegrass w/ Katie Laur

November 6, 2015: Student Discussion w/ Michael Ann Williams
November 6, 2015: Lecture: Michael Ann Williams
November 19, 2015: Lecture: Elijah Wald
November 30, 2015: Monthly Lunch
November 30, 2015: Associated Faculty Lecture: Elena Foulis

December: Centers Holiday Party

Spring Semester

January 25, 2016: Monthly Lunch
January 25, 2016: Lunchtime Lecture: Victor Espinosa

February 1 , 2016Associated Faculty Lecture Series: Victor M. Espinosa
February 8, 2016Professionalization Workshop: Library Research Resources and Strategies
February 9, 2016Latinos in Ohio Reception and Exhibit
February 15, 2016Folklore Archive Tour and Presentation
February 17, 2016Miracle Stories and Material Signs: Everyday Discourses on Belief w/ Katherine Borland
February 18, 2016Soundmapping Religion in the Midwest w/ Isaac Weiner
February 22, 2016Lecture: Robert Glenn Howard
February 29, 2016: Monthly Lunch

March 2, 2016Franco Boggero and Father Danilo Galiani Cartelami--Sacred Scenography and Visual Narrative
March 2, 2016Screening of Harlan County, USA & Discussion w/ Barbara Kopple
March 3, 2016Student Workshop w/ Barbara Kopple
March 9, 2016Lecture: Klingon: The Natural and Not-so-natural History of a Constructed Language w/ Marc Okrand
March 21, 2016Professionalization Workshop: Managing Fieldwork Data
March 25, 2016A Conversation on Academic Freedom in Turkey
March 28, 2016: Monthly Lunch

April 4, 2016Professionalization Workshop: Writing Research Proposals
April 8, 2016Utley Lecture w/ Allen Grieco
April 11, 2016Beyond Religious Devotion: The Complexities of Women's Rituals in Iran w/ Afsane Rezaei
April 14, 2016Accessioning the Student Ethnographic Projects: A Discussion with Annie Craycraft
April 18, 2016Professionalization Workshop: The Field and Profession of Folklore
April 22-23, 2016OSU/IU Joint Conference, Columbus, OH

May 1, 2016Spring Picnic
May 18, 2016: Interviewing for Stories that Matter w/ Jo Radner, Barnett Collaboratory
May 19-22, 2016Midwest Folklorist’s Retreat, Columbus, OH