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2018-2019 Calendar

Autumn Semester

August 31, 2018: Welcome Reception

September 21, 2018: Placemaking in Scioto County, Ohio Traveling Exhibit Opening Reception
September 28, 2018: CFS Lunch

October 4, 2018: Ohio Field School Information Session
October 5, 2018: Ethnography Film Series: Chulas Fronteras
October 14, 2018: Lecture: Creating a Public Folklore Program (Simon Lichman, Director of the Centre for Creativity and Education in Cultural Heritage)
October 16, 2018: Ohio Field School Information Session
October 19, 2018: OSU Dessert Reception at the Annual Meeting of the American Folklore Society
October 22, 2018: Ohio Field School Information Session
October 26, 2018: CFS Lunch
October 29, 2018: Fieldwork & Ethnography Panel

November 5, 2018: Lecture: Turkish Television Dramas: An Historical Reappraisal (Arzu Ozturkmen, Department of History at Boğaziçi)
November 8, 2018: Ethnography Film Series: Taste of Samanu (discussion w/ filmmakers, Afsane Resaei and Ehsan Estiri)
November 26, 2018: Ethnography Film Series: I See Red People (discussion led by Sarah Craycraft)
November 30, 2018: CFS Lunch

December 5, 2018: Centers Holiday Party
December 6, 2018: Study Hour & Treats

Spring Semester

January 16, 2019: Lecture/Performance: Nuosu Yi Poetry from Southwest China (Lama Itzot)
January 24, 2019: Visiting Scholar Symposium: Ethnographic Voices from Southwest China
January 25, 2019: CFS Lunch

February 4, 2019: Lectures in Musicology (Travis Stimeling, West Virginia University)
February 6, 2019: Ethnography Film Series: Roma Stories (discussion w/ Danielle Schoon)
February 22-23, 2019: IU/OSU Folklore & Ethnomusicology Student Conference
February 22, 2019: Utley Lecture: The Many Roads to Fairyland (Chris Woodyard)
February 28, 2019: Lecture: Slender Man and the Experience of Supernatural (Andrea Kitta, (East Carolina University)

March 6, 2019: Ethnography Film Series: The Healer (discussion led by Ehsan Estiri)
March 29, 2019: CFS Lunch

April 3-4, 2019: Diverse Public Folklore Models
April 9, 2019: Fieldwork & Ethnography Panel
April 10, 2019: CFS Spring Potluck
April 13, 2019: Be The Street Showcase
April 18, 2019: Retirement Celebration for Dr. Sabra Webber
April 22, 2019: Ohio Field School Public Presentations
April 23, 2019: Study Hours & Treats
April 24, 2019: Inaugural Lecture: Dr. Gabriella Modan
April 25, 2019: Lunch w/ Perry Gilmore
April 25, 2019: Lecture: Finding 'Kisisi': Serendipity, Surprise, and the Accidental Study of Child Language Invention (Perry Gilmore, College of Education, University of Arizona)