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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,…

Nine students in CS 4193 Border Issues and Immigrant Rights Activism in Ohio completed their final projects, documenting their visits to immigrant communities, immigrant rights groups and points…

This is an annual $200 cash award for the year's best folklore paper by an OSU undergraduate. It honors beloved emeritus professor Daniel R. Barnes, who taught folklore and…

Since 2006, the OSU Folklore Student Association has sponsored The Dan Barnes Joke Award. This award is given to the person who submits the best response to a joke prompt.

This year…

The Patrick B. Mullen Prize is awarded annually for the best graduate student paper or project submitted during the academic year. The prize is given in honor of the significant contributions made…

Friday's 13th Francis Lee Utley lecture featured Dr. James Revell Carr, Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology and…

Solimar Otero,  Professor of Folklore in the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology at Indiana University, Bloomington, was recently interviewed for the Latin@ Stories podcast. In this episode…

Professor Solimar Otero's recent lecture, “Archives of Conjure: Spirits, Art, and Materiality" is now online.   Find it here. 

Dr. Otero also was interviewed for the Latin@ Stories podcast…

Human Rights on the Ground will explore a variety of human rights cultural practices, monuments and archives — from Ground Zero to neighborhood cultural movements and events — including the Ground…