News
Varajon Onscreen
Our very own Sydney Varajon (PhD candidate) was spotted in the Hallmark Channel film Christmas at Dollywood which aired in December. For Sydney it was fieldwork, of course.…
Borland's article available in Folklore Fellows News
Check out CFS Director Dr. Katey Borland’s recent article on the Be The Street project in the Folklore Fellows News. In "Beyond Content Analysis: Narratives of Belonging in a Changing…
Alumna, Horigan, is AFS Featured Folklorist
Alumna, Dr. Kate Parker Horigan, was the Featured Folklorist on the American Folklore Society website this December. Check out her interview on the AFS website!
Dr. Mark Bender & the New Publication of Chinese Folk Literature
Dr. Mark Bender, chair of the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, announced the publication of Meige, the translation of a version of a folk epic of the Yi ethnic group from…
Craycraft Featured in OSU Alumni Magazine
Sarah Craycraft will be featured in the upcoming Winter 2019 issue of OSU's alumni magazine. The story covers her participation in a Bulgaria-based program called Residencia Baba and her path from…
Congratulations, Dr. Hopkin!
Congratualtions to Rachel Hopkin, who successfully defended her dissertation! Her committee included Amy Shuman, Advisor, Dorry Noyes, Katey Borland, and Ana Cara (from Oberlin College). The…
Johnson Passes Dissertation Defense
Congratulations to Dr. Christofer Johnson, who ably defended his dissertation, Fishing in Uncertain Waters: Resilience and Cultural Change in a North Atlantic Community. Chris and Miranda have…
Amy Shuman Awarded Prestigious Lifetime Scholarly Achievement Award at AFS
During the last Annual Meeting of the American Folklore Society in Baltimore, our colleague Amy Shuman was awarded the Lifetime Scholarly Achievement Award. This award has been bestowed semi-…
Recent Publication from CFS Alumni and Affiliates
Folklore alumni, faculty and staff contributed to the edited collection, The Folklorist in the Marketplace: Conversations at the Crossroads of Vernacular Culture and Economics, just out from…