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Video of Solimar Otero's Lecture, “Archives of Conjure: Spirits, Art, and Materiality”
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…

Free Undergraduate Field School Trip to NY
Human Rights On the Ground in New York City
ENGLISH 5193 | 1-credit field school | May 23-28, 2022
Sponsored by the Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme
Human Rights on the…
Dr. Elena Foulis to Speak at TedXOhioState
Dr. Elena Foulis, Clincal Associate Professor of Spanish and Associate Director of the Center for Ethnic Studies will be one of the speakers at TedXOhioState on 26 February 2022. For more…

Dr. Elena Foulis Performing in Luchadora!
Dr. Elena Foulis is performing in the upcoming CATCO production of Luchadora!
Performances take place February 17-March 6, 2022 at the Van Fleet Theatre in Columbus. More information…

Dorothy Noyes receives 2021 Kenneth Goldstein Award for Lifetime Academic Achievement
The Center for Folklore Studies joins the international folklore community in congratulating Professor Dorothy Noyes for being awarded the 2021 Kenneth Goldstein Award for Lifetime Academic…

CFS Open Hours By Appointment over Holidays
As the semester winds down and the holiday season approaches, the open hours of the Center for Folklore Studies will be by appointment. Please email us at cfs@osu.edu if you would like to arrange…

Katherine Borland publishes essay on the slow activism of Friends of Scioto Brush Creek, an Ohio Field School project.
Katherine Borland's essay, "Slow Activism and the Cultivation of Environmental Stewardship in Rural Spaces" was published in the November special issue of Ethnologia Fennica: Rethinking Culture:…

CFS Closed for Week Beginning October 18, 2021
The Center for Folklore Studies is closed the week beginning October 18, 2021, for the American Folklore Society's annual conference.

Professor Kaplan's Research is Focus of Article on GamesRadar+
"How does Marvel's Thor measure up to his Norse counterpart?"
If that question has been bugging you endlessly, ponder no more, because that's the title of a recent article published on…