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Call for Entries: The 2022 Dan Barnes Joke Award
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…

Call for Entries: The Patrick B. Mullen Prize
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…

13th Francis Lee Utley Lecture with Revell Carr: Digitizing the Archives
Friday's 13th Francis Lee Utley lecture featured Dr. James Revell Carr, Associate Professor…

Latin@ Stories podcast with Solimar Otero
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…

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 the…

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…