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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…

CFS Drop-In Hours for Autumn Semester (Now - December 10)
The CFS is OPEN. We encourage students, faculty, friends, and the general public to drop in, say hello and use our space for study, meetings, archive access, and library consultation. …
Prof Foulis Appointed Associate Director of the Center for Ethnic Studies
Profe Elena Foulis has been appointed the Associate Director of the Center for Ethnic Studies.
Dr. Elena Foulis is a student-centered educator with over 15 years of…

Rachel Hopkin appointed GAH DT PostDoc to the Center for Folklore Studies and the Humanities Institute CHIP program
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Rachel Hopkin will join the staff at the Center for Folklore Studies and the Humanities Institute as our GAH DT Post Doc for 2021-2022. Rachel received…

What Folklorists Do: CFS Authors on Careers in and Beyond the Humanities
Congratulations to Center for Folklore Studies faculty, staff, students, and alumni who contributed to Dr. Tim Lloyd's (also an alum!) recent publication, What Folklorists Do: Professional…

Congratulations, Dr. Stork!
Jasmine Stork defended her excellent dissertation, "Asexuality in Avengers Fanfiction: A Mixed-Methods Folklore Study" on Friday, July 16. This innovative study uses a folklore lens to integrate…