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OSU Folklore Students Awarded Prizes at the Annual Meeting of the American Folklore Society
The American Folklore Society’s 2012 Zora Neale Hurston Prize, given to a graduate or undergraduate student for the best work in any medium on African American folklore, was awarded to Kate Parker…
Amy Shuman Discusses Disability Studies on English Tumblr Site
This week the English department's blog features the Disability Studies program, currently directed by our own Amy Shuman. Look for an interview in which Amy discusses contemporary cultural…
Levi Gibbs Reflects on His Recent Fieldwork in Shaanxi, China
Levi Gibbs, Ph.D. student in Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, was recently featured in the 2012 Global Newsletter of the Office of International Affairs. Gibbs spent 10 months…
William Pooley Inspired by OSU-IU Joint Conference
Congratulations to Will Pooley on his recent publication in Western Folklore! In his article, "Can the ‘Peasant’ Speak?: Witchcraft and Silence in Guillaume Cazaux’s 'The…
Mark Bender Publishes Article Comparing Ethnographic Poetry from Southwest China and Northeast India
Our colleague Mark Bender has just published an article comparing ethnographic poetry from Southwest China and Northeast India, focusing on the treatment of cultural and…
Tim Thurston Receives Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship
Tim Thurston has received a prestigious Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship to support the conclusion of his fieldwork on sketch comedy as a vehicle of…
Welcome, Margaret Lyngdoh!
The Center for Folklore Studies heartily welcomes visiting scholar Margaret Lyngdoh! After her undergraduate work at North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Margaret became a PhD…
Dorothy Noyes Contributes to Interdisciplinary Research Blog
CFS core faculty member Dorothy Noyes contributed to the blog for the Interdisciplinary Research Group on Cultural Property of the German Research Foundation. Her post is titled An Operatic…
Folklore Studies Featured on OSU Tumblr
Folklore studies was featured on the OSU English Tumblr site. Watch Dorothy Noyes, Ray Cashman, Martha Sims and Joanna Spanos discuss their research! You can also watch the videos on YouTube!