Σάββατο 27 Ιουλίου 2013

FOLKLORE PROGRAM AT UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN JOINS MERGED DEPARTMENT

The interdisciplinary Folklore Program at the University of Wisconsin, established in 1984, is now part of the newly merged Department of Comparative Literature and Folklore Studies (CLFS). We are in the process of establishing B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees in folklore and are will be welcoming graduate student applications focused on research in Folklore Studies this winter.


Our folklore faculty includes:

Professor and Chair

Robert Glenn Howard (digital folklore and vernacular religion;everyday communication in contemporary North American and global contexts)


Professors

Thomas A. DuBois (Northern European folklore and folk belief; Finnish, Sámi, Swedish, and Baltic cultures)

James P. Leary (folk art, folk song, narrative, and custom; cultures of indigenous and immigrant peoples in America's Upper Midwest; labor lore and occupational folklore)



Associate Professors

Christine Garlough (folkloric performance; feminist, political, and critical theory; the cultures of Indian and diasporic South Asia)

Janet Gilmore (festival and food ways; public folklore; historical and cultural preservation; occupational folklore)

Theresa Schenk (women’s folklore; ethnographic methods; American Indian cultures)

 

Faculty Associates

Ruth Olson (folk art and festival; public folklore; historical and cultural preservation; American folklore)

Scott Mellor (historical Scandinavian linguistics)

 

We welcome queries and applications from prospective students. For more information, please contact:

 

Robert Glenn Howard, Chair/CLFS, rgh@rghoward.com

or

Thomas A. DuBois, Director of Graduate Studies/CLFS, tadubois@wisc.edu    


Robert Glenn Howard          http://rghoward.com
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University of Wisconsin -- Madison
Chair, Department of Comparative Literature and Folklore Studies
Director, Digital Studies
Professor, Department of Communication Arts
Affiliated Faculty
  Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Culture
  Religious Studies Program
  School of Journalism and Mass Communication 

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