Society, Folklore, Academic Departments
See Also:
- The Indiana University Bloomington Libraries Folklore and Ethnomusicology Collection home page contains general Folklore references, a list of links to other sites, and a description of the Collection.
- A history of the development of academic Folklore studies in Israel with additional links to many other sites, both Jewish and Folkloric.
- Descriptive catalogue of the Folklore section of the University of Missouri's Western Historical Manuscript Collection in Columbia; includes papers, diaries and memoirs of some of the state's noted academic and hobby folklorists.
- Ph.D and MA programmes in universities (U.S. centric).
- An introduction to online cultural resources offered by the Manuscripts Department, Academic Affairs Libraries, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: finding aids and guides, databases, photographs, sound recordings, and exhibits.
- Academic site fostering the interdisciplinary growth of Oral Tradition Studies, a highly complex field derived from the older and more defined areas of folklore, anthropology, literary studies, and linguistics.
- Educational site presenting a wide variety of material on folklore, art, medicine, music, religion, and dance.
- A peer-reviewed internet and hadcopy journal dedicated to investigating expressive and everyday culture; based at the University of California, but global in scope.
- One of the largest repositories of American folklore in the US, housing over 25 folklore collections and projects, home to Utah State University's graduate Folklore Program, and part of USU's Special Collections and Archives, where the historical American
- Part of the University of Sheffield, UK. Details of current research projects and courses offered.
- The home page for UC-Berkeley's distinguished Department of Folkore.
- One of the largest repositories of South Slavic heroic song; located at Widener Library, Harvard University; online exhibition of photos, song transcriptions, and video.
- The Institute was founded by the academic folkloric institutions of the three Baltic states -- Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania -- in 1995 to coordinate folklore studies and research. The site includes archives, a newsletter, academic contacts, and conferen
- Established 1962 by Stith Thompson and Richard Dorson; specialities include language and literature, folk and traditional arts, and ritual and belief.
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