We are considering proposals for sessions organized around a theme, special panels, and/or individual papers. Sessions are scheduled in 1½ hour slots, typically with four papers or speakers per standard session. Presentations should not exceed 15 minutes. As always, proposals addressing any topic concerning folklore studies are welcome; the list below is merely suggestive:
- Folklore in Popular Culture/Folklore as Popular Culture
- Folklore and the Digital Age
- Influence of folklore on other forms of culture (literature, film, music, etc.)
- Folklore and Religion
- Folklore and Material Culture
- The difference between oral and literary sources of tradition
- Folklore and Gender
- Folklore and children
- Uses of folklore
- Folklore and Globalism/Regionalism/Localism
- Illustrators/Illustrations of and in folklore
- Folklore and memory/memory studies
- Symbolism in folklore
- The relationship between folklore and fairy tale studies/literary studies/anthropology
For individual papers, please submit a title, 100-word abstract, and your contact information (name, institutional affiliation, email, and telephone). For themed paper/panel sessions of 4-6 people, each presenter must enter her/his own presentation. The session chair should contact Dr. Edney to ensure the papers are curated as a panel. This area does not accept proposals from undergraduate students.
Please send all inquiries to the area chair:
Dr. Kathryn Edney
Dean, School of Arts and Sciences