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