Open Directory - Society: Folklore: Academic Departments
See also: - 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. Includes archives, a newsletter, academic contacts, and conference information. - Undergraduate and graduate programs in folklore and folklife. Events announcements and links. - A peer-reviewed internet and hadcopy journal dedicated to investigating expressive and everyday culture; based at the University of California, but global in scope. - Home to Utah State University's graduate Folklore Program. Catalog of resources including audio and manuscript. - Course description, information on their masters and doctorate programs, and faculty pages. - Established 1962 by Stith Thompson and Richard Dorson; specialities include language and literature, folk and traditional arts, and ritual and belief. - 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. - Presents information about bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree programs in folklore, including course descriptions. It also provides faculty, staff and student contact numbers and related folklore links. - One of the largest repositories of South Slavic heroic song; located at Widener Library, Harvard University; online exhibition of photos, song transcriptions, and video. - 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. - Description of the program, news, events postings, and links. - 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. - Program description, searchable manuscripts, and news. - Description of course studies and a reading list.
