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Academic Departments:

Academic Programs in Folklore on the Internet

Ph.D and MA programmes in universities (U.S. centric).

http://www.afsnet.org/aboutfolklore/wherestudyFL.cfm

Australian Folklore Research Unit

Archiving, researching, teaching, and related activities at Curtin University of Technology in Perth, Western Australia.

http://www.ari.curtin.edu.au/afr_index.cfm

Baltic Institute of Folklore (BIF) Home Page

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.

http://www.folklore.ee/BIF/

Graand

Free Classified Ads Portal

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Center for Folklore and Ethnography, University of Pennsylvania

Undergraduate and graduate programs in folklore and folklife. Events announcements and links.

http://www.sas.upenn.edu/folklore/

Cultural Analysis: An Interdisciplinary Forum on Folklore and Popular Culture

A peer-reviewed internet and hadcopy journal dedicated to investigating expressive and everyday culture; based at the University of California, but global in scope.

http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~caforum/

Fife Folklore Archives

Home to Utah State University's graduate Folklore Program. Catalog of resources including audio and manuscript.

http://library.usu.edu/folklo/

Folklore Program

Course description, information on their masters and doctorate programs, and faculty pages.

http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~flr/

Folkloristics

Discipline within the Department of Cultural Studies at the University of Turku, focusing on fieldwork-oriented research on the folklore and religion of the Finno-Ugric peoples.

http://vanha.hum.utu.fi/folk/english.html

Indiana University Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology

Established 1962 by Stith Thompson and Richard Dorson; specialities include language and literature, folk and traditional arts, and ritual and belief.

http://www.indiana.edu/~folklore/

Indiana University Folklore Collection

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.

http://www.libraries.iub.edu/index.php?pageId=329

Jewish Folklore in Israel

A history of the development of academic Folklore studies in Israel with additional links to many other sites, both Jewish and Folkloric.

http://www.folklore.org.il/

Memorial University of Newfoundland Department of Folkore

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.

http://www.mun.ca/folklore/about/

Milman Parry Collection of Oral Literature

One of the largest repositories of South Slavic heroic song; located at Widener Library, Harvard University; online exhibition of photos, song transcriptions, and video.

http://www.chs.harvard.edu/mpc/

National Centre for English Cultural Tradition

Part of the University of Sheffield, UK. Details of current research projects and courses offered.

http://www.shef.ac.uk/natcect/

Oral Tradition, Popular Lore, and Mythology Studies at UCLA

Educational site presenting a wide variety of material on folklore, art, medicine, music, religion, and dance.

http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/opm/

Southern Folklife Collection

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.

http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/sfc1/

University of California at Berkeley, Department of Folklore

The home page for UC-Berkeley's distinguished Department of Folkore.

http://ls.berkeley.edu/dept/folklore/Folk.HTM

University of California at Berkeley, Folklore Program

Description of the program, news, events postings, and links.

http://ls.berkeley.edu/dept/folklore/

University of Missouri Center for Studies in Oral Tradition

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.

http://oraltradition.missouri.edu/

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Curriculum in Folklore

Program description, searchable manuscripts, and news.

http://www.unc.edu/depts/folklore/

Western Kentucky University Programs in Folk Studies and Anthropology

Description of course studies and a reading list.

http://www.wku.edu/folkstudies/

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