University of California at Berkeley, Department of Folklore
The home page for UC-Berkeley's distinguished Department of Folkore.
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.
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.
Academic Programs in Folklore on the Internet
Ph.D and MA programmes in universities (U.S. centric).
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.
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. The site includes archives, a newsletter, academic contacts, and conference information.
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.
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.
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.
National Centre for English Cultural Tradition
Part of the University of Sheffield, UK. Details of current research projects and courses offered.
Utah State University Fife Folklore Archives
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 Folklore Society Manuscript Collection is housed.
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