As announced in FF Network No. 6, a network of active scholars for studies in oral and semiliterary epics has been in the making. Its purpose is to transmit information between research milieux, to arrange small workshops and conferences and find ways of publishing research results. At this point, the following (57) scholars have accepted the invitation to become members of the Folklore Fellows in Oral Epics:
Dr. E. Agoston-Nikolova, Groningen, The Netherlands
Dr. Alla I. Alieva, Moscow, Russia
Dr. Isaac Olawale Albert, Ibadan, Nigeria
Prof. John Alphonso-Karkala, New Paltz, New York, U.S.A.
Prof. Brenda E. F. Beck, Gore’s Landing, Ontario, Canada
Dr. Margaret Hiebert Beissinger, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
Prof. Dan Ben-Amos, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, U.S.A.
Dr. Milena Benovska-Subkova, Sofia, Bulgaria
Prof. Stuart H. Blackburn, London, U.K.
Dr. John L. Brockington, Edinburgh, Scotland
Prof. Heidrun Brückner, Tübingen, Germany
Prof. David E. Bynum, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
Prof. Giovanni Canova, Feltre, Italy
Dr. Andimoslam Chellaperumal, Palayamkottai, Tamilnadu, India
Prof. Peter J. Claus, Hayward, California, U.S.A.
Prof. Bridget Connelly, Berkeley, California, U.S.A.
Dr. Maria Delia Coronel’icm, Iligan City, The Philippines
Dr. Péter Domokos, Budapest, Hungary
Prof. Doris R. Edel, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Prof. Ruth Finnegan, Milton Keynes, U.K.
Prof. John Miles Foley, Columbia, Missouri, U.S.A.
Prof. James Fox, Canberra, Australia
Prof. Hans Fromm, Ottobrunn, Germany
Dr. Micheline Galley, Paris, France
Dr. K. Chinnappa Gowda, Mangalore, Karnataka, India
Prof. John Harris, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Dr. Lauri Harvilahti, Helsinki, Finland
Prof. Arthur T. Hatto, London, U.K.
Prof. Walther Heissig, Rheinböllen, Germany
Prof. Lauri Honko, Turku, Finland
Dr. Sabina Ispas, Bucuresti, Romania
Dr. Heda Jason, Jerusalem, Israel
Dr. Jia Zhi, Beijing, China
Prof. John William Johnson, Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.A.
Dr. Jan Knappert, Barnet, U.K.
Academician Matti Kuusi, Helsinki, Finland
Dr. Aditya Malik, Heidelberg, Germany
Prof. Joseph L. Mbele, Northfield, Minnesota, U.S.A.
Dr. Sergei Ju. Nekljudov, Moscow, Russia
Prof. Taryo Obayashi, Tokyo, Japan
Prof. Felix J. Oinas, Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.A.
Prof. Isidore Okpewho, Binghamton, New York, U.S.A.
Prof. Dr. J. S. Paramashivaiah, Mysore, Karnataka, India
Prof. Boris N. Putilov, St. Petersburg, Russia
Prof. B. A. Viveka Rai, Mangalore, Karnataka, India
Prof. V. Narayana Rao, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
Prof. Karl Reichl, Bonn, Germany
Dr. Nicole Revel, Paris, France
Dr. Dwight Reynolds, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A.
Dr. Christiane Seydou, Paris, France
Prof. Anna-Leena Siikala, Joensuu, Finland
Prof. Minna Skafte Jensen, Odense, Danmark
Dr. Susan Slyomovics, Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A.
Prof. Susan Wadley, Syracuse, New York, U.S.A.
Dr. Mingming Wang, Beijing, China
Prof. Donald Ward, Sherman Oaks, California, U.S.A.
Dr. Hazel J. Wrigglesworth, Bukidnon, The Philippines
Those who wish to join the network should write to:
Prof. Lauri Honko
Folklore Fellows
P.O.Box 14
2050l Turku, Finland
(FFN 9, November 1994: 6-7)