Panel on Oral and Semiliterary Epics

11th ISFNR Congress, Mysore, January 6-12, 1995 Each session lasts one hour. Each speaker has 15 mins for the oral presentation of an abridgement of or commentaries on the full paper. Each session ends with 15 mins discussion where all panelists are present. In the...

Folklore Fellows in Oral Epics

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...

Towards the nightless night

Preparations for the 3rd FF Summer School under way Preparations for the FF Summer School 1995, the theme of which is “Tradition and Conflicting Identities”, are well under way. The scene of the event is the village of Mekrijärvi, a research station with...

The road to Mysore

The difference between such disciplines as folkloristics and cultural anthropology may seem minimal at times. Both may excel in fieldwork and the understanding of other cultures. Both may start their investigations at home and render a better understanding of...

Network 9

No. 9 / November 1994 The Road to Mysore by Lauri Honko Towards the Nightless Night by Pekka Hakamies and Sinikka Vakimo Folklore Fellows in Oral Epics by Lauri Honko Panel on Oral and Semiliterary Epics

Folklore Fellows in Gender Studies

In the last issue of the FF Network (November 1993) a plan for a group of Folklore Fellows in Gender Studies was announced. Since then I received eight letters of interest from folklore scholars from different countries – many thanks for them. The proposals and...

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