Academic Departments

Academic Programs in Folklore on the Internet - Ph.D and MA programmes in universities (U.S. centric).
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.
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.
www.folklore.ee/BIF/

Center for Folklore and Ethnography, University of Pennsylvania - Undergraduate and graduate programs in folklore and folklife. Events announcements and links.
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.
socrates.berkeley.edu/~caforum/

Folklore and Mythology at Harvard - Information on their program and searchable electronic archives.
fas-www.harvard.edu/~folkmyth/

Folklore Program - Course description, information on their masters and doctorate programs, and faculty pages.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
www.shef.ac.uk/english/natcect/index.html

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

University of California at Berkeley, Folklore Program - Description of the program, news, events postings, and links.
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.
oraltradition.missouri.edu/

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Curriculum in Folklore - Program description, searchable manuscripts, and news.
www.unc.edu/depts/folklore/

Western Kentucky University Programs in Folk Studies and Anthropology - Description of course studies and a reading list.
www.wku.edu/folkstudies/