The Folklore Programs at George Mason University offer a Concentration in Folklore, Myth, and Lit. within the English undergrad major; an undergrad Minor in Folklore & Myth.; a Grad. Certificate in Folklore Studies; and an M.A. in Folklore Studies.
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- Location:
- Fairfax, VA, 22030-4444
- Phone:
- 703-993-1178
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- grassroots, DIY Documentary Fu...
Ella's Wood Fired Pizza 9th St betw...
Saturday, December 19 at 4:00pm - Northern Virginia Humanties Co...
Johnson Center Gold Room, Fairfax C...
Friday, December 4 at 11:30am - The Laramie Project
Arena Stage Crystal City
Monday, October 12 at 8:00pm - AFS Presentation / Paper Test ...
GMU, Fairfax Campus, Room TBD
Thursday, October 8 at 7:30pm - Contributors to the Folklore M...
Johnson Center Rm 116 George Mason ...
Tuesday, September 22 at 1:30pm - Ruth B. Bottingheimer Lecture
Research 1, Room 163
Monday, September 21 at 5:00pm - American Folklife Center Celeb...
The American Folklife Center Librar...
Thursday, September 10 at 8:10pm
Folklore Programs at George Mason University
Graduate student Paulina Guerrero is having a fundraiser tomorrow night Saturday 12/19/09 at Ella's Wood Fired Pizza to raise money for her Masters Project; a folklore documentary! This documentary will be about plenero musicians in San Juan, Puerto Rico during Las Fiestas de la Calle de San Sebastian. Come out enjoy ...some drinks, food, and support a project that has a unique take on Christmas. If you can't make it out, feel free to donate via paypal::
https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr
Time:4:00PM Saturday, December 19th
Location:Ella's Wood Fired Pizza 9th St between F&G St NW
Folklore Programs at George Mason University wishes our students and fans a happy and safe holiday season.
Folklore Programs at George Mason University Earlier this year, The American Folklore Society named Elaine Eff the recipient of the Botkin Prize. Today she was featured in the Baltimore Sun. We at the Folklore Programs at GMU extend our congratulatons to her.
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A Smith Island cake is one of the Maryland traditions that have been the focus of folklorist Elaine Eff. (Baltimore Sun photo by Barbara Haddock Taylor / November 25, 2009)
Folklore Programs at George Mason University Tales from the Brothers Grimm, and Beyond: Storyteller Susan Gordon Monday 7 December 2009, 4:30-7:00pm Research One, Room 163, George Mason University Free, and open to the public Please join us for an evening of tales for adults from the Brothers Grimm and beyond, as well as a conversation about storytelling as a healing art, especially in therapeutic settings.
Folklore Programs at George Mason University The Folklore Programs at GMU remember Bess Lomax Hawes, who died at the age of 88 on Friday.
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"To me, it's another way of getting to the human mystery -- why people behave the way they do," Bess Lomax Hawes said in an interview in explaining the value of studying folklore. (J.Emilio Flores / For The Times / February 27, 2000)
Folklore Programs at George Mason University New podcast from the Storytelling Tent! With stories from Becky Wilson, Warren Anderson, and Justin Oswald. Music by Elisabeth Laprelle, Son de Madera, ad Bill Miller.
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Folklore Programs at George Mason University Doc Watson will be performing at GMU's Center for the Arts on December 5th! Student tickets go on sale November 24th. For more information and to buy tickets, click the link below:
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Folklore Programs at George Mason University The faculty and students of the Folklore Programs at GMU remember Dell Hymes, who passed away on November 13 at the age of 82.
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I never know what to say when someone asks what I have done and do. So much of it has depended and depends on circumstances. I have never done anything I would myself describe as theoretical or ethnographic ...
Folklore Programs at George Mason University Need a little bit of a scare and some tunes to start your weekend off? Check out the new podcast from the Storytelling Tent! Ghost stories by Jaime Giuliani and Heidi Foster, with some ballad interludes by Dillard Chandler, Feist, and Lila Downs. Happy belated Day of the Dead!
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Folklore Programs at George Mason University Please join us for a discussion of digital humanities projects by the Center for History and New Media (http://chnm.gmu.edu). Lunch will be provided --please RSVP
Time:11:30AM Friday, December 4th
Location:Johnson Center Gold Room, Fairfax Campus
Folklore Programs at George Mason University Peggy Yocom celebrated the life of her friend and colleague Edward "Sandy" Ives this past Saturday, 7 November 2009 at the Memorial Service at Univ of Maine Orono. Such wonderful stories about Sandy, such fine folk music from friends and former students who traveled from California, Prince Edward Island, Georgia, and m...ore. Sandy is greatly missed. Maine Folklife Center:
www.umaine.edu
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Folklore Programs at George Mason University Go check out the new podcast from the Storytelling Tent! Join the group if you want to keep up with upcoming podcasts.....
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English Students to Help Plan Smithsonian Folklife Festival – University News - George Mason Univers
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Professor Yoonmee Chang’s spring 2010 Honors seminar, ENGL 414 American Chinatowns, will offer students an opportunity not only to study ethnography, but also to practice it.
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The Northern Virginia Folklife Archive hosted a Storytelling Tent at this year's Fall for the Book. You can now listen to some of those stories via podcast on the Storytelling Tent's new facebook page! Just click on this link to join
::http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fairfax-VA
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