What’s New

06/05/2013: page added to the Symposiums page for the “Old Norse Mythology in its Comparative Contexts” conference in October, 2013!  Please see the event page for more details.

04/05/2013: some updates to the Festivals Symposium schedule, coming up on Saturday, April 13, 2013.  Please see the event page for more details!

02/21/2013: the Festivals Symposium has been rescheduled!  It will now be held on Saturday, April 13, 2013.   Please see the event page for more details; we hope to reschedule.

02/07/2013: we very much regret that we must cancel the Festivals Symposium, due to the forecasted blizzard for Friday/Saturday.  Please see the event page for more details; we hope to reschedule.

02/06/2013: updated Festivals Symposium page with information about the impending snowstorm and possible cancellation.  If you need to know if the event is cancelled, check that page!

01/29/2013: updates to the Symposium pages!  Schedule, Participant biographies, and a page with directions are now available.

01/23/2013: a new page has been added for the upcoming F&M symposium, “Upside Down & Inside Out: Festivals as Transgressive Performance”.  Please visit the event page for more details!

10/18/2012: Added information to Calendar on Valdimar Hafstein talk on 10/23, and Advising Event for Sophomores on 10/30 (see Calendar for more details).

10/09/2012: Pages for past Symposiums updated.

09/14/2012: An update to the date of our Symposium in February 2013: it will be on Saturday, Feb. 9th.  Also, we welcome Prof. James R. Russell, Mashtots Professor of Armenian Studies in NELC, back to the Folklore & Mythology Standing Committee!

08/23/2012: Welcome Back! Page updated for the coming Academic Year 2012-2013.