FACEBOOKFrom folktales and folk art to folk medicine and folk song, folklore has many traditions rooted deeply in each of our lives.
A discipline based on ethnographic fieldwork, Mason's undergraduate and graduate folklore coursework put you into communities and connect you with a heralded faculty that will enhance your understanding of folklore and all of its compelling global connections.
The program's interdisciplinary connections weave through museum studies, conflict resolution, non-profit management, telecommunications, writing, and more. As you explore these connections you will become qualified for doctoral work in folklore, and for public folklore employment in museums, arts and humanities councils, and other cultural agencies.
UCLA Professors Come to Mason to Talk Immigration
As part of its ongoing series of forums, Migration Projects @ Mason is pleased to announce a book talk and DVD presentation of Underground Undergrads: UCLA Undocumented Immigrants Speak Out. The Nov. 12 event will feature Kent Wong, Director of UCLA’s Center for Labor Research and Education, and Mantias Ramos, UCLA graduate and immigration rights activist will discuss the DREAM Act, an important piece of legislation designed to ensure that all students have access to higher education. Read More >>
English Students to Help Plan Smithsonian Folklife Festival
As part of their course work, Professor Yoonmee Chang’s spring 2010 Honors seminar students will help plan and prepare the 2010 Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Students from ENGL 414 (American Chinatowns) will have an opportunity not only to study ethnography but also to practice it. Read More >>
Fairy Tales and Society Author to speak at Mason
Acclaimed author Ruth B. Bottigheimer will speak at George Mason University on Sept. 21 at 5 p.m. in Research 1, room 163. Bottigheimer is the author of Fairy Tales and Society: Illusion, Allusion, and Paradigm and Grimm’s Bad Girls and Bold Boys: The Moral and Social Vision of the Tales. In her visit to George Mason University, Bottigheimer will share insights from her latest study, "Fairy Tales: A New History." Read More >>