We are excited to announce a series of Folklore events at the 2014 Fall For The Book literary festival: Folklorist Lisa Gabbert will present on Tuesday, September 16th at 4:30 pm in Research Building I, Room 163. Her latest book, Winter Carnival in a Western Town: Identity, Change, and the Good of the Community, examines the questions surrounding the McCall, Idaho, winter carnival: How does a community define itself to others—and to itself? How do civic celebrations connect with tradition and look toward the future? Where and how do culture and commerce meet and interact?
If you would like to join us afterwards for dinner with Dr. Gabbert, RSVP to Evan at epais2@gmu.edu by Monday to reserve a spot.
Folklorist Amy Shuman will present on Thursday, September 18th at 1:30 pm in The Hub, Front Ballroom. Based on her work with people applying for political asylum in the U.S. and the U.K, Shuman, author of Other People’s Stories: Entitlement Claims and the Critique of Empathy, will discuss how the study of folklore can provide significant understandings of the political asylum experience. Sponsored by Mason’s Women and Gender Studies.
Join us afterwards for coffee and conversation with Dr. Shuman in Robinson Hall A 447.
Novelist Keith Donohue will present on Thursday, September 18th at 6:00 pm in the Johnson Center, Meeting Room D. The bestselling author of The Stolen Child, The Angels of Destruction, and Centuries of June returns with his eagerly awaited fourth novel, The Boy Who Drew Monsters, about a 10-year-old boy trapped inside his own world, whose drawings blur the lines between fantasy and reality—for himself and everyone around him.
September 11, 2014