Lijun Zhang is Assistant Professor of Folklore in George Mason University’s English Department. Her research interests include material culture, heritage (tangible and intangible), museums and curatorship, institutionalization of culture, tourism, oral narrative, and folklore of China and East Asia. ...
Mason’s Folklore Program offers the only masters-level degree in folklore in the mid-Atlantic region, with a robust slate of course offerings and strong ties to local institutions such as the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, t...
How long will this program take me? Sample Full-Time MA Folklore Concentration Course Sequence Sample Part-Time MA Folklore Concentration Course Sequence Students who choose to enroll full time in the MA program can complete the degree in two years. Those who wish to enroll part time in the MA pro...
Folklore Studies in the MA in English The Master of Arts in English with a concentration in Folklore Studies enables students to explore the processes of tradition that move through multiple expressive forms, such as folktales, folk beliefs, folk medicine, folk art, folksong, and literature. A disci...