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. ...
“The Flow of Tradition”: Mason’s Folklore Program Visiting Scholars Curate Lunar New Year Exhibit By Stephanie Aitken The stage is set, or in this case, Fenwick Gallery is ready to host “The Flow of Tradition–Chinese Folk Art of the Lunar New” This exhibit will run in Fenwick Gallery in the l...
The Folklore and Mythology concentration offers students the opportunity to study oral literature and traditional artifacts in their historical, cultural and performance contexts. Study in folklore addresses secular tales, songs, proverbs, jokes and material culture items as they are performed within...
Lisa Gilman is Director of the Folklore Program and Professor of Folklore and English at George Mason University in the United States. She is also the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of American Folklore. Her research interests include intangible cultural heritage, performance, music, dance, trauma, w...
The minor in Folklore and Mythology is interdisciplinary and offers students tools to explore the compelling meanings within these seemingly simple, everyday cultural texts, and helps them become more aware of the ways these texts are used by individuals and institutions for various goals. Students s...
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...
Mason students, faculty, and alumni recently attended the American Folklore Society’s Annual Meeting in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This event brings together nearly 1000 folklorists, public humanities professionals, students to study, support, and grow as a folklore community. This year two Mason folklore grad...
