Institutional profiles

The present issue offers portraits of folklore institutions in Finland. We wish to draw the attention of our friends and colleagues abroad to these institutions, because they are internationally oriented and present a window through which to look at Finland. They...

The Epics of Upper Altai (Review)

The Epics of Upper Altai V. M. Gacak (Editor-in-Chief), Z. S. Kazagaceva, (translations, commentaries, glossary of terms, etc.) et al.: Altajskie geroiceskie skazania. Pamjatniki fol’klora narodov Sibiri i Dal’nego Vostoka, T. 15. Nauka, Novosibirsk 1997....

NIF in the Nordic Eclipse

This is a sad story. The Nordic Institute of Folklore has ceased to exist. Last spring its thousand or more friends received the following letter: To the readers of NIF Newsletter Nordic Institute of Folklore to be closed The decision has now been taken. NIF is to be...

FF Summer School in 1999

Variation and textuality as keywords The Organizing Committee of the FF Summer School which consisting of representatives of the folklore departments at the universities of Finland, convened in Helsinki on December 1, 1997. It was agreed that the 4th Summer School...

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