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Fri, November 6, 2026
Event Start Time: 1:00 pm
Event Location: 198 Hagerty Hall
Event Location: 198 Hagerty Hall
Mon, November 16, 2026
Event Start Time: 6:00 pm
Event Location: Gateway Film Center
Event Location: Gateway Film Center
Thu, November 19, 2026
Event Start Time: 7:00 pm
Event Location: The Ohio State Faculty Club
Event Location: The Ohio State Faculty Club
Fri, December 4, 2026
Event Start Time: 12:30 pm
Event Location: 455 Hagerty Hall
Event Location: 455 Hagerty Hall
Recent News
On October 20, in Room 2015 of MacPherson Hall, an Introduction to Folklore class taught by Zahra Abedi took a colorful turn. Nursing a broken toe and a foot injury, I was not feeling my…
Humanities Institute and Center for Folklore Studies Partner to Celebrate Mothman Legend
This November marks the 60th anniversary of the first Mothman sightings in Ohio and West Virginia…
We have news about our team: Merrill Kaplan, the director for the Center for Folklore Studies, has been promoted to Professor of Folklore and Scandinavian Studies. Our CFS Affiliate, Dr. Mintzi…
Professor Mark Bender, (Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures and affiliate of the Center for Folklore Studies), presented the Richard M. Dorson Memorial Lecture in the Department of…
