The Folklore Roundtable is a companion student organization to Mason's Folklore Studies Program.
05/02/2023
We are happy to be partnering with to bring you another Haunted Hike! You can join us on Sunday from 8-3pm by registering through this link: https://connect.recreation.gmu.edu/program/getprogramdetails?courseid=95067a57-a279-4f46-afa1-38fa183dba09&semesterid=2720bbb2-5d56-4713-9a15-4b081637a4b1
04/18/2023
It’s that time again! Join the Folklore Roundtable on April 29th for an adventurous tour of Old Town Alexandria! Meet us at Misha’s Coffee and we’ll visit folkloristic sites including the Wilkes Street Tunnel, Jones Point Park, and the Grave of the Female Stranger. You can register on Mason360 or here: https://cglink.me/2d7/r2088798
02/08/2023
It's your last chance to register for LOVE STORIES, starting in a few hours! Register below 👇
Love Stories: Diversity of Love Learn your Love Language & share your love far and wide this Valentine's Day!
02/06/2023
Do you prefer giving gifts or giving hugs?
Come learn your Love Language at this virtual storytelling event on Wednesday evening and prepare to spread lots of love this Valentine's Day. Register today!
Love Stories: Diversity of Love Learn your Love Language & share your love far and wide this Valentine's Day!
02/03/2023
Do you feel more loved when someone hugs you or when they give you words of encouragement? Come learn your love language at this virtual event! Spaces are limited, register today!
Love Stories: Diversity of Love Learn your Love Language & share your love far and wide this Valentine's Day!
12/10/2022
Folklore professor Debra Lattanzi Shutika on her recent Fulbright award where she will study home and heritage in County Mayo, Ireland. While there, she will also teach folklore, field documentation, digital storytelling, and sense of place at the Mayo and Galway campuses of Atlantic Technological University ! Read more here: https://chss.gmu.edu/articles/17992
12/02/2022
In October, we hosted our first ever Legends & Lore Walking tour of campus, read all about the event here: https://tinyurl.com/2f4t7fp9
11/23/2022
We hosted a legend trip hike in partnership with Outdoor Adventures, read about the hike here: https://tinyurl.com/2f4t7fp9
Folklore Roundtable Recap: October Events draw many from the community! The Folklore Roundtable, companion student organization to the folklore program, had a busy fall on campus and coordinated several events in the...
11/18/2022
We had a busy fall on campus and coordinated several events in the hopes to get to know the Mason community better!! Read more about their events in our latest blog:
https://tinyurl.com/2f4t7fp9
Folklore Roundtable Recap: October Events draw many from the community! The Folklore Roundtable, companion student organization to the folklore program, had a busy fall on campus and coordinated several events in the...
11/16/2022
Huge congrats to our Mason Folklore community for an impressive turnout at the American Folklore Society Annual Meeting!
Graduate student, Betty Aquino presented her paper "Dark Drama: American Haunted Houses, Power, Performance, and Positionality in the Face of a Shifting Economic Landscape" (photo1); graduate student Allie Stanich presented their paper “Queering Cosplay and Conventions: Intersections of Folklore, the Cosplay Community, and Gender Identity” (photo 2); professor and recent AFS fellow, Dr. Lisa Gilman presented their paper “ ‘We Are All Human’: Music as Survival for Refugees in Global Contexts” (photo 3); Dr. Lijun Zhang also presented a paper “The Differenciation and Dynamic of Basket Making in Southwest China”(photo 4); and Betty Aquino also facilitated the Graduate Student and Young Professionals social hour section (photo 5)!
We are impressed by the way our community engages with the larger folklore community!