Nordic-Baltic Section of the American Folklore Society

The Nordic-Baltic Section is open to all AFS members who are interested in Nordic-Baltic folkloristics or the folklore of the Nordic or Baltic countries, irrespective of its origins, including the circumpolar areas and Nordic or Baltic minority groups around the world. The purpose of the Nordic-Baltic Section is to advance folkloristic studies connected with any and all of these fields of interest.

The section manages a listserv, sponsors sessions on Nordic and Baltic folklore at the AFS annual meeting, and awards a student prize.

Section dues help support the Boreal Prize, awarded to the best student article published in English on a folklore topic having to do with Northern Europe and/or the diasporas of its various peoples. The prize consists of a modest cash award and a year’s subscription to Arv, the Nordic Yearbook of Folklore. Students who wish their publication to be considered must send three copies to the section convener, who will distribute them for blind evaluation by a panel of three. In order to be considered for the 2009 prize, please submit publications by September 1, 2010, to Jim Leary, Folklore Program, 306 Ingraham Hall, University of Wisconsin, Madison WI 53706 USA.

Section dues are $15 per year, $10 for student members. For more information on the Section and its activities, please contact section co-convener Jim Leary of the University of Wisconsin. The other co-conveners are Merrill Kaplan of The Ohio State University and Jason Schroeder of the University of Wisconsin.

To join this American Folklore Society interest-group section, please visit the AFS membership page of this web site, where you will find both a secure online and a printable, mailable membership form. You need not be a member of the American Folklore Society to join its sections.