ews The Newsletter oj the Slavic & East European Folklore Association Volume 1, Number 1, Spring 1996 The Slavic & East European Folklore Association was formed at the 1995 meeting of AAASS. Association President jajTieS I3u.iley's wel­ coming message de­ scribes the goals and mission of the associa­ tion. President's Message: Welcome to SEEFA The first SEEFA Newsletter ... is an experiment be­ cause we are gradually trying to discover and respond to members' interests, needs, and reque~ts. The tlrst is­ sue has turned out to be concerned mainly with Russian folklore. a situation we hope will change as mem­ bers become willing to contribute information about the folklore of other areas. The actual content of the letter has evolved. in part be­ cause the editor. Bruce McClelland, plans to start a Web home page which can contain much more detailed and extensive informa­ tion than a brief prtnted bulletin. Conse­ quently we have lim­ ited the first issue to just a few general top­ ics. Our thanks to all of those who have so gen­ erously responded to our perSistent email re­ quests. Since a letter about the organizational I ! meeting of SEEFA on ! October 27th during the AAASS convention Ii in Washington, D. C. was sent out in Janu­I ary, only a summary I will be presented here. I, Bylaws for SEEFA I were approved, and an Executive Board con- I sisting of a President, Vice-President. Secre­ I, tary-Treasurer. News- letter Editor, and one ! Member at Large was I elected for a two-year term. I It was deCided that SEEFA should become i affiliated with MASS 'I since its annual confer­ ences attract people in a wide diversity of I fields concerned with II folklore. Legal advice was to be sought about I incorporating SEE FA i as a non-profit organi­ I zation. SEEFA should I also seek to maintain I contacts with other or­ ganizations involved with the study of East­ ern Europe and the countries of the former Soviet Union. Other topics and an­ nouncements at the meeting are consider­ ably expanded in the Newsletter. By the time I I I I I ! I I 1 I I I I I I I i I I 1 , j of our next meeting during the AAASS con­ vention November 20- 23 in Seattle we should be ready to ap­ ply for affiliation with AAASS. One other question which has been raised by MaIjorie Balzer is whether SEEFA should cover the folklore of other groups in the for­ mer Soviet Union be­ sides that of the Slavs. Article II of the By­ laws states the pur­ pose of the new folklore group. "SEEFA is a scholarly, non­ profit organization de­ voted to an exchange of knowledge among scholars interested in Back Page CoL 1 Inside I SEEFA OFFICERS 2 I '96 AAASS FOLKWRE I PROGRAM 2 I ANNOUNCEMENIS 2 \ TRANSLATION I OPPORTI.JNmES 3 ! TREASURER'S NGfE 3 ,------------------ MEMBERSHIP ANNOUNCEMENTS CONFERENCES SEEFA Officers APPLICATION 1996-1997 Reviews, During the last few Bibliography years several interna- President tional conferences. par-T he first issue of plmmedfor SEEFA ticulatly those organized JAMES O. BAILEY the SEEFA News- home page by folklorists in St. Peters- Slavic Department letter is being sent burg. have taken place. 1432 Van Hise Hall to all those who re- As examples of the 'The International Albert 1220 Linden Dr. sponded to the kinds of information that Bates Lord Conference" University of Wisconsin first an- the SEE FA World Wide has been held four times Madison. WI 53706 nouncement Web site will be offering under the sponsorship of (608) 271-3824 about the new the Peter the Great Mu- group in the in the future. Margaret seum of Anthropology jobailey@facstaff.wisc.edu spring 1995. If Beissinger has written a and Ethnography: May short review of Albert have not yet be- Lord's last book. The 1992. November 1993. Vice President come a member of Singer Resumes the Tale. August 1994 (in JAN L. PERKOWSKI SEEFA. please while James Bailey has Yakutsk). and November Slavic Department send your name. prepared a bibliography 1995. The fifth confer- address. telephone ence will take place from 109 Cabell Hall number. email ad- of recent publications August 21-25 in Almaty. University of Virginia about Russian folklore. A dress. fields of in- list of current translation Kazakhstan this coming Charlottesville. Virginia 22903 terest. and projects has also been summer and will include (804) 924-6686 comments with a compiled. performances by Central jlp2y@virginia.edu check or money or- Asian epic Singers. For in- der made out to Tour of 111i1man formation contact Rone1le Secretary-TraClsurer SEEFA (dues are Alexander: $15 per year and Parry CoUection at Alexande@qal.berkeley.edu JEANMARIE ROUHIER- $10 per year for AAASS WILLOUGHBY students). and A few other confer- Department of Russian and mall to the Secre- ences are: Eastern Studies tary-Treasurer: Margaret Beissinger "Skomorokht Problemy 1 055 Patterson Office Tower will be organizing a "tour" i perspektivy izucheniia." University of Kentucky of the Milman Parry Col- November 22-26. 1994 in Jeanmarie Rouhler· lection housed in St. Petersburg. Lexington. KY 40506-0027 Willoughby Widener Library at Har- fax: (606) 257-3743 Department of Russian and "Nasledie Vladimira Iak- Eastern Studies vard University during ovlevicha Proppa v sovre- jrouhie@pop.uky.edu 1055 Patterson Office Tower the annual convention of mennoi nauke." May University of Kentucky the AAASS to be held this Lexington. KY 40506-0027 year in Boston. Interested 15-20. 1995 in St. Peters- Member-at-Large jrouhle@pop.uky.edu burg. (See "Zhivaia RONELLE ALEXANDER members of SEEFA will starina," 3. 1995.) be invited as a group to "Riabininskie chteniia Slavic Department take the MTA "across the 95 ... September 4-8. 5414 Dwinelle Hall river" to Cambridge to 1995 in Petrozavodsk. University of California view the historic collec- (See "Zhivaia starina. .. 4. Berkeley. CA 94720 tion of recordings and 1996.) (510) 642-8301 tapes from the many field "Iskusstvo ustnoi tradit- Alexande@qal.berkeley.edu trips in the former Yugo- sit Istoricheskaia morfolo- slavia of Milman Parry gila. .. March 20-22 in St. and Albert Lord. The time Petersburg. (Devoted to Newsletter Editor and date will be an- the 60th birthday of 1.1. BRUCE McCLELLAND nounced later. Zemtsovsky.) 1956 Lewis Mountain Rd. SOURCE: James Bailey Charlottesville. VA 22903 (804) 293-3283 bam4c@virginia.edu SEEFANEWSLETTERSPRING 1996 2 SEEFANews From the Secretary- 1996AAASS Linda Ivanits, "Death Ritual in Opportunities for Translating and Treasurer CONVENTION the Volgograd Area Today" Publishing Folklore Discussant: Non-Profit Status: The two sessions on Natalie Kononenko In the survey made a year SEEFA is applying to folklore at the MASS con- Teaching Slavic Folklore ago, respondents frequently vention in 1995 were so mentioned the need for trans-be classified as a non- well attended that we de- Organized by: lations Into English for their profit corporation. This status requires that cided to apply for three in Guntis Smidchens courses on Slavic and East SEEFA be incoporated 1996-al1 have been ap- (Guntiss@u.washington.edu). European folklore. Snejana proved. Preliminary con- Tempest has noted that two in the state in which the tents of the panels are as Chair: kinds of translation project funds are located. On follows: RObert Bowie. grants are still offered by April 15, articles of incor- Homage to A.B. Lord, Panelists: NEH: poration were filed with University Teachers the state of Kentucky. Parry-Lord: Theory in the 90s Jan Perkowski, "The Lure of (202) 606-8467 Once they are approved Organized by: Dracula" Fellowsuniv@NEH.fed.us by the secretary of Ronelle Alexander Guntis Smidchens, "Russian and College Teachers state, we will apply for (alexande@qal.berkeley.edu) Ethnographic Methods in the (202) 606-8467 non-profit status with Chair. American Folklore Classroom" Fellowscollnd@NEH.!ed.us) the federal government. Matthew Kay. James Bailey, "Should Ameri- Roberta Reeder has p~lnted Members of the Univer- can Students Read Propp?" Panelists: out that UNESCO publishes sity of Kentucky Law Ronelle Alexander, 'Tradition Discussant: original and translated edi- School have been most and Performance from the Izaly Zemtsovsky tions of primary source mate- generous in their advice Singer's Point of View. " rials, that is, anthologies of and are currently review- In addition, Norman folk lyncs. stories, and oral ing the non-profit pa- Natalie Kononenko. 'The Leam- Ingham has brought to- versions of history. but no pers with me in ing Technique of Ukrainian gether a panel that will in- scholarly analyses of folk ma- preparation for the fed- Minstrels: Dictated and Sung terest folklorists: terials. UNESCO also supple- eral application process. Texts." The Interface of Folklore and ments funding by other Membership and Dues: Lyubomira Parpulova-Gribble. Literature: The Slavic Middle publishers. For information contact: Fernando Alnsa. SEEFA currently has 'Traditional Formulas as Ages UNESCO Publishing, 31, Rue received dues from 37 Points of Convergence be- Organizer: Francois Bosvin. 75015 members. A portion of tween Orality and Literacy" Paris. France. Phone: 45-68- these receipts will be Discussant: Norman Ingham 4734; fax: 42-73-3007. used to file the applica- (N-Ingham@uchicago.edu) tion for non-profit status Margaret Beissinger. Chair. Linda Ivanits will be the edi- with the federal and gov- Ritual and Custom in Slavic Milton Ehre tor of a new series called ernment. A portion has Folklore. Panelists: "Folklores and Folk Cultures already been used to Organized by: Norman Ingham. "Folklore into of Eastern Europe" to be pub- pay the filing fee for the llshed by M. E. Sharpe. Indl- articles of incorporation Snejana Tempest Literature: Siovo 0 polku vidual texts of studies with the state of Ken- (STempest@middlebury.edu). ~ and Zadonshchina" dealing with the folklores tucky as well as to pro- Chair. Valentina Izmirlieva. 'The 72 and cultures of this area are duce this edition of the Snejana Tempest. Names of God, 72 Diseases, suitable, and may be pre- newsletter. Later edi- Panelists: and the Arcana of the Slavs. " pared by a single author or multiple authors. Texts for tions will be financed by Jeannette Lacoss, "Contempo- Priscilla Hunt, "Folklore into The- courses on Slavic or compara-the membership fund as rary Childlore: Coping with Dis- o/ogy: Th~ Ta/~ Qf P~t~r ana tlve folklore and folklife. ro- well. solution and Change. " Feyronia" ral sociology. anthropology. Jeanmarle Olga Strakhov. "Negation Formu- Discussant: and ethnography arc be par- Rouhler-Willoughby tlcularly welcomed. lae in Slavic Incantations and Harvey Goldblatt WIl@psu.edu Spells. " SEEFA NEWSLETTER SPRING 1996 3 ! III II II -. i'i!''"· !''''~l ~ In !I "-. , 0 0 H[[un 1 rl ~ '[ ~ ~ i '0 • i . ,. "1' --, [~ , i i ! I ;~ h. I~:ii ~ -9,., ~ ~ ~ , . " • .~ ! "" ;" ~~~f~ l • ··~H~~~Q ~-~ EO : ~ 0 0 , . 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