New Sister Organization

SIEF is happy to announce that the International Society for Folk Narrative Research (ISFNR) is now a sister organization of SIEF: https://isfnr.org/

The International Society for Folk Narrative Research is a scholarly and professional organization of international specialists in the areas of folk narrative, popular literature, folklore, and related fields. According to its statutes, the Society’s main goal is “to develop scholarly work in the field of folk narrative research and to stimulate contacts and the exchange of views among its members.” Acknowledging developments in the field, this goal has broadened in recent years covering all aspects of narrative as representing the pivotal category of human communication.

The Society has an international membership which includes some 700 members from about 80 different countries.