INTERVIEW SERIES
Exciting news for fairy tale enthusiasts! BGSNA will conduct interviews with experts in the field of fairy tales, available to the public for free!
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Our most recent interview will always be available here free of charge! Interviews are also always free to attend by anyone live. Past interviews, however, are only available for members and will require a member login to access.
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Check out the interviews below and stay tuned for updates!
COMING UP: October 22, 2024, @ 10:30am EST/EDT:
Prof. Maria Tatar
Dr. Maria Tatar's research focuses on Modern German Culture, Folklore, and Children's Literature. Her most recent work, The Annotated Peter Pan, commemorates 100 years of J.M. Barrie's novel Peter and Wendy. She has written books about Weimar Culture, the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, and childhood reading. The recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies, and the National Endowment for the Humanities, she has written for the New York Times, the New Republic, and the Harvard Crimson. Her work has been featured on the Today Show and in Harvard Magazine.
Click here for more information about Prof. Tatar
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May 17, 2024:
Prof. Pauline Greenhill
Prof. Pauline Greenhill, from the University of Winnipeg, is the first Canadian scholar in the BGSNA Interview Series. Among innumerous publications on fairytale studies, Prof. Greenhill is also one of the brilliant minds behind The International Fairy-Tale Filmography (IFTF).
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March 06, 2024:
Prof. Donald Haase
Prof. Haase epitomizes fairy tale studies! He and Prof. Zipes complement each other like the brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm in regards to their lifelong scholarly contributions to fairy tale studies.
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January 23, 2024:
Prof. Lindy Ryan
Prof. Lindy Ryan is the winner of the Best Book Chapter Award by the BGSNA for "The Unapology of Baba Yaga" in Into the Forest (2023).
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October 03, 2023:
Prof. Jack Zipes
Prof. Jack Zipes is one of the most prominent and prolific scholars of fairy tales in the U.S. and worldwide. Listen to how he discovered the Grimm fairy tales while conducting research on the "Frankfurt School" as a Guggenheim scholar in Germany. His theoretical knowledge of literature and society enabled him to disseminate folk and fairy tales in a new and modern light. His acumen for finding so far unseen details in the stories that evoke justice and morality, as well as his comparative approach are the foundations of his numerous books and articles which brought him accolades from academia and popular media.
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