is a recent find and hey, it's LEGO! I only wish I had a bigger image. This is on my wish list now because no household really ever has too many Legos, does it?This LEGO set is a great addition to any LEGO brick set. The set includes pirates, a witch and wizard, a king and queen, mine workers, a mermaid and merman and many more! Provides 22 mini figures and great accessories for each set of figures too.
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, and one that came out in November, Snow in Summer by Jane Yolen.It's a new month which means some new bargain ebooks have been made available on Amazon and other etailers today. Most of these prices should be good for the month of December while others may only last a few days or hours.
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A common question around SurLaLune over the years has been what kind of jobs are available in folklore and fairy tale studies. I don't keep up with job postings but this one came across my inbox so I thought I would share. This one may be of particular interest to students wondering about the qualifications for a university position. The application deadline is today, but I expect anyone truly qualified and interested already knows about it:
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette announces the following position:
Assistant/Associate Professor of English. Tenure-track position, beginning Fall 2012. Folklore studies, with secondary fields oriented toward cultural studies and/or digital humanities topics and methods. The department offers the B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. in English, with concentrations in Folklore Studies, Literary Studies, Rhetoric, Creative Writing, and Linguistics.
Duties: teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in folklore, folklore and literature, and literature; serving on M.A. and Ph.D. committees; directing theses and dissertations; departmental service (e.g., advising, departmental and university committees). Continued publishing in field and other duties associated with holding a university position. Qualifications: Ph.D. in Folklore Studies or in affiliated field with a concentration in folklore studies required, record of professional activities and publications, teaching experience.
Salary competitive. Minority candidates are encouraged to apply. Send application letter, current CV, and names and addresses of three references to Professor James McDonald, Department Head, Department of English, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, P. O. Box 44691, Lafayette, LA 70504.UL Lafayette is a selective-admissions, state-supported university located in the heart of Louisiana’s Acadian-Creole region. AA/EEO compliant. http://www.louisiana.edu.
The deadline for application is December 1. Please contact the search committee's chair, John Laudun, with any questions at laudun (a)louisiana dot edu.
There's not much about this book available yet, but I am keenly interested in it when it does, so I thought I would share since I haven't heard much about it since last year's American Folklore Society Meeting (2010). This one will most likely join the ranks of regular textbooks:
Marvelous Transformations: An Anthology of Tales and New Critical Perspectives edited by Christine A. Jones and Jennifer Schacker (Ontario: Broadview Press, expected 2012)
This anthology will serve as a theoretical anchor in the complex field of folk/fairy tale studies that faculty can consult and students can purchase. Part I of the volume will include tales from print, oral, and theatrical traditions across world cultures. It aims to expand the territory of the map covered by conventional anthologies by including stories from diverse regions and periods across several genres. Part II presents a series of reflections by fifteen of the leading scholars in fairy-tale and folklore studies (three scholars on each of five topics). The collection of innovative scholarship in dialogue provides a springboard for class and scholarly discussions. The volume’s print material will be supplemented by a website with links to scholarly studies, an archive of images, information about upcoming conferences and publications, and a discussion board for teachers interested in sharing pedagogical insights.
