CFP: 2025 Issue of Ethnographica et Folkloristica Carpathica “European Traditions”

Ethnographica et Folkloristica Carpathica is an international journal devoted to the research and current theory of ethnology, folklore, and cultural anthropology. It is published at the Institute of Ethnography and Museology of the University of Debrecen, Hungary.

The journal’s 2025 issue will cover articles in English or German on the theme of “European Traditions.” The editorial team is calling for submissions that address any of the following topics:

• The recurring questions of the interpretation of tradition and the researchers involved in these discussions;
• Ways of rediscovering national and local values;
• People who provide, collect and analyse information about traditions in the European folklore, touching on the efforts of the lay and/ or professional groups involved in archiving, musealization, and heritage formation;
• Carriers of elements of tradition and the related collections of objects;
• Parallels and differences in European folklore;
• Traditions that are considered to be heritage by various peoples;
• Emergence of new genres, both related to written/textual, and material culture;
• New forms of heritage transmission and preservation;
• The role of historical and contemporary applied ethnography in European culture;
• The relationship of local communities to their traditional past and its constant re-enactment.

The deadline for the submission is the 1^st of April 2025.