Indiana University, Bloomington. Folklore and Ethnomusicology Publications

Folklore and Ethnomusicology Publications, Inc. was created in 1988 as the umbrella organization for four Indiana University Folklore Institute student group publications. It encompasses Folklore Forum Society, Folklore Publications Group, Trickster Press, and Ethnomusicology Publications Group.

Folklore and Ethnomusicology Publications was created in 1988 as the umbrella organization for three Indiana University Folklore Institute student publications groups. Originally named Folklore Publications, Inc., it changed in 2001 to Folklore and Ethnomusicology Publications, Inc, in order to include Ethnomusicology Publications Group. The incorporation now encompasses Folklore Forum Society, Folklore Publications Group, Trickster Press, and Ethnomusicology Publications Group.

Folklore Forum was the first journal created in 1968 by students expressly for the timely publication of student papers, critiques, and reviews. The group extended the journal’s publication to include the Bibliographic and Special Series in 1968, which produced 16 publications and ceased publishing in 1977. Folklore Forum changed its name in 1972 to become the Folklore Forum Society, and in 1978 changed to the Folklore Forum, Inc. In 2004, the journal began publishing exclusively online.

Folklore Publications Group was initially created as an extension of the Folklore Student Association in 1973 but became independent of the group the following year. From 1973 to 1979, the group produced the Preprint Series, Reprint Series, Festshrift, and Monograph Series in order to quickly print student articles awaiting publication in other journals. In 1980, Trickster Press began publishing independently of the Folklore Publications Group as a replacement for the Folklore Publications Group’s Monograph Series . It now serves the role as not-for-profit publishing house within the Folklore and Ethnomusicology Publications, Inc., hierarchy and reissues out of print texts.