Merrill Kaplan, Associate Professor of Folklore and Scandinavian Studies & Director of both the Center for Folklore Studies and the Scandinavian Program, appears on the latest episode of ASC's Voices of Excellence podcast, entitled Not Your Grandmother's Halloween. 

The upcoming spooky season is the perfect time to indulge in discussions of the cultural and historical significance of Halloween, and Prof. Kaplan will be comparing Halloween traditions to those of other holidays. She will also look at her term "paganesque." 

New with Boydell & Brewer: The Paganesque and the Tale of Vǫlsi