''Proverbium: Yearbook of International Proverb Scholarship'' is an

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covering

paremiology Paremiology () is the collection and study of paroemias (proverbs). It is a subfield of both philology and linguistics. History Paremiology can be dated back as far as Aristotle. Paremiography, on the other hand, is the collection of proverbs. ...

, the study of

proverb A proverb (from la, proverbium) is a simple and insightful, traditional saying that expresses a perceived truth based on common sense or experience. Proverbs are often metaphorical and use formulaic language. A proverbial phrase or a proverbia ...

s. Each volume includes articles on proverbs and proverbial expressions, book reviews, a bibliography of recent proverb scholarship, and a list of recently (re)published proverb collections. Volumes 1:1984 to 4:1987 were issued by the

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, in cooperation with the

University of Vermont The University of Vermont (UVM), officially the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, is a public land-grant research university in Burlington, Vermont. It was founded in 1791 and is among the oldest universities in the United ...

and

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...

. Volumes 5:1988 to 38:2021 were published exclusively by the University of Vermont. Volumes 1:1984 to 38:2021 of Proverbium were printed (). Many of the back issues of ''Proverbium'' are freely available online at HathiTrust. All volumes are now available on ''Proverbium's'' archive on the journal's website.

Wolfgang Mieder Wolfgang Mieder (born 17 February 1944) is a retired professor of German and folklore at the University of Vermont, in Burlington, Vermont, USA, where he had taught for 50 years. He is a graduate of Olivet College (BA), the University of Michigan ...

, a distinguished professor of German and folklore at the University of Vermont, is the founding editor of ''Proverbium: Yearbook of International Scholarship'' and served as

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until 2021. The annual yearbook series succeeded ''Proverbium: Bulletin d'Information sur les Recherches Parémiologiques'' (),'' which was established by

Matti Kuusi Matti Akseli Kuusi (25 March 1914 in Helsinki – 16 January 1998 in Helsinki) was a Finnish folklorist, paremiographer and paremiologist. He wrote several books and a number of articles on Finnish folklore. He was the first to have introduced ...

and published occasionally by the

Finnish Literature Society The Finnish Literature Society ( fi, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura ry or fi, SKS) was founded in 1831 to promote literature written in Finnish. Among its first publications was the ''Kalevala The ''Kalevala'' ( fi, Kalevala, ) is a 19th ...

between 1965 and 1975. The earlier Finnish series and the succeeding annual volume format have been compared and praised by the Nigerian scholar J.O.J. Nwachukwu-Agbada. The journal is one of two ongoing proverb journals listed as a significant source for proverb studies in ''Proverbs: a Handbook'' (page 258). It is also listed as one of a list of "Proverb Resources" by the Cog Web site. Also, it is the only current journal listed by the University of Chicago's Defining Wisdom project in their Wisdom Literature Review. It is one of only two journals cited by the International Association of Paremiology on their website. ''Proverbium'' is indexed by the

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, RILM Abstracts of Music International, and

Russian Academy of Sciences The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS; russian: Росси́йская акаде́мия нау́к (РАН) ''Rossíyskaya akadémiya naúk'') consists of the national academy of Russia; a network of scientific research institutes from across ...

Bibliographies. Julia Sevilla Muñoz, editor of the journal ''Paremia'', has described it saying, "''Proverbium'' est devenu premier point de recontre et d'échange scientifique pour les vrais spécialistes en parémies." Two volumes of ''Proverbium'' were seen to be significant enough for a review in the journal '' Fabula''.Neumann, Siegfried. ''Fabula'' Vol. 35, (Jan 1, 1994): 183-185. In addition to the journal itself, there has been a "Supplement Series" of volumes published by ''Proverbium''. Forty-four volumes have been published in this book series as of 2020. From volume 39:2022 ''Proverbium'' is published by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Josip Juraj Strossmayer

University of Osijek The Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek ( hr, Sveučilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku, la, Universitas studiorum Mursensis), commonly known as the University of Osijek (UNIOS), is a public university based in Osijek, Croatia. ...

, Croatia (). New volumes will be freely available online. The journal's website will give access to all parts of the journal from 1984 onward. The new chief editors are Melita Aleksa Varga (Osijek, Croatia) and Hrisztalina Hrisztova-Gotthardt (Bottmingen, Switzerland).

External links

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Citations

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