The International Society for Ethnology and Folklore (French: ''Société Internationale d’Ethnologie et de Folklore'' or SIEF) is a

professional association A professional association (also called a professional body, professional organization, or professional society) usually seeks to advocacy, further a particular profession, the interests of individuals and organisations engaged in that professio ...

of scholars in the fields of

ethnology Ethnology (from the grc-gre, ἔθνος, meaning 'nation') is an academic field that compares and analyzes the characteristics of different peoples and the relationships between them (compare cultural, social, or sociocultural anthropology). ...

folklore studies Folklore studies, less often known as folkloristics, and occasionally tradition studies or folk life studies in the United Kingdom, is the branch of anthropology devoted to the study of folklore. This term, along with its synonyms, gained curre ...

, and cultural anthropology based in Amsterdam at the Meertens Institute. The goal of SIEF is to create professional networks between its scholars and their institutes and to stimulate research in general. To accomplish that every two years an international scholarly congress is organised and a General Assembly is held. Within its framework various special interest working groups are active: on cultural heritage, religion, rituality, cultural analysis, etc. The organisation was established in 1964 in Athens based on an earlier ''Commission des Arts et Traditions Populaires'' (CIAP) founded in 1928 at the 'Congrès International des Arts Populaires' in Prague under the auspices of the

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. The current president of SIEF is Marie Sandberg (Denmark). The membership of the society was during the last years around 800 members. SIEF is associated with the American Folklore Society (AFS) and the European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA). The society is a member of the World Council of Anthropological Associations.

Academic journals

SIEF has two scholarly journals, '' Ethnologia Europaea'' and ''Cultural Analysis'', in addition to the SIEF Newsletter. All three publications are biannual.

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''Cultural Analysis''
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''Ethnologia Europaea''
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