The Executive Committee
The Executive Committee of the ISFNR is elected by the General Assembly and consists of the President, Vice-Presidents representing different continents, Treasurer, and three ordinary members.
Along with the President the Vice-Presidents form the Membership Committee of the Society, under a Chair to be elected from their own number.
Current members of the Executive Committee:
President:
Sadhana Naithani (Jawaharlal Nehru University)
Postal address:
Centre of German Studies
School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi 110067
INDIA
Contact No. 91-11-26704204, 26704856
E-mail: sadhana.naithani@gmail.com
Vice-Presidents:
Sinseignon Germain Sagbo
Vice-President representing Africa
Postal address:
University of Abomey-Calavi
Faculty of Humanities
Department of German Studies
Postal address:
09 BP 149 Cotonou
Benin Republic / West Africa
germainsinseingnon@yahoo.fr
Prof. Kimberly J. Lau (University of California, Santa Cruz)
Vice-President representing North America
Chairperson of the Membership Committee
Postal address:
Humanities Division
Office- 239, Humanities 1
Literature Department
University of California
Santa Cruz
Contact No.- 831-459-5145
E-mail: lau@ucsu.edu
Mehri Bagheri (University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran)
Vice-President representing Asia
Postal address:
Tabriz University
Faculty of Letters
Deptartment of Culture
Tabriz
IRAN
E-mail: mehribagheri@yahoo.com
Renata Jambresic-Kirin (Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research)
Vice-President representing Europe
Postal address:
Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research
Šubiceva 42
HR-10000 Zagreb
CROATIA
E-mail: renata@ief.hr
Maria Inés Palleiro (Ph. D)
Vice-President representing Latin America
Postal address:
Department of Hispanic Philology. Buenos Aires University/ National Council for Scientific Research (CONICET) Argentina
Aguilar 2118 (1426) Buenos Aires. Argentina
E-mail: marinespalleiro@gmail.com
Ülo Valk (University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia)
Postal address:
Department of Estonian and Comparative Folklore
University of Tartu
Ülikooli 16-208
51003 Tartu
ESTONIA
E-mail: ulo.valk@ut.ee
Members:
Mirjam Mencej (University of Ljubljana)
Postal address:
Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology
Faculty of Arts
University of Ljubljana
Zavetiska 5
1000 Ljubljana
SLOVENIA
E-mail: mirjam.mencej@guest.arnes.si
mirjam.mencej@ff.uni-lj.si
Postal address:
Folklore Studies
Marilena Papachristophorou (University of Ioannina)
Postal address:
University of Ioannina
School of Philosophy
Department of History and Archaeology
Folklore Section
451 10 Ioannina
GREECE
E-mail: mpapach@cc.uoi.gr
Treasurer:
Pihla Siim (University of Tartu)
Postal address:
University of Tartu
Ülikooli 16-208
51003 Tartu
ESTONIA
E-mail: pihla.siim@ut.ee
Secretary:
Nidhi Mathur (Jawaharlal Nehru University)
Postal address:
Research Scholar
Center of German Studies
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi 110067
INDIA
Contact No. +91 9971989781
E-mail: nidhimathur42@yahoo.com