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The specialized research centre in the field of traditional literatures

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Mercator Centre (United Kingdom)
Research and documentation centre, which runs projects in the fields of European minority languages, literary translation and publishing in less diffused European languages.
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American Folklore Society (United States of America)
They serve to stimulate interest and research in all aspects of the study of folklore and folk life.
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Alaska Native Language Center (United States of America)
The Center is dedicated to the research and documentation of the twenty Native languages of Alaska.
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CELEC - Centre d'�tudes sur les Litt�ratures �trang�res et Compar�es (France)
The researches concern the theoretical reflection on the literature, the study compared by sort of the fiction, the analysis of the symbolic structures of the literary texts, the reflection applied to the cinema and to the arts.
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Uysal-Walker Archive of Turkish Oral Narrative (United States of America)
Uysal-Walker Archive of Turkish Oral Narrative collections are presented in two independent sections, in English and in Turkish.
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FSAC - Folklore Studies Association (Canada)
The FSAC promotes, publishes and disseminates folklore research.
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BCLA - British Comparative Literature Association (United Kingdom)
They aim to promote the scholarly study of literature without confinement to national or linguistic boundaries, and in relation to other disciplines.
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Centre R�gional des Lettres de Basse-Normandie (France)
Organisation of literary events.
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L'espace d'un Instant - El Polo Balcanes-C�ucaso-Asia Central (France)
European network of places for the translation of contemporary poetry.
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Baltic Institute of Folklore (Estonia)
Coordination and promotion of folklore studies in the Baltic states.
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Poetry Society (United Kingdom)
The Poetry Society exists to help poets and poetry thrive in Britain today.
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ARALD - Agence Rh�ne-Alpes pour le livre et la documentation (France)
The ARALD has as an objective the editorial and cultural literary promotion of the book and the culture of the writing.
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Union latine (France)
This site is a real mine of information regarding cultural events connected to countries of the romance languages, both in Europe and Latin America.
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Archives of Latvian Folklore (Latvia)
It is now a part of the Institute of Literature, Folklore and Art of Latvia.
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North East Folklore Archive (United Kingdom)
A multimedia resource established for the preservation and study of North East Scotland's music and song and spoken history of its people.
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IFAN - Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire (Senegal)
The Institute is divided in a laboratory of African�s literature and civilisations and Islam�s laboratory.
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Yucat�n: Identidad y Cultura Maya (Mexico)
This site is devoted to the Maya culture.
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Givens Foundation for African American Literature (United States of America)
The mission of the Foundation is to celebrate and promote African American literature and history through programs and activities that encourage reading and increase public awareness of African American writers.
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ARPLE - Association de Recherche et de Pratique sur le Livre pour Enfants (France)
The association has for main objective to make known and loved books for children thanks to animation, reading, discovery, meeting, publications and actions of training with the intermediaries of the book.
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Fondation Royaumont (France)
Foreign poets who attended translation seminars at Royaumont wanted to continue the experience of collective translation in their home countries.
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Korean American Folklore Archive (United States of America)
The archive consists of numerous written records housed at the Folklore and Mythology Program, UCLA.
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Asian American Writers� Workshop (United States of America)
Organization dedicated to the creation, development, publication and dissemination of Asian American literature.
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CEDOPAL - Centre de Documentation de Papyrologie Litt�raire (Belgium)
This centre has an absolutely unique file regrouping the 6000 literary Greek and Latin papyrus listed to date and a unique in the world of more than 8000 photographs of literary papyrus.
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SIL International (United States of America)
SIL is a service organization that works with people who speak the world�s lesser-known languages.
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Arnamagn�an Institute (Denmark)
Collection of medieval and early-modern Scandinavian manuscripts.
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Basque Cultural Institute (France)
They actively support Basque culture and language through projects initiated by non-profit organization's members of the Institute.
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Foundation for Endangered Languages (United Kingdom)
The aims of the Foundation are to raise awareness of endangered languages, to support the use of endangered languages in all contexts and to support the documentation of endangered languages.
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Centre d'�tudes de l'Inde et de l'Asie du Sud (France)
The Centre is the only French research institute in social sciences dealing with the main countries of the Indian subcontinent.
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Australian Script Centre (Australia)
This organisation collects catalogues, promotes, and distributes unpublished Australian plays.
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Asociaci�n de Escritores en Lengua Vasca (Spain)
The Association defends the professional and moral rights of the writers.
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Endangered Language Fund (United States of America)
They are devoted to the scientific study of endangered languages, the support of native efforts in maintaining endangered languages, and the dissemination, to both the native communities and the scholarly world, of the fruits of these efforts.
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Linguistic installation in the World (Canada)
These pages present the situation and particular linguistic politics in 288 States or autonomous territories distributed in 186 countries.
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Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature (Israel)
The Institute was founded with the aim of acquainting foreign readers with the best of modern Hebrew literature.
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Institut f�r Europ�ische Ethnologie (Austria)
This web page has an important database of 30 educational institutes conducting training and research activities in folklore and ethnological studies, as well as 16 organisations and associations in the field.
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Baltic Institute of Folklore (Lithuania)
The Institute carries out research in Lithuanian literature and folklore, deals with the problems of culture.
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