TheInternational Society for Ethnology and Folklore (French:Société Internationale d’Ethnologie et de Folklore orSIEF) is aprofessional association of scholars in the fields ofethnology,folklore studies, andcultural 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[1] 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 earlierCommission des Arts et Traditions Populaires (CIAP) founded in 1928 at the 'Congrès International des Arts Populaires' in Prague under the auspices of theLeague of Nations. The current president of SIEF isMarie Sandberg (Denmark), who began her tenure in 2021. The membership of the society was during the last years around 800 members.
SIEF is associated with theAmerican Folklore Society (AFS) and theEuropean Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA). The society is a member of theWorld Council of Anthropological Associations.[2]
SIEF has two scholarly journals,Ethnologia Europaea[3] andCultural Analysis,[4] in addition to the SIEF Newsletter. All three publications are biannual.
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