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Little House of Dramatists (Russian Federation)
The main activities of the Association are to promote its members’ works through cooperating with St. Petersburg theatres, cultural establishments, television and radio, to collaborate with other theatres of Russia, to participate in international projects as independent authors’ organization.
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Center for Slovenian Literature (Slovenia)
Translation of classic and contemporary literature.
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Russian Writers’ Club of New York (United States of America)
This publishing house has been operating, which at the beginning used to publish the newspaper Litereraturni vestnik and later began publishing the Club almanacs and the works of its members.
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Struni Dushi-Association of Poets and Writers (Kazakhstan)
The association promotes its members’ works through publications, local radio and television, and organises authors’ evenings.
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Swedish Writers Union (Sweden)
Among their activities, meetings with foreign writers and poets, representation and defence of the interest of writers and literary translators in Sweden, studies and proposals on cultural policy.
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Intertribal Wordpath Society (United States of America)
This site is for members and friends of endangered language communities, with an emphasis on Native American languages.
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Studiya Dobrovo Slova (Russian Federation)
Their principal aim is to get published its member's works. This site is in Russian and not yet translated into English.
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Union of Finnish Writers (Finland)
They act as a connecting link between its members working throughout the country and the world, to monitor and develop the artistic interests of writers and to promote Finnish literature.
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Center for Oral History (United Sstates of America)
The Center was established as the Oral History Project in 1968, and began to expand in the late seventies in response to a growing professional interest in this research technique.
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IASIL - International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures (Ireland)
IASIL was founded in 1969 with the chartered aims of promoting the teaching and study of Irish literature in third-level education throughout the world.
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Institute of Kiswahili Research (Tanzania)
The Institute is purely a research institution entrusted with the responsibility of researching into all aspects of Kiswahili language, literature, culture and publishing the results of such research.
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OHA - Oral History Association (United States of America)
The Oral History Association seeks to bring together all persons interested in oral history as a way of collecting human memories.
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ILE - Ireland Literature Exchange (Ireland)
ILE was founded to promote the Irish literature and works to increase the international readership of Ireland’s contemporary literature in translation.
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Welsh Academy (United Kingdom)
The Academy has recently taken over from the Arts Council of Wales responsibility for Services to Writers and now offers bursaries and critical advice.
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American Folk Life Center (United States of America)
The American Folk Life Center is the America's first national archive of traditional life and one of the oldest and largest of such repositories in the world.
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Slavic and East European Folklore Association (United States of America)
SEEFA is an organization devoted to an exchange of knowledge among scholars interested in Slavic and East European folklore.
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Fédération luxembourgeoise des écrivains (Luxembourg)
Their aim is the defence of the cultural interest of the writers.
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Fife Folklore Archives (United States of America)
It is one of the largest repositories of American folklore in the United States, housing over twenty-five folklore collections and projects.
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Institute for New German and European Literature (Germany)
The Institute, affiliated to the Fern University, conducts research and trainings in modern German and European literature.
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Centre national de littérature (Luxembourg)
The Centre National de Littérature is a centre of documentation and research on Luxembourg's literature from 1815 up to the present time, as well as a focal-point of socio-cultural life centred around books and reading.
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North Carolina Folklore Society (United States of America)
They promote the appreciation and study of North Carolina's folk life.
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Israel Folktale Archives (Israel)
IFA is opened to researchers, students and the general public, concerned with the cultural heritage of the ethnic communities in Israel.
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Irish Writers' Centre (Ireland)
The Irish Writers' Centre was established to promote and assist in the development of contemporary Irish writing.
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New Zealand Book Council (New Zealand)
Their important aim is particularly promoting New Zealand books internationally and developing the export market for literature.
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Folklore Research Center (Israel)
They collect and preserve folklore material of scholarly interest from orally and visually performed sources and tradition.
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Centre franco-ontarien de folklore (Canada)
This Centre is a leader in the field of conservation and of the development of the patrimony of Ontario's province.
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Under and Tuglas Literature Centre (Estonia)
Their main objective is the research of the texts of Estonian literary, promotion of the literary and cultural thought in line with the newest trends in the world.
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Korean Culture & Arts Foundation (Republic of Korea)
The KCAF is a public organization founded in 1973 to promote activities relevant to the development of Korean culture and arts.
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Centre d'études acadiennes (Canada)
The Centre of Acadian Studies possesses the most important archives and document concerning Acadian reality in the world.
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Rojdeniye-Literature Club (Russian Federation)
Activities of the Club include publishing its members works in the press, organising poetry exhibitions, meetings with readers.
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Juminkeko - Information Center for the Kalevala and Karelian Culture (Finland)
The center's objectives are the preservation of Kalevala traditions and culture, cultural exchange between Finland and the Republic of Karelia, Russia, international cultural exchange based on the Kalevala.
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Maisha-African Cultural Centre (Canada)
The Maisha-African Cultural Centre carries a non-geographical interest but rather a cultural and social condition to promote and spread the African cultural.
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Centre européen des Mythes et Légendes ( France)
Located at the foot of the medieval city of Carcassonne, the European Centre of the Myths and Legends is an international society of international studies of compared civilization.
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Lontar Foundation (Indonesia)
The Lontar Foundation long term goals are to stimulate the further development of Indonesian literature, to make it accessible to an international audience and to preserve it for future generations.
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Center for Afghanistan Studies (United States of America)
The Center serves as the only institutional base in the United States specifically and exclusively concerned with Afghanistan affairs.
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International Centre for Youth Literature Studies (France)
This project originates from the bringing together the images, the literature for the youth and the new technologies.
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Fernando Pessoa Center (Portugal)
Founded by the City of Lisbon as a new center for poetry in homage to Fernando Pessoa, the goal of the Casa Fernando Pessoa is to promote the poet's works and to stimulate public appreciation of poetry.
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Beast Fable Society (United States of America)
International community of writers, scholars, critics, translators, teachers, and students.
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Aboriginal Art & Culture Centre (Australia)
The centre is devoted to study and promote the culture, tradition and language of Southern Arrernte Australian Aboriginal tribal group, whose homelands are situated 100 kms south of Alice Springs in Central Australia.
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CALIFA - Centre d’Analyse des Littératures Francophones des Amériques (Canada)
The CALIFA seeks to encourage research projects on the French-speaking world in general, including the American French-speaking créolophonie and the Canadian French-speaking in particular.
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