- Ph.D., Harvard University, 1997
- M.Phil, University College Dublin, 1990
- B.A., The Queen's University of Belfast, 1987
Barbara Hillers
Associate Professor, Folklore and Ethnomusicology
she/ella/sie/sí
- bhillers@iu.edu
- (812) 855-0395
- 800 E. 3rd St., 233
- Office Hours
Education
Research interests
- folk narrative in Ireland and Scotland
- folklore in medieval Celtic literature
- the international Child ballad and Gaelic song tradition
- European narrative charms
- gender and the articulation of women's space in folk narrative and song
- the digitization of traditional folklore archives
Recently taught courses
- Irish Folklore
- Folklore and Gender
- Storytelling Around the World
- Fear, Anger, and the Internet
- Folklore Archives in a Digital Age
- History of Folklore
Awards + Distinctions
- Irish Research Council and the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council Grant, 2022
- Indiana University Trustees Teaching Award, 2022
Books
Charms, Charmers & Charming in Ireland
Barbara Hillers, John Carey, Ciarán Ó Gealbháin, Ilona Tuomi
2019
Other publication highlights
- Joseph Harris, Barbara Hillers (Ed.). Child's Children: Ballad Study and its Legacies. Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier. (2012)
- Barbara Hillers 'Bhí an saol aoibhinn ait: Cormac mac Airt in Oral Folk Tradition' In: Matthieu Boyd (eds). Ollam: Studies in Gaelic and Related Traditions in Honor of Tomás Ó Cathasaigh. New York: Rowman & Littlefield., pp.141-159 (2016)
- Barbara Hillers, Natasha Sumner and Catherine McKenna 'A Night of Storytelling and Years in the 'Z-Closet': The Re-discovery and Restoration of Oidhche Sheanchais, Robert Flaherty's 'Lost' Irish Folklore Film'. Folklore, Journal of the Folklore Society, London, 126 :1-19. (2015)
- Barbara Hillers A Fond Farewell: In Praise of the Ediphone. Electronic Publication (2015)
- Barbara Hillers 'The Medieval Irish Wandering of Ulysses Between Literacy and Orality' In: Ralph O'Connor (eds). Classical Literature and Learning in Medieval Irish Narrative. Matlesham, Suffolk: Boydell & Brewer., pp.84-97 (2014)
- Sim Innes and Barbara Hillers Seanchas: The Global Gaelic Jukebox, on Digital Archives of Scottish Gaelic. Electronic Publication (2014)
- Barbara Hillers 'Cleas a' Choin Sholair: Aesop's Dog Fable in the Poetry of Sìleas na Ceapaich' In: Wilson McLeod et al (eds). Bile ós Chrannaibh: A Festschrift for William Gillies. Ceann Drochaid: Clann Tuirc., pp.195-210 (2010)
- Barbara Hillers 'The Reception and Assimilation of Continental Literature' In: Julia M. Wright (eds). A Companion to Irish Literature. Malden and Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell., pp.39-56 (2010)
- Barbara Hillers with Bettina Kimpton Buntús na Gaeilge: Irish for Adult Learners. Electronic Publication (2008)
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