Dan Ben-Amos was an Israeli-American folklorist and academic who worked as a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, where he held the Graduate Program Chair for the Department of Folklore and Folklife.
12 Facts About Dan Ben-Amos
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Dan Ben-Amos received his Bachelor of Arts from Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1961.
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Under advice from Professor Dov Noy at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Dan Ben-Amos continued his education in the United States at Indiana University Bloomington, which at that time was the only folklore Doctor of Philosophy granting institution in the United States.
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At Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Bloomington, Dan Ben-Amos was trained in the comparatist tradition.
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Dan Ben-Amos arrived in Nigeria for the first time on January 15,1966, the day of the first military coup.
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In 1967, Dan Ben-Amos began teaching at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, serving as an assistant professor for three years and associate professor for seven.
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Dan Ben-Amos became professor of Folklore and Folklife in 1977, holding the title for 22 years.
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Dan Ben-Amos served as Chair of the Graduate Program in Folklore and Folklife.
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Dan Ben-Amos served on the executive board of the American Folklore Society from 1977 to 1980.
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Dan Ben-Amos was an associate editor from 1981 to 1984 and book editor from 1988 to 1990 of the Journal of American Folklore.
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Dan Ben-Amos served as the general editor to the Indiana Press series Translations in Folklore studies and, from 1996, as the editor of the Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology.
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Dan Ben-Amos's articles appeared in translation in the following languages: Chinese, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Lithuanian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, and Turkish.