''Proverbium: Yearbook of International Proverb Scholarship'' is an

academic journal An academic journal (or scholarly journal or scientific journal) is a periodical publication in which Scholarly method, scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. They serve as permanent and transparent forums for the ...

covering paremiology, the study of

proverb A proverb (from ) or an adage is a simple, traditional saying that expresses a perceived truth based on common sense or experience. Proverbs are often metaphorical and are an example of formulaic speech, formulaic language. A proverbial phrase ...

s. Each volume includes articles on proverbs and proverbial expressions, book reviews, a bibliography of recent proverb scholarship, and a list of recently (re)published proverb collections. Volumes 1:1984 to 4:1987 were issued by the

Ohio State University The Ohio State University (Ohio State or OSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio, United States. A member of the University System of Ohio, it was founded in 1870. It is one ...

, in cooperation with the

University of Vermont The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, commonly referred to as the University of Vermont (UVM), is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Burlington, Vermont, United States. Foun ...

and The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Volumes 5:1988 to 38:2021 were published exclusively by the University of Vermont. Volumes 1:1984 to 38:2021 of Proverbium were printed (). Many of the back issues of ''Proverbium'' are freely available online at

HathiTrust HathiTrust Digital Library is a large-scale collaborative repository of digital content from research libraries. Its holdings include content digitized via Google Books and the Internet Archive digitization initiatives, as well as content digit ...

. All volumes are now available on ''Proverbium's'' archive on the journal's website. Wolfgang Mieder, a distinguished professor of German and folklore at the University of Vermont, is the founding editor of ''Proverbium: Yearbook of International Scholarship'' and served as

editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The editor-in-chief heads all departments of the organization and is held accoun ...

until 2021. The annual yearbook series succeeded ''Proverbium: Bulletin d'Information sur les Recherches Parémiologiques'' (), which was established by Matti Kuusi and published occasionally by the Finnish Literature Society between 1965 and 1975. The earlier Finnish series and the succeeding annual volume format have been compared and praised by the Nigerian scholar J.O.J. Nwachukwu-Agbada. The journal is one of two ongoing proverb journals listed as a significant source for proverb studies in ''Proverbs: a Handbook'' (page 258). It is also listed as one of a list of "Proverb Resources" by the Cog Web site. Also, it is the only current journal listed by the University of Chicago's Defining Wisdom project in their Wisdom Literature Review. It is one of only two journals cited by the International Association of Paremiology on their website. ''Proverbium'' is indexed by the MLA International Bibliography, RILM Abstracts of Music International, and

Russian Academy of Sciences The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS; ''Rossíyskaya akadémiya naúk'') consists of the national academy of Russia; a network of scientific research institutes from across the Russian Federation; and additional scientific and social units such ...

Bibliographies. Julia Sevilla Muñoz, editor of the journal ''Paremia'', has described it saying, "''Proverbium'' est devenu premier point de recontre et d'échange scientifique pour les vrais spécialistes en parémies." Two volumes of ''Proverbium'' were seen to be significant enough for a review in the journal '' Fabula''.Neumann, Siegfried. ''Fabula'' Vol. 35, (Jan 1, 1994): 183-185. In addition to the journal itself, there has been a "Supplement Series" of volumes published by ''Proverbium''. Forty-four volumes have been published in this book series as of 2020. From volume 39:2022 ''Proverbium'' is published by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Croatia (). New volumes will be freely available online. The journal's website will give access to all parts of the journal from 1984 onward. The new chief editors are Melita Aleksa Varga (Osijek, Croatia) and Hrisztalina Hrisztova-Gotthardt (Bottmingen, Switzerland).

Citations

External links

Proverbium website

Proverbium archive
* {{HathiTrust Catalog, 006930797, Most volumes of ''Proverbium'' vols 1 to 25 Cultural journals Literary magazines published in the United States Magazines established in 1984 Annual journals Folklore journals English-language journals Published bibliographies Paremiology