摘要:We are pleased to present this special double issue of Asian Folklore
Studies in honor of Professor Peter Knecht, who has stepped down
as the journal’s editor after a highly successful tenure of twenty-six
years. Peter’s departure is lamentable for many of us as readers, contributors, and
collaborators who have greatly benefited from his editorial expertise. We can
take heart, however, in the recognition that this by no means marks the end of
his career, and that he will now be free to focus more heavily on his own research,
unencumbered by the many responsibilities that being an editor entails. Given
his penchant for modesty, Peter will no doubt be embarrassed by even this small
attempt to honor his service, but we felt it was important to give readers some
sense of the man they may only know indirectly through his largely anonymous
contributions as an editor.