田兆元，1959年生，男，湖北人，历史学博士，华东师范大学教授、博士生导师，民俗学研究所所长。主要从事神话学研究，现为中国民俗学会理事、中国汉民族学会理事、上海市非物质文化遗产保护专家成员。
主要研究方向
民俗学（神话信仰）研究，社会人类学研究，非物质文化遗产保护研究
主要研究成果
著作：
1、《神话与中国社会》（上海人民出版社）
2、《盟誓史》（社会民俗史丛书）（上海文艺出版社）
3、《商贾史》（社会民俗史丛书）（上海文艺出版社）
4、《文化人类学教程》（华东师范大学出版社）等专著多部
发表《禁忌困惑与宅神复活》《中国盟誓杀牲歃血的动机探索》《上海乡村宗教与城乡信仰民俗》等论文50余篇。
课题：
1、市教委项目：文化人类学
2、市教委项目：盟誓研究
3、国家社科基金项目：中国神话发展史
Professor
Tian Zhaoyuan: Ph.D. History, ECNU. Prof. Tian’s research focuses on folklore and anthropological studies. He is a member of the board of directors of the Chinese Folklore Society and the Chinese Han Nationality Society, and also an expert appointed by the Shanghai Intangible Cultural Heritage Preservation project.
Main Research Areas: Folklore studies (Mythological beliefs), social anthropological studies, intangible cultural heritage preservation.
Works:
1. Myth and Chinese Society, Shanghai People’s Publishing House
2. History of Oath of Alliance, Series of Social Folklore History, Shanghai Art and Literature Publishing House
3. History of Merchants, Series of Social Folklore History, Shanghai Art and Literature Publishing House
4. Cultural Anthropology Tutorials, East China Normal University Press
5. More than fifty papers published, such as, ‘Taboo Confusion and Revival of God in Home’, ‘Exploring the Motivation of Chinese Oath, Blood Sacrifices and Shaxue’, ‘Shanghai Rural Religion and Custom of Beliefs in City and Village’.
Recent Research Projects:
1. Project of Shanghai Education Commission: Cultural Anthropology. (finished)
2. Project of Shanghai Education Commission: Research on Oath of Alliance. (finished)
3. Project of State Social Science Fund: the Development History of Chinese Myth. (in progress)
