The American Folklore Society
The American Folklore Society

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2025 Annual Meeting of the American Folklore Society

The program for the 2025 Annual Meeting is now live on the Conference Platform (Fourwaves).

The in-person part of the 137th annual meeting of the American Folklore Society will be held October 18–21 at Crowne Plaza Atlanta Midtown in Atlanta, Georgia. The virtual part of the meeting will be held on the conference platform November 12–14.

Be Aware of Travel Scams! Some of our members have received email messages promoting deals at the 2025 Annual Meeting hotels, including the meeting dates and name of the meeting. Any meeting information will come from us at annualmeeting@afsnet.org. Please be attentive to these scams. Book rooms in our hotel blocks at either the Crowne Plaza Atlanta Midtown or Staybridge Suites Atlanta Midtown only through the links available on the Local Information page of the AFS website.

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Restoring and ReStorying: Missing Stories and Moving Forward

The theme of the conference is Restoring and ReStorying: Missing Stories and Moving Forward.  At this year’s meeting we ask: how do stories and the act of restoring/re-storying give agency to those who have been systematically disempowered or whose stories have been lost through attrition caused by time? Though stories can be informational, entertaining, and even enlightening, they can also be didactic, untrue, or misleading, especially when they omit or elide information. To that end, we define re-storying as the respeaking, rewriting, or refashioning of stories that have been erased, forgotten, or subsumed under the auspices of a larger story. It is a process that gives agency to those who have been disenfranchised or neglected through systematic erasure.

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Plan to Participate

Whether or not you plan to present, please plan to participate!

Virtual attendees can expect access to some Atlanta-based programming in the form of streamed keynotes, sessions, and program recordings later. Attendees can engage these virtual resources before and after gathering in Atlanta for an immersive, in-person conference experience.

We have posted the link to book your hotel room in the AFS block on the Local Information page.

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Attendees gather and have discussions at the 2024 AFS Annual Meeting in Albuquerque. Photo by Josh Weilepp.

Sponsors, Exhibitors, and Advertisers

Thanks for your interest in becoming a sponsor, exhibitor, or advertiser at the Annual Meeting of the American Folklore Society. The window for the 2025 meeting has closed.

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Attendees and exhibitors interact at the 2024 AFS Annual Meeting in Albuquerque. Photo by Josh Weilepp.

Questions about the annual meeting? Check our FAQs, send a message to annualmeeting@afsnet.org, or call us at 202-505-3388.