Announcing the Theme for the 137th Annual Meeting

The American Folklore Society is pleased to announce the theme for its 137th Annual Meeting. The theme of the conference is Restoring and ReStorying: Missing Stories and Moving Forward.

The 2025 meeting takes place in-person October 18–21, 2025, in Atlanta, Georgia with the Virtual Meeting sessions taking place November 12–14, 2025. The Annual Meeting of the American Folklore Society will bring hundreds of US and international specialists in folklore and folklife, folk narrative, popular culture, music, material culture, and related fields, to exchange work and ideas and to create and strengthen relationships and networks.

Please consider the theme of the conference, Restoring and ReStorying: Missing Stories and Moving Forward, as you plan your participation in this year’s Annual Meeting. The Local Organizing Committee is excited to offer this framework for the conference, but remember that adhering to the theme is optional and will NOT affect acceptance.