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AFS News
News about the American Folklore Society
AFS agrees with many other arts and humanities organizations that the Office of Management and Budget’s proposed Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance threatens academic freedom, imposes a political litmus test for federal funding of research, and introduces damaging instability to the American research enterprise.
The AFS Executive Board met in Bloomington, IN, on April 27–28, 2026, for its annual spring board meeting. All Executive Board members were present for the two-day gathering, which focused on the Society's long-term priorities, emerging challenges, and future opportunities.
The latest JAF includes essays on a Mexican conflict zone as a site for a festival and tourism, Korean tourists dressing in rented traditional dress, occupational folk humor in a prison library, and obituaries and reviews of recent work in the field.
Applications for AFS section prizes now have a standardized July 15 deadline.
Book your room at the AFS Annual Meeting hotel in Asheville now!
Applications for AFS Section travel awards now have a standardized June 15 deadline.
Reserve your exhibit room space and advertisement space in the print program for the 2026 Annual Meeting in Asheville by August 1. A new digital advertising option is also available with an October 1 deadline.
JAF welcomes new creative writing editor Todd Richardson and invites submissions of creative work for publication in JAF.
The AFS Fellows invites nominations for new Fellows for this year's election. The nomination period is open from now until June 1, 2026.