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.
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News about the American Folklore Society
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.
The Spring 2026 JAF: A Global Quarterly includes essays proposing an “ethnography of singing” and new classifications for Persian folk poetry, Perspectives on Crisis and Action Part II, and obituaries and reviews of recent work in the field.
The AFS Folklore and Science Section will hold their spring meeting on May 12, 2026, from 8pm–9:30pm ET. All AFS members are invited to attend this virtual event.
Watch the recording of a virtual information session that answers your questions and gives you practical advice for preparing your manuscript for JAF.