The new Fourwaves conference app allows you to search the Annual Meeting program and build your personalized schedule. Download the app and create your agenda before you travel to Asheville!
AFS News
News about the American Folklore Society
Meagan Dion (Nebraska Arts Council) has been awarded the 2026 Roger Welsch Opportunity Fund.
AFS President Jason Baird Jackson sent a letter to Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch on behalf of the many AFS members who had expressed their admiration for Bunch’s leadership and dismay at his resignation from the Smithsonian. The full letter can be accessed on the members-only AFS Community Hub.
For a short time, you can freely access "The Cantoya Fest: Festivalization and the Touristification of Security in a Conflict Zone," by Mintzi Auanda MartÃnez-Rivera, published in JAF (Summer 2026).
The just-assembled Spring 2027 JAF is a themed issue on Folklore and Artificial Intelligence. Because the issue is so timely, and the terrain is changing so rapidly, the JAF Collective is pleased to announce that pre-print versions of these essays can be accessed immediately on the AFS website.
The members of the Journal of American Folklore’s Editorial Collective are delighted to announce that Ziying You has joined the team in editing the journal.
The American Folklore Society and AFS President Jason Baird Jackson are pleased to announce that the Presidential Invited Plenary at the 2026 Annual Meeting will be given by Dr. Maribel Alvarez on Thursday, October 29, 8:30–9:30 p.m. EDT.
Book your room at the AFS Annual Meeting hotel in Asheville now!
The AFS Nominating Committee (chaired by Naomi Sturm-Wijesinghe with members Betty Belanus, Ian Brodie, and Kelley Totten) has announced its slate of candidates for each available office in the AFS 2026 election.
The Archival Futures workshop, which takes place Wednesday, October 28 from 4-6pm ET, will feature speakers and content from Local Learning, Vermont Folklife, the Oklahoma Oral History Research Program, and the Library of Congress.