Congratulations to the inaugural awardees of the American Council of Learned Societies' Extended Engagement Microgrants, which were awarded by the Intention Foundry. The ACLS microgrant will fund a workshop at AFS’ 2024 Annual Meeting and follow-up conversations centered on inclusive folklore pedagogy.
AFS News
News about the American Folklore Society
The Fall 2024 JAF: A Global Quarterly is out, featuring revealing essays addressing issues of professionalism, disability, and conceptions of racial identity, as well as a dozen reviews of recent work in the field.
The 2024 Annual Meeting Local Organizing Committee is pleased to share the offerings of outings throughout New Mexico before, during and after our meeting.
The Journal of American Folklore invites expressions of interest for review editors to join our editorial team, covering books, exhibits and events, music and sound, film and video, and electronic media.
Deadlines are approaching for sponsorship, exhibitors, and advertisers for the 2024 Annual Meeting program book. Make sure you reserve your room in the hotel block by October 7 to receive the conference rate.
The Local Organizing Committee for the 2024 AFS Annual Meeting is proud to announce that Lindsay D. Williams of Desert Illuminations is the winner of the annual meeting commemorative notebook cover art contest.
The AFS Nominating Committee (chaired by Guha Shankar with members Carrie Hertz, Naomi Sturm-Wijesinghe, and Marilyn White) has announced its slate of two candidates for each available office in the AFS 2024 election.
AFS welcomes Charish Bishop, M.A., as Membership Engagement Coordinator and Chunfen Zhou, M.A., as the new AFS graduate assistant.
The American Folklore Society celebrates Roz Rini Larson's 7 years of service as an AFS staff member. Joining the AFS staff as a graduate assistant in 2017-18, serving as administrative assistant 2018-21, and assuming responsibility for the Annual Meeting in 2021, Roz has worn many different AFS-branded hats. Roz's last day in the office as AFS staff will be August 30, 2024.
The Children’s Folklore Section of the American Folklore Society is happy to announce the publication of a special issue of Children’s Folklore Review (42.1), entitled “The Texas Children’s Folklore Project” (TCFP).