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The 2023 Fall issue of the JAF: A Global Quarterly (v. 136, no. 542) will be available online and will arrive in mailboxes soon. This issue showcases diverse formats, dialogue, and engagement with critical contemporary social and professional issues, as well as with overlooked scholarship of the past.
The 2023 AFS Election cycle begins with a virtual Candidate's Forum on Thursday, October 12, 4:30 pm–5:30 pm (PT).
The American Council of Learned Societies, backed by dozens of its member Societies including AFS, has published a statement admonishing leaders at West Virginia University for large program cuts that will destroy broad access to knowledge across disciplines and interdisciplinary areas. The
Naomie Barnes (Memorial University of Newfoundland) was awarded the second prize for the Polly Stewart Travel Stipend.
Katie Bennett (Western Kentucky University) received first prize for the 2023 Polly Stewart Student Travel Stipend.
The AFS Nominating Committee has announced its slate candidates for each available office in the AFS 2023 election.
The American Folklore Society is pleased to announce changes to the staffing of the Journal of American Folklore and composition of its editorial team. Lorraine Walsh Cashman has agreed to serve as the journal’s first Senior Managing Editor, and Emma Bussard, a folklore master’s student at George Mason University (GMU), will be the new Editorial Assistant.
Prize application season continues! The AFS Newsletter will alert you to new calls for applications, but you can check anytime on our round up of all AFS prizes and news, including new calls for applications that are posted as they are released. Deadline: September
The Folk Belief and Religious Folklife Section of AFS awarded the first ever Leonard Normal Primiano Graduate Student Travel Award to IU graduate student Fionnán Mac Gabhann.