The Planning Committee is pleased to announce the theme for the 138th Annual Meeting of the American Folklore Society. The theme of the conference is "Community Persistence: Reckoning with Change, Imagining Futures."
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News about the American Folklore Society
Dr. Mark Y. Miyake (Western Washington University) has been elected by the AFS Executive Board to serve as a member of the Board from 2026-2028. Please join us in welcoming Mark to the AFS Executive Board!
The JAF Collective has extended the deadline for submissions addressing any aspect of generative AI and folklore for a themed issue of the Journal of American Folklore. The extended deadline is March 1, and the target for publication is Summer 2027. For
The American Folklore Society held its 137th Annual Meeting from Oct. 18-21 in Atlanta, Georgia, followed by the virtual component Nov. 12-14. Combined, the two parts of the meeting brought together almost 900 attendees, approximately 600 of whom were presenters.
Join the American Folklore Society Folklore & Science Section on January 29th from 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM (ET) as the 2025 winner of the American Folklore Society’s Folklore & Science Prize Antti Lindfors (University of Helsinki) presents his prize-winning study, “Vernacular Knowledge Production and Cross-Kingdom Kinship in Medicinal Mushrooms.”
The Winter 2026 JAF: A Global Quarterly is coming soon, with essays about cross cultural encounters, an immigrant laborer, and Perspectives on Crisis and Action—plus obituaries and reviews of recent work in the field.
The American Folklore Society Executive Board is pleased to announce the results of the 2025 election.
As this year winds down, we warmly invite you to consider AFS in your charitable giving. Your involvement genuinely shapes what is possible in our field.
The AFS Fellows in collaboration with Local Learning will present a webinar on Friday, February 6, 2026 from 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. ET examining current ideas, trends, and methods in folklore and education. Register now to receive the Zoom invitation.
This year, AFS members will vote for two seats on the Executive Board and one seat on the Nominating Committee. The voting deadline is December 18 at 11:59 pm EST.