Mapping Fairy-Tale Space: Pastiche and Metafiction in Borderless Tales (2021, Wayne State University Press. Second place (shared with Juwen Zhang) for the 2022 AFS Chicago Folklore Prize.
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On March 16 at 6:00 p.m. (CST), Todd Lawrence, Maria Lewis, and Lamont Pearley will host a livestream event offered by the AFS African American Section, the African American Folklorist, and Jack Dappa Blues featuring Notable Folklorists of Color creators and curators, Phyllis May-Machunda, Sojin Kim, and Olivia Cadaval.
The American Folklore Society has signed on to two statements--one from the American Council of Learned Societies and the other by the American Historical Association--opposing Florida House Bill 999, which allows political appointees unprecedented oversight of day-to-day educational decisions.
Our hearts and minds remain heavy with the continuing impact of the earthquakes and aftershocks that have devastated Turkey and Syria since the first earthquake hit on February 6, 2023. Read how we as independent members can lend our support.
Ceallaigh (“Kelly”) S. MacCath-Moran is a PhD candidate in Folklore at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Ceallaigh’s dissertation explores animal rights activism as a public performance of ethical belief through ethnographic interviews of activists and participant observation of animal rights demonstrations. Her passion for sharing folkloristics with scholars, storytellers, and the general public has found outlets in several digital media.
The West Virginia Folklife Collection housed at the West Virginia University Libraries is the recipient of the 2022 Brenda McCallum Prize .
Prize application season has started! The AFS Newsletter will alert you to new calls for applications, but you can check anytime on our round up of all AFS prize news, including new calls for applications that are posted as they are released.
AFS and the Webpage Image Subcommittee invite members to submit images for the AFS website.
The American Folklore Society invites you to submit a proposal for its 135th Annual Meeting to be held virtually October 11-12, 2023 and in Portland, Oregon, November 1-4. The theme of the conference is Roots, Rootlessness, and Uprooting. The proposal window is March 1-31.
Please join us for the 135th annual meeting of the American Folklore Society this fall! This year, AFS is offering up to two days of dedicated virtual programming, October 11-12, in addition to a four-day, in-person gathering in Portland, Oregon, November 1-4.