The American Folklore Society acknowledges the critical role that diverse leadership will play in our future success. This year, in collaboration with the AFS Executive Board, the Nominating Committee seeks candidates in three areas: President, Executive Board, and Nominating Committee.
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The editors of the Journal of American Folklore are pleased to announce that this special issue of JAF: A Global Quarterly (Spring 2022 ) has been mailed and is available online to subscribers.
The AFS Public Programs Section will provide up to three awards of up to $500 each, named for folklorist and activist Archie Green of San Francisco, for students to defray costs for traveling to the AFS annual meeting.
Thanks to our partners at Folk Alliance International, we invite you to participate virtually in the 2022 Folklorist Summit: "Tradition as Profession," a discussion about equitable professional practice, on May 20, 2022, 9:30-1:00 CDT.
The American Folklore Society recognizes graduate students as an essential and valued part of our professional community, contributing to the vibrancy of our field both as scholars and as laborers.
The Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition United Electrical Workers (IGWC-UE) voted May 10 by a margin of 78% to suspend its strike for union recognition until September 2022, according to the coalition newsletter.
As of today, in response to the Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition’s decision to strike, the American Folklore Society is temporarily pausing its flow of web news and social media to make visible the essential work that has been performed by our graduate assistants over the past few years.
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.
The AFS Foodways Section awarded its 2022 Sue Samuelson Award for best student paper on food and foodways to Anna Reepschlager, a Master's Student at Memorial University Newfoundland.
The 2022 Annual Meeting proposal submission deadline has passed, and AFS staff is now at work processing the data and associated requests. Please allow a little extra time for our staff members to respond to inquiries. Rest assured that we will honor