The Folk Belief and Religious Folklife Section of the American Folklore Society invites submissions for the William A. Wilson Prize for the Best Undergraduate Student Paper in Folk Belief or Religious Folklife, with an honorarium of $250. The prize was named for folklorist, editor, and archivist William Albert “Bert” Wilson (1933-2016), scholar of the Finnish Kalevala and of Mormon folklore.
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Plan to participate in the 2022 Annual Meeting of the American Folklore Society in Tulsa, OK this October! The window for proposal submissions closes March 31.
The Folklore and Science Section of the American Folklore Society invites submissions for the 2022 Folklore and Science Prizes. The deadline for submissions is June 1, 2022.
The History and Folklore Section of the American Folklore Society invites submissions for its biennial Wayland D. Hand Prize awarded to an outstanding book that combines historical and folkloristic perspectives.
The American Folklore Society’s Graduate Student and Young Professional Section will host a Zoom social hour on March 17, 2022 at 7:00 pm EST.Â
This year, we've taken several steps to make the 2022 AFS Annual Meeting more accessible to those with financial need.
The recording is now available for the AFS workshop, “Climate Change Needs Folklorists!,” with Maida Owens (Louisiana Folklife Program and the Bayou Culture Collaborative) that took place February 22, 2022.
The American Folklore Society condemns the military aggression against Ukraine and stands with all who oppose this war. AFS supports folklore and heritage scholars, workers and institutions currently under siege in Ukraine.
The proposal submission window for the of the American Folklore Society in Tulsa, OK is now open! Proposals will be accepted March 1-31, 2022.
There are so many reasons to be excited about meeting in Tulsa, frequently cited as one of the country's “most underrated destinations."