The Regional Arts Organization leaders of the Folk Arts Partnership Professional Development Institute will host USRAOs 101 for Folklorists on August 20 from 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm ET to learn more about the regional arts funding ecosystem.
AFS News
News about the American Folklore Society
The JAF editorial team has announced the release of the 2025 Summer issue of JAF: A Global Quarterly (v. 137, no. 545), a special issue on “Folklore Studies and Disability,” which will be available online and arrive in mailboxes soon.
The 2024 AFS Annual Meeting preliminary program is available. Register by August 1 to hold your spot in the program.
Kiran Singh Sirah (Independent) has been elected by the AFS Executive Board to serve as a member of the Board from 2024-2026.
The Spring 2024 issue of JAF: A Global Quarterly (Vol. 137, no. 544) has been mailed to subscribers and is now available online.
The AFS Executive Board sent a letter to IU's Board of Trustees, President, Provost, and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences standing in support of the statements made by the AAUP Indiana Chapter and the Student Voice Coalition denouncing the sudden and unilateral actions of the Indiana University Leadership in response to peaceful and lawful protests.
Program staff from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) will introduce a range of grant opportunities and the National Heritage Fellowships program, including an overview of funding opportunities, examples of successful projects, and things to consider when submitting an application or nomination. The webinar will take place Wednesday, May 8 from 1:00 p.m. -2:30 p.m. (ET). There will be time for questions at the end of the webinar.
The Society of Reluctant Anthropologists (SORA) Podcast sat down with AFS Executive Director, Jessica Turner and Special Projects Consultant, Cassie Rosita Patterson to reflect about the American Folklore Society and the 2023 Annual Meeting.
Congratulations to Ozgun Ozata, whose paper, “Is London Bridge Falling Down?” won the AFS Children’s Folklore Section’s 2023 W.W. Newell Prize, given annually to the best essay by a student or emerging scholar on a topic in children’s folklore.
Elizabeth Pérez’s The Gut: A Black Atlantic Alimentary Tract received the the Leonard Norman Primiano Book Prize on Vernacular Catholicism.