Join Dr. Kern Jackson, Co-Producer and Co-Writer of Descendant, for a discussion about the recently-released film about the search for and historic discovery of The Clotilda, the last known ship to arrive in the United States, illegally carrying enslaved Africans.
Annual Meeting News
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As of October 7, the AFS office is effectively closed. Staff members are working hard to make the 2022 AFS Annual Meeting a success, so they may not be available to respond quickly to your email.
Registered attendees who can’t attend in person may watch some events live, and access recordings of those live-streamed events and hybrid sessions after the meeting.
Betty Paige Aquino, Hart Bullock, and Molly McBride put together a guide to AFSAM22, including info about the meeting and meeting events of particular interest to grad students and early-career professionals.
The Folklore and Museums Section has prepared this guide to sessions and events at the 2022 AFS Annual Meeting.
Attending the American Folklore Society Annual Meeting in Tulsa? Keep in mind these events and presentations on Jewish folklore and ethnology.
Anna Canoni, granddaughter of Woody Guthrie and Vice President of Woody Guthrie Publications, will present guided tours of the Woody Guthrie: People Are the Song exhibit at the Woody Guthrie Center, October 12, as well as a members-only multimedia tour on October 11.
If you are attending the 2022 American Folklore Society Annual Meeting, the AFS Public Programs Section has listed a few papers and presentations which may be of special interest to public folklorists!
Many AFS Annual Meeting papers and presentations concern the history of folklore studies and historical approaches to folklore, including these panels and events that highlight historical topics.
The AFS Annual Meeting hub holds the online program, and the other information you need to engage with the 2022 Annual Meeting. Anyone can view all the pages of the hub, and it will serve as the center of access and up-to-date information even as we gather in Tulsa.