The Women’s Section of the American Folklore Society invites submissions for the Elli Köngäs-Maranda Student and Professional Prizes, which honor Köngäs-Maranda as a pioneering feminist folklorist. The prizes recognize superior work on women’s traditional, vernacular, or local culture and/or feminist theory and
Calls for Submissions
The Transnational Asia/Pacific Section of the American Folklore Society is currently seeking submissions for the Saboohi I. Khan Award for Student Scholarship in Asian and Asian American Folklore with a submission deadline of August 1st. The award aims to mentor graduate and
Verge: Studies in Global Asias, an academic journal sponsored by the Penn State Department of Asian Studies and published by the University of Minnesota Press, will be sponsoring Global Asias panels and roundtables at the upcoming Association for Asian Studies (AAS) and
The deadline for applications for fellowships and grants from the American-Scandinavian Foundation (ASF) is August 1, 2021. Support is provided for Scandinavian folk arts and cultural traditions in the Upper Midwest (North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and the Upper Peninsula
Emerging Perspectives in the Study of Folklore and Performance seeks to forefront the ways that folklore and performance inform each other and are actively situated in our world today. Dr. Solimar Otero of Indiana University and Dr. Anthony Bak Buccitelli of Pennsylvania
The Lewis Prize for Music is now accepting 2022 Accelerator Awards applications. Applications are due on July 16, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. PST. Accelerator Awards are open to Creative Youth Development (CYD) music organizations seeking to influence youth-serving systems so all young
The Society for American Music invites proposals for (a) individual papers, (b) organized panels of 2–4 papers, (c) lecture-recitals, (d) alternative-format sessions, (e) scholarly posters, and (f) interest groups for its 48th Annual Conference in Tucson, Arizona, March 9-13, 2022. All proposals
This edited volume, with the working title “Reinventing Presence: Museums and Emerging Technologies,” will examine theoretical approaches and case studies that explore how this “presence culture” can also be applied both in museum spaces and virtual experiences, where visitors engage with objects
Submit an article for publication in the 2022 issue of Markers, the scholarly journal of the Association for Gravestone Studies. The subject matter of Markers is defined as the analytical study of gravemarkers, monuments, tombs, and cemeteries of all types and encompassing
Appalachian Food Summit is taking applications for two new fellowships supporting foodways work in the region: the Appalachian Foodways Practitioner Fellowships and Mountain Foodways Media Fellowships. The new Appalachian Foodways Practitioner Fellowships are intended to honor, celebrate, and support foodways tradition bearers