The Independent Folklorists’ Section and the Women’s Section of the American Folklore Society announce the availability of awards to present at the 2021 AFS meeting in Harrisburg, PA. The award will support two applicants’ virtual presentations at $250.00 per award (membership costs
Calls for Submissions
The Literature, Memory and its materialities research group (IELT, NOVA University of Lisbon) is coordinating the preparation of next issue of the MEMORIAMEDIA Review, which is indexed in ERIH PLUS – the European Reference Index for the Humanities and Social Sciences. In this context, researchers Teresa
We’re pleased to invite you to participate in the 2021 Annual Meeting of the American Folklore Society!This year, participation will be easier than ever, since we’ll be offering both virtual and in-person sessions. We’ve posted our call for proposals for those who
The anthology Women in Lockdown invites submissions of pieces that look at the private experiences of women during the COVID-19 pandemic, giving voice to their experiences as mothers, caretakers, nurses, educators, scientists, businesspersons, and elected officials. In this way it exposes the ways in which the
Humber College and the Toronto International Festival of Authors (TIFA) plan to host a digital conference October 22–23, 2021 titled, “The Big Hoax: The Anatomy of Anti-Intellectualism, Denialism, and Conspiracy Theories, Past and Present.” *Please note: the American Folklore Society in-person Annual
The American Folklore Society invites proposals for its 2021 Annual Meeting.Proposal submission deadline: April 30, 2021 Meeting dates: In-person sessions will be held October 21–24, 2021 at the Hilton Harrisburg in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. This portion of the meeting will have limited capacity, so we will
The Institute of European Ethnology and Cultural Studies of Marburg Universityis now accepting papers for their conference, “Waterworlding: Reflecting on Multiple Waters,” which will take place virtually June 17–19, 2021. Long treated as a matter of course, in recent years water has
Southern Cultures, the award-winning, peer-reviewed quarterly from UNC’s Center for the Study of the American South, encourages submissions from scholars, writers, and artists for a special issue, Crafted, to be published Spring 2022. We will accept submissions for this issue through May 10,
Folklorica, the peer-reviewed Journal of the Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Folklore Association, is accepting submissions for a thematic issue “Folklore and Protest.” Whether expressing disapproval or advocating for change, protests are integral parts of contemporary political processes. They can vary in
The theme for the next Modern Language Association Convention (Washington, D.C., January 9–12, 2022) is “Multilingual U.S.” AFS@MLA seeks paper proposals that highlight the linguistic diversity—both literal and metaphorical—of folk groups in the United States. For instance, how does multilingualism enhance the