AFS is pleased to announce that we will meet in Asheville, North Carolina from October 27-31, 2026. Mark your calendars to gather in the mountains of western North Carolina!
Events
The Tennessee Folklore Society will hold its annual gathering on Saturday, November 1, 2025 in downtown Crossville, TN. The event is free and open to the public.
AFS annual meeting attendees are welcome to join the Oral History Association (OHA) keynote on Friday, October 17, 7:00–9:00pm ET. The event is free but registration is required.
The AFS community is invited to attend the 2026 PSA Annual Meeting, which will be held April 1–4 in Long Beach, CA on Tongva/Gabrieleño and Acjachemen Homelands. Submissions are due October 15, 2025 except for undergraduate students.
The 2026 Gods and Monsters Conference on the theme of "Communities and their Monsters" will be held at Texas State University next March. Proposals are due October 15, 2025.
Lorefest is an annual festival combining scholarly research and creative practice inspired by local and “glocal” folklore. Abstracts are due October 3, 2025 to participate in its one-day symposium this year.
South Arts is offering free Field-Building Webinars series that respond to the evolving needs of the field, providing practical tools, insights, and industry best practices. The next webinar is Grant Writing 101 for Artists on October 9, 2025.
The Cambridge Research Network for Fairy-Tale Studies will hold its 2025 symposium themed "Troubling Wonder" on Zoom October 1–4 (UK time zone). The event is free but registration is required.
The International Society for Folk Narrative Research (ISFNR) will hold its 2026 Interim conference in Reykjavík, Iceland next June. Call for papers and posters is now open and will run until 23:59 GMT on October 1, 2025.
The International Society for Ethnology and Folklore (SIEF) Working Group on Archives conference "Tradition Archives in Motion: Sounding out Good Practices and Challenges with Folk Collections" will be held at the University of Freiburg in Germany next year. Proposals are due October 5, 2025.