The 2026 Perspectives on Contemporary Legend 43rd International Conference will take place this June in Lexington, KY. The deadline for registration is May 1, 2026.
Events
Hosted by George Mason University’s Institute for Immigration Research, a symposium focused on immigration, displacement, and belonging will take place at the University's Fairfax Campus, April 17–18, 2026.
The proposal window for the 2026 Annual Meeting of the American Folklore Society is open. Proposals are due April 15, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Do you have content-related or technical questions about submitting a proposal for the upcoming 2026 Annual Meeting in Asheville, NC?
Registration is now open for the Oral History Association's virtual three-day symposium on trauma-informed interviewing, reckoning, and beyond, which takes place June 23, 24 and 25, 2026.
A virtual information session that answers your questions and gives you practical advice for preparing your manuscript to JAF will take place March 25, 2026 at 12:00 pm ET.
Registration will soon open for the NEA National Heritage Fellowships information session, which will detail the updated nomination process.
The Middle Atlantic Folklife Association (MAFA) has transitioned to a Section of the American Folklore Society. A virtual meeting to kick things off will be held on March 18, 2026 at 3:00 pm ET.
Renowned folklorist Dorothy Noyes will receive the Distinguished Alumni Scholar Award and deliver a lecture at Indiana University (IU) on February 26, 2026.
Two International Society for Ethnology and Folklore (SIEF) working groups, in cooperation with the IDEAS (Aix-Marseille University, CNRS) will present a symposium with participatory roundtable discussions this May. Proposals are due February 20, 2026.
Wiki Loves Folklore is an international media contest where participants can contribute photographs, video, and audio about their local folk culture to Wikimedia Commons. This year's contest runs from February 1 through March 31, 2026. A separate Feminism and Folklore Writing Contest is being held at the same time.