The International Society for Ethnology and Folklore (SIEF) will hold its 2027 congress in Italy next August. The theme of the congress is "Frontiers: hidden, visible, mobile." Proposals for panels are due November 2, 2026.
Events
The International Society for Ethnology and Folklore (SIEF) is pleased to invite you to its "Meet the Authors" talk series. The next conversation about the book The Folktales of Palestine will take place on Zoom, December 8, 2026, at noon EST.
The Folklore of Ireland Society Centenary Conference will be held at University College Dublin next June. Proposal submissions are due December 1, 2026.
AFS is excited to share with you a number of off-site events and excursions to enlighten and entertain you during your time in Asheville and Western North Carolina. Registration is open now for these events.
The AFS Fellows are taking names through October 20 for registration for the Breakfast with a Fellow event at the 2026 Annual Meeting. This year's Fellows are Guha Shankar, Marilyn White, Mary Hufford, Ian Brodie, and Norma Elia Cantú.
The Library of Congress has opened “Alive in Many Hands: The American Folklife Center at 50,” a new exhibition showing how living traditions carry memory, identity and community across generations. The exhibition is on view through January 8, 2028 and can also be explored online.
The Archival Futures workshop, which takes place Wednesday, October 28 from 4-6pm ET, will feature speakers and content from Local Learning, Vermont Folklife, the Oklahoma Oral History Research Program, and the Library of Congress.
A two-day conference, Singing History: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Ballads and the Past, will be held at National Library of Australia, Canberra in November next year. Paper abstracts are due March 30, 2027.
This year, Indiana University's Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology has been hosting a series of events that highlight its intellectual core. A crowdfunding campaign is ongoing and a symposium focusing on the foundations of the disciplines will be held on October 9, 2026.
Arkansas State University’s Department of English, Philosophy, and World Languages is calling for papers and presentations for their 32nd annual Delta Symposium next April. Submissions are due December 18, 2026.