Past AFS President Dorothy Noyes, an Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor in the Department of English and professor of comparative studies at The Ohio State University, has been named director of the university’s Mershon Center for International Security Studies.
News from the Field
Folklorist Jeannie B. Thomas’s “SLAP” Test, a rubric for detecting legend and conspiracy theories, was recently featured in Skeptical Inquirer Magazine, a publication of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry published by the Center for Inquiry, under the apt title “Honing Your BS Detector: Conspiracy Theories and the SLAP Test.”)
May 1 is the deadline to apply for two $4000 grants offered in this first year of the newly-launched AFS Graduate Fieldwork Grant program to support field research by graduate students pursuing careers in folklore.
The North Carolina Heritage Awards, the state's highest honor for folk and traditional artists, is open to nominations for its 2023 season until May 2, 2022.
Anna Lomax Wood has stepped down from her role as president of the board of the Association for Cultural Equity (ACE) after 26 years at the organization.
CreativeMornings, a free, public monthly program where participants meet in cities across the world on a topic, has selected folklore as its theme for March 2022.
The Journal of Africana Religions has awarded its 2021 Albert J. Raboteau Prize for the Best Book in Africana Religions to Archives of Conjure: Stories of the Dead in Afrolatinx Cultures (Columbia University Press 2020), by Solimar Otero.
Michigan State University’s Michigan Traditional Arts Program has announced the 2022 cohort of Michigan Heritage Awardees.
The William G. Pomeroy Foundation invites you to learn more about the Legends & Lore Marker Grant Program as a way to celebrate the diverse landscape of folk and traditional arts in the United States.
Join Villanova University’s Erica Hayes, Digital Scholarship Librarian, and Beaudry Rae Allen, Preservation & Digital Archivist, on Wednesday, March 9, from 12:00–1:00 PM for a virtual workshop entitled “Introduction to Digital History.”