AFS welcomes submissions from across the field for the Zora Neale Hurston prize before the deadline of August 15th. The prize is given to a graduate or undergraduate student for the best work in any medium—including but not limited to papers, films,
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The AFS Committee on Cultural Diversity, Chicana/Chicano Section, and Folklore Latino, Latinoamericano, y Caribeño Section, along with the AFS Executive Board, call for submissions for the Américo Paredes Prize, which recognizes excellence in integrating scholarship and engagement with the people and communities
Join the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities and folklorists Barry Jean Ancelet, Marcia Gaudet, Robin Roberts, and Nick Spitzer for a Bright Lights Online conversation about Lifetime Contributions to the Humanities awardee Frank de Caro. De Caro, a nationally renowned folklorist who
The Women’s Section of the American Folklore Society invites submissions for the Elli Köngäs-Maranda Student and Professional Prizes, which honor Köngäs-Maranda as a pioneering feminist folklorist. The prizes recognize superior work on women’s traditional, vernacular, or local culture and/or feminist theory and
Women Writing Wonder: An Anthology of Subversive Nineteenth-Century British, French, and German Fairy Tales is a translation and critical edition that fills a current gap in fairy-tale scholarship by making accessible texts written by nineteenth century British, French, and German women authors
June 17 is the first in a four-part online series, Negotiating Cultural Appropriation: Lineage, Teaching & Relationships, where teaching artists in dance and music from across the country deliberate on salient issues regarding the politics of teaching, learning, sharing, and performing culture
The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is pleased to name 41 new Leading Edge Fellows, a major expansion of this publicly engaged humanities initiative made possible by a $3.6 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. In this third round
The deadline for applications for fellowships and grants from the American-Scandinavian Foundation (ASF) is August 1, 2021. Support is provided for Scandinavian folk arts and cultural traditions in the Upper Midwest (North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and the Upper Peninsula
John C. Campbell Folk School (JCCFS) is accepting applications for Collections and Archives Manager. This position directs the Folk School’s archives and records management programs in accordance with professional standards and practices in order to ensure the long-term preservation and accessibility of
The Lewis Prize for Music is now accepting 2022 Accelerator Awards applications. Applications are due on July 16, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. PST. Accelerator Awards are open to Creative Youth Development (CYD) music organizations seeking to influence youth-serving systems so all young