Janet Louise Langlois, retired professor of English and Folklore Studies, passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 22, 2021 at her home in Detroit. Loving wife of Andrea di Tommaso. Beloved mother of Mia (Adam) and stepmother of Matteo (Jennifer), Dante (Shelley), and
News from the Field
In conversation with leaders of the Jewish cultural studies movement, Simon J. Bronner, Dean of the College of General Studies and Distinguished Professor of Social Sciences at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, launches the release of his provocative book Jewish Cultural Studies,
The 10th International Conference of Young Folklorists will take place online from May 19 to 21 and will explore the productive tension between tradition and innovation. The international conference is organized by the Department of Estonian and Comparative Folklore (University of Tartu), and Tartu Nefa Group, in
The Folklore Library & Archive is a new online resource that aims to preserve an ever-growing repository of research material in the field of folklore for future generations of researchers. The project, which was soft launched May 5, 2021, will soon become
Indiana University Bloomington professor and AFS member Richard Bauman has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the oldest and most prestigious honorary societies in the United States. Bauman, distinguished professor emeritus of anthropology and folklore in
By Jason Baird Jackson — I am saddened to share the news that Raymond J. DeMallie, Class of 1967 Chancellor’s Professor of Anthropology emeritus and a long-serving affiliate faculty member in the Indiana University Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, passed away on
The deadline for ACLS Leading Edge Fellowships is fast approaching on May 6, 2021. Leading Edge Fellowships place recent humanities PhDs with nonprofit organizations committed to promoting social justice in their communities. Fellows lead substantive projects that draw on the skills and
The Association for Cultural Equity (ACE) is pleased to announce the launch of the Lomax Digital Archive. The archive provides free access to audio/visual collections compiled across seven decades by folklorist Alan Lomax (1915–2002) and his father John A. Lomax (1867–1948), and was supported
George Mason University’s Folklore Program is excited to announce the launch of a new graduate folklore curriculum. Beginning in Fall 2021, Mason’s Folklore Program will offer a MA in English with a concentration in Folklore Studies. The new 30-credit-hour degree encourages students
Dorothy Noyes, professor of English, comparative studies, and anthropology, has received the Distinguished Scholar Award, awarded each year to six Ohio State faculty members who demonstrate scholarly activity, research or other creative works representing exceptional achievements in their respective fields. Dr. Noyes