Congratulations to Samantha Brown (University of Oregon) who received the Sue Samuelson Award for best student paper on food and foodways.
Prizes
Prize application season continues! The AFS Newsletter will alert you to new calls for applications, but you can check anytime on our round up of all AFS prizes and news, including new calls for applications that are posted as they are released.
The AFS Cultural Diversity Committee is proud to announce the recipients of the inaugural Gerald L. Davis Project Pathway Award. The Project Pathway provides funding for projects that participate in community scholarship in action, and that keep communities connected, whole, and active.
Prize application season continues! The AFS Newsletter will alert you to new calls for applications, but you can check anytime on our round up of all AFS prizes and news, including new calls for applications that are posted as they are released.
Prize application season continues! The AFS Newsletter will alert you to new calls for applications, but you can check anytime on our round up of all AFS prizes and news, including new calls for applications that are posted as they are released.
Nominate yourself or a colleague for one the following prizes and awards by April 15.
Prize application season continues! The AFS Newsletter will alert you to new calls for applications, but you can check anytime on our round up of all AFS prizes and news, including new calls for applications that are posted as they are released.
Jaime Elizabeth Johnston (Louisiana State University) received the Zora Neale Hurston Prize.Johnston's thesis, “My Mother Read My Dreams: Dream Interpretation in the African Diaspora," shares fieldwork conducted with three African American women who practice the tradition of reading dreams in New Orleans.
Jessica Cushenberry (Independent Folklorist) received the Zora Neale Hurston Prize for her thesis from Utah State University: “Home to Harlan: African American Miners’ Children Celebration of Homecoming.”
Oral Traditions in Contemporary China: Healing a Nation (2021, Lexington Books). Second place (along with Christy Williams) for the 2022 AFS Chicago Folklore Prize.