AFS Announces 2022 Election Results
AFS members were elected to office starting in 2023. View the 2022 AFS election results.
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AFS Members Approve Bylaws Amendments
The five AFS Bylaws amendments proposed by the Executive Board in 2022 have been approved by AFS members, reaching the 66% approval threshold required by the AFS Bylaws. Proposals 1-5 will go into immediate effect.
Gerald L. Davis Project Pathway Grant Deadline Extended
The deadline for the Gerald L. Davis Project Pathway Grant has been extended to February 15, 2023. The Project Pathway provides funding for projects that participate in community scholarship in action, and that keep communities connected, whole, and active.
WKU Folk Studies Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration Speaker Series Presents Marilyn M. White
AFS President, Dr. Marilyn M. White, will give the a talk at WKU as part of their celebration of the 50th anniversary of their Folk Studies program. White is a former WKU Folk Studies professor and retired professor of anthropology and Africana Studies at Kean University. The talk will take place February 23 at 5:30 pm (EST).
Register and Submit a Proposal Now for the Folklife in the South Gathering (FITS)
Registration is now open for the 2023 Folklife in the South gathering. Submission for proposals are open through February 15, 2023.
NCTA Seeks Programming Manager
The National Council for the Traditional Arts (NCTA) seeks an experienced, highly motivated individual with a strong commitment to a broad spectrum of folk and traditional arts to develop and coordinate program content for major annual festivals, tours and other events. Review of candidates will begin February 14, 2023.
The Louisiana Folklore Society seeks papers, presentations, panel proposals, and creative works for its annual meeting, on March 24-25, 2023, in New Orleans. Submission deadline is March 1, 2023.
Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of Germany, an international conference on the Carnival tradition will be hosted in Frankfurt, Germany from October 5-8, 2023. The deadline for the proposal submission is March 30, 2023.
The Rosenberg Bluegrass Scholar Award is an annual cash award, presented to the developing academic scholar who presents the best paper accepted by a juried academic conference on an aspect of bluegrass music. The recipient will receive a $500 honorarium plus admission to the next IBMA Business Conference and Awards Show. The annual deadline to apply is June 30.
The winner of the Elaine J. Lawless Travel Award for 2022, which is sponsored by the Folk Belief and Religious Folklife Section, is Millie Tullis (Utah State University).
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