The American Folklore Society has signed on to two statements--one from the American Council of Learned Societies and the other by the American Historical Association--opposing Florida House Bill 999, which allows political appointees unprecedented oversight of day-to-day educational decisions.
The ACLA statement stands up in support of ex-President Okker, the New College community, and faculty and students at institutions of higher education around the country who are experiencing political interventions.
Dr. Maribel Alvarez (University of Arizona and Southwest Folk Alliance) has been elected by the AFS Executive Board to serve as a member of the Board from 2023-2025.
Please join us for the 135th annual meeting of the American Folklore Society this fall! This year, AFS is offering up to two days of dedicated virtual programming, October 11-12, in addition to a four-day, in-person gathering in Portland, Oregon, November 1-4.
The proposal submission window for the 2023 Annual Meeting of the American Folklore Society is now open.
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.
Maureen Loughran has been named the director and curator of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, effective March 27. Loughran, a career music producer, archivist and scholar, is currently the senior producer of American Routes, a nationally distributed public radio series featuring the diversity of
The Maryland State Archives announces a position for an oral historian for the Indigenous Archive Project for the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
The window to submit proposals for the 2023 AFS annual meeting will close at midnight on Friday, March 31, 2023.
New Directions in Folklore invites submissions for a collection of essays focusing on the intersection between folklore and mental health.
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