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2025 AFS Election: Watch for Your Ballot and Cast Your Vote
This year, AFS members will vote for two seats on the Executive Board and one seat on the Nominating Committee. The voting deadline is December 18 at 11:59 pm EST.
Save the Date: AFS Fellows Webinar—Ideas, Trends, and Current Complexities in Folklore in Education
The AFS Fellows will present a webinar on February 6, 2026 at noon EST, examining current ideas, trends, and methods in folklore and education.
JAF Calls for Submissions for Themed Issue on AI and Folklore
The JAF Editorial Collective invites submissions addressing any aspect of generative AI and folklore for a themed issue of the Journal of American Folklore. Submissions are due February 1, 2026.
Annual Meeting Registrants Can Engage With Digital Posters Through January
Digital posters are available on Fourwaves, the Annual Meeting conference platform, through January. View and comment asynchronously with your colleagues.
The AFS Community Hub Is Now Live
The AFS Staff are proud to introduce the American Folklore Society Community Hub, a private, members-only online space—now active within your member portal.
The Western States Folklore Society (WSFS) will hold a special lecture, "German Folklore during National Socialism, with Some Thoughts on Today’s 'Alternate Facts,'" on Sunday, January 4, 2026, beginning at noon MST.
Culture & Tradition is now accepting articles and projects for its Volume 37 themed "Carnivalesque." Submissions are due January 24, 2026. The journal is also concurrently seeking peer reviewers for this volume.
In Historical Roots of the Wondertale (Indiana University Press), Propp compares folktale structures and content to rituals and customs of aboriginal societies from around the world and with people who were the first to envision religion and myth. This book is freely available as an Open Access monograph.
The FLS Annual Conference next year will be held at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, June 5–7, 2026, followed by an online-only day. The theme for the conference is “Folklore on the Move.” Paper submissions are due December 14, 2025.
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