AFS President Amy Skillman will give the Presidential Plenary "'You Gotta Go with Your Gut:' Navigating Risk and Fear in the Storm" for the 2025 Annual Meeting in Atlanta on Sunday, October 19, 4:00–5:00pm ET.
Out now, a special issue of JAF: A Global Quarterly on “Folklore, Comics, and Graphic Storytelling” (Fall 2025) is groundbreaking in its combination of scholarly essays, creative non-fiction, pedagogical strategies, and public-facing pieces, curated by Erin Kathleen Bahl and Andy Kolovos.
The Department of English at Louisiana State University (LSU) invites applications for a tenure track Assistant Professor of Folklore, beginning next August. Applications are due November 10, 2025.
The AFS Fellows are currently taking names for registration for the Breakfast with a Fellow event, which will take place on Monday, October 20, 7:15–8:30am. This year's fellows are Nancy Groce, Diana Baird N'Diaye, C. Kurt Dewhurst, and Joseph Sciorra.
AFS and the Oral History Association are hosting collaborative programming on Saturday, October 18. Check out highlights throughout the day!
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.
AFS annual meeting attendees are welcome to join the Oral History Association (OHA) keynote on Friday, October 17, 7:00–9:00pm ET. The event is free but registration is required.
The AFS community is invited to attend the 2026 PSA Annual Meeting, which will be held April 1–4 in Long Beach, CA on Tongva/Gabrieleño and Acjachemen Homelands. Submissions are due October 15, 2025 except for undergraduate students.
The Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center is looking for two researchers to make its archive more accessible to artists, scholars, and practitioners. Applications are due November 1, 2025.
The 2026 Gods and Monsters Conference on the theme of "Communities and their Monsters" will be held at Texas State University next March. Proposals are due October 15, 2025.
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