The International Storytelling Center (ISC) has opened registration for its Young Appalachian Storytelling Summit, a young adult-led event that focuses on a critical issue: how young adults can use storytelling as a leadership tool to create Appalachia’s future. According to ISC’s website,
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The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) recently announced its 2021-22 fellowship and grant competitions. ACLS’s online application system is now open for programs with September and October deadlines. ACLS offers fellowship and grant programs that promote research across the full spectrum
The Indiana University Press has just announced that What Folklorists Do: Professional Possibilities in Folklore Studies, edited by former AFS executive director Timothy Lloyd, will be available for pre-order this week with an official publication date of October 5 (though the book is
The singing traditions of Britain and Ireland are richly intertwined. A conference jointly organized by The Traditional Song Forum and The Traditional Song as Cultural Heritage Research Cluster seeks to celebrate shared song traditions and highlight those that make each culture unique.
Rethinking the Ancient Druids: An Archaeological Perspective by Miranda Aldhouse-Green will be published September 2021.
The Children’s Folklore Section of the American Folklore Society is taking submissions for the W. W. Newell Prize through September 1st.
The Museum Association of New York will host a museum and folk art forum at the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, New York on Sunday, November 14.
Discover hundred of exciting professional opportunities available on American Folklore Society Career Center.
As the culmination of a multi-museum collaboration on the topic of Afrofuturism, the Smithsonian is planning a scholarly program, “Claiming Space: A Symposium on Black Futures —Past, Present, and Potential.”
A new anthology by three folklorists is now available from Indiana University Press. Advancing Folkloristics addresses the questions: How can folklorists contribute to contemporary political affairs, including discussions of class, race, gender and sexuality in academic and public spaces?
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