American Folklife Center, West Virginia Folklife Center, and Lost Creek Farm are happy to announce the Homegrown Foodways in West Virginia program, a series of four films that explore a range of food traditions in the state. All films will premiere on
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Steve Zeitlin’s new Poetry of Everyday Life blog post, “Folklore’s Four Sisters: Scholarship, Fieldwork, Activism and Artistry” suggests that there are (at least) four distinctive sides or approaches to folklore—fieldwork (body), scholarship (mind), activism (heart), and artistry (soul), and that some of
In Explaining, Interpreting, and Theorizing Religion and Myth: Contributions in Honor of Robert A. Segal, nineteen renowned scholars offer a collection of essays addressing the persisting question of how to approach religion and myth as academic categories. Taking their cue from the
America250, the federal program established by the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission to assist in preparations for the nation’s Semiquincentennial, has just announced a slate of new positions, two of which could be of interest to those in the humanities, including those with folklore
We’re excited by the news that IU Folklore and Ethnomusicology doctoral candidate Gloria M. Colom Braña started her work this week as the Historic Preservation Program Manager with the City of Bloomington, Indiana. Gloria had been working with AFS this past year,
After much deliberation and lively discussion among the JAF editorial team and the AFS Executive Board, the Journal of American Folklore has a bold new look consistent with the recent redesign of the brand and website of the American Folklore Society. Additionally,
AFS welcomes submissions from across the field for the Zora Neale Hurston prize before the deadline of August 15th. The prize is given to a graduate or undergraduate student for the best work in any medium—including but not limited to papers, films,
Each year, the Public Programs Section of the American Folklore Society joins with the AFS Executive Board to award the Benjamin A. Botkin Prize of $500 to an individual for significant lifetime achievement in public folklore. This prize is given in recognition
The AFS Committee on Cultural Diversity, Chicana/Chicano Section, and Folklore Latino, Latinoamericano, y Caribeño Section, along with the AFS Executive Board, call for submissions for the Américo Paredes Prize, which recognizes excellence in integrating scholarship and engagement with the people and communities
Join the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities and folklorists Barry Jean Ancelet, Marcia Gaudet, Robin Roberts, and Nick Spitzer for a Bright Lights Online conversation about Lifetime Contributions to the Humanities awardee Frank de Caro. De Caro, a nationally renowned folklorist who
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