The 10th International Conference of Young Folklorists will take place online from May 19 to 21 and will explore the productive tension between tradition and innovation. The international conference is organized by the Department of Estonian and Comparative Folklore (University of Tartu), and Tartu Nefa Group, in
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Northwest Folklife (NWFL) seeks an Artistic Director responsible for providing artistic vision with a social justice lens and for nurturing established and emerging cultural communities. The Artistic Director serves as Northwest Folklife’s primary creative content officer and sets and fulfills Northwest Folklife’s
South Arts, located in Atlanta, GA, seeks a new Assistant Director of Traditional Arts. he Assistant Director is responsible for supporting the implementation of the South Arts initiative, In These Mountains, Central Appalachian Folk Arts & Culture, and other traditional arts programming including
The Johnny Cash Heritage Festival, scheduled for Oct. 15–16, 2021, invites proposals for virtual presentations. They would especially welcome proposals for presentations that break away from the standard format of reading research papers, appealing to specialists and non-specialists alike. Research and artistic
The Folklore Library & Archive is a new online resource that aims to preserve an ever-growing repository of research material in the field of folklore for future generations of researchers. The project, which was soft launched May 5, 2021, will soon become
May 13, 2021, 2:00 PM EDT: Easter Traditions of Central Pennsylvania Join this conversation with Barbara Felty and Mary Lou Leisey, who enact and sustain egg traditions familiar to many in Central Pennsylvania. Growing up, Barbara Felty and her Ukrainian mother (and
You don’t have to wait to arrive at the AFS Annual Meeting in Harrisburg to start learning more about the traditions and perspectives of the diverse communities who live there. Even if you can’t travel, the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts makes it possible
The Independent Folklorists’ Section and the Public Programs Section of the American Folklore Society announce the availability of awards to present at the 2021 AFS meeting in Harrisburg, PA. The award will support two applicants’ virtual presentations at $250.00 per award (membership costs
Indiana University Bloomington professor and AFS member Richard Bauman has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the oldest and most prestigious honorary societies in the United States. Bauman, distinguished professor emeritus of anthropology and folklore in
The Indiana University Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology invites applications for the part-time position of Managing Editor of the Journal of Folklore Research. Celebrating over fifty years as a leading publication venue for its fields, the journal is published in partnership with the
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