The Literature, Memory and its materialities research group (IELT, NOVA University of Lisbon) is coordinating the preparation of next issue of the MEMORIAMEDIA Review, which is indexed in ERIH PLUS – the European Reference Index for the Humanities and Social Sciences. In this context, researchers Teresa
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The Association for Cultural Equity (ACE) is pleased to announce the launch of the Lomax Digital Archive. The archive provides free access to audio/visual collections compiled across seven decades by folklorist Alan Lomax (1915–2002) and his father John A. Lomax (1867–1948), and was supported
We are saddened to learn of the passing of Professor Emeritus Mehmet İlhan Başgöz on April 13, 2021 in Ankara, Turkey at the age of 100. In his own words, he was born in the Anatolian town Gemerek-Sivas “during the barley harvesting
Andrea Kitta’s scholarship on folklore and public health appeared in a recent episode of NoiseFilter, a daily podcast that focuses on important information regarding COVID-19. The podcast’s main hosts are Dr. MarkAlain Dery and Dr. Eric Griggs (Doc Griggs), the former an
George Mason University’s Folklore Program is excited to announce the launch of a new graduate folklore curriculum. Beginning in Fall 2021, Mason’s Folklore Program will offer a MA in English with a concentration in Folklore Studies. The new 30-credit-hour degree encourages students
The Institute for Advanced Study at IUB is now accepting applications for its 2021 Virtual Repository Research Fellowship (RRF). Revised for 2021, this year’s fellowship is entirely virtual. Fellows will be awarded $3,000 after successful completion of their fellowship terms, to be
The International Storytelling Center seeks a full-time Director of Development to join our senior management team, help guide our fundraising efforts, and help us cultivate the art of storytelling for the next 50 years. This individual will oversee all aspects of fund
Craft Emergency Relief Fund (CERF+) seeks a new Readiness and Relief Coordinator. CERF+ started when a handful of craft artists passed a hat at a craft show to collect donations for peers who had recently experienced an emergency. Fast forward to their
The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) has selected the Southwest Folklife Alliance as a host organization for a Leading Edge Fellowship. This fellowship demonstrates the potential of humanistic knowledge and methods to solve problems, build capacity, and advance justice and equity in society. Leading
Brian Schrag’s Artistic Dynamos: An Ethnography on Music in Central African Kingdoms uses stories and research from Ngiembɔɔn communities of Central and West Cameroon as touchstones for proposing new approaches to arts scholarship and community development. Building on the results of ethnographic research, artistic
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