The Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) is seeking an Oral Historian to join their Historical Resources Division. This is a full-time position based in Frankfort, KY. Starting salary is $38,140.08. The deadline for submissions is Monday, February 24, 2025.
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The Eighteenth International Conference on the Inclusive Museum will be held at the University of San Jorge, Zaragoza, Spain, 15–17 September 2025. The early proposal deadline is 15 February 2025.
Wiki Loves Folklore is an international photographic contest where the photographers can contribute media about their local folk culture to Wikimedia Commons under free licenses to be used on Wikipedia and any other places with attribution. The contest runs from February 1 through March 31, 2025. A separate Feminism and Folklore Writing Competition is held at the same time.
The AFS Folklore and Science Section will host a virtual presentation to feature Dr. Anna Beresin for her prize-winning study "Techno-mischief: Negotiating exaggeration online in quarantine" via Zoom on Wednesday, February 12, 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. ET.
The theme for the 2025 Annual Meeting of the American Folklore Society is Restoring and ReStorying: Missing Stories and Moving Forward. The Local Organizing Committee is excited to offer this framework for the conference, but adhering to the theme is optional and will not affect acceptance.
The American Folklore Society will sponsor a session in the 2026 MLA Convention themed Family Resemblances. AFS@MLA invites proposals on this theme that may help illuminate the field of folklore for the non-folklorists who constitute the bulk of the MLA’s membership. Deadline for submitting a proposal is March 15, 2025.
The Alabama State Council on the Arts (ASCA) seeks a skilled and innovative audio producer to oversee all aspects of producing Arts Fell on Alabama, a two-minute weekly radio show and podcast that highlights the stories of Alabama’s artists, cultural traditions, and creative community. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) announces the 2025 Leading Edge Fellowship program, offering 16 two-year fellowship opportunities with mission-driven social justice nonprofits for recent humanities and interpretive social sciences PhDs. Each Leading Edge Fellow will earn a minimum yearly stipend of $70,000 that increases in the second year. Application deadline is March 12, 2025, 9:00 PM EDT. An informational webinar will be held on March 5.
The editors of Jewish Folklore and Ethnology (JFE) invite submissions for a special issue on “The Folklore and Ethnology of Antisemitism, Old and New.” They seek studies that use the evidence of folklore and ethnology to analyze the platforms, practices, processes of material/visual culture, and contents of cultural antisemitism in recent and historic situations.
Bernard L. Herman, renowned scholar of American material culture and George B. Tindall Professor of Southern Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, died on December 30, 2024.
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