The anthology Women in Lockdown invites submissions of pieces that look at the private experiences of women during the COVID-19 pandemic, giving voice to their experiences as mothers, caretakers, nurses, educators, scientists, businesspersons, and elected officials. In this way it exposes the ways in which the
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Humber College and the Toronto International Festival of Authors (TIFA) plan to host a digital conference October 22–23, 2021 titled, “The Big Hoax: The Anatomy of Anti-Intellectualism, Denialism, and Conspiracy Theories, Past and Present.” *Please note: the American Folklore Society in-person Annual
The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is pleased to announce the 2021 competition of the Leading Edge Fellowship program. The Leading Edge Fellowship program pairs recent PhDs in the humanities and humanistic social sciences with nonprofit organizations and agencies to support
The American Folklore Society invites proposals for its 2021 Annual Meeting.Proposal submission deadline: April 30, 2021 Meeting dates: In-person sessions will be held October 21–24, 2021 at the Hilton Harrisburg in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. This portion of the meeting will have limited capacity, so we will
AFS is hosting a number of small group salons to continue the conversation from the heritage webinar a few weeks ago. These salons will be facilitated by senior scholars and practitioners in the field on April 9 at 11am and 2pm EDT. Sign up
On Wednesday, March 25, Kathleen Mundell and other witnesses testified before Congress on the effects of COVID-19 on arts and humanities organizations. You can watch the recorded testimonies on the House appropriations website.
Following an extensive national search, the Board of Trustees for the Nebraska State Colleges voted unanimously to approve the contract of Dr. Michael Evans from an impressive pool of candidates to serve as the 34th President of Peru State College. Evans earned
Dr. Solimar Otero will deliver the Alan Dundes Lecture, “Archives of Conjure: Healing Materialities and Race” on April 8, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. PDT. The event is sponsored by the Berkeley Folklore Archives and the Latinx Research Center at University of California
The Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology at Indiana University invites applications for a one-year position (with possibility of renewal) beginning in Fall of 2021. They seek creative scholars who integrate ethnography and theoretical analysis, and who deepen our dialogue with other disciplines and debates.
By Simon Bronner — I am saddened to report the passing on March 23, 2021, of Dr. Shirley Arora, Professor Emerita of Spanish and Portuguese at UCLA and a Fellow of the American Folklore Society. She was born June 3, 1930 in
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