The North Carolina Arts Council Division is seeking a Folklife Director. The recruitment range for this position is $47,703 to $69,000. Applications must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. on November 2, 2026.
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The International Society for Ethnology and Folklore (SIEF) will hold its 2027 congress in Italy next August. The theme of the congress is "Frontiers: hidden, visible, mobile." Proposals for panels are due November 2, 2026.
The International Society for Ethnology and Folklore (SIEF) is pleased to invite you to its "Meet the Authors" talk series. The next conversation about the book The Folktales of Palestine will take place on Zoom, December 8, 2026, at noon EST.
The Ohio Valley Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences awarded the film "Jonesville: When Sunflowers Fall" an Emmy to a group of Kentucky-based folklorists, community scholars and media professionals in the historical documentary category this July.
Tales from the Netherworld (Northern Illinois University Press) explores the theme of katabasis in Russian literature from its earliest secular texts—folktales—until the end of the New Economic Policy, when official dictates affected the subjects that writers might safely explore.
Drawing on ethnography, historical sources, and vernacular environmental knowledge, Weather Signs (Berghahn Books) examines how fishermen and coastal communities in Japan read winds, clouds, seas, animals, and celestial signs to anticipate change and manage risk.
The Department of Music at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa is recruiting for a full-time, tenure-track position in ethnomusicology. Application review begins November 16, 2026.
High Desert Museum (Bend, Oregon) is seeking an Associate Curator of Living History. The anticipated salary range is $56,100 to $66,300.
AFS President Jason Baird Jackson sent a letter to Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch on behalf of the many AFS members who had expressed their admiration for Bunch’s leadership and dismay at his resignation from the Smithsonian. The full letter can be accessed on the members-only AFS Community Hub.
Swarthmore College announces that its Old Science Hall has been renamed Edley-Morgan Hall. The new name recognizes two illustrious members of the Swarthmore community: legal scholar Christopher F. Edley Jr. (1953–2024) and folklorist Kathryn L. Morgan (1919–2010).
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