Out now, a special issue of JAF: A Global Quarterly on “Folklore, Comics, and Graphic Storytelling” (Fall 2025) is groundbreaking in its combination of scholarly essays, creative non-fiction, pedagogical strategies, and public-facing pieces, curated by Erin Kathleen Bahl and Andy Kolovos.
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The Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center is looking for two researchers to make its archive more accessible to artists, scholars, and practitioners. Applications are due November 1, 2025.
The 2026 Gods and Monsters Conference on the theme of "Communities and their Monsters" will be held at Texas State University next March. Proposals are due October 15, 2025.
ARV. Nordic Yearbook of Folklore invites articles for a special issue of the journal on the theme of "Metamorphosis – studies in changing relations between people and supernatural beings." Abstracts are due December 15, 2025.
The AFS Nominating Committee (chaired by Carrie Hertz with members Naomi Sturm-Wijesinghe, Kelley Totten, and Betty Belanus) has announced its slate of candidates for each available office in the AFS 2025 election.
The Department of English at Louisiana State University (LSU) invites applications for a tenure track Assistant Professor of Folklore, beginning next August. Applications are due November 10, 2025.
JAF invites you to read "Safety in the Field: A Reflection and Progress Report" by Mathilde Frances Lind for free to prepare for a session on fieldwork safety at the upcoming annual meeting.
The American Folklife Center announces the launch of a new resource guide that gives users direct access to over 130 Botkin Lectures on folklore, folk music and traditional culture by prominent scholars, artists, authors and performers.
Lorefest is an annual festival combining scholarly research and creative practice inspired by local and “glocal” folklore. Abstracts are due October 3, 2025 to participate in its one-day symposium this year.
Exploring Anthropology through Folklore and Mythology (Routledge) is a comprehensive textbook which examines how people around the world express themselves culturally, and how these practices provide a window into the diversity of human culture.
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