The Journal of Folklore and Education is soliciting submissions for Vol. 11 (2024), "On Shifting Ground: Migration, Disruption, and the Changing Contours of Home." The guest editors for the issue are Michelle Banks and Sojin Kim. Submissions due March 15, 2024.
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Congratulations to Marion Bowman and Bonnie O'Connor, who are the first recipients of the Leonard Norman Primiano Retired Scholar Travel Award.
Patricia Sawin, Chair of the Department of American Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was awarded the Kenneth Goldstein Prize for Lifetime Academic Achievement for her important scholarship, her leadership within the venerable and important folklore program at UNC, and her important service to the American Folklore Society.
City Lore, an Affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, is pleased to present a zoom session on January 16, 2024 at 8:00 pm EST featuring conversations about the transformative power of spirituality in the doll and puppet making processes with several African American doll and puppet makers featured in their current exhibition, “The Calling: The Transformative Power of African American Doll and Puppet Making.”
The New Jersey State Council on the Arts is wlcoming applications for the position of Education Program Specialist. The deadline for the application is January 5, 2024.
The Oklahoma Arts Council (OAC) is welcomes applications for their position of Director of Creative Placemaking and Community Development. The position will be open until filled.
The American Folklife Center seeks a Reference Librarian. The deadline for applications is December 13.
opportunities so that together we can help everyone live more artful lives. Grant guidelines and application materials are now available for two of the NEA’s grant opportunities for organizations: Challenge America and Grants for Arts Projects (GAP).
The National Council for the Traditional Arts (NCTA) Board of Directors announced that Blaine Waide has been selected as the organization’s new executive director.
The Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology at Western Kentucky University (WKU) seeks qualified applicants for an Assistant Professor in Applied Cultural Anthropology. This is a full-time, nine-month, tenure-eligible position to begin August 12, 2024. Review of applications will begin on December 4, 2023.
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