Vernacular Religion in the Iranian Diaspora (University of Wisconsin Press) is a detailed, respectful ethnography that reaches beyond the binary of piety and resistance and offers new and nuanced understandings of Iranian American lived religion.
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Arts Midwest is now accepting applications for the Midwest Culture Bearers Award. This year, eighteen awardees will each receive $5,000 to support their work. Applications are due August 18, 2026.
The Folklore of Democracy (University Press of Mississippi) explores how cultural practices serve as both a foundation for democratic engagement and, at times, tools for division.
The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) Italy and the International Committee on Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICICH) will hold a symposium in Italy this November. Abstract submissions are due August 15, 2026.
In The Village Project (University of Wisconsin Press), Sarah Craycraft uses ethnographic and folkloristic methods to study the Bulgarian responses to Europeanization, carried out through neoliberal folklife projects as they collide with ongoing efforts to build a revitalized rural Bulgaria in the ruins of the past.
The Woody Guthrie Center has announced the call for proposals for the Phil Ochs Fellowship this year, which awards up to $5,000 for creative or scholarly projects about the life and work of songwriter and protest singer Phil Ochs. Applications are due September 15, 2026.
Narrative Knows No Boundaries (University Press of Mississippi) is a collection of essays that explores the expanding use and study of “narrative”.
AFS agrees with many other arts and humanities organizations that the Office of Management and Budget’s proposed Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance threatens academic freedom, imposes a political litmus test for federal funding of research, and introduces damaging instability to the American research enterprise.
The AFS Executive Board met in Bloomington, IN, on April 27–28, 2026, for its annual spring board meeting. All Executive Board members were present for the two-day gathering, which focused on the Society's long-term priorities, emerging challenges, and future opportunities.
AFS is seeking a limited number of in-person volunteers to help with supporting the annual meeting this year. Applications are due August 31, 2026.
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