The Folklore and Museums Section has prepared this guide to sessions and events at the 2022 AFS Annual Meeting.
Attending the American Folklore Society Annual Meeting in Tulsa? Keep in mind these events and presentations on Jewish folklore and ethnology.
Tulsa-based Moheindu Chemjong Karki has translated her grandfather's book of folk tales published in Nepal more than 50 years ago, in Kirati Folk Stories, by Iman Singh Chemjong (Outskirts Press).
AFS has received a bequest representing the bulk of Leonard Norman Primiano’s estate to support new awards and activities for the Folk Belief and Religious Folklife Section as well as for the administration of at least three new section prizes.
The Fall issue (v. 135, no. 538) of the JAF: A Global Quarterly will be available online and will arrive in mailboxes soon
Mid Atlantic Arts seeks a full-time Program Associate who will support our Folk and Traditional Arts programs.
Anna Canoni, granddaughter of Woody Guthrie and Vice President of Woody Guthrie Publications, will present guided tours of the Woody Guthrie: People Are the Song exhibit at the Woody Guthrie Center, October 12, as well as a members-only multimedia tour on October 11.
If you are attending the 2022 American Folklore Society Annual Meeting, the AFS Public Programs Section has listed a few papers and presentations which may be of special interest to public folklorists!
Many AFS Annual Meeting papers and presentations concern the history of folklore studies and historical approaches to folklore, including these panels and events that highlight historical topics.
Lakota flute player, singer, and dancer, Kevin Locke (Lakota and Anishnabe), of Wakpala, South Dakota, recipient of a 1990 NEA National Heritage Fellowship, has died.
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