AFS@MLA invites proposals for the next Modern Language Association convention (Philadelphia, January 4-7, 2024), the theme for which is “Celebration: Joy and Sorrow.”
Clifford Murphy has been named the director of the Smithsonian’s Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, effective April 10. Murphy, a career academic and public servant, is currently the director of folk and traditional arts at the National Endowment for the Arts.
The National Council for the Traditional Arts (NCTA), a leading, non-profit traditional arts organization and producer of major, music-oriented festivals, and other public programs, seeks a focused and energetic Festival Assistant.Review of candidates will begin by March 29, 2023.
Jaime Elizabeth Johnston (Louisiana State University) received the Zora Neale Hurston Prize.Johnston's thesis, “My Mother Read My Dreams: Dream Interpretation in the African Diaspora," shares fieldwork conducted with three African American women who practice the tradition of reading dreams in New Orleans.
Jessica Cushenberry (Independent Folklorist) received the Zora Neale Hurston Prize for her thesis from Utah State University: “Home to Harlan: African American Miners’ Children Celebration of Homecoming.”
We are excited to announce the launch of a new resource on the AFS website: the Folklore Podcasts Resource, where you can find podcasts about folklore, by practitioners, academics, and producers interested in the field.
Read the National Humanities Alliance update by Alexandra Klein regarding advocacy for the humanities and beyond.
The Program Associate, Fellowships & International assists in the administration of Mid Atlantic Arts’ international portfolio, as well as Individual Artist Fellowship programs in partnership with state arts agencies (NJ and DE).
Oral Traditions in Contemporary China: Healing a Nation (2021, Lexington Books). Second place (along with Christy Williams) for the 2022 AFS Chicago Folklore Prize.
Mapping Fairy-Tale Space: Pastiche and Metafiction in Borderless Tales (2021, Wayne State University Press. Second place (shared with Juwen Zhang) for the 2022 AFS Chicago Folklore Prize.
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