Western States Folklore Society will host their 81st Annual Meeting in person at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, April 14-15, 2023. The theme for this year’s conference is “Folklore, Time, and Temporality.” The deadline for submitting abstracts for presentations has been extended to February 20, 2023.
The five AFS Bylaws amendments proposed by the Executive Board in 2022 have been approved by AFS members, reaching the 66% approval threshold required by the AFS Bylaws. Proposals 1-5 will go into immediate effect.
Dra. Foulis interviewed esteemed scholar, writer and folklorist, Norma Elia Cantú for on her podcast, Latin@ Stories. Cantú discusses her writings on La Frontera as a place of memory, cultural vibrancy and home.
The 11th annual Chennai Storytelling Festival takes place each weekend throughout the month of February. The festival is free and is accessible through Zoom.
The Black Banjo & Fiddle Fellowship (BBFF) is a collaboration between the Oakland Public Conservatory of Music and the Berkeley Old Time Music Convention. Awards will be up to $15,000 over the period of two years (2023-2025). Applications are due February 15, 2023.
Micah Ling (PhD candidate at Indiana University) received the 2022 Archie Green Student Travel Award.
The recipient of the 2022 Wayland D. Hand prize, awarded by the History and Folklore Section for the best book combining historical and folkloristic methods and materials, is Tyler D. Parry (Assistant Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies, University of Nevada--Las Vegas).
Alina Cash Oprelianska (Doctoral student, University of Tartu, Estonia) received the 2022 Elli Köngäs Maranda Student Paper Prize. Molly McBride (Doctoral student, University of Oregon) received the 2022 Elli Köngäs Maranda Student Paper Prize honorable mention.
The Connecticut Cultural Heritage Arts Program (CCHAP) seeks an Exhibit Developer. Applications are due February 28, 2023.
The Winter issue (v. 136, no. 539) of the JAF: A Global Quarterly will be available online and will arrive in mailboxes soon. This issue exemplifies the editorial team’s efforts to publish diverse formats and to enhance dialog within the journal.
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