In Concept Work (Indiana University Press), AFS Fellow and President-Elect Jason Baird Jackson illustrates scholarly concept work in folklore studies through accounts of four concepts that are significant to the field but not yet richly explored—colonization, cultural heritage, cultural appropriation, and world-systems.
Festival Activism (Indiana University Press) is a collection of case studies from scholars, performers, and arts administrators, all of whom argue that festivals do more than simply celebrate culture; they also shape culture, creating new forms of aspirational community with direct political effects.
The Museum of International Folk Art (MOIFA) is now accepting applications for its 2026 Summer Research Fellowship Program. Fellows will spend 4–6 weeks onsite to work on a research project related to the Museum's collections. Applications are due November 17, 2025.
AFS annual meeting attendees are welcome to join the Oral History Association (OHA) keynote on Friday, October 17, 7:00–9:00pm ET. The event is free but registration is required.
The AFS community is invited to attend the 2026 PSA Annual Meeting, which will be held April 1–4 in Long Beach, CA on Tongva/Gabrieleño and Acjachemen Homelands. Submissions are due October 15, 2025 except for undergraduate students.
AFS President Amy Skillman will give the Presidential Plenary "'You Gotta Go with Your Gut:' Navigating Risk and Fear in the Storm" for the 2025 Annual Meeting in Atlanta on Sunday, October 19, 4:00–5:00pm ET.
Out now, a special issue of JAF: A Global Quarterly on “Folklore, Comics, and Graphic Storytelling” (Fall 2025) is groundbreaking in its combination of scholarly essays, creative non-fiction, pedagogical strategies, and public-facing pieces, curated by Erin Kathleen Bahl and Andy Kolovos.
The Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center is looking for two researchers to make its archive more accessible to artists, scholars, and practitioners. Applications are due November 1, 2025.
The 2026 Gods and Monsters Conference on the theme of "Communities and their Monsters" will be held at Texas State University next March. Proposals are due October 15, 2025.
ARV. Nordic Yearbook of Folklore invites articles for a special issue of the journal on the theme of "Metamorphosis – studies in changing relations between people and supernatural beings." Abstracts are due December 15, 2025.
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