KU Leuven in Belgium is issuing a call for papers on the topic of contested heritage in Eastern Europe for an upcoming workshop. Abstracts are due by February 14, 2022.
The American Council of Learned Societies will offer a virtual presentation on February 14, 2022, for PhDs and graduate students to learn about teaching roles in K-12 schools during a Q&A with people representing K-12 independent and public schools. ACLS hopes this
The Folklore Library and Archive mobilized an emergency fund-raising effort and successfully secured the complete document collection of Venetia Newall (1935-2017), AFS Fellow and Past President and Honorary Secretary of the Folklore Society in the United Kingdom. The Folklore Library and Archive
The AFS Fellows is pleased to announce that nominations for AFS Fellows are now open to the entire AFS membership. The nomination period for the 2022 election of new Fellows is open until 11:59 p.m. on March 4.
The United States Senate voted to confirm Shelly C. Lowe as the twelfth Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The White House is expected to make the official appointment in the coming days and Lowe will begin her appointment
The AFS Archives and Libraries Section awarded the 2021 Polly Grimshaw Prize to Emily Bianchi, a PhD candidate in folklore at Indiana University
The Winter 2021 issue (v. 135, no. 535) of the JAF: A Global Quarterly has been mailed and will soon be available to AFS members online.
The Center for Washington Cultural Traditions is seeking a new director. Applications are due by March 2, 2022.
We are saddened by the news that AFS Fellow Robert A. Georges has passed and share this remembrance from Simon Bronner: “I am saddened to report the death on January 31, 2022, of folklorist Robert A. Georges, who spent most of his
Gloria Dorson passed away last week in Indianapolis at the age of 90.
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