South Arts seeks a Traditional Arts/Archives Intern to engage in digitization, organization, and cataloging of photographs, documents, and other ephemera representing South Arts traditional arts programs and initiatives since 1980. Applications are due April 28, 2023.
Read Clifford Murphy's final state of the field blog post--his last as the director of Folk & Traditional Arts, a position he has held since 2015--on the National Endowment for the Arts website.
Sandy Spring Museum seeks a Director of Folklife and Community Engagement. The Director determines programming necessary to sustain and advance regional folklife.
AFS Fellow and Professor of Folklore & Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia) Dan Ben-Amos died on March 26, 2023.
Dr. Maribel Alvarez (University of Arizona and Southwest Folk Alliance) has been elected by the AFS Executive Board to serve as a member of the Board from 2023-2025.
Maureen Loughran has been named the director and curator of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, effective March 27. Loughran, a career music producer, archivist and scholar, is currently the senior producer of American Routes, a nationally distributed public radio series featuring the diversity of
The Maryland State Archives announces a position for an oral historian for the Indigenous Archive Project for the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
The window to submit proposals for the 2023 AFS annual meeting will close at midnight on Friday, March 31, 2023.
New Directions in Folklore invites submissions for a collection of essays focusing on the intersection between folklore and mental health.
Discover hundreds of exciting professional opportunities available on American Folklore Society Career Center.
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