The AFS Fellows invites nominations for AFS Fellows from any member of AFS.The nomination period for the 2023 election of new Fellows is open from now until 11:59 pm on March 15th.
The Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology seeks qualified applicants for an Instructor I position in Folk Studies. Teaching responsibilities span mid-August 2023 through mid-May 2024.
The Kentucky Folklife Program (KFP) based within the Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology on the campus of Western Kentucky University seeks to hire a Folklife Specialist.
The 2023 Midwest Popular Culture Association / American Culture Association conference will be held at DePaul University-Loop Campus in Chicago, IL from Friday-Sunday, October 6-8, 2023. The deadline for paper proposals for the 2023 Conference is May 15, 2023. The registration deadline is September 15, 2023.
In celebration of International Mother Language Day, eighth annual Smithsonian Mother Tongue Film Festival will be held from February 23-26, 2023, in Washington, DC. All screenings and events are free.
Los Cenzontles Productions has recently finished a new documentary called, Linda & La Marisoul: An Afternoon at Los Cenzontles. The 26-minute documentary is screening for free for one week on Los Cenzontles' Vimeo page beginning Valentine's Day.
The 2023 Folklife Internship at the North Carolina Arts Council offers a $6,000 grant stipend for 12 weeks of close work with the Folklife Program, while also offering opportunities to meet and learn from the entire Arts Council staff. Applications are due by midnight on March 5, 2023.
Ebony L Bailey's article, “(Re)Making the Folk: Black Representation and the Folk in Early American Folklore Studies" is featured by University of Illinois Press' celebration of Black History Month by sharing their favorite Black history publications.
The Louisiana Folklore Society seeks papers, presentations, panel proposals, and creative works for its annual meeting, on March 24-25, 2023, in New Orleans. Submission deadline is March 1, 2023.
Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of Germany, an international conference on the Carnival tradition will be hosted in Frankfurt, Germany from October 5-8, 2023. The deadline for the proposal submission is March 30, 2023.
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