Bill Ivey received the Judith McCulloh Award for Lifetime Service to the Field for extraordinary contributions in service that advance the visibility and success of the American Folklore Society or the field of folklore studies, making it possible for other folklorists to do their best work.
Simon Lichman (Director of the Centre for Creativity and Education in Cultural Heritage) received the Benjamin A. Botkin Prize for lifetime achievement in public folklore.
Anand Prahlad received the Américo Paredes Prize for excellence in integrating scholarship and engagement with the people and communities one studies.
Tending the Taproot: Opportunities to Support Folk & Traditional Arts in the United States presents the findings of the Alliance of California Traditional Arts’ (ACTA) Taproot Initiative.
Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology seeks a dynamic and forward-thinking cross-discipline museum professional to serve as Executive Director of the Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (IUMAA). Submit an application by January 28, 2023.
Norm and Transgression in the Fairy-Tale Tradition: (Non)Normative Identities, Forms, and Writings will take place at Brown University, June 7 - 9, 2023. Abstracts are due January 31, 2023.
The Moth Radio Hour podcast featured the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering on their November 29 episode.
The Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Folklore Association invites application for their conference, themed "Decolonization". The deadline for proposal submission is March 15, 2023.
The Oral History Association (OHA) seeks to hire a full-time program associate to assist in the operation of its Executive Office.
Join us in congratulating Meredith McGriff, AFS Director of Membership and Information Systems, who has accepted a position as Director of Technology and Communications for the Financial Women’s Association.
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