The Folklife in the South (FITS) Gathering will take place at Lake Guntersville State Park in Guntersville, Alabama, June 8-10, 2023.
Descendant, which screened at the 2022 Annual Meeting of the American Folklore Society, is available today on Netflix.
Read AFS' open letter requesting support for the WKU Folk Studies Program.
The University of Oregon seeks a Museum Educator for Community Engagement and Wellbeing. Applications close November 1, 2022.
Join Dr. Kern Jackson, Co-Producer and Co-Writer of Descendant, for a discussion about the recently-released film about the search for and historic discovery of The Clotilda, the last known ship to arrive in the United States, illegally carrying enslaved Africans.
As of October 7, the AFS office is effectively closed. Staff members are working hard to make the 2022 AFS Annual Meeting a success, so they may not be available to respond quickly to your email.
Registered attendees who can’t attend in person may watch some events live, and access recordings of those live-streamed events and hybrid sessions after the meeting.
Betty Paige Aquino, Hart Bullock, and Molly McBride put together a guide to AFSAM22, including info about the meeting and meeting events of particular interest to grad students and early-career professionals.
Maryland Traditions seeks a contract Archivist/General Associate.
The National Council of Traditional Arts (NCTA) released the October edition of its Resilience, Reframing, Actions (RARRA) Newsletter, featuring resources for arts organizations and artists to find funding and support.
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