The AFS Community Hub Is Now Live
The AFS Staff are proud to introduce the American Folklore Society Community Hub, a private, members-only online space—now active within your member portal.
Available Now! JAF Special Issue on Folklore, Comics, and Graphic Storytelling
Out now, a special issue of JAF: A Global Quarterly on “Folklore, Comics, and Graphic Storytelling” (Fall 2025) is groundbreaking in its combination of scholarly essays, creative non-fiction, pedagogical strategies, and public-facing pieces, curated by Erin Kathleen Bahl and Andy Kolovos.
LSU Seeks Assistant Professor of Folklore
The Department of English at Louisiana State University (LSU) invites applications for a tenure track Assistant Professor of Folklore, beginning next August. Applications are due November 10, 2025.
Plan to Attend AFS-OHA Programming at the Annual Meeting in Atlanta
AFS and the Oral History Association are hosting collaborative programming on Saturday, October 18. Check out highlights throughout the day!
2025 AFS Annual Meeting Presidential Plenary: “You Gotta Go with Your Gut:” Navigating Risk and Fear in the Storm
AFS President Amy Skillman will give the Presidential Plenary "'You Gotta Go with Your Gut:' Navigating Risk and Fear in the Storm" for the 2025 Annual Meeting in Atlanta on Sunday, October 19, 4:00–5:00pm ET.
Join OurStoryBridge Listens to Tell Your Story in Atlanta
OurStoryBridge Listens is a non-partisan project which documents the current circumstances in the U.S. that are impacting Americans and others around the world. Join them in the Studio Lobby Sunday–Tuesday 10:00am–4:00pm during the 2025 Annual Meeting to tell your story.
A PDF version of the 2025 annual meeting program, including detailed program information for the Atlanta and Virtual program days, is now available on the AFS website.
In Oral History: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press), Douglas A. Boyd examines the oral history interview, recording techniques and strategies, technologies for making oral history accessible, and the legal and ethical implications throughout the work of oral history.
In Mythopedia (Princeton University Press), Adrienne Mayor shows how geomythology is expanding our understanding of our planet’s history, revealing the human desire to explain nature and weave imaginative stories intertwined with keen observation, rational speculation, and memory.
The Tennessee Folklore Society will hold its annual gathering on Saturday, November 1, 2025 in downtown Crossville, TN. The event is free and open to the public.
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