The upcoming new anthology "E c'erano gerani rossi dappertutto" focuses on amplifying the voices of the Italian diaspora in North America, particularly through the lens of women who have experienced or confronted emigration firsthand. It will be released on March 28, 2024.
Hilliard, Owens, and Eisele talked to Grist bout how their work in Appalachia, the Bayou, and the desert Southwest address climate change.
The Nordic-Baltic Section is excited to announce that Samantha Ruth Brown has received the 2023 Barbro Klein Prize in Nordic and Baltic Folklore for outstanding article-length essay on folklore and Northern Europe.
The 2024 AFS proposal window is open! We are eager to support your submission.
The American Folklore Society invites you to submit a proposal for its 136th Annual Meeting November 6-9, 2024 online and in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Our 2023 Annual Meeting Participant Survey has collected valuable insights into attendees’ responses to last year’s meeting and a window into the priorities and needs of our participants in the present moment. As AFS continues to navigate the changing landscape of constraints
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced this year’s NEA National Heritage Fellows, recipients of the nation’s highest honor in the folk and traditional arts. Every year since 1982, the NEA has presented this lifetime honor in recognition of individuals whose
The AFS Fellows invites nominations for AFS Fellows for the 2024 Election.
The winner of the The Folk Arts and Material Culture Section 2023 Warren E. Roberts Prize for Best Student Project is "Devil in the Skies, Stars on the Barns: The Snallygaster, Hex Signs, and Barn Stars," by Jack Daly, a PhD student at Penn State Harrisburg.
Mount Adams School District teachers, Shelly Craig and Brettagne Aleck of White Swan, Washington were awarded the 2023 Robinson-Roeder-Ward Fellowship.
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