Careful Village and Other 'Khashag' from Tibet (Open Book Publishers) offers a unique glimpse into the world of khashag, a vibrant genre of Tibetan spoken comic dialogues from the area Tibetans call Amdo. The book is freely available to read and download in both PDF and HTML formats.
Creative West and South Arts are accepting applications for their National Arts Futures Fellowship, a six-month virtual leadership development program for early- and mid-career arts culture professionals. Applications are due October 5, 2025 11:59 p.m. MDT.
South Arts is offering free Field-Building Webinars series that respond to the evolving needs of the field, providing practical tools, insights, and industry best practices. The next webinar is Grant Writing 101 for Artists on October 9, 2025.
The Cambridge Research Network for Fairy-Tale Studies will hold its 2025 symposium themed "Troubling Wonder" on Zoom October 1–4 (UK time zone). The event is free but registration is required.
The Strange Tools of Human Communication (Routledge) reframes communication as a set of tools through which humans actively shape social life. Clear, non-jargon prose and chapter-end prompts make the book teachable for courses in folklore and beyond. It translates theory into practical analytic lenses that instructors and students can immediately apply.
The 2025 Journal of Folklore and Education (JFE) "Cultural Frameworks for Transformative Documenting and Learning" is now freely available. The theme for the 2026 JFE will be "Teaching with Monsters: From Whimsy to Shadow." It is accepting submissions until April 1, 2026.
The International Society for Folk Narrative Research (ISFNR) will hold its 2026 Interim conference in Reykjavík, Iceland next June. Call for papers and posters is now open and will run until 23:59 GMT on October 1, 2025.
The International Society for Ethnology and Folklore (SIEF) Working Group on Archives conference "Tradition Archives in Motion: Sounding out Good Practices and Challenges with Folk Collections" will be held at the University of Freiburg in Germany next year. Proposals are due October 5, 2025.
The AFS Fellows are currently taking names for registration for the Breakfast with a Fellow event, which will take place on Monday, October 20, 7:15–8:30am. This year's fellows are Nancy Groce, Diana Baird N'Diaye, C. Kurt Dewhurst, and Joseph Sciorra.
The latest novella by literary scholar and author Jack Zipes reflects his belief that the world’s conditions have deteriorated for many, particularly the young. It is a hopeful tale of resistance and defiance, intended for his grandchildren and anyone who believes in standing up against oppression.
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