The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) will honor the 2025 NEA National Heritage Fellows—the nation's highest honor in folk and traditional arts—at an award ceremony on Wednesday, September 17, 2025 at 5:30pm ET.
Congratulations to Tanisha Brown (Artist Development Director, South Carolina Arts Council) and Yvonne Manipon (Arts Specialist, Folk and Traditional Arts Program, Hawai’i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts), who are recipients of the 2025 Roger Welsch Opportunity Fund.
The third conference of the DEAGENCY project, which is to be held between 1–3 July 2026 in Ljubljana, Slovenia, will focus on the theme of communication with the dead. The deadline to submit an abstract to participate in the conference is December 15, 2025.
Deep Cosmopolitanism (Indiana University Press) explores the past and present of Kutiyattam Sanskrit theater, the world's oldest continuously performed theater. Recognized as India's first UNESCO intangible cultural heritage of humanity, the matrilineal temple art of Kutiyattam has been performed by men and women in Kerala, India, since the tenth century C.E.
Folklore: A Journey through the Past and Present (Manchester University Press) conveys the message that folklore is more than the fossilised remains of a distant, rural past. Folklore is and always has been ubiquitous, dynamic and political. It is a living tradition that draws from many sources and is forever being renewed and updated.
The Department of Comparative Studies at OSU invites applications for a position in Digital Cultures and Ethnography at the rank of tenure-track assistant professor. Applications are due November 10, 2025.
The American Folklife Center (AFC) at the Library of Congress is hiring a Director, AFC Archives to lead the day-to-day administration of the Archive of Folk Culture. Apply by September 26, 2025.
Access webinar recording and report from recent discussions hosted by AFS Fellows exploring Emerging Perspectives in the Study of Folklore and Performance and Gathering at the Intersections of Folklore and the Environment.
Migrants' and refugees' stories have become an essential part of the public debate around immigration. In Migration Stories (University of Illinois Press), Benjamin Gatling edits interdisciplinary essays that bring together the distinct perspectives of researchers, activists, and policymakers to emphasize how these often-siloed communities can use stories as social science data and advocacy tools.
The American Folklore Society joins the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) and other organizations in a statement opposing the White House's plans to review content and interpretation of the Smithsonian Institution.
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