The AFS Executive Board has issued a statement in response to cuts at the NEA following recent cuts to NEH, IMLS and other agencies. We urge members to take action by writing or calling state representatives and members of Congress.
With Seekers of Wonder, Elena Sottilotta offers the first comparative study of women’s manifold roles in the collection of Italian and Irish folklore and fairy tales between 1870 and 1920. Dr. Sottilotta is research fellow at Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge.
Hannah Flint is an author and folklore enthusiast living in Spokane, Washington. Through her book, Eastern Washington Folklore, Hannah hopes to share the tales and traditions of her community, as well as to celebrate the diverse narratives that shape the landscape around her.
The Arts Institute of Middlesex County (NJ) seeks a detail-oriented Folklife Specialist eager to engage with the diverse cultural landscape that makes up Middlesex County and the greater Central Jersey region. This is a full-time position based in New Brunswick, NJ.
The Department of Comparative Studies at The Ohio State University seeks a Visiting Assistant Professor in Folklore to begin in the 2025 Autumn Semester. This position will end on August 14, 2026; however, there is a potential of renewal for up to three years.
The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress (LOC) invites proposals to a symposium titled, “From Lived Experience to Public Memory: Commemorating, Documenting, and Archiving Experiences of the COVID-19 Pandemic,” on March 12 and 13, 2026. The deadline for submissions is June 16, 2025, at 11:59 PM ET.
Mentor, scholar, and community activist Olivia Cadaval died on April 8, 2025 at the age of eighty-two. Olivia joined the AFS in 1979 and was elected to AFS Fellows in 2018.
Dorothy Botkin Rosenthal, daughter of Benjamin A. Botkin and long-time friend of the field of folklore, died on December 17, 2024 after a brief illness.
The Nordic Folklife project at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is offering one 2-year Postdoctoral fellowship beginning August 18, 2025. The stipend for this position will be $60,000 per academic year. Applications are due by June 1, 2025.
Join the AFS Fellows for a webinar on May 19 at 1:30 p.m. EDT that highlights the publication of Emerging Perspectives in the Study of Folklore and Performance (IU Press, 2025). Authors engage in discussions on how folklore and performance intersect in their chapters on dance ethnography, social movements, ritual and narrative, archival practices, and the performance of tradition. Charles Briggs, Soli Otero and Anthony Bak Buccitelli moderate the discussion as Kay Turner and Stephen Gencarella provide critical commentary on the volume.
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