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.
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.
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.
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.
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