The 2026 Folklore Fellows’ Summer School will take place in Helsinki and Tvärminne, Finland next August. For participation, the organizers invite proposals for working papers on themes of interdisciplinarity and involvement in folklore research. The deadline for submissions is October 31, 2025.
In recognition of his tireless advocacy for folklore and understanding the human experience, pioneering ethnologist Professor Henry Glassie has received an honorary degree from University College Dublin.
This series is interested in research exploring the role of folkloric figures, folklore archetypes and motifs, and place-based folk groups and folklife in video games and interactive media. The deadline to submit a proposal is August 30, 2025.
The Center for Rural Strategies has launched Living Traditions, a multimedia storytelling project about folklife in central Appalachia.
Arts Midwest is now accepting applications for the 2025 Midwest Culture Bearers Award, which celebrates and supports the work of Midwest culture bearers and folk arts practitioners. Applications close at 11:59 pm CST on July 21, 2025.
The Center for Cultural Innovation's Investing in Artists: Tools & Equipment program will award grants of $1,000–$5,000 to individual craft artists to purchase artistic tools and equipment that support their ability to make object-based work. The application deadline is August 8 at 11:59 a.m. PT.
Scholars, educators, and specialists in diverse fields of study are invited to apply for the 2025 Berea College Media Archives Fellowship, an outreach program of the Special Collections and Archives (SCA) department of the College's Hutchins Library. The extended deadline is July 15.
The American-Scandinavian Foundation (ASF) announced the opening of its 9th annual competition for Scandinavian Folk Arts & Cultural Traditions in the Upper Midwest (North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan). The deadline for submissions is September 1, 2025.
Arts Midwest is now accepting applications for the 2025 Midwest Award for Artists with Disabilities, an award supporting accessibility in the arts and celebrating the work of disabled Midwestern visual artists. This award application will close at 11:59 pm CDT on July 10, 2025, with awardees notified in August 2025.
The College of Humanities and Social Science at George Mason University seeks a 12-minth postdoctoral research fellow in Immigration Research to help build folklore, arts, culture, and storytelling initiatives at the Institute for Immigration Research. The deadline for applications is June 24.
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