The Center of the Universe is a landmark in downtown Tulsa, OK that marks the site of an acoustic phenomenon; if you stand in the center of the circle and make a sound, it echoes back much louder. Photo by Brad Lovell.
Annual Meetings
Every year, close to 900 scholars, cultural workers, practitioners, artists, educators, and more come from around the world to enjoy a wide variety of presentations, discussions, films, workshops, and concerts, to learn about current work, and to make or renew contact with others in the field. The largest single gathering anywhere that is devoted to folklore, the Annual Meeting of the American Folklore Society sparks the conversations that challenge and sustain us throughout the year.
2024 Annual Meeting
The in-person part of the 136th annual meeting of the American Folklore Society was held November 6-9 at the Albuquerque Convention Center and the DoubleTree by Hilton in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with some hybrid components. The virtual part of the meeting was held on the conference platform November 18-19.
Participating in the AFS annual meeting—an annual high point for me—has provided me with opportunities for continued professional growth and has kept me in touch with other folklorists, who are like family.
Susan Roach
2023 Annual Meeting
The 135th annual meeting of the American Folklore Society was held virtually, October 11-12, and in-person in Portland, Oregon, November 1-4, 2023.
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Future Annual Meeting Sites and Dates
The 2026 Annual Meeting of the American Folklore Society will be held in Asheville, North Carolina from October 27 to 31.
The 2027 Annual Meeting will be held in Chicago, Illinois from November 3 to 6.
Stay tuned for more information as our planning continues.
Site Selection
In these times of greater volatility and precarity, we often reserve our annual meeting sites within two years of the meeting dates.
AFS members who wish to have a site considered for a future AFS meeting should contact us at annualmeeting@afsnet.org for more information and to discuss your ideas with AFS staff.
Hotel, tourism, and convention bureau sales staff should contact Catherine McKemie of ConferenceDirect, who manages the Society’s site research and can provide our meeting room and sleeping room specifications.