Academic and musician Ellen Stekert releases her first independent album, Go Around Songs, Vol. 1, on March 28, 2025. Stekert is a contemporary of Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, and Dave Van Ronk but eventually chose to pursue academia. She is professor emerita of English and American Studies at the University of Minnesota and served as President of the AFS in 1976–77.
The 2025 National Humanities Conference will be held November 12–16 in Detroit, Michigan. This year’s theme is “Roots of Invention, Innovation, and Revitalization.” The Planning Committee invites proposals for sessions that highlight connections across the humanities and other disciplines and practices. Submissions are due by April 10th at 11:59 p.m. PT.
The 42nd Perspectives on Contemporary Legend conference has extended the deadline for abstracts for papers on the themes of Threats, Rumors and Legends in Contemporary Society until March 31st, 2025.
What does comedy look like when the wrong punchline can land you in jail? Timothy Thurston's Satirical Tibet (University of Washington Press) offers the first-ever look at zurza, the Tibetan art of satire. Focusing on the region of Amdo, Thurston introduces the vibrant and technologically innovative comedy scene that took shape following the death of Mao Zedong and the rise of ethnic revival policies. This book is available as an open access edition.
Longtime AFS member Louie Attebery died on August 21, 2024, at the age of 97.
On Friday night, the Trump administration issued Executive Order (EO), Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy, targeting the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Support campaigns to save the IMLS.
The call for proposals for the 2025 Annual Meeting closes at midnight ET on April 1. We welcome you to visit with the Annual Meeting team one last time before the proposal deadline on March 27, 8:30-9:30am and 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. ET. Register to receive the Zoom link.
Join Future Pathways, Mid-America Arts Alliance’s virtual workshop series focused on delivering essential skills to nonprofit managers and arts leaders. In this interactive workshop, Alice Berry, artist and Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), will discuss methods of managing organizational sustainability and burnout. This session is held from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Central Time on April 10, 2025, on Zoom.
Now available, the latest JAF raises important ethical concerns in an article about “angry folklore” in wartime and a discussion forum on how to respond to the professional legacies of colleagues who have harmed others through sexual discrimination or harassment.
Drs. Mila Zhu and Sarah Morrison are calling for chapter proposals for their forthcoming volume, Edible Tales: Folklore, Myths, and Food Narratives in Higher Learning, to be published by Myers Education Press. Submission deadline is May 30, 2025.
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