By October 1, AFS will implement a reorganization of staff responsibilities as we welcome the talents of staff members Rosalind Rini Larson and TJ Smith as they step into core responsibilities, and Lorraine Walsh Cashman shifts into an advisory role.
Guest editors Mark E. Helmsing and Bretton A. Varga are calling for submissions for a special issue of the Journal of Folklore and Education, "Death, Loss, and Remembrance Across Cultures: A Role for Folklore in Education." Initial drafts are due April 1, 2022.
The Journal of Folklore and Education announced the release of its new volume, "Creative Texts | Creative Traditions." The volume features case studies, lesson plans, and research that use folklore’s values of context, candor, use, imagination, and love to help students to craft text with authentic purpose and consequences.
The Local Learning Network recently launched two new websites to increase access, visibility, and usefulness of their resources and publications.
The historic preservation resource site PreservationDirectory.com announced the launch of HistoricFunding.com, a database that provides comprehensive funding and work-training/educational resources, which cover the various fields within cultural resource management.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan named folklorist Gwen Nell Westerman as its poet laureate on Thursday. She is the first person of Native American descent to hold the state role.
Folklorist Andrea Kitta will present a talk called “Communicating About COVID: Understanding How Folklore Affects Medical Decision Making and What to Do About It" to her alma mater, Western Kentucky University, on September 30, 2021.
The Digital ICH Observatory released the results of its survey, "Inventories & Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH)."
Getty Research Institute invites applications from scholars of African American art and cultural history who would like to participate in the upcoming 2022/2023 scholar year. Applications are due by October 1, 2021.
The deadline for making hotel reservations at the Hilton Harrisburg is September 28, 2021. If you intend to stay at the Hilton Harrisburg, please reserve a room in the conference block by using this link to the reservation system. This helps both
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