The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is seeking a two-year term Program Officer to enhance their efforts to connect, convene, and learn from our member societies, higher education partners, and community of fellows, with a particular focus on issues related to
Applications will be reviewed starting June 17 for a 1-year renewable teaching position in Communication Studies starting September 16, 2021 at Western Washington University. The successful candidate will teach Intercultural and Small Group Communication at the undergraduate level, and fulfill teaching and
For the past several years the Vermont Folklife Center has been working with partners at the Open Door Clinic, the University of Vermont, and cartoonist Marek Bennett on the El viaje mas caro/Most Costly Journey project–an effort that creates comics drawn in
Mid Atlantic Arts, a non-profit regional arts organization, seeks a full-time Program Manager for a multi-year Central Appalachia Living Traditions Program (CALT). The Program Manager will oversee a new program designed to improve the sustainability of folk arts and culture in Central
Tim Lloyd, Executive Director of AFS from 2001 to 2018, recently published a guest post on Jason Baird Jackson’s Shreds and Patches describing how the Annual Meeting program has shifted over the years, measured by the types of sessions presented. Members are
Dr. Nancy Yan recently talked to Dr. Margaret Magat, author of Balut: Fertilized Eggs and the Making of Culinary Nationalism, a rich study and deep analysis of one part of Asian American foodways. Balut is a fertilized egg that is boiled and eaten
The Institute for European Ethnology and Cultural Studies at the University Marburg invites participants to their digital international and interdisciplinary conference, “Waterworlding: Reflecting on Multiple Waters,” which takes place June 17-19. The conference assembles researchers from diverse geographical regions who conduct cultural,
Dr. Pravina Shukla was recently named a Provost Professor at Indiana University. The Provost Professor Award is given each year by the Office of the Provost and the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs. It is intended to bring
The Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM) is pleased to announce the launch of a new website: Musicians in America during the Covid-19 Pandemic. Thanks to the award of a CARES Act Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities in June 2020, SEM
The Southwest Folklife Alliance (SFA), a nonprofit organization affiliated with the University of Arizona with more than 48 years of experience producing and interpreting programs serving grassroots cultural practitioners along the US-Mexico border, has been selected to enter into a two-year, one
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