The Folklore Library & Archive is a new online resource that aims to preserve an ever-growing repository of research material in the field of folklore for future generations of researchers. The project, which was soft launched May 5, 2021, will soon become
May 13, 2021, 2:00 PM EDT: Easter Traditions of Central Pennsylvania Join this conversation with Barbara Felty and Mary Lou Leisey, who enact and sustain egg traditions familiar to many in Central Pennsylvania. Growing up, Barbara Felty and her Ukrainian mother (and
You don’t have to wait to arrive at the AFS Annual Meeting in Harrisburg to start learning more about the traditions and perspectives of the diverse communities who live there. Even if you can’t travel, the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts makes it possible
The Independent Folklorists’ Section and the Public Programs Section of the American Folklore Society announce the availability of awards to present at the 2021 AFS meeting in Harrisburg, PA. The award will support two applicants’ virtual presentations at $250.00 per award (membership costs
Indiana University Bloomington professor and AFS member Richard Bauman has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the oldest and most prestigious honorary societies in the United States. Bauman, distinguished professor emeritus of anthropology and folklore in
The Indiana University Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology invites applications for the part-time position of Managing Editor of the Journal of Folklore Research. Celebrating over fifty years as a leading publication venue for its fields, the journal is published in partnership with the
The Independent Folklorists’ Section and the Women’s Section of the American Folklore Society announce the availability of awards to present at the 2021 AFS meeting in Harrisburg, PA. The award will support two applicants’ virtual presentations at $250.00 per award (membership costs
Year after year, hundreds of proposals for the annual meeting are submitted in the last two days before the deadline for submissions; in the last hours, proposals typically come in by the minute. 99% of them will come through successfully and without
Most people will submit their annual meeting proposal in the last couple days of the proposal submission window, which will fall on a weekend this year, when AFS staff will not be there to help with technical difficulties. Why not register and
By Jason Baird Jackson — I am saddened to share the news that Raymond J. DeMallie, Class of 1967 Chancellor’s Professor of Anthropology emeritus and a long-serving affiliate faculty member in the Indiana University Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, passed away on
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