In conversation with leaders of the Jewish cultural studies movement, Simon J. Bronner, Dean of the College of General Studies and Distinguished Professor of Social Sciences at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, launches the release of his provocative book Jewish Cultural Studies,
Anthropologist, distinguished educator, and museum professional Johnnetta Betsch Cole will deliver the 2021 Charles Homer Haskins Prize Lecture, which celebrates scholarly careers of distinctive importance. This is a FREE event presented by the American Council of Learned Societies at 3 PM EDT
Building on the virtual forum on race at the AFS 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting, this webinar turns to Latinidades and features four folklorists who will engage is in a discussion about folklorists studying both their own and other cultures. Featured speakers are José
The 10th International Conference of Young Folklorists will take place online from May 19 to 21 and will explore the productive tension between tradition and innovation. The international conference is organized by the Department of Estonian and Comparative Folklore (University of Tartu), and Tartu Nefa Group, in
Northwest Folklife (NWFL) seeks an Artistic Director responsible for providing artistic vision with a social justice lens and for nurturing established and emerging cultural communities. The Artistic Director serves as Northwest Folklife’s primary creative content officer and sets and fulfills Northwest Folklife’s
South Arts, located in Atlanta, GA, seeks a new Assistant Director of Traditional Arts. he Assistant Director is responsible for supporting the implementation of the South Arts initiative, In These Mountains, Central Appalachian Folk Arts & Culture, and other traditional arts programming including
The Johnny Cash Heritage Festival, scheduled for Oct. 15–16, 2021, invites proposals for virtual presentations. They would especially welcome proposals for presentations that break away from the standard format of reading research papers, appealing to specialists and non-specialists alike. Research and artistic
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
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