Take the weekend to finalize your AFS proposal, but be aware that staff is on call only through Friday to help in case you run into any difficulties. We highly recommend that you register and start your proposal as soon as possible,
The deadline for ACLS Leading Edge Fellowships is fast approaching on May 6, 2021. Leading Edge Fellowships place recent humanities PhDs with nonprofit organizations committed to promoting social justice in their communities. Fellows lead substantive projects that draw on the skills and
Ana Cara recently retired from Oberlin College, where she taught in the Department of Hispanic Studies. She holds a PhD in Folklore and Folklife from the University of Pennsylvania. Her articles have appeared in various academic journals, including the Journal of American Folklore,
The AFS Annual Meeting proposal instructions aim to help with the half-dozen “choose your own adventure” pathways supported by the proposal portal. In short, the proposal form will guide you along the path you choose. But if you want to see where
Would you like to be in the room where it happens? There are many ways you can contribute to AFS activities, ranging from helping for a few hours at the annual meeting to serving for three years on a committee that advises
The Literature, Memory and its materialities research group (IELT, NOVA University of Lisbon) is coordinating the preparation of next issue of the MEMORIAMEDIA Review, which is indexed in ERIH PLUS – the European Reference Index for the Humanities and Social Sciences. In this context, researchers Teresa
The Association for Cultural Equity (ACE) is pleased to announce the launch of the Lomax Digital Archive. The archive provides free access to audio/visual collections compiled across seven decades by folklorist Alan Lomax (1915–2002) and his father John A. Lomax (1867–1948), and was supported
We are saddened to learn of the passing of Professor Emeritus Mehmet İlhan Başgöz on April 13, 2021 in Ankara, Turkey at the age of 100. In his own words, he was born in the Anatolian town Gemerek-Sivas “during the barley harvesting
Andrea Kitta’s scholarship on folklore and public health appeared in a recent episode of NoiseFilter, a daily podcast that focuses on important information regarding COVID-19. The podcast’s main hosts are Dr. MarkAlain Dery and Dr. Eric Griggs (Doc Griggs), the former an
George Mason University’s Folklore Program is excited to announce the launch of a new graduate folklore curriculum. Beginning in Fall 2021, Mason’s Folklore Program will offer a MA in English with a concentration in Folklore Studies. The new 30-credit-hour degree encourages students
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