The American Folklore Society celebrates Roz Rini Larson's 7 years of service as an AFS staff member. Joining the AFS staff as a graduate assistant in 2017-18, serving as administrative assistant 2018-21, and assuming responsibility for the Annual Meeting in 2021, Roz has worn many different AFS-branded hats. Roz's last day in the office as AFS staff will be August 30, 2024.
Nominations are open for eight Chairs at the Kluge Center, which brings a small number of prominent scholars and thinkers to the Library to use the rich and often unique materials available. Submissions are due October 18.
The Children’s Folklore Section of the American Folklore Society is happy to announce the publication of a special issue of Children’s Folklore Review (42.1), entitled “The Texas Children’s Folklore Project” (TCFP).
The Local Organizing Committee of the 136th Annual Meeting of the American Folklore Society seeks submissions from New Mexico artists for a cover art contest for the commemorative notebook.
The Fellows of the American Folklore Society (AFS), the Diverse Environmentalisms Research Team, and the Climate Interest Group of the Folklore and Science Section will host a webinar titled “Gathering at the Intersections of Folklore and the Environment” 7:00pm - 9:00 pm (ET), Thursday, September 26, 2024.
The Department of Music at the University of California, Berkeley invites applications for a full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor. They are seeking scholars of ethnomusicology who center ethnographic methods, have a deep knowledge of the discipline of ethnomusicology, and demonstrate significant theoretical and
**All volunteer spots are currently filled. We look forward to seeing you at the meeting this fall!**
In memory of Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon, musician, civil rights activist, scholar, and public folklorist, the Journal of American Folklore is sharing a recent article about her incredible life and legacy. “Bernice Johnson Reagon—In Celebration of Her Eightieth Birthday (October 4, 1942):
Bernice Johnson Reagon died on Tuesday, July 16. Read articles written in memory of Bernice Johnson Reagon and link to additional information below. Bernice Johnson Reagon practicing for her performance in Saratoga Springs, NY, 1962Courtesy of AFS Past President Ellen Stekert Bernice
Bird of Four Hundred Voices: A Mexican American Memoir of Music and Belonging, available August from Heyday Books, follows Eugene Rodriguez of Los Cenzontles as he leads his young students from a California barrio to uncover their ancestral roots.
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