Read the Visitor Survey Report for the 2023 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
The Department of History at the University of Michigan invites applications for an open-rank tenured or tenure-track position (Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor) in Indigenous North American History, 1500-1860. The application deadline for full consideration is November 1, 2023.
Social Voices: The Cultural Politics of Singers around the Globe from University of Illinois Press reveals how singers and their songs equip us to process social change and divergent opinions. The book is available September 5.
Utah State University (USU) Libraries seek a collaborative, innovative, and service-oriented professional to serve as the Community & Oral History Archivist within the Libraries’ Special Collections & Archives (SCA) section. The position is open fall 2023 and the start date is negotiable.
The Women’s Section and Independent Folklorists’ Section are happy to announce that Dr. Ojaswini Hooda is the winner of the $1,000 joint section annual meeting award prize for 2023.
The National Council of Traditional Arts (NCTA) released the August 2023 edition of its Resilience, Reframing, Actions (RARRA) Newsletter, featuring resources for arts organizations and artists to find funding and support.
Grants of up to $2,500 for organizations in South Arts' nine-state region (AL, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, and TN) are available to make arts programs accessible to persons with disabilities. Applications are awarded on a rolling basis until May 15, 2024.
Congratulations to Samantha Brown (University of Oregon) who received the Sue Samuelson Award for best student paper on food and foodways.
The Craft Emergency Relief Fund (CERF+) released their 2022 Impact Report.
On this close-up walking and city bus tour, folklorist Rick March will lead participants to visit artisan manufactories of maritime and biker garments, meet the proprietrix of an award-winning bookstore devoted to graphic novels, and purchase lunch at the Portland Mercado, a food cart pod with up to 16 rotating Latin American food vendors to choose from. Tour fee: $15/person. Registration capacity is 20 people.
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