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The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced more than $103 million in recommended grants in the second major grant announcement of fiscal year 2023.
Ronald L. Baker died June 1 in Indianapolis at the age of 85.
Philadelphia Folklore Project seeks an Executive Director to manage overall strategic and operational responsibility for PFP’s programs, partnerships, funding, and the execution of their mission.
Members of the nominating committee and the executive board will be holding an open information session on Monday, June 12 at 3:00 pm (CT) / 4:00 pm (EDT) about the responsibilities of serving in AFS leadership. If you’re considering running but aren’t sure what the offices entail, we invite you to attend this session and bring your questions.
Prize application season continues! The AFS Newsletter will alert you to new calls for applications, but you can check anytime on our round up of all AFS prizes and news, including new calls for applications that are posted as they are released.
The 68th Annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology will be held on October 19-22, 2023, in Ottawa, Canada, at the Westin Ottawa Hotel.
Congratulations to AFS Fellow, Charles Briggs, who was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
The Department of American Culture and the Native American Studies Program (NAS) at the University of Michigan invite applications for an open-rank tenured or tenure-track position in Native American and/or other U.S.-related Indigenous Studies as part of the Provost’s Anti-Racism Hiring Initiative (ARHI). Application deadline for full consideration is August 21, 2023, 11:59 p.m., Eastern Standard Time.
The Artist/Scholar in Residence program invites projects on Black, Indigenous, Hispanic or Latino, Asian American and Pacific Islander, and/or other communities of color in the 50 U.S. states. Two 12-month grants of up to $90,000 each will be awarded. Applications are open May 17, 2023 through 2:00 PM EDT on August 7, 2023.
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