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The African American Folklorist is accepting article submissions on an ongoing basis.
The Folk Craft Site Coordinator is a key member of the Lowell Folk Festival team as the lead for the Folk Crafts Area. This individual is responsible for the crafts demonstration artists program, arranging logistics for their participation at the Festival, managing contractual arrangements, and being the on-site coordinator during the Festival.
Prize application season has started! The AFS Newsletter will alert you to new calls for applications, but you can check anytime on our round up of all AFS prize news, including new calls for applications that are posted as they are released.
University of Wyoming (UW) invites applications for a tenure-track position of Assistant Professor of American Studies within the School for Culture, Gender and Social Justice (SCGSJ), beginning Fall 2023. Review of applications will begin immediately, with new applications considered until the position is filled.
In These Mountains: Project Grants support $10,000 in funding for organizations to conduct projects that promote the sharing, teaching, learning, preserving, and documenting folk arts and traditional culture of Central Appalachia. The deadline to apply is May 1, 2023.
The Individual Artist Career Opportunity Grant supports a milestone opportunity in an individual artist’s career that is likely to lead to substantial and significant career advancement with up to $2,000 in funds. Applications opened on February 17, 2023 and the deadline to apply is March 17, 2023.
Daisy Ahlstone (Ohio State University) won the 2022 Don Yoder Prize for the Best Graduate Student Paper in Religious Folklife and Folk Belief.
The 2022 Warren E. Roberts prize for best student paper, sponsored by the Folk Arts and Material Culture Section, was awarded to Ben Bridges (PhD Candidate, Department of Folklore & Ethnomusicology, Department of Anthropology, Indiana University, Bloomington).
Phoebe Millerwhite (Independent Folklorist, Artist, Educator) received the 2022 Independent and Public Folklorist Sections Travel Award.
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