New Directions in Folklore invites submissions for a collection of essays focusing on the intersection between folklore and mental health.
Discover hundreds of exciting professional opportunities available on American Folklore Society Career Center.
WKU Folk Studies will wrap up the 50 Years of Folklore Graduate Studies at WKU speaker series with a talk by alumnus Dr. Peggy Bulger on Thursday, March 23rd at 5:30 at the Kentucky Museum. In her talk, “Public Folklore in the USA: Born of Activism,” Dr. Bulger will discuss her experiences with activism throughout her career as a public folklorist.
New York Folklore is pleased to announce that its website, https://www.nyfolklore.org, now provides increased access to back issues of its publication, Voices: the Journal of New York Folklore.
Jewish Folklore and Ethnology (JFE) is pleased to announce the publication in March 2023 of its inaugural peer-reviewed annual volume in print and online formats issued by Wayne State University Press. JFE is now accepting submissions for its second volume on Jewish practices and performances of the body, faith, home, and community in the present and the past, in oral, behavioral, visual, and material forms.
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.
Folklorist Mickey Weems, who is facing terminal cancer, has decided to die with medical assistance on March 19, 2023. Friends and colleagues are invited to share memories, reflections, and photographs with Mickey now on his Facebook page.
AFS@MLA invites proposals for the next Modern Language Association convention (Philadelphia, January 4-7, 2024), the theme for which is “Celebration: Joy and Sorrow.”
Clifford Murphy has been named the director of the Smithsonian’s Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, effective April 10. Murphy, a career academic and public servant, is currently the director of folk and traditional arts at the National Endowment for the Arts.
The National Council for the Traditional Arts (NCTA), a leading, non-profit traditional arts organization and producer of major, music-oriented festivals, and other public programs, seeks a focused and energetic Festival Assistant.Review of candidates will begin by March 29, 2023.
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