The deadline for applications to the 2022 Folklore and Science Annual Prizes, given by the AFS Public Programs Section, has been extended to August 1.
The Nail in the Skull and Other Victorian Urban Legends (June 2022), by Simon Young, introduces seventy Victorian urban legends ranging from “Beetle Eyes” to the “Shoplifter’s Dilemma” and from “Hands in the Muff” to the “Suicide Club.”
The International Society for Ethnology and Folklore (SIEF) introduces Culture in Dialogue, a series of occasional online seminars intended to encourage, initiate, and develop communication between East and West. The inaugural event features Stef Jansen on July 14, at 6:00-8:00 pm CEST.
The National Council of Traditional Arts (NCTA) released the July edition of its Resilience, Reframing, Actions (RARRA) Newsletter, featuring current funding sources and resources for arts organizations and artists.
Beth Luey, author of the book Handbook for Academic Authors (Cambridge University Press) and founder and director of the Scholarly Publishing Program at Arizona State University, will lead a workshop on July 27, 2022 at 1:30 P.M. EDT on Zoom, about how to adapt a dissertation into a book or series of articles.
The 2022 Northeast Popular Culture Association (NEPCA) has put out a call for conference papers for its area of Folklore, Belief and Religion in Popular Culture. The call will be open until August 1, 2022.
New Directions in Folklore is seeking submissions on two topics for upcoming special issues of the journal: first, on doing folklore during the COVID-19 pandemic, and second, on the intersection between folklore and mental health.
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The organizers of the 72nd annual meeting of the New York State Association of European Historians invite submissions related to this year's theme, "Slavery, Race, and Empire in Europe and the World." Submissions are due by July 15, 2022.
The editors of the scientific journal Social Ecology invite scholars to submit their theoretical and empirical scientific papers on the issues related to food sovereignty for an upcoming special issue on food sovereignty. Papers should be submitted by the extended deadline of November 30, 2022.
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