Q: “What kind of program can we expect in 2022?” The answer to this and other current questions can be found on our Annual Meeting FAQ page. A: As usual, the lion’s share of the program depends on the proposals or presentations and events that are submitted by participants.
You are invited to submit an abstract for an upcoming edited collection, Culture-Bound Syndromes in Popular Culture. The edited collection volume aims to provide in-depth and analytical insight into the representations of cultural imagery and narratives of various culture-bound syndromes through the
The AFS Women's Section and Independent Folklorists' Section gave their 2021 joint travel award to the independent folk arts consultant and researcher Cecelia Ottenweller.
The AFS Folk Belief and Religious Folklife Section awarded the 2021 Don Yoder Prize for the Best Graduate Student Paper in Folk Belief and Religious Folklife to the University of Maine PhD student Minglei Zhang.
The National Park Service’s Underrepresented Community Grant Program (URC) is open for applications. Applications are due February 8, 2022.
Nottingham Trent University in the United Kingdom is offering a PhD program on museums and migration with full funding for students on both a full-time and part-time basis, starting in the 2022–23 academic year.
On October 12, 2022, the American Folklore Society will reconvene in Tulsa, Oklahoma. “Re-Centering the Periphery” calls us to focus on the intersections of what is marginalized and centralized both in our field and in the larger public debates about national identities in 2022. Proposal submission: March 1-31.
The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) has opened its fourth competition for the Leading Edge Fellowship. Applications are due by March 28, 2022.
KU Leuven in Belgium is issuing a call for papers on the topic of contested heritage in Eastern Europe for an upcoming workshop. Abstracts are due by February 14, 2022.
The American Council of Learned Societies will offer a virtual presentation on February 14, 2022, for PhDs and graduate students to learn about teaching roles in K-12 schools during a Q&A with people representing K-12 independent and public schools. ACLS hopes this
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