The AFS Fellows is pleased to announce that nominations for AFS Fellows are now open to the entire AFS membership. The nomination period for the 2022 election of new Fellows is open until 11:59 p.m. on March 4.
The United States Senate voted to confirm Shelly C. Lowe as the twelfth Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The White House is expected to make the official appointment in the coming days and Lowe will begin her appointment
The AFS Archives and Libraries Section awarded the 2021 Polly Grimshaw Prize to Emily Bianchi, a PhD candidate in folklore at Indiana University
The Winter 2021 issue (v. 135, no. 535) of the JAF: A Global Quarterly has been mailed and will soon be available to AFS members online.
The Center for Washington Cultural Traditions is seeking a new director. Applications are due by March 2, 2022.
We are saddened by the news that AFS Fellow Robert A. Georges has passed and share this remembrance from Simon Bronner: “I am saddened to report the death on January 31, 2022, of folklorist Robert A. Georges, who spent most of his
Gloria Dorson passed away last week in Indianapolis at the age of 90.
In a recent essay in the The Guardian, Nell Leyshon describes the inspiration and issues of her new play Folk, soon to be staged in London, that explores questions of representation and intellectual property in early 20th-century English folk song collecting. The
Recently in The Guardian, critic Kelefa Sanneh placed Roger Abrahams’ Deep Down in the Jungle at the top of his list of the 10 most important books on musical subcultures. Said Sanneh:“In 1964, a folklorist based in Philadelphia managed a neat trick:
Southwest Folklife Alliance seeks to fill two full-time positions: Managing Director and Program Manager.
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