We are sad to share the news of the loss of Michael "Mick" Maloney, folklorist and champion of Irish traditional music and culture, who passed away at the age of 77.
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The AFS Independent Folklorists’ Section and the Women’s Section have extended the deadline for their Annual Meeting Award to August 15, 2022.
The Women's Section of the American Folklore Society has extended the deadline for its Polly Stewart Student Travel Stipend to August 15, 2022.
Plan your Annual Meeting experience with the help of the 2022 Local Arrangements Committee's Guide to Tulsa.
UNESCO is launching a call for expressions of interest to expand the Global Network of Facilitators of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. Interested experts in the field of intangible cultural heritage are invited to submit their application to
The AFS Public Programs Section has extended the deadline for applications to its Archie Green Student Travel Award to August 15.
The editors are pleased to announce the imminent shipment of the Summer issue (v. 135, no. 537) of the JAF: A Global Quarterly. The issue will also soon be available online to subscribers in Project Muse.
The University of California, Berkeley's Scandinavian department is seeking applications for an assistant professor of Arctic Studies with an emphasis in Indigenous Studies. Submissions are due by October 17, 2022.
Register now for "Appalachian Futurism: The Inaugural Gathering of the Waymakers Collective," a weekend with Appalachian artists, culture workers, organizers, activists, doers, and creatives, August 26–28, 2022 in Knoxville, TN.
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