The American Folklore Society

The National Humanities Center invites applications for academic-year or semester-long residential fellowships. Fellows enjoy private studies, in-house dining, and the exceptional service of NHC librarians to access and acquire all types of research materials while in residence. Our independent endowment ensures that Fellows have the time and freedom to work on what they choo...

This past week, we released the preliminary program for pre-organized panels and forums, and assembled panels (those panels created by bringing together individual presentations). Currently, the preliminary program draft is available only to those who have registered for an

Since it first mesmerized Western audiences in the early 20th century, Balinese masked dance–drama (Topeng) has drawn sustained scholarly attention. Yet until now, much of that attention has been filtered through non-Balinese perspectives. 

What if the legends of submerged cities, land-making witches and sea-crossing bishops are not mere inventions but echoes of real events? Whispers from Celtic Seas (Reaktion Books, 2026) revisits coastal traditions from the Celtic fringes of northwest E...

MUSICultures is the peer-reviewed journal of The Canadian Society for Traditional Music / La Société canadienne pour les traditions musicales. Membership in the Society is not a prerequisite to submit an article.

MUSICultures publishes origin...