Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2024 American Folklore Society annual conference! Explore our extensive collection of books, journals, blog posts, and more. Use the promo code AFS24 for 50% off of all of our folklore titles when ordering from our website, November 6-16, 2024. Buy 3 books and receive a free issue of Journal of American Ethnic History.
Featured Books
Featured Journals
The Journal of American Folklore, edited by Lisa Gilman, is the quarterly journal of the American Folklore Society. The contents of the Journal reflect a wide range of topics and points of view, grounded in past and current folklore scholarship, and based on recognized disciplinary methods.
Special Issue: Folklore Studies and Disability
Volume 137, Issue 545 of Journal of American Folklore is a special issue on folklore and disability and is available to read online on Project MUSE. On our podcast, The UPside, editor Lisa Gilman and special issue guest editor Anand Prahlad discuss the articles featured in the issue, what folklore studies can contribute disability studies and vice versa, the importance of mentorship, and more. Listen to the episode on Soundcloud, read the transcript on our blog, or check out a video clip from the episode below.
Free to Access Article
Let’s Talk
Journals Manager Jeff McArdle has been with the Press since 2004.
Browse Our Seasonal Catalog
More From Our Authors
- Listen to our podcast series, The UPside:
- Review of Ink in Booklist
- Listen to an interview with contributor Aaron S. Allen on KPFA’s Against the Grain
- Read a Q&A with the editors of Music Making Community
- Watch an interview with the Langston Collin Wilkins on KIAH TV
- Read a Q&A with Levi S. Gibbs
- Ozark Folksongs and Ballads sung by Max Hunter (Album from Smithsonian Folkways)
- Hear Stephen Wade on NPR / All Things Considered