June’s free e-book is here! Check out Welcome 2 Houston: Hip Hop Heritage in Hustle Town by Langston Collin Wilkins before the month is over! Langston Collin Wilkins returns to […]
Free E-book Giveaway: WELCOME 2 HOUSTON
Category: folklore
Free E-book Giveaway: AIN’T I AN ANTHROPOLOGIST
March’s free e-book is here! Check out Ain’t I an Anthropologist: Zora Neale Hurston Beyond the Literary Icon by Jennifer L. Freeman Marshall before the month is over! Iconic as […]
AFS 2024 Virtual Exhibit
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 […]
Folklore Studies and Disability: Discussing a Special Issue of Journal of American Folklore
In the latest episode of the University of Press podcast, The UPside, JAF: A Global Quarterly, also known as the Journal of American Folklore, editor Dr. Lisa Gilman sat down […]
AFS 2023 Virtual Exhibit
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2023 American Folklore Society annual conference! Explore our extensive collection of books, journals, blog posts, and more. Use the […]
Q&A with Levi S. Gibbs, editor of SOCIAL VOICES
Levi S. Gibbs, editor of Social Voices: The Cultural Politics of Singers around the Globe, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? […]
AFS 2022 Virtual Exhibit
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2022 American Folklore Society annual conference! Explore our extensive collection of books, journals, blog posts, and more. Use the […]
Free E-book Giveaway: STORYTELLING IN SIBERIA
October’s free e-book is here! Check out Storytelling in Siberia: The Olonkho Epic in a Changing World by Robin P. Harris before the month is over! Olonkho, the epic narrative […]
AFS 2021 Virtual Exhibit
Welcome to our 2021 American Folklore Society Virtual Exhibit. Step inside to browse our journals, featured books, and more. Use Promo Code AFS21 to get 50% off all our folklore […]
American Folklore Society Virtual Exhibit
Welcome to our 2020 American Folklore Society Virtual Exhibit. Step inside to see our featured titles, journals, music, and more. Browse our newest American Folklore Studies titles, and use Promo […]
Banjo Roots and Branches Awarded American Musical Instrument Society’s Nicholas Bessaraboff Prize
We are pleased to announce Banjo Roots and Branches edited by Robert B. Winans has won the American Musical Instrument Society’s Nicholas Bessaraboff Prize. The Nicholas Bessaraboff Prize is awarded […]
“Fake News” From the Journal of American Folklore, Part 6
This is the sixth installment of our blog series exploring the articles in the special issue on “Fake News” from the Journal of American Folklore (vol. 131, no. 522). The special issue on […]