November 6-19, 2024

2024 Annual Meeting of the American Folklore Society


Recordings of the Annual Meeting

Recordings of the Annual Meeting are now available on the Conference Platform Schedule. You must be logged in to view the video recordings, which are nested with each meeting on the Schedule- in the menu bar now called "Schedule/Recordings".
You can choose the “recorded” track dropdown menu to filter the results. The PDF summarizes links to the recorded sessions.
These recordings are made available with permission of the presenters at time of submitting their presentations. If you have additional recordings (audio and video) of the meeting, please share them with your permission- we will confirm permissions of others before uploading.
In viewing these recordings, please note they have not been edited from the original. If you notice something inappropriate or if the video was uploaded in error, please write us.

All the best,

AM Team

2024 Print Program and Abstract Appendix

Updated PDF of Print Program added December 9

Updated PDF of Abstract Appendix added December 13.

Please note Print Program and Abstract Appendix reflect information as of October 15, 2024.

Local Guide And Convention Center Info

This Local Guide has been prepared by the Local Organizing Committee for participants to learn more about the region as part of their Annual Meeting experience.

While at the Convention Center Please Note

Free WiFI for Annual Meeting Attendees
JOin: COAFreeWireless

Onsite Concessions found on Upper Level
8am Open for Coffee
11:30am-2pm Grab and Go Lunches for Purchase

Welcome to the 136th AFS Annual Meeting

Join us this November for the 136th Annual Meeting of the American Folklore Society online and in Albuquerque, New Mexico!

The in-person part of the meeting will be hosted at the Albuquerque Convention Center and the DoubleTree by Hilton, with hybrid components on this conference platform, November 6-9.

The virtual part of the meeting will be hosted on this platform November 18-19.

Registration provides access to both the in-person and virtual portions of the meeting. Registrants will enjoy maintaining engagement with all 2024 meeting materials, regardless of mode, through this platform throughout and beyond our meeting dates.

Welcome to the 136th AFS Annual Meeting

The following partners have provided generous support for the 2024 Annual Meeting:

2024 AFS Annual Meeting Committees: Local Organizing and Review

AFS Cultural Diversity Committee and AFS Women’s Section

Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts,University of Arkansas Libraries Special Collections

Arts Institute of Middlesex County

Assoc of Western States Folklorists

George Mason University

Goucher College

Fellows of the American Folklore Society

Flower City Folk

Free Your Mind

Wise Folk Productions, LLC

Indiana University Press

Local Learning: The National Network for Folk Arts in Education

Los Herederos

Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies

Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, University of New Mexico

Memorial University, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

National Endowment for the Arts

National Historical Publications and Records Commission

New Mexico Arts

Scholars Choice

Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Southwest Folklife Alliance

The Creative West (formerly WESTAF)

The Ohio State University

University of Arkansas Libraries

University of Exeter Press

University of Mississippi Press

University of New Mexico

University of Illinois Press

University of Wisconsin Press

Utah State University

Urban Artistry

Vermont Folklife Center

Wayne State University Press

The William G. Pomeroy Foundation

Location

Hybrid event

Albuquerque Convention Center and DoubleTree

401 2nd Street Northwest Albuquerque, NM United States, 87102

Submission period

February 29, 2024 - 12:24 PM until April 15, 2024 - 5:00 PM

Contact us

If you have any questions, please contact annualmeeting@afsnet.org .