The American Folklore Society is the US-based professional association for folklorists, with members from the US, Canada, and around the world. It was founded in 1888 by William Wells Newell, who stood at the center of a diverse group of university-based scholars, museum anthropologists, and men and women of letters and affairs. At present, almost half of its 2,200 members practice their work outside of higher education.

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  • The American Folklore Society is the US-based professional association for folklorists, with members from the US, Canada, and around the world. It was founded in 1888 by William Wells Newell, who stood at the center of a diverse group of university-based scholars, museum anthropologists, and men and women of letters and affairs. At present, almost half of its 2,200 members practice their work outside of higher education. In addition to professors, members include museum curators, librarians, arts administrators, freelance researchers, and others involved in the study and promotion of folklore and traditional culture. The Society is based at the Ohio State University and has an annual convention every October. The Society's quarterly publication is the Journal of American Folklore. The American Folklore Society is a member organization in the American Council of Learned Societies. Over the years, prominent members of the American Folklore Society known outside of academic circles have included Mark Twain, Zora Neale Hurston, Franz Boas, Ella Deloria, Ben Botkin, Alan Lomax, Jan Harold Brunvand, William Ferris, John Miles Foley and Marius Barbeau. The current president is Elaine Lawless, Curators' Distinguished Professor of English and Women's Studies at the University of Missouri. Past presidents include Samuel Preston Bayard and Henry Glassie. The Society's Women's section inaugurated 1983 two prizes in the memory of anthropologist Elli Köngäs-Maranda.
  • American Folklore Society er en USA-basert forening av folklorister fra hele verden, med sete ved Ohio State University. Selskapet ble grunnlagt i 1888 av William Wells Newell, som var midtpunkt i en krets av universitetstilknyttede og museumstilknyttede forskere, folkeminnesamlere og feltarbeidere, innenfor fagområdene kulturantropologi og folkloristikk. Selskapet har nå cirka 2200 medlemer. I tillegg til profesjonelle universitets- og museumsfolk, arkivarer og bibliotekarer, er det også en rekke freelanceforskere som driver studier innenfor emneområdet. Selskapet har årsmøter (annual conventions) i oktober. Selskapet utgir også kvartalsvis tidsskriftet the Journal of American Folklore og medlemsbladet AFSNews. I tillegg utgis dessuten en skriftserie som kalles Project MUSE. American Folklore Society er tilsluttet American Council of Learned Societies. Selskapet har hatt en rekke celebre og berømte medlemmer, som Mark Twain, Franz Boas, Reidar Th. Christiansen, Alan Lomax, Jan Harold Brunvand og Bengt af Klintberg. Presidenten heter for tiden Elaine Lawless, og hun er professor i Engelsk og kvinnestudier ved University of Missouri. Selskapets kvinnegruppe innstiftet i 1983 to minnepriser i Elli-Kaija Köngäs-Marandas navn.
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  • The American Folklore Society is the US-based professional association for folklorists, with members from the US, Canada, and around the world. It was founded in 1888 by William Wells Newell, who stood at the center of a diverse group of university-based scholars, museum anthropologists, and men and women of letters and affairs. At present, almost half of its 2,200 members practice their work outside of higher education.
  • American Folklore Society er en USA-basert forening av folklorister fra hele verden, med sete ved Ohio State University. Selskapet ble grunnlagt i 1888 av William Wells Newell, som var midtpunkt i en krets av universitetstilknyttede og museumstilknyttede forskere, folkeminnesamlere og feltarbeidere, innenfor fagområdene kulturantropologi og folkloristikk. Selskapet har nå cirka 2200 medlemer.
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  • American Folklore Society
  • American Folklore Society
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