Tennessee Folklore Society

Tennessee Folklore Society Celebrating the rich folk arts and cultural traditions of the mid-South since 1934

Founded in 1934, the Society's activities include publishing the Tennessee Folklore Society Bulletin, the nation's oldest regional folklore journal; issuing recordings of important Tennessee traditional music; holding an annual meeting where members and prospective members gather to present papers and exchange ideas; acting as a conduit for state and federal grants devoted to special projects cele

brating Tennessee's folk traditions; and serving as a clearinghouse for information about Tennessee folk culture.

08/24/2025

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08/10/2025

Official journal of Appalachian Studies Association (ASA), Journal of Appalachian Studies 31.1 is a special issue entitled "Transformative Approaches to Materiality in Appalachian Studies" and is available online! Guest edited by Jasper Waugh-Quasebarth and Zada Komara.

Articles and research notes include "Funerary Photographs as Enduring Kinship and Community Ties in Twentieth-Century Appalachia and Transappalachia: Material and Relational Methods " by Angela McClanahan, "Language, Material Culture, and Materiality in Appalachia" by Allison Burkette, "Ritual Remembrance: Folklore and Visionary Ideals" by Rebecca Proffitt, and many more! Read the full issue on the Scholarly Publishing Collective. https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jas/issue/31/1

TFS friends doing research on Christmas and Popular Culture may be interested in Brian Peterson's VIRTUAL conference.
08/07/2025

TFS friends doing research on Christmas and Popular Culture may be interested in Brian Peterson's VIRTUAL conference.

Call for Papers: welcome!CONFERENCE MISSION: Explore academically topics in commercial expressions of Christmas in popular culture in the United States of Am...

07/23/2025
07/16/2025

Dr. Shawn Pitts, of Selmer, is a nonprofit leader, folklorist, and music historian, whose work in McNairy County has been held up as a statewide and national model for rural […]

07/12/2025

From Dr. Bradley Hanson, Director of Folklife, and Evangeline Mee, Traditional Arts Specialist – The Tennessee Arts Commission Folklife Program has awarded funding to eight projects as part of the 2026 Traditional […]

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