New Directions in Folklore: Announcements

Vol. 17 - The Spirits of the Folk: Alcohol-Based Community Identity in the 21st Century - is now live!

Wed, 01 Apr 2020 20:47:49 -0400

Vol. 16, no. 1 is live!

Mon, 28 Jan 2019 16:48:19 -0500

New Special Issue (The Folk Awakens: Star Wars and Folkloristics), Vol. 15, no. 1/2, Now Available!

Mon, 01 Jan 2018 12:21:09 -0500

New Issue, Vol. 14, no. 1/2, Now Available!

Tue, 10 Jan 2017 14:15:47 -0500

New Issue, Vol. 13, no. 1/2, Now Available!

Fri, 25 Sep 2015 00:00:00 -0400

Spring has arrived with Vol. 12, no. 1 (2014)!

Mon, 28 Apr 2014 00:00:00 -0400

We are pleased to announce that the latest issue of New Directions in Folklore (Vol. 12, no. 1), is now available online. Please click either the "CURRENT" or "ARCHIVES" tab above to view it as well.

This issue will be Trevor J. Blank's last as editor of New Directions in Folklore; David J. Puglia will be the journal's new editor beginning with the fall issue. See Vol. 12, no. 1, "Editor's Note" for additional details.

Also, please check out our "BOOKS FOR REVIEW" tab if you're interested in publishing a review article with us!

Trevor J. Blank
Editor, New Directions in Folklore

Vol. 11, no. 2 (2013) now available!

Sun, 13 Oct 2013 00:00:00 -0400

We are pleased to announce that the latest issue of New Directions in Folklore (Vol. 11, no. 2), is now available online. Please click the "ARCHIVES" tab/link above to view it.

We would also like to welcome John E. Price aboard as NDiF's new book reviews editor. We thank Anthony Bak Buccitelli for all of his time and service as reviews editor for the last year. Please be sure to check out our "BOOKS FOR REVIEW" tab if you're interested in publishing a review article with us!

Trevor J. Blank
Editor, New Directions in Folklore

Vol. 11, no. 1 (2013) now published!

Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400

At last, the long-awaited Vol. 11, no. 1, Spring 2013 issue of New Directions in Folklore is here! Please click the "ARCHIVES" tab/link above to view it.

Like reading free folklore books? Check out our "BOOKS FOR REVIEW" tab if you're interested in publishing a review article with us!

We're pleased to announce that Anthony Buccitelli is our new reviews editor. As we welcome him to the NDiF team, we wish to also thank Lynne S. McNeill for her great service to the journal from 2010-2012.

Trevor J. Blank
Editor, New Directions in Folklore

Vol. 10, no. 1 is here!

Tue, 01 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

It is my pleasure to announce that our Spring 2012 issue is now available! Please click the "ARCHIVES" tab/link above to view it.

Also, be sure to check out our "BOOKS FOR REVIEW" tab if you're interested in publishing a review article with us!

Trevor J. Blank
Editor, New Directions in Folklore

List of Books Available for Review Updated

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 19:11:17 -0400

On behalf of Lynne S. McNeill, reviews editor for New Directions in Folklore, I would like to alert readers and other interested scholars that our list of available titles for review has been updated.

If you are interested in reviewing an available, listed title (or would like to request that we attempt to acquire a specific, unlisted title), please click on the BOOKS FOR REVIEW tab at the top of the page.

Thank you!

Trevor J. Blank
Editor, New Directions in Folklore

Vol. 9, no. 1/2 is here!

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400

On behalf of the editorial board at New Directions in Folklore, it is my pleasure to announce that the latest issue of the journal has arrived! We have the priviliege of presenting a special issue, guest edited by Amanda Sikarskie, on "Quiltmakers in the Digital Age." To read the issue, click the "ARCHIVES" tab.

Enjoy!

Trevor J. Blank
Editor, New Directions in Folklore

Call for Papers: New Directions in Folklore

Wed, 19 Jan 2011 23:08:05 -0500

Call for Papers: NEW DIRECTIONS IN FOLKLORE, Vol. 10, no. 1 (2012)!

With the anticipated spring/ summer 2011 release of a special issue on "Quiltmakers in the Digital Age" in progress, New Directions in Folklore would like to invite submissions of articles, notes, reflections, and/or reviews for potential publication in the Spring 2012 issue (Vol. 10, no. 1) of the journal.

Essays may tap into a variety of folkloristic topics that are of importance to the discipline. Academics, graduate students, and independent scholars are all welcome to submit their work to newdirectionsinfolklore@gmail.com or directly to the editor, Trevor J. Blank, via tjblank@psu.edu. Deadline for submissions is Friday, September 2nd, 2011.

Prospective authors are welcome to email with questions.

Trevor J. Blank
Editor, New Directions in Folklore

Call for Papers: American Folklore Society Meeting

Tue, 04 Jan 2011 18:32:54 -0500

The theme of the 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Folklore Society (Bloomington, IN, Oct. 19-22) is “Peace, War, Folklore.” The LGBTQA Section of the AFS plans to present a series of panels on such topics as the interior struggle to accept one’s sexuality, coming out, homophobia, cyberbullying—in short, artistic expressions of every sort that reflect conflict and homosexuality.

This initiative is sponsored by the LGBTQA Section of the American Folklore Society, with the co-sponsorship of the Women’s Section, the History and Folklore Section, and the Politics, Folklore and Social Justice Section.

If you are interested in presenting a paper or organized panel at AFS related to this theme, we invite you to send us abstracts by February 28. Community scholars and students are especially encouraged to apply. We welcome theory pieces, ethnographic studies, and all permutations thereof. Papers may address, but are not limited to, perspectives relating to theory and practice in allied disciplines, history, social justice, and gender.

Our intent is to mount panels of four papers each.

Please e-mail your 500-word abstract (or in the case of organized panels, a 500-word governing statement about the panel and a 250-word abstract for each paper) by February 28 to pxstewart@salisbury.edu and josephpgoodwin@comcast.net. A reply to materials submitted by this deadline is guaranteed by March 15. The deadline for proposals to be submitted to AFS is March 31.

Re-posted on behalf of the LGBTQA section of the American Folklore Society, courtesy of Joseph Goodwin.

Trevor J. Blank
Editor, New Directions in Folklore

Vol. 8, no. 1/2 is here!

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400

On behalf of the editorial board for New Directions in Folklore, it is my pleasure to announce that the latest issue of the journal--the first in over SEVEN years--has arrived in our revamped, open access site!

To read the issue, please click the "ARCHIVES" tab.

Enjoy!

Trevor J. Blank
Editor, New Directions in Folklore

Call for Papers: New Directions in Folklore, Vol. 8 (2010)

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:19:38 -0400

New Directions in Folklore welcomes submissions for its inaugural issue as a revitalized, open access e-Journal with Vol. 8, no. 1/2 (2010). This is our first new issue in over seven years, and we are excited to hear from the folklore community as a whole. Thus, we invite articles under 10,000 words on any topic of thematic interest to the journal (such as participatory culture, new media, the digital humanities, the state of modern folkloristics, unexplored topical areas, etc.).

Prospective authors are encouraged to review the "For Authors" information on the left information link. Please direct any questions to Trevor J. Blank, editor. We look forward to working with you!

New Directions in Folklore (NDiF) is back!

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:18:45 -0400

Hello and welcome to the online home of New Directions in Folklore (NDiF)! We will be returning as an open access, peer-reviewed e-Journal in September 2010 with Volume 8, no. 1/2!

In addition to our revitalization efforts, we are in the process of formatting and re-publishing all of the back issues of the journal from its previous incarnation (1997-2003). Users wishing to locate these back issues of New Directions in Folklore (as well as archived issues of the new journal upon their publication) should click on the "1997-2003" tab below the NDiF logo) Starting with Volume 7 and working backwards, we will be adding past issues frequently, and the entirety of the old NDiF publications are expected to be available online by June 2010.

We look forward to having you as readers and participants in a vibrant online community of folklore scholarship. Moreover, we hope that you will visit our journal site as it continues to evolve. Between the publications of this journal and the NewFolk listserv, we hope that a revitalized discussion of folkloristics in the twenty-first century will emerge. In the meantime, we welcome you to reacquaint yourself with the journal and hope that you will help us in our efforts to contribute to the folklore discipline through new and exciting scholarship!

With warm regards,

Trevor J. Blank
Editor, New Directions in Folklore