Welcome to WSFS
You have reached the Web site of the Western States Folklore Society (formerly California Folklore Society). Click on the buttons in the navigation panel at the left to explore our site:
- About WSFS describes the organization
- Membership tells you how to join the Society
- Publications describes our journal, Western Folklore, and how to submit articles and reviews for publication
- Meetings contains information about our Annual Meetings in April
- Contact Us provides email and surface mail addresses
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Abstract deadline extended to Feb. 20
The Organizing Committee for the 2023 Annual Meeting has extended the deadline for submitting abstracts to Monday, Feb. 20, 2023. Please refer to the Call for Papers for details.
Local Information for the Annual Meeting, 2023
Click on the Local Information button for information regarding directions, accommodations, and travel is now available for the Annual Meeting at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, April 14-15, 2023.
Bylaw revisions approved
Voting on changes to the WSFS Bylaws ended Dec. 31, 2022, and the votes have been tallied. The Bylaws Review Committee is pleased to announce that the Bylaw changes have been approved by a majority of those voting.
Nomination for the Board of Directors, 2023-2025, now being accepted.
Western States Folklore Society is pleased to announce that nominations for directors for the next two-year term of office for President, Vice President, Student Director at Large, and Secretary may be entered by using a simple form to be found here. The form is very straightforward: each office has a box labeled with the office, a place for entering the name of the person you’re nominating, and an optional box for entering any information that you consider useful for the WSFS Nominating Committee to know. Nominations are open through March 31, 2023. The Nominating Committee will then draw up a slate of candidates which will be posted on this site and provided in the Annual Meeting program for approval by the membership at the Business Meeting at the end of the Annual Meeting, Saturday, April 15, 2023.
Bylaw revisions approved
Voting on changes to the WSFS Bylaws ended Dec. 31, 2022, and the votes have been tallied. The Bylaws Review Committee is pleased to announce that the Bylaw changes have been approved by a majority of those voting.
Call for Papers issued
The official Call for Papers for the 2023 Annual Meeting is now available. The meeting will be held on April 14-15, 2023 at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Click the Call for Papers button in the navigation panel to the left for full particulars regarding registration and guidelines for submitting abstracts. Note that several themed panels have been proposed and are described on that page.
Western Folklore, Vol. 82, No. 1 mailed to membership
Volume 82, Number 1 (Winter, 2023), the most recent issue of Western Folklore, was mailed on December 2, 2022; please allow three weeks for delivery (foreign mail may take up to two months). To view the contents, refer to the Current Issue page.
Book review titles for Western Folklore now available online
Our new Review Editor, Afsane Rezaei, is looking for reviewers for a slew of new books, so we’ve added a new page that lists their titles. There you can select titles you would like to review. Afsane will then contact you about reviewing. To access the list, visit the Publications page and click on the Titles for Review button in the navigation panel.