There is still time to submit an essay for this important special issue of “Jewish Folklore and Ethnology.” Jewish Folklore and Ethnology (JFE) is a peer-reviewed, annual journal issued by Wayne State University Press.
It features innovative, original analytical studies, essays, and commentaries in English on the diverse ways in which Jewishness is expressed, conceived, transformed, and perceived by Jews and non-Jews through folklore, tradition, and social/cultural practice.
JFE’s coverage includes but is not limited to genres of narrative, song, music, speech, custom, ritual, belief, art, craft, architecture, dance, dress, and food; practices and performances of the body, faith, home, and community in the past and present; and ideas of tradition, identity, ethnicity, race, gender, religion, education, and culture.
JFE invites submissions from varied disciplines in the humanities and social sciences and methodologies/approaches. There is plenty of scope for essays related to Jewish built heritage.
The journal is accepting submissions through July.
“JFE strives for an international reach in content and authors and values engaging academic writing that will be of interest to lay as well as scholarly audiences.” For more information on submitting essays, see https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/jewishfolklore/
Dan Ben-Amos (1934-2023) was a leading figure in the field of Jewish folklore; Professor of African, Jewish, and Middle Eastern Folklore, and longtime Professor of Folklore and Folklife at the University of Pennsylvania, where he also served as Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations.
He passed away this past March.