Beastly Beasts: Hybrids in Folklore and Fantasy A Folklore Society Online Talk, by Dr Juliette Wood (Cardiff University) Tuesday 23 April 2024, 18:00 BST If you are familiar with modern fantasy writing, you will undoubtedly have encountered dragons and hippogriffs, but have you ever read about the Bonnacon from the medieval bestiary or seen a...
Martyrdom and Demonic Possession: The Virginal followers of Saint Ursula A Folklore Society Online Talk, by Eric Huang Tuesday 7 May 2024, 18:00 BST Saint Ursula is a princess and martyr from Roman Britannia. Her legend is based around a pilgrimage to Rome that included an entourage of 11,000 virgins. They met their end in...
Sheela-na-gigs on Medieval and Early Modern Buildings A Folklore Society online talk, by Dr Rosemary Power (Affiliate, CAMPS, University of Galway) Tuesday 21 May 2024, 18:00 BST These figures are found in northern Europe, especially in Ireland. There are some 7-8 in county Clare alone. They are often found on churches from in the middle...
RESCHEDULED from 16 January to 18 June 2024 Reproductive Bodylore: The Role of Vernacular Knowledge in Contraception Decision-making A Folklore Society online talk by Dr Victoria Newton (Open University) Tuesday 18 June 2024, 18:00-19:30 Reporting on the Reproductive Bodylore project, this talk looks at the usefulness of folklore for viewing public health issues in a...
Digital Folklore The Folklore Society’s Annual Conference, a hybrid conference in collaboration with the Department of Digital Humanities, King’s College London Friday 28 to Sunday 30 June 2024 Online and at King’s College London, Strand, London WC2B 4BG, UK Digital and networked technologies offer a wealth of new modes of folklore genre, performance and transmission....
Water in Legend and Tradition: the 18th Legendary Weekend of The Folklore Society Saturday 31 August and Sunday 1 September 2024 St Peter’s by the Waterfront, College Street, Ipswich IP4 1BF, UK CALL for PAPERS, Presentations or Performances: Deadline 1 July Cry me a river! The tears of the Virgin would fill a bottomless pool,...
Soundscapes and Folklore in East Asia ‘Folklore and Anthropology in Conversation’ The Eighth Folklore Society – Royal Anthropological Institute Joint Seminar Date: Thursday 24 October, 2024 Time: 10.00am to 5.00pm Location: 50 Fitzroy Street, London W1T 5BT Call for Papers The seminar series ‘Folklore and Anthropology in Conversation’ encourages empirical and conceptual dialogue between the two related disciplines of folklore...
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