Governance: Council and Management Board
The Folklore Society Council (2023-24)
- Dr Matthew Cheeseman
- Dr Paul Cowdell
- Prof. Owen Davies (Vice-President)
- Dr Oliver Douglas
- Dr Helen Frisby (Participation Officer)
- Prof. James H. Grayson
- Mr Jeremy Harte
- Dr Jessica Hemming (Editor of Folklore)
- Prof. David Hopkin (President, 2023-26)
- Dr Ceri Houlbrook (Editor of FLS News)
- Prof. Richard Jenkins (Hon. Treasurer)
- Ms Sophia Kingshill (Honorary Secretary)
- Mr Nick Le Bigre
- Prof. Patricia Lysaght
- Mr Ross MacFarlane
- Mr Mark Norman
- Dr ‘Doc’ Rowe
- Prof. Ian Russell
- Dr Kate Smith
- Dr Juliette Wood (Folklore Reviews Editor)
Trustees of The Folklore Society
- President: Prof. David Hopkin
- Vice President: Prof. Owen Davies
- Secretary: Ms Sophia Kingshill
- Honorary Treasurer: Prof. Richard Jenkins
- Participation Officer: Dr Helen Frisby
Directors of Folklore Enterprises Ltd
- Prof. Owen Davies
- Prof. Richard Jenkins
Publications and Administration
- Editor, Folklore: Dr Jessica Hemming
- Assistant Editor, Folklore: Dr Antone Minard
- Associate Editor, Folklore: Dr Paul Cowdell
- Editor, FLS News: Dr Ceri Houlbrook
- Reviews Editor, Folklore: Dr Juliette Wood
- Reviews Editor, Folklore: Dr Tina Paphitis
- Library and Admin: Dr Caroline Oates
- Administrative Assistant: Ewan Wallace
Legal Advisor
Alan Murdie, LL.B, Barrister, Nucleus Legal Advice, 298 Old Brompton Road, London SW5 9JF.
Accountants
Azets, Globe House, Sittingbourne Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME19 3EN
Past Presidents of The Folklore Society
- 1878–79 James Grimston, 2nd Earl of Verulam
- 1880–85 Frederick Lygon, 6th Earl Beauchamp
- 1885–88 George Byng, 3rd Earl of Strafford
- 1888–92 Andrew Lang
- 1892–95 Laurence Gomme
- 1895–97 Edward Clodd
- 1897–99 Alfred Nutt
- 1899–1901 Edwin Hartland
- 1901–03 Edward Brabrook
- 1903–04 Frederick York Powell
- 1904–07 W H D Rouse
- 1907–09 Moses Gaster
- 1909–11 Charlotte Burne
- 1911–13 William Crooke
- 1913–18 Robert Ranulph Marett
- 1918–20 Alfred Cort Haddon
- 1920–22 W H R Rivers
- 1922–24 Henry Balfour
- 1924–26 J L Myers
- 1926–28 A R Wright
- 1928–30 R M Dawkins
- 1930–32 E O James
- 1932–35 H J Rose
- 1935–37 S H Hooke
- 1937–39 Mary MacLeod Banks
- 1939–43 John Henry Hutton
- 1943–45 L F Newman
- 1945–47 FitzRoy Somerset, 4th Baron Raglan
- 1947–48 H J Fleure
- 1948–51 Walter Leo Hildburgh
- 1951–53 Arthur Allan Gomme
- 1953–55 Margaret Murray
- 1955 T W Bagshawe
- 1956 (No president)
- 1956–59 Sona Rosa Burstein
- 1959–61 Sir Arthur Waugh
- 1961–63 Mary Williams
- 1963–64 Peter Opie
- 1964–67 Douglas Kennedy
- 1967–70 Katharine Briggs
- 1970–73 Stewart Sanderson
- 1973–76 Hilda Ellis Davidson
- 1976–79 J R Porter
- 1979–82 W M S Russell
- 1982–84 Carmen Blacker
- 1984–87 Venetia Newall
- 1987–90 John Widdowson
- 1990–93 Roy Judge
- 1993–96 Jacqueline Simpson
- 1996–99 Juliette Wood
- 1999–2002 W. F. H. Nicolaisen
- 2002–05 Marion Bowman
- 2005–08 W. F. Ryan
- 2008–11 Eddie Cass
- 2011–14 Robert McDowall
- 2014–17 James H. Grayson
- 2017–20 Patricia Lysaght
- 2020–23 Owen Davies
- 2023- current David Hopkin