The Newer Researchers Day brings together researchers from all disciplines with an interest in folklore practice and study. It is a workshop intended to celebrate, share, and develop skills in the innovative ways in which many researchers are approaching contemporary living tradition. Experts will run informative and interactive sessions on material culture of folklore, fieldwork,...
The Echoes of Padstow project is inspired by the incredible audio-visual collection of Doc Rowe, who first visited Padstow in 1963. It has become Doc’s life-long work dedicated to recording, collecting and preserving traditions such as Padstow’s May Day. The Echoes of Padstow website celebrates Padstow, its people and their Obby Oss May Day tradition....
We have renamed, revised and relaunched our biennial non-print media award’ as ‘The Doc Rowe Award’ in honour of his six decades of recording, filming and photographing seasonal events throughout the UK. Submissions are invited for the 2025 Doc Rowe Award, to be presented in November after this year’s Katharine Briggs Lecture. For more details...
Folklore Reimagined: 2025 events at The British Academy April-May 2025 British Academy, 10-11 Carlton House Terrace London SW1Y 5AH How have global folklore traditions, stories, and customs shaped our identities? And what does contemporary folklore look like? Delve into fascinating topics like the lore of our landscapes, the importance of sung history, and how crafting...
Estella Canziani Post-graduate Bursary for Research 2025 We are very pleased to announce that three post-graduate applicants received bursaries for their research projects in 2025: Rawan Alfuraih (University of Oxford): ‘The Epic of Najd: Rebirth of Bodies in the New Environment of Saudi Arabian Urbanisation.’ Maximilian Bowden (University of Essex): ‘Mapping the Deadverse: Worldbuilding and Narrative...
Call for Papers: ‘Revisiting Oral Narrative: Anthropology, Folklore and History’ Ninth ‘Folklore and Anthropology in Conversation’ Joint Seminar The Folklore Society and The Royal Anthropological Institute Date: Thursday 23 October, 2025. Time: 10 AM to 5 PM. Location: 50 Fitzroy Street, London W1T 5BT and online via Zoom The annual seminar series ‘Folklore and...
Director for The Folklore Centre: Funding Lead The Folklore Centre, Todmorden, a Community Interest Company, is seeking a director with experience of fundraising and grant applications. This is a voluntary position, with reasonable expenses paid, dependant on funding success. Since 2019, The Folklore Centre has grown into a significant site for the exploration, celebration and...
25 December Peace and good will to all Of every faith and none It’s midnight, and the cat still hasn’t said anything intelligible. Here’s a robin on a Victorian Christmas card in The Folklore Society Archives–hear a robin singing on Christmas Eve 2024 near The Folklore Society’s office in London, complete with traffic noise and...