Sophia Kingshill examines the complex family tree of the mermaid, from ancient images to modern media. Mythology, symbolism, romance and lechery, with a touch of fraud and a taste of salt. Friday 18 October, 7pm Emma Mason Gallery, Eastbourne Folklorist Sophia Kingshill, author of Mermaids: Lust & Legends of a Rebel Sisterhood and Liz Overs with traditional songs...
A History of Folklore: an online course from The Folklore Society Ever wondered where ‘folklore’ comes from? Who were the founders of our subject and how does their influence still shape what folklorists do today? Where are folklore studies going now? Then come and join in a new 10-week A History of Folklore course run...
Alice Gomme: Game Collector By Amara Thornton (Co-Investigator, Beyond Notability project) In March 2024 ‘Five Stones for Alice’ premiered in London, at a workshop held at the Society of Antiquaries in Burlington House–the very same site, in fact, that hosted the International Folklore Congress in 1891. Alice Gomme was a pivotal part of the organisation...
Coming up soon! 30 September 2024 is the deadline for entries for The Folklore Society President’s Prize 2024, for a folklore studies essay by a student registered on a relevant undergraduate, or equivalent level 4, 5 or 6, course of study at a university or other institution of higher or further education in the UK...
The Sailor’s Tale The Folklore Society Presidential Address 2024 By Prof. David Hopkin (University of Oxford) Tuesday 17 September 2024, 17:00 BST at 50 Fitzroy Street, London W1T 5BT and online Prof. David Hopkin looks at a distinctive tradition of maritime storytelling in The Folklore Society Presidential Address 2024 David Hopkin is a social and...
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 Cry me a river! The tears of the Virgin would fill a bottomless pool, down to the sunless dragons of the deep. Exorcise thee,...
What did people believe in the past and why? How much of the old folk culture survives till our own day? This talk by local historian Chris Hare will include folk medicine, rituals of the seasons and the Moon, and how the lives of country people translated into town life as Sussex became more urbanised....
Our editor of FLS News, Dr Ceri Houlbrook, has written a very nice piece about the Wishing-tree of Loch Maree for The Wellcome Collection website: you can read it here: https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZpoyNhAAAFyEjk4- Image: The wishing-tree of Loch Maree. © Cat O’Neil / Killington Arts for Wellcome Collection. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0).