The Katharine Briggs Award 2024: Short List
We are pleased to announce the short list for the Katharine Briggs Award 2024 SHORT LIST and Judges’ comments on the short-listed entries (in alphabetical order by first author/editor surname) Willem de Blécourt and Mirjam Mencej (eds), Werewolf Legends (Palgrave Macmillan). This is an engrossing collection of legends concerning werewolves from across Europe, using different...
The workshop will be held at the Institute of European Ethnology and Cultural Analysis at LMU Munich on May 22 and 23, 2025, in collaboration with the Gabriele d’Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara. Organised by: Frauke Ahrens (Institute for European Ethnology and Cultural Analysis, LMU Munich), Fabiana Dimpflmeier (Department of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences, Gabriele...
Being Human Festival: Fangs and Folklore
Saturday 16 November 2024, 10:30 – 14:30, Derby Museum and Art Gallery Did Bram Stoker read any folklorists in order to write Dracula? What did he invent outright and what did he develop? How old is traditional belief in Vampires? Where do the stories come from? Explore these and other questions in three workshop sessions,...
Mermaids: Fish, Flesh or Fowl?
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: Online Course
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: Folklore Society Presidential Address 2024 and AGM
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...