Events
CALL FOR PAPERS: 'When Loud Rumour Speaks’: Informal communication in the modern online world
3 February 2026 - 30 June 2026
‘Folklore and Anthropology in Conversation’ The Tenth Folklore Society – Royal Anthropological...CALL FOR PAPERS: The Folklore Society Legendary Weekend: Trade in Legend and Tradition
2 March 2026 - 1 July 2026
The glove is up as apes surround the pedlar and sell him into the land of Egypt. When the...Online Talk: Fairy Tales, Papua New Guinea, an Idiosyncratic Approach
10 March 2026 19:00 - 20:30
Speaker: Viktor Wynd
Viktor Wynd will discuss his idiosyncratic approach to performing and understanding fairy tales, his...Online Talk: Early findings from The National Folklore Survey for England
24 March 2026 19:00 - 20:30
Speaker: David Clarke; Sophie Parkes-Nield and Diane A. Rodgers
The recent revival of popular interest in folklore, from calendar customs to folk horror...Online Talk: Macbeth: The Fairy Tale?
7 April 2026 19:00 - 20:30
Speaker: Tom Barnes
Macbeth: The Fairy Tale? A Folklore Society online talk by Tom Barnes Tuesday 7 April 2026 19:00-20:30 Macbeth...Online Talk: Picturing The Dead: Spirit Photography c.1860-1940
21 April 2026 19:00 - 20:30
Speaker: Helen Frisby
Picturing the Dead: Spirit Photography c.1860-1940 A Folklore Society online talk by Helen Frisby Tuesday...Online Talk: Lily-of-the-valley Customs: A Window on France
5 May 2026 19:00 - 20:30
Speaker: Cozette Griffin-Kremer
Lily-of the-valley Customs: A Window on France A Folklore Society online talk by Cozette Griffin-Kremer Tuesday...Online Talk: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Search for Grindylow
19 May 2026 19:00 - 20:30
Speaker: John Clark
50 Years of Plant-Lore Collecting A Folklore Society online talk by John Clark Tuesday 19 May 2026 19:00-20:30 The...Online Talk: 'Green' myths, legends and folk tales
23 June 2026 19:00 - 20:30
Speaker: Rosalind Kerven
'Green' myths, legends and folk tales A Folklore Society online talk by Rosalind Kerven Tuesday 2...Non-Folklore Society events, notices and calls for papers
ISNFR Conference 2026: Nature(s) in Narrative, 13–16 June 2026
24 November 2025 - 30 March 2026, University of Iceland
Registration is now open for the 2026 International Society for Folk Narrative Research Conference - 'Nature(s) in Narrative'. "The ISFNR Interim conference in 2026 will be held in Reykjavík... Read moreCall for Papers: Performing Evil: The mediation and display of diabolic spectres,1700-2000
3 March 2026 - 21 March 2026, Leuven, Belgium
‘… to assign their reasons for thinking that those malignant and unhappy beings do really, certainly exist.’ Walter Scott, ‘The existence of evil spirits proved’ (1843) This... Read moreTheatre Production Tessitrici di fiabe (Weavers of Fairy Tales)
13 March 2026 - 15 February 2026, St John's College, University of Cambridge
The theatre production Tessitrici di fiabe (Weavers of Fairy Tales) will soon be staged at St John’s College, University of Cambridge. Dates: 13-14-15 March 2026 Tickets and further details are... Read more