Events
Stone Lifting: Unearthing a Lost Tradition
3 November 2026 19:00 - 20:30
Speaker: David Keohan
In the last few years, David Keohan, a multiple national European and world champion in kettlebell sport,...The Katharine Briggs Lecture and Book Award 2026
10 November 2026 18:30 - 20:30
Speaker: Yinka Olusoga
The Folklore Society’s Katharine Briggs Lecture and Book Award 2026 will take place on Tuesday...Online Talk: Living Heritage
17 November 2026 19:00 - 20:30
Speaker: Matthew Cheeseman
Living Heritage A Folklore Society Online Talk by Matthew Cheeseman and Kay Dunn Tues 17 November,...The Fishermen’s Luck: The Maritime Clavie & its Variants
15 December 2026 19:00 - 20:30
Speaker: Fiona-Jane Brown
The annual 'Burning of the Clavie' New Year fire ceremony takes place in the fishing town of Burghead...Online Talk: Pageants and Revels: Spectacle, Dance and the Folkloresque Past
12 January 2027 19:00 - 20:30
Speaker: Juliette Wood
Pageants and Revels: Spectacle, Dance and the Folkloresque Past A Folklore Society Online Talk by Juliette...CALL FOR PAPERS: 'Folklore and the Natural World' The Folklore Society’s Annual Conference 2027
11 June 2027 - 13 June 2027
Our relationship with the natural world is central to our understanding of ourselves, our lives, and...Non-Folklore Society events, notices and calls for papers
Call for submissions: Wonder Tales: Critical and Creative Approaches
15 May 2026 - 31 December 2026
Wonder Tales: Critical and Creative Approaches Cristina Bacchilega (University of Hawaiʻi-Mānoa), Veronica Schanoes (Queens College, City University of New York), Elena Sottilotta (University... Read moreCall for papers: Dracula Returns A.D.2027
21 July 2026 - 31 October 2026, Derby, 14–16 May 2027
Dracula Returns A.D.2027 is a conference and celebration marking the 103rd anniversary of Dracula’s licensed stage appearance in Derby, organised by The Derby Dracula Enterprise, the community interest... Read moreMelvyn Robinson: Hill Drawings — Landscape, Poetry and Folk Tradition
15 September 2026 - 11 January 2027, Cecil Sharp House, London NW1 7AY
A major exhibition of Melvyn Robinson’s Hill Drawings, inspired by the South Yorkshire landscape of his childhood. Bringing together paintings, poetry and folk songs, the exhibition explores landscape,... Read more