Events
Online Talk: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Search for Grindylow
19 May 2026 19:00 - 20:30
Speaker: John Clark
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Search for Grindylow A Folklore Society online talk by John...'Folklore on the Move' The Folklore Society’s Annual Conference 2026
5 June 2026 - 10 June 2026
Folklore on the Move The Folklore Society’s Annual Conference 2026, in collaboration with 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...CALL FOR PAPERS: Trade in Legend and Tradition: the Twentieth Legendary Weekend of The Folklore Society
5 September 2026 - 6 September 2026
The glove is up as apes surround the pedlar and sell him into the land of Egypt. When the pin...CALL FOR PAPERS: 'When Loud Rumour Speaks’: Informal communication in the modern online world
15 October 2026 09:30 - 17:00
‘Folklore and Anthropology in Conversation’ The Tenth Folklore Society – Royal Anthropological...Non-Folklore Society events, notices and calls for papers
$500 Bounty for English “Vampire”
29 December 2025 - 31 December 2027
A journal editor is offering $500 to anyone who can find the earliest use of the word vampire in English. Anthony Hogg, president of the Vampire Studies Association and editor of the Journal of Vampire... Read moreCall for Contributions: A Sourcebook for Histories of Weather and Weathering
27 April 2026 - 5 September 2026
We invite contributions to this sourcebook, which aims to present and analyse a diverse range of primary sources that reveal embodied, scientific and cultural knowledges in histories of weather and weathering.... Read moreA History of Royal Funerals by Dr Helen Frisby
13 May 2026 , Wedmore Village Hall, Wedmore
This talk with Dr Helen Frisby, author of the Shire book Traditions of Death and Burial, explores royal funeral customs from Anglo-Saxon times to the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. Some royal funeral... Read more