Costume in Legend and Tradition 31st August– 1st September 2019 at Blackburn Museum, BB1 7AJ, UK “What have we here, hempen hampen? St. Martin has cut the feather cloak of the swanwife into an ale-conner’s breeches. Tell her to buy me a cambric shirt and tie a knot in the handkerchief. We will stitch together...
Anthropology and Folklore in Conversation: The Fifth Joint Seminar of The Folklore Society and The Royal Anthropological Institute Thursday 24 October 2019, at The Royal Anthropological Institute, 50 Fitzroy Street, London W1T 5BT This year’s joint seminar will be on the theme of “AFRICA” CALL FOR PAPERS This one-day symposium will explore ethnographic and folkloric issues,...
The Katharine Briggs Lecture 2019 This year’s Katharine Briggs Lecture will be given by Prof. Dr Ulrika Wolf-Knuts (Åbo Akademi University): “What Can We Do With Old Records of Folk Belief? On the Example of Devil Lore” Tuesday 29 October, from 17:30, at The Warburg Institute, Woburn Square, London WC1H 0AB. After the lecture, we...