Art / Magic / Lore returns to Conway Hall this summer with an exploration down the lesser-trodden paths of wild folklore and myth. From pagan counterculture to queer folk tales, rebel villains and roadside magic, discover the thread of activism and resistance that runs through occult history. Phil Hine – Delinquent Elementals A fascinating glimpse...
Step into the enchanting world of Cicely Mary Barker (1895 – 1973), the creator of the much-loved Flower Fairies, in this playful exhibition. Experience the timeless appeal of Cicely Mary Barker’s creation, the Flower Fairies. First published in 1923, these botanically accurate fairies were inspired by real children that Cicely knew. See a selection of the...
The organizing committee of one of the world’s largest congresses in geosciences–the EGU General Assembly (which this year gathered over 20,000 participants)—has decided to include a session specifically dedicated to Geomythology in the 2025 program. The call for abstracts for this congress has just opened. Geomythology is not only a perspective that allows for the...
CALL FOR PAPERS Dracula Returns: a conference and celebration Derby Museums 15–18 May 2025 In 1924, at the world premiere in Derby, Dracula stepped onto the stage. He was charming and suave, a different vampire to the monster of Bram Stoker’s novel. When the curtain rose, Hamilton Deane’s adaptation debuted Dracula in evening dress and...
Organised by: Frauke Ahrens (Institute for European Ethnology and Cultural Analysis, LMU Munich), Fabiana Dimpflmeier (Department of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences, Gabriele d’Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara), and Christiane Schwab (Institute for European Ethnology and Cultural Analysis, LMU Munich). The historiography of folklore studies has been traditionally conducted within national frameworks–not at least because the...
We are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the international conference on Spontaneous Memorials, which is organised by the Institute for Cultural Practices, University of Manchester, on 12-13 June 2025 (in person and online). The conference aims to explore sociocultural, psychological, curatorial, digital and research methodology dimensions of spontaneous memorials. In particular, it...
NEFK2025 – ”Nordic 2.0 and beyond” The 36th international Nordic Ethnology and Folklore Conference will take place at Åbo Akademi University and Turku University in Turku, Finland. It is time to meet again at the Nordic Ethnology and Folklore Conference. The 36th edition of the conference aims to reconnect with the roots of NEFK. We...
The Agency of the Dead in the Lives of Individuals: Reasons, Triggers, and Contexts. International interdisciplinary conference July 2 – 4, 2025 Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Aškerčeva 2, Ljubljana, Slovenia CALL FOR PAPERS Contrary to pre-modern European societies, and many contemporary non-Western societies, where the dead were considered members of the community and...
The Medieval and Early Modern Students Association (MEMSA) at Durham University is delighted to announce our Call for Papers for our 19th Annual Conference on the theme of ‘Illuminating Nature: Explorations of Science, Religion, and Magic.’ CALL FOR PAPERS “Magic is natural, for nature itself is magic.” – Paracelsus The medieval and early modern world...
We invite submissions for this recurrent conference, encouraging young folklorists to explore and redefine the theoretical frameworks that guide our discipline. This conference seeks to engage participants in a dialogue with “humble theory”, outlined by Dorothy Noyes (2016) as a theoretical and methodological approach, born in the “middle territory between grand theory and local interpretation”....