Previous Folklore Society Events
Revisiting Oral Narrative: Anthropology, Folklore and History
23 October 2025 10:00 - 17:00
‘Revisiting Oral Narrative: Anthropology, Folklore and History’ Ninth ‘Folklore and...Online Talk: From a Cornfield to the Gothic: an Appreciation of the Scarecrow
21 October 2025 19:00 - 20:30
Speaker: Juliette Wood
From a Cornfield to the Gothic: An Appreciation of the Scarecrow A Folklore Society online talk by Juliette...Online Talk: Artist Fee Greening in conversation: Katharine Briggs’s Dictionary of Fairies
7 October 2025 19:00 - 20:30
Speaker: Fee Greening
Artist Fee Greening in conversation: Katharine Briggs’s Dictionary of Fairies A Folklore Society...CANCELLED Online Talk: Underground Folklore of Britain and Ireland–Sacred Sites
7 October 2025 19:00 - 20:30
Speaker: Joanne McFall
Underground Folklore of Britain and Ireland–Sacred Sites A Folklore Society online talk, by Joanne...Newer Researchers in Folklore Day
26 September 2025 10:00 - 16:00
The Folklore Society’s Newer Researchers Day is a biennial event welcoming all researchers with...Online Talk: 50 Years of Plant-Lore Collecting
23 September 2025 19:00 - 20:30
Speaker: Roy Vickery
50 Years of Plant-Lore Collecting A Folklore Society online talk by Roy Vickery Tuesday 23 September...The Folklore Society Presidential Address 2025
16 September 2025 17:30 - 18:30
Speaker: Professor David Hopkin (University of Oxford)
The Soldier’s Tale The Folklore Society Presidential Address 2025 by Professor David Hopkin Tuesday...Online Talk: Violet Alford’s Pyrenean Festivals and Antonin Artaud’s Peyote Dance Travels in Search of Authentic Performance
9 September 2025 19:00 - 20:30
Speaker: Prof. Peter Harrop (University of Chester)
Violet Alford’s Pyrenean Festivals and Antonin Artaud’s Peyote Dance: Travels in Search of...Lying in Legend and Tradition: Call for Papers
6 September 2025 - 7 September 2025
Speaker: Jeremy Harte and Sophia Kingshill
Lying in Legend and Tradition: The Nineteenth Legendary Weekend of The Folklore Society Saturday 6 and...