Previous Folklore Society Events
Online Talk: Early findings from The National Folklore Survey for England
24 March 2026 19:00 - 20:30
Speaker: David Clarke; Sophie Parkes-Nield and Diane A. Rodgers
The recent revival of popular interest in folklore, from calendar customs to folk horror...CANCELLED: Online Talk: Fairy Tales, Papua New Guinea, an Idiosyncratic Approach
10 March 2026 19:00 - 20:30
Speaker: Viktor Wynd
Viktor Wynd will discuss his idiosyncratic approach to performing and understanding fairy tales, his...Online talk: Folklore in the Computer Age
24 February 2026 19:00 - 20:30
Speaker: George Monger
Inspired by the sight of grandsons sitting in the same room each individually playing games on their...Online Talk: How Early Twentieth-Century Modernity Gave Avebury Its Folklore
10 February 2026 19:00 - 20:30
Speaker: Niamh Lawlor
How Early Twentieth-Century Modernity Gave Avebury Its Folklore A Folklore Society online talk...Online Talk: The Art of English Dialect Literature
27 January 2026 19:00 - 20:30
Speaker: Alex Broadhead
The Art of English Dialect Literature A Folklore Society Online Talk by Alex Broadhead (University...Online Talk: The Mystery of Changelings: Origins, Geography and Nature
13 January 2026 19:00 - 20:30
Speaker: Simon Young
The Mystery of Changelings: Origins, Geography and Nature A Folklore Society Online Talk by Simon Young...Online Talk: The Hooden Horse of Kent
16 December 2025 19:00 - 20:30
Speaker: James Frost
The Hooden Horse of Kent A Folklore Society Online Talk by James Frost Tuesday 16 December 2025,...Online Talk: On Social Life and Stories: Traditional Tale-Telling in 1970s Rural Iceland
1 December 2025 19:00 - 20:30
Speaker: Rosemary Power
On Social Life and Stories: Traditional Tale-Telling in 1970s Rural Iceland A Folklore Society Online...The Katharine Briggs Lecture and Book Award 2025
11 November 2025 18:00
The Folklore Society’s Katharine Briggs Lecture and Book Award 2025 will take place on Tuesday...