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Previous Folklore Society Events

Archival Challenges of Collections

  • 12/09/2023
  • 18:00-19:30
  • online talk

Archival Challenges of Collections A Folklore Society online talk by Robert McDowall Tuesday 12 September, 18:00 BST This talk will cover the challenges and problems of archival storage, maintenance, curating and display. Robert McDowall is a former president of The Folklore Society (2011-2014) Tickets £6.00 (£4.00 for Folklore Society members with Promo code: log in...

Saints and Mystics in Legend and Tradition

  • 2/9/2023 to 3/9/2023
  • The Chapter House, St. Albans Cathedral, Sumpter Yard, St. Albans, Herts AL1 1BY

Saints and Mystics in Legend and Tradition: The Seventeenth Legendary Weekend of The Folklore Society A two-day conference on Saints and Mystics in Legend and Tradition will be held on Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 September 2023 as the seventeenth Legendary Weekend of the Folklore Society, at The Chapter House, St Albans Cathedral, Sumpter Yard,...

The History of Halloween, by Ronald Hutton

  • 18/07/2023
  • 18:00-19:30
  • Online talk

The History of Halloween A Folklore Society Online Talk, by Prof. Ronald Hutton (University of Bristol) Tuesday 18 July 2023, 18:00 BST Halloween is usually regarded as the creepiest festival of the modern year, a celebration of witchcraft, phantoms and images of fear which comes down to us from a remote a murky pagan past....

Folklore, Geography and Environment: Ways of Knowing Water, Landscape and Climate in the Anthropocene

  • 14 to 16/07/2023
  • The Wilberforce Institute, University of Hull, 27 High St, Hull, HU1 1NE, and online

‘Folklore, Geography and Environment: Ways of Knowing Water, Landscape and Climate in the Anthropocene’ A Folklore Society Conference Friday 14 to Sunday 16 July 2023 at The Wilberforce Institute, University of Hull, 27 High St, Hull, HU1 1NE, and online Scientific knowledge tells us that the Anthropocene’s climate crisis will bring huge changes to the...