Once a Year: Some Traditional British Customs An illustrated talk by Homer Sykes about the customs and seasonal events depicted in his very much expanded new edition of his book “Once a Year”. Homer will have signed copies on sale after the talk. Tuesday 13 December 2016 in the lecture room at The Warburg Institute, Woburn...
The Katharine Briggs Lecture 2016 will be given by Patricia Lysaght, RIA, Emerita Professor of European Ethnology, University College Dublin, and former editor of Folklore ‘From the British Museum to the Great Blasket: Robin Flower and the Western Island’ Wednesday 9 November 2016, 6.30 pm, at The Warburg Institute, University of London After the lecture, there will be a...
Folklore and Anthropology in Conversation A joint symposium of The Folklore Society and The Royal Anthropological Institute Thursday 27 October 2016, 10.00—17.00 There will be 6 presenters, 3 each from The Folklore Society and the Royal Anthropological Institute. The presenters from The Folklore Society are: Prof. James H. Grayson – ‘Tales in Textual Transmission and Oral...
Food and Drink in Legend and Tradition: The Eleventh Legendary Weekend of The Folklore Society. 3—4 September 2016, at St. Nick’s Environment Centre in York, YO10 3ST Raise your glasses, please, to the importance of old traditions! Mine’s a Hobgoblin. Has the King of the Bean put out a mince pie for Santa? Four and...
The Folklore Society is delighted to invite Dr Andrea Kitta (East Carolina University) to give a public lecture on her research into belief in “Slender Man”, at 5.00 pm on Wednesday 6 July at The Warburg Institute. The lecture is free and open to the public, but please let us know you’re coming: email thefolkloresociety@gmail.com...
The Elphinstone Institute and The Folklore Society are pleased to announce the 2016 Folklore, Ethnology and Ethnomusicology Conference Aberdeen (FEECA), which aims to bring together graduate, post-graduate students and early-career researchers in these fields, to strengthen relations between relevant scholars and institutions in the UK and around the world. This year’s theme draws on W.F.H....
An afternoon event with performance, song, reminiscence and drinks will be held at the Cello Factory, 33-4 Cornwall Road, London SE1 8TJ (near Waterloo station) from 3pm to 6pm on Saturday 21st May. Members of The Folklore Society and others who knew Katharine Briggs personally will share their memories of her, to be recorded for...
Reflected Shadows: Folklore and the Gothic conference: A great conference, thanks everyone. Some photos below. Keynote Address: Prof. Fred Botting: “Zombie: Folklore, Gothic and Monstrous Modernity” on Saturday 16th at 2pm The Folklore Society’s AGM 2016 Friday 15th April at 2.00 pm, followed by the FLS Presidential Address Prof. James H. Grayson: “Invading Mongols and the Preservation...