Law and Crime in Legend and Tradition: the Tenth Legendary Weekend of The Folklore Society: Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th September 2015 at the Town Hall, Huntingdon, PE29 3PJ Oyez, oyez! Who will give evidence at this forthcoming conference? If the Man in the Iron Mask was a poacher in famous Lincolnshire, then the criminal...
Photograpy, Folklore and Some Confusions A talk by Sara Hannant and Doc Rowe, 6.00 pm at The Warburg Institute. To book, contact [email protected]
“Calendar Customs and Seasonal Events” Conference, 26-28 June 2015, at the University of Exeter, Students Guild From New Year’s mummers to Xmas carol singing, wassailing to well dressing, Easter eggs to Halloween lanterns, calendar customs and seasonal events mark the rhythm of the year and celebrate festive occasions in many different ways—some old, some new,...
In Britain, as elsewhere, folklore is currently in a peculiar position. Popular interest has rarely been greater. Scholarly research and publication continue. Given its foundation in comparative methodologies, folklore is ideally placed to be at the centre of the interdisciplinary research approaches being championed across academia. However, declining academic funding has marginalised folklore in regard...
Folklore Studies has a long history of scholarship that often goes unrecognised outside the ranks of Folklore scholars. It remains a minority discipline, even in countries where it has had a stronger academic recognition than it has in Britain. Despite its wide popular appeal, Folklore remains marginalised. The Folklore Society has been concerned for some...
“Cry, Lady, Cry”: Maternal Infanticide Narratives and the Vernacular Construction of Blame by Professor Diane Goldstein, Director of the Folklore Institute, Indiana University. After the lecture, there will be a wine reception and buffet supper during which we will announce the winners of this year’s Katharine Briggs Award, our inaugural Non-Print Media Award, and the FLS President’s Prize 2014
A Public Lecture by Simon Heywood (Storyteller, Songwriter, Folklorist) and Shonaleigh Cumbers (Drut’syla: Storyteller) The lecture is free and open to all. To book, call 0207 862 8564 or email [email protected] Shonaleigh Cumbers is a drut’syla, a storyteller in a Jewish tradition inherited from her late grandmother, Edith Marks (d.1988), by whom she was trained...
War in Legend and Tradition 6-7 Sept 2014 With guns and drums and drums and guns, hurrah! Humming barrack-room ballads they march, flanked by the Comrade in White and the regimental goat. St.George descends on a winged horse to lead the faithful as the Russians advance with snow on their boots. Can this really be...