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Previous Folklore Society Events

Devoted to Death

  • 19th July 2013
  • The Warburg Institute, Woburn Square, London WC1H 0AB

A free public lecture by R. Andrew Chesnut (Virginia Commonwealth University, and author of Devoted to Death: Santa Muerte, The Skeleton Saint, runner-up for The Katharine Briggs Award 2012).

An Evening of Performance and Song

  • 19th June 2013
  • The Jeremy Bentham pub, University Street, London WC1E 6JL

Join FLS member Ernie Warner and friends for an evening of folk performance: if you can sing, play, recite or tell stories, come and perform: or just come and be the audience. Entry is free: just let us know you’re coming. Attachments  Download flyer (pdf)

The Katharine Briggs Lecture and Book Award 2012

  • 7th November 2012
  • The Warburg Institute, London WC1

This year’s lecturer is Dr David Atkinson: “The Ballad and its Paradoxes” The lecture is free and open to all but please let us know you’re coming by email to [email protected] or by phone to 00 44 (0)207 862 8564. After the lecture, there will be a wine reception and buffet supper during we will...

“Popular Antiquities 2”

  • 13th — 14th October 2012
  • Jointly hosted by The Folklore Society.

Following the great success of the first “Popular Antiquities” conference in October 2011, this second multidisciplinary conference will continue to present and discuss the relationship between folklore and archaeology, their histories, materials, aims, methods and reception. Whilst the two subjects were, at one time, one and the same thing, the past two centuries have seen...

Underground in Legend and Tradition

  • 1st — 2nd September 2012
  • Matlock Bath Pavilion, Derbyshire, UK

Underground in Legend and Tradition: The Seventh Folklore Society Legendary Weekend. Attachments  Flyer (pdf)  Programme (pdf)