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Previous Folklore Society Events

Soundscapes and Folklore in East Asia

  • 24/10/2024
  • 10:00-17:00
  • Online and at 50 Fitzroy Street, London W1T 5BT

Soundscapes and Folklore in East Asia The Folklore Society and The Royal Anthropological Institute: Eighth ‘Folklore and Anthropology in Conversation’ Symposium Date:  Thursday 24 October, 2024 Time:  10:00 to 17:00 Location: 50 Fitzroy Street,  London W1T 5BT The seminar series ‘Folklore and Anthropology in Conversation’ encourages empirical and conceptual dialogue between the two related disciplines of folklore and anthropology....

Fairy Encounters in Medieval England

  • 08/10/2024
  • 18:00-19:30
  • online talk

Fairy Encounters in Medieval England A Folklore Society Online Talk by Jeremy Harte Tuesday 8 October, 18:00 BST A thousand years ago, the barriers that kept life safe from the other world were thin–too thin. Those who fell asleep in the fields at noon or walked aboard at Midsummer lay open to supernatural caprice. Voices...

Operation Cone of Power: The Making of a Modern Legend

  • 24/09/2024
  • 18:00-19:30
  • online talk

Operation Cone of Power: the Making of a Modern Legend A Folklore Society online talk by Dr Julia Phillips (University of Bristol) Tuesday 24 September 2024, 18:00 BST An illustrated examination of the legend about witches fighting a secret battle to defend Britain against Nazi invasion at Lammas 1940. Witchcraft during World War II: there is...

The Sailor’s Tale: Folklore Society Presidential Address 2024 and AGM

  • 17/09/2024
  • 17:00
  • Online and at 50 Fitzroy Street, London W1T 5BT

The Sailor’s Tale The Folklore Society Presidential Address 2024 By Prof. David Hopkin (University of Oxford) Tuesday 17 September 2024, 17:00 BST at 50 Fitzroy Street, London W1T 5BT and online David Hopkin is a social and cultural historian of modern Western Europe (c.1760-c.1914). He works with oral and popular cultural sources – the kind...

Keeping Myths, Legends and Folktales Alive

  • 10/09/2024
  • 19:00-20:30
  • online talk

Keeping Myths, Legends and Folktales Alive A Folklore Society online talk by Rosalind Kerven Tuesday 10 September, 19:00 BST [NB: later start time than usual] The Folklore Society describes the study of folktales, fairy tales, myths and legends as vital aspects of folklore and tradition. This talk will consider whether they are simply historical curiosities...