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 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...
Water in Legend and Tradition: the 18th Legendary Weekend of The Folklore Society Saturday 31 August and Sunday 1 September 2024 St Peter’s by the Waterfront, College Street, Ipswich IP4 1BF, UK CALL for PAPERS, Presentations or Performances: Deadline 1 July Cry me a river! The tears of the Virgin would fill a bottomless pool,...
Through the Looking Glass: What is a Doppelgänger? A Folklore Society online talk by Sophia Kingshill Tues 16 July 2024, 18:00 BST Identity is always fluid: in the digitally mediated spectrum, it can flow and alter in ways we are only beginning to examine. Online, any of us can create an avatar to perform on...
Digital Folklore The Folklore Society’s Annual Conference, a hybrid conference in collaboration with the Department of Digital Humanities, King’s College London Friday 28 to Sunday 30 June 2024 Online and at King’s College London, Strand Building, Strand, London WC2B 4BG, UK Digital and networked technologies offer a wealth of new modes of folklore genre, performance...
RESCHEDULED from 16 January to 18 June 2024 Reproductive Bodylore: The Role of Vernacular Knowledge in Contraception Decision-making A Folklore Society online talk by Dr Victoria Newton (Open University) Tuesday 18 June 2024, 18:00-19:30 Reporting on the Reproductive Bodylore project, this talk looks at the usefulness of folklore for viewing public health issues in a...
Re-inventing national history through conspiracy theories: the case of the Greek neomythological narratives A Folklore Society online talk, by Dr Afrodite-Lidia Nounanaki (University of the Aegean) Tuesday 4 June 2024, 18:00 BST In popular culture, history seems to be perceived as a fluid concept that can be recast to prove expectations or redress ‘injustices’. The...
Sheela-na-gigs on Medieval and Early Modern Buildings A Folklore Society online talk, by Dr Rosemary Power (Affiliate, CAMPS, University of Galway) Tuesday 21 May 2024, 18:00 BST These figures are found in northern Europe, especially in Ireland. There are some 7-8 in county Clare alone. They are often found on churches from in the middle...