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,...
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....
Fact, Fiction and Folklore in Film and Television A Folklore Society Online talk by Dr Diane A. Rodgers (Sheffield Hallam University) Tuesday 26 March 2024, 18:00 GMT Folklore brings us tales of witches, ghosts and ghouls, myths and legends. How these are communicated in the media can influence our beliefs, actions and understanding of the...
Hiding in Plain Sight: Digging for Folklore Gold in the Social Science Mine A Folklore Society online talk by Prof. Richard Jenkins Tuesday 13 February 2024, 18:00-19:30 GMT Folklorists are accustomed to searching for folklore material in newspapers, legal records, fiction and historical research. This talk will suggest that there is another useful potential source:...
‘…A Big Grey Wolf came out of the Forest’ A Folklore Society online talk by Dr Juliette Wood (Cardiff University) Tuesday 12 March 2024, 18:00 GMT This talk examines traditional folklore, both ancient and modern, relating to wolves, and their canid cousins – dogs, foxes, and coyotes. ‘…A Big Grey Wolf came out of the...
Sir John Schorn: The Man who Conjured the Devil into a Boot A Folklore Society online talk by Wayne Perkins Tuesday 27 February 2024, 18:00-19:30 GMT ‘Sir,’ ‘Master’ or ‘Maister’ John Schor(e) was the Rector of North Marston in Buckinghamshire in the 13th – 14th centuries. After his death, his shrine became the third most...
The Fairy Tellers A Folklore Society online talk by Nicholas Jubber Tuesday 30 January 2024, 18:00-19:30 A journey amongst some storytellers who collected, transmitted & in some cases invented fairy tales, showing how the form changed over time This talk focuses on three key tellers of traditional tales: Giambattista Basile, the Neapolitan courtier and soldier-of-fortune...
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...
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...
Ribbons, Flowers and Locks: A Review of some Contemporary Practices A Folklore Society online talk, by George Monger Tues 21 November 2023, 18:00 GMT George Monger looks at ribbons, floral tributes, love-locks and other customary practices which came to prominence in the 20th century. ‘In 1971, I witnessed a bride-to-be being decorated and paraded around...