Previous Folklore Society Events

• 13/09/2022
• 19:30-21:00
• Online talk

“In the Beginning all Wisdom was with the Animals”– Exploring Native American Myths Online talk by Rosalind Kerven, author and independent researcher Tuesday 13 September 2022, 19:30-21:00 Native American and Canadian First Nations mythology includes some of the world’s most interesting and memorable narratives. They offer a totally refreshing–sometimes startling–perspective of the natural world and...

• 03-04/09/2022
• 10:00-17:00
• St John's Church Hall, Vicarage Lane, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire HA5 9AE

The Sixteenth Legendary Weekend of The Folklore Society Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th September 2022 at St John’s Church Hall, Vicarage Lane, Knaresborough When the tree withers in my mother’s garden, know that the end is nigh and seven signs before Doomsday will darken the obsidian mirror. The third age of the spirit watches in...

• 12/07/2022
• 18:00-19:30
• Online talk

Dr Helen Frisby (University of the West of England) explores the historical custom of sin-eating, together with its afterlife in film, TV and literature. “The Sin-eater: lives and afterlives”: online talk, Tuesday 12 July 2022, 18:00-19:30 (rescheduled from 22 February 2022) A sin-eater was a ‘long, leane, ugly, lamentable poor raskal’ (Aubrey, 1687) who, by...

• 28/06/2022
• 17:30-18:30
• Online and at 50 Fitzroy Street, London W1T 5BT

The 2022 Folklore Society Presidential Address Prof. Owen Davies (University of Hertfordshire), Tuesday 28 June 2022, 17:30-18:30 ‘The Witch of Endor: A Study in History and Folklore’ Click here for the Audio recording of the lecture The Old Testament account, in 1 Samuel 28, of how the “Witch of Endor” apparently raised the spirit of...

• 28/06/2022
• 17:30-19:30
• 50 Fitzroy Street, London W1T 5BT

AGM Tuesday 28 June 2022: The 2022 Folklore Society Annual General Meeting will be held from 18:30 to 19:30 on Tuesday 28 June at 50 Fitzroy Street, London W1T 5BT, immediately after this year’s Presidential Address from 17:30-18:30. Attend in person: Folklore Society members attending the AGM in person: contact thefolkloresociety @ gmail.com to book...

• 21/06/2022
• 18:00-19:30
• Online talk

Folklorist and historian Ronald L. ‘Ron’ James looks at how industrialisation, emigration, and modernisation and media affected Cornish folklore in the mines, on land, and in the sea. Online talk, Tuesday 21 June 2022, 18:00-19:30 The folklore of Cornwall has a unique character, shaped by its remote environment and by talented droll tellers, artists who...

• 24/05/2022
• 18:00-19:30
• Online talk

Pregnancy and Childbirth in Late Medieval England: Medicine, Magic, and Miracles Online talk by Claire Collins (University of Reading) Tuesday 24 May 2022, 18:00-19:30 Claire Collins discusses some of the treatments, practices, and attitudes surrounding pregnancy and childbirth in late medieval England In late medieval England, treatments for complications of childbirth, and protections against them,...

• 06-08/05/2022
• 3 days, 09:30-17:30
• Online

Open Voices: Folklore for All, Folklore of All The Folklore Society’s Annual Conference  Friday 6 to Sunday 8 May 2022, 09:30-17:30, Online Keynote speaker: Prof. Sadhana Naithani (Jawaharlal Nehru University): ‘Since All are Never One: Margins, Borders and Folklore,’ Saturday 7 May at 14:00 Once upon a time, ‘folklore’ was thought of as the traditions...