The Folklore Society
The society of Folklore of traditional music, song, dance and drama, folkloric narrative, arts and crafts, customs and belief, popular religion, folk medicine, children's folklore, traditional sayings, proverbs, rhymes and jingles.
News
Folklore Society members' access to JStor's online archive of Folklore 1878-2002 has now been restored. To request a password, please contact us using the Contact form.
Société International d'Ethnologie et de Folklore
SIEF's 9th Congress, 16th-20th June 2008 in Derry, Northern Ireland
SIEF's working group on the ethnology of religion proposes a panel called Rethinking the Sacred.
The group is seeking new members and invites you to join.
The National Centre for English Cultural Tradition (NATCECT, Sheffield University) is proposing a panel called England and Saint George: Representations of Englishness in the 21st Century
Further DetailsRitual Year And Gender Conference 22-26 June 2008
CALL FOR PAPERS
The Societé Internationale d'Ethnologie et de Folklore (SIEF) Ritual Year Working Group announces a call for papers for 'The Ritual Year and Gender Conference' to be held in Cork, Ireland, 22nd - 26th June 2008. This will be the fourth international conference in the series on the theme of the ritual year and organized by the Folklore and Ethnology Department, University College Cork. Those who would like to offer a paper are invited to submit abstracts of up to 200 words before Friday 16th November 2007 to butler.jennifer@gmail.com.
Talking Folklore
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