The Folklore Society

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 is proposing 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, University of Sheffield) is proposing a panel called:
England and Saint George: representations of Englishness in the 21st century
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Ritual 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.

The Folklore Society AGM and Conference: "Folktales Revisited"

Friday 4-Saturday 5 April 2008, at The Warburg Institute, University of London

Conference Programme and Abstracts of Papers

The Compass of Story: The Oriental Tale and Western Imagination

28 & 29 March 2008

Convened by Marina Warner, FBA, University of Essex The British Academy, 10 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1

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BBC Radio 4, The Archive Hour, Saturday 19 January 2008, 20.00-21.00, on the recording and archiving of calendar customs by Doc Rowe, recipient of The Folklore Society's Coote Lake Medal and of the English Folk Dance and Song Society's Gold Badge. Presented by Malcolm Taylor, OBE, Librarian of The Vaughan Williams Memorial Library at the English Folk Dance and Song Society.

Juliette Wood, one of the Directors of The Folklore Society, participated in the discussion of The Fisher King in Melvyn Bragg's In Our Time broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on Thursday 17 January 2008. Download the podcast.

The Culture of Lacemaking: Work, Gender, Religion and Song

Saturday 29 September 2007, starting at 10.00 a.m.
Hertford College, Catte Street, Oxford OX1 3BW

For more details, contact david.hopkin@hertford.ac.uk

The Katharine Briggs Award 2007

We are delighted to announce that The Katharine Briggs Award 2007 was awarded to Jack Zipes, for his book Why Fairy Tales Stick, published by Routledge

The Katharine Briggs Lecture and Folklore Award 2007

6.30 p.m., Wednesday 7 November, at The Warburg Institute, Woburn Square, London WC1H 0AB

this year's lecture is by Jacqueline Simpson: "Seeking the Lore of the Land"

The lecture is followed by a reception during which the winner of The Katharine Briggs Award will be announced.

If you wish to attend the reception or require more information, please contact us on 44 (0)207 862 8564 or email enquiries@folklore-society.com

The Culture of Lacemaking: Work, Gender, Religion and Song

Saturday 29 September 2007, starting at 10.00 a.m. Hertford College, Catte Street, Oxford OX1 3BW

For more details, contact david.hopkin@hertford.ac.uk

Making Community Oral Histories

Annual Conference of the Oral History Society, in association with London Metropolitan University
Friday 6th - Saturday 7th July 2007 at London Metropolitan University 16 Goulston Street, London E1 7TP

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Trees In Legend & Folklore

two-day conference at the Weald & Downland Museum, Singleton, Sussex,
Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd September 2007 as one of the Legendary Weekends of the Folklore Society
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The Voice of The People

International Conference, University of Sheffield: The European Folk Revival 1760-1912
6-8 September 2007
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Blue Moon

Dr Juliette Wood participated in a discussion of Blue Moon traditions broadcast on BBC Radio 4, Woman's Hour, on 29 June 2007.
Listen again or download the podcast

Charms, Charmers and Charming, 3rd International Conference

at the Pécs Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Pécs, Hungary, 11th-13th May, 2007.

Traditional Games, Sports and Pastimes

The Folklore Society's AGM conference was held on Friday 30th and Saturday 31 March 2007 at The University of Sheffield.
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Dr Catherine Rider, Winner of The Katharine Briggs Folklore Award 2006 for her book Magic and Impotence in the Middle Ages, published by Oxford University Press.

Professor Ülo Valk (University of Tartu), after his Katharine Briggs Lecture, 7 November 2006, with Dr Marion Bowman, Vice-President of The Folklore Society.

Sir Laurence Gomme pioneer in folklore studies, honoured with English Heritage's 800th Blue Plaque, May 2006.