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Call for Papers: ‘Revisiting Oral Narrative: Anthropology, Folklore and History’

Published 17th February 2025

Call for Papers: ‘Revisiting Oral Narrative: Anthropology, Folklore and History’

Ninth ‘Folklore and Anthropology in Conversation’ Joint Seminar

The Folklore Society and The Royal Anthropological Institute

Folklore and the Senses: Call for Papers

Published 23rd October 2024

Folklore and the Senses. We know the world through our senses, but how we sense is inflected by symbolism, tradition and belief—by folklore in other words.  What does folklore tell us about our senses: sight, hearing, smell, touch, taste and, indeed, second sight?

Dracula Returns: A Conference and Celebration. Call for Papers

Published 15th October 2024

CALL FOR PAPERS Dracula Returns: a conference and celebration Derby Museums 15-18 May 2025

Call for papers: Transnational Folklore: Rethinking the Nineteenth-Century History of Folklore Studies

Published 1st October 2024

The workshop will be held at the Institute of European Ethnology and Cultural Analysis at LMU Munich on May 22 and 23, 2025, in collaboration with the Gabriele d'Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara.

Soundscapes and Folklore in East Asia

Published 24th February 2024

Soundscapes and Folklore in East Asia 'Folklore and Anthropology in Conversation' The Eighth Folklore Society - Royal Anthropological Institute Joint Seminar