Events
Online Talk: Lily-of-the-valley Customs: A Window on France
5 May 2026 19:00 - 20:30
Speaker: Cozette Griffin-Kremer
Lily-of the-valley Customs: A Window on France A Folklore Society online talk by Cozette Griffin-Kremer Tuesday...Online Talk: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Search for Grindylow
19 May 2026 19:00 - 20:30
Speaker: John Clark
50 Years of Plant-Lore Collecting A Folklore Society online talk by John Clark Tuesday 19 May 2026 19:00-20:30 The...'Folklore on the Move' The Folklore Society’s Annual Conference 2026
5 June 2026 - 10 June 2026
Folklore on the Move The Folklore Society’s Annual Conference 2026, in collaboration with the...Online Talk: 'Green' myths, legends and folk tales
23 June 2026 19:00 - 20:30
Speaker: Rosalind Kerven
'Green' myths, legends and folk tales A Folklore Society online talk by Rosalind Kerven Tuesday 2...CALL FOR PAPERS: Trade in Legend and Tradition: the Twentieth Legendary Weekend of The Folklore Society
5 September 2026 - 6 September 2026
The glove is up as apes surround the pedlar and sell him into the land of Egypt. When the pin...CALL FOR PAPERS: 'When Loud Rumour Speaks’: Informal communication in the modern online world
15 October 2026 09:30 - 17:00
‘Folklore and Anthropology in Conversation’ The Tenth Folklore Society – Royal Anthropological...Non-Folklore Society events, notices and calls for papers
$500 Bounty for English “Vampire”
29 December 2025 - 31 December 2027
A journal editor is offering $500 to anyone who can find the earliest use of the word vampire in English. Anthony Hogg, president of the Vampire Studies Association and editor of the Journal of Vampire... Read moreCollateral Data: Ethnographic Material in Dictionaries
23 April 2026 - 24 April 2026, Bergen, Norway
Collateral Data: Ethnographic Material in Linguistic Dictionaries and EncyclopediaThe two-day Collateral Data symposium (23–24 April, Babelstuen, University of Bergen Library) brings together scholars... Read moreWhitby Hand of Glory Folklore Festival
1 May 2026 - 3 May 2026, Flowergate Hall, Whitby, England, YO21 3BA
The inaugural Whitby HAND OF GLORY Folklore Festival, 1/2/3 May 2026. Performance, music, workshops, retail, literature, art, poetry and more. All events will be free to attend (access subject to capacity)... Read more