Newer Researchers' Day 2019

Date 29 May 2019 10:00 - 16:00

Location University of Hertfordshire

Newer Researchers’ Day. Folklore Research: The Page and Beyond. 

A one-day workshop for Early Career Researchers, Post-Graduates, and Independent Researchers

Weds 29 May 2019, 10:00–16:00

Organised by Dr Ceri Houlbrook and Dr Lucy Wright, and kindly hosted by the University of Hertfordshire, School of Humanities, De Havilland Campus, Mosquito Way, Hatfield, AL10 9EU

Sponsored by The Folklore Society, and The Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen

For more information and to book a place, visit www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/newer-researchers-in-folklore-day-tickets-56093290542

Programme:

10:00 – Arrival and refreshments

10:15 – Introduction

10:30 – Academic publishing: Dr Ceri Houlbrook and Prof. Owen Davies (University of Hertfordshire)

11:00 – Folk in the Gallery: Stephanie Besford-West (Arts Council England)

11:30 – Folklore and Fiction: Sophie Parkes-Nield (Manchester Metropolitan University)

12:00 – Lunch

13:00 – Draw your research: Chris Bailey (Sheffield Hallam University) and Dr Lucy Wright (University of Leeds)

14:30 – Women in the folk: Dr Elizabeth Bennett (University of East Anglia)

15:00 – Letters to myself – Dr Helen Frisby (Folklore Society)

15:20 – Round table discussion –

16:00 – End

Image credit: Lucy Wright