Previous Folklore Society Events
The Folklore Society Presidential Address 2025
16 September 2025 17:30 - 18:30
Speaker: Professor David Hopkin (University of Oxford)
The Soldier’s Tale The Folklore Society Presidential Address 2025 by Professor David Hopkin Tuesday...Online Talk: Violet Alford’s Pyrenean Festivals and Antonin Artaud’s Peyote Dance Travels in Search of Authentic Performance
9 September 2025 19:00 - 20:30
Speaker: Prof. Peter Harrop (University of Chester)
Violet Alford’s Pyrenean Festivals and Antonin Artaud’s Peyote Dance: Travels in Search of...Lying in Legend and Tradition: Call for Papers
6 September 2025 - 7 September 2025
Speaker: Jeremy Harte and Sophia Kingshill
Lying in Legend and Tradition: The Nineteenth Legendary Weekend of The Folklore Society Saturday 6 and...Lying in Legend and Tradition: The Nineteenth Legendary Weekend of The Folklore Society
26 August 2025 19:00 - 20:30
I saw a peacock with a fiery tail, and may this bread choke me if the moon landings were not filmed on...How to Create Sanctuary Now?
15 July 2025 19:00 - 20:30
Speaker: Professor Dame Marina Warner
How to Create Sanctuary Now? A Folklore Society online talk by Professor Dame Marina Warner Tuesday...Flying Saucery: How UFOs Landed in the British Isles
1 July 2025 19:00 - 20:30
Speaker: Dr David Clarke and Andrew Robinson
Flying Saucery: How UFOs Landed in the British Isles A Folklore Society Online Talk by Dr David Clarke (Sheffield...Folklore and the Senses
20 June 2025 - 22 June 2025
Folklore and the Senses The Folklore Society’s Annual Conference 2025, in collaboration with the...Connecting Folklore, History and Theory in the 21st Century: Irish Folklore
17 June 2025 19:00 - 20:30
Speaker: Prof. Sarah Covington
Connecting Folklore, History and Theory in the 21st Century: Irish Folklore A Folklore Society...The Mountain Who Stumbled, and the Lake Who Eats Girls
3 June 2025 19:00 - 20:30
Speaker: Eric Hoenes del Pinal
The Mountain Who Stumbled, the Lake Who Eats Girls, and The Beast Who Guards the Plantation: Some Notes...