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CFRC-Folklore @cfrc-folklore.bsky.social · 7d

The #Cfp for next year's Folklore Fellows Summer School in Finland is now open with the theme of Interdisciplinarity and Involvement. Some fantastic speakers lined up and organisers are keen for ECRs to participate. More info here: www.folklorefellows.fi/summer-schoo...

Summer School 2026 - Folklore Fellows

11th Folklore Fellows' Summer School: Interdisciplinarity and Involvement – Enduring and Emerging Sites of the Vernacular. Helsinki and Tvärminne, Finland, 17th–21st August 2026.

www.folklorefellows.fi

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CFRC-Folklore @cfrc-folklore.bsky.social · 7d

What a wonderful day for the #CFRC 'crew' at @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social! We had a brilliant time networking and workshopping with the next generation of #folklore researchers! Thrilled to have supported this event with @folkloresociety.bsky.social and @herts.ac.uk

Cath 🏴‍☠️ @cathbannister1.bsky.social · 12d

Lovely day with newer researchers at @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social presenting on folk group identities with @drjuliabish.bsky.social on behalf of the @cfrc-folklore.bsky.social, zine making and exploring our folklore origin stories! Thanks Holly and the FLS @folkloresociety.bsky.social.

The back of a zine reading Ta Ta Todmorden with the FLS and CFRC logos

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Dr Diane A Rodgers @dianearodgers.bsky.social · Sep 8

Could your lunchtime, once a month, do with more VAMPIRES? Why not sign up for the FREE online lunchtime bites - a 30 min talk once a month, each from a different speaker, on Dracula, vampires and all things vampire-adjacent!
www.ticketsource.co.uk/draculalunch...

www.ticketsource.co.uk

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CFRC-Folklore @cfrc-folklore.bsky.social · 29d

Lovely friend of our centre Peter Harrop is giving tonight's online talk from the Folklore Society @folkloresociety.bsky.social and we're told there's still time to book for what looks like a fascinating session!

The Folklore Society @folkloresociety.bsky.social · Sep 3

It's September and our programme of online talks is resuming next week! First up, 'Violet Alford’s Pyrenean Festivals and Antonin Artaud’s Peyote Dance' by Prof. Peter Harrop. Tuesday 9 September at 19:00 BST, tickets £6.00 (£4 for members with promo code) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/violet-alf...

Violet Alford’s Pyrenean Festivals and Antonin Artaud’s Peyote Dance

In the 1930s, an English folklorist and a French theatre director, made individual journeys in search of authentic performance

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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CFRC-Folklore @cfrc-folklore.bsky.social · 29d

Congratulations Abbi @draflint.bsky.social, this looks excellent!

Abbi Flint @draflint.bsky.social · Sep 8

NEW: delighted that my piece on connections between paths, folk song, and rambling in the early 20th C has been published #OpenAccess in Folklore. It draws on research from the In All Our Footsteps project 🎶 🥾 👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Songs for Ramblers and Songs by the Way: Paths and Trails as Vernacular Contexts for Singing in the Early Twentieth Century

The early twentieth century saw a boom in both outdoor recreation and community and folk singing in England. This article explores how these two movements were entangled through the communal singin...

www.tandfonline.com

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CFRC-Folklore @cfrc-folklore.bsky.social · Sep 3

Hi! I personally can't guarantee it, but the TSF does tend to record conferences and events for their YouTube channel. You can watch the recent Spring Conference 2025 at Sheffield University here!
www.youtube.com/@traditional...

Traditional Song Forum

www.youtube.com

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CFRC-Folklore @cfrc-folklore.bsky.social · Sep 3

Booking is open for the Traditional Song Forum's Autumn #Conference at Gloucestershire Heritage Hub, Gloucester, 18 Oct. This free in-person event focuses on #folk #songs in #archives asking 'where can we find them and are they safe?' - more details here...🎵
tradsong.org/tsf-autumn-c...

TSF Autumn Conference 2025 – Traditional Song Forum

tradsong.org

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CFRC-Folklore @cfrc-folklore.bsky.social · Aug 29

We're over the moon that our @cfrc-folklore.bsky.social centre director Fay Hield has been awarded the @efdss.bsky.social Gold Badge. The Gold Badge is the highest award given by the #EFDSS for unique or outstanding contributions to folk music, dance or song. Congratulations Fay!

English Folk Dance and Song Society @efdss.bsky.social · Aug 5

Congratulations to Fay Hield on receiving an EFDSS Gold Badge!
Fay is Professor of Music and director of Soundpost, a community music organisation. Alongside, she has maintained a performance career, with The Full English Band receiving two Folk Awards. @fayhield.bsky.social
bit.ly/4l9oIe1

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CFRC-Folklore @cfrc-folklore.bsky.social · Aug 28

Fancy a folklore-flavoured book launch in time for spooky season? @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social and @odavies9.bsky.social will debut 'Folklore: A journey through the past and present' at this year's Off The Shelf Festival #Sheffield on 19 Oct. Details here #folklore
offtheshelf.org.uk/events/folkl...

A ground-breaking guide to the weird yet everyday world of British folklore past and present. Folklore is explored in its remarkable variations from village rituals and fairy tales to UFO legends and internet fanfiction, travelling through a landscape of witches, wizards and wicker men. Leading experts Ceri Houlbrook and Owen Davies reveal how folklore is more than the remains of a fossilised distant, rural past but a dynamic living tradition that draws on many sources, including migrant communities, and is forever being renewed and updated.

offtheshelf.org.uk

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CFRC-Folklore @cfrc-folklore.bsky.social · Aug 17

Coming Nov 2025 - our new ✨ 'Writing Folklore' ✨ group! A space for creative and academic #Folklore writing led by Ella Ruby Self @local-sea-wytch.bsky.social, Abbi Flint @draflint.bsky.social and @cathbannister1.bsky.social. Join us on TUOS campus for community and creativity. More details soon! ✒️👨‍💻

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CFRC-Folklore @cfrc-folklore.bsky.social · Aug 17

CFP: Collateral Data - Repurposing lexica as ethnographic sources. Symposium @unibergen.bsky.social 23-24 April 2026 exploring how scholarly disciplines including #Folklore Studies use dictionaries and encyclopaedias as data sources. Abstracts of 300 words by 1 Dec. www.uib.no/ub/spesialsa...

Call for Papers: Collateral Data - Repurposing lexica as ethnographic sources

While dictionaries may not be the first place we look for ethnographic insight, they often contain rich, indirect records of cultural knowledge. This symposium, held at the University of Bergen on 23–...

www.uib.no

CFRC-Folklore @cfrc-folklore.bsky.social · Aug 7

If you're researching #fandoms, #DIY, #zines or other forms of creative expression related to fan cultures, this CFP might be for you? Special issue of Transformative Works and Cultures on Music Fandom. Deadline for final articles 1 Jan 2026. For more info see the link!

Transformative Works and Cultures @journal.transformativeworks.org · Jul 25

NEW CFP ALERT 📣 Check out the details of our upcoming special issue on Music Fandom guest edited by @jenessawilliams.bsky.social & ‪@lucykbennett.bsky.social at the follow link: journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/tw...! Deadline is 01/01/2026!

Music Fandom (01/01/2026) | Transformative Works and Cultures

journal.transformativeworks.org

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CFRC-Folklore @cfrc-folklore.bsky.social · Aug 7

Booking now open for Traditional Tunes and Popular Airs 2-day conference at Cecil Sharp House, London, this November. More details on the event and how to book your place at the link #folk #trad #tunes 🎻

Cecil Sharp House @cecilsharphouse.bsky.social · Aug 6

Traditional Tunes and Popular Airs two-day conference, will bring together researchers working on ‘traditional’ and ‘popular’ tunes in all manner of musical styles, levels of society, historical periods, and locations
Sat 8 & Sun 9 Nov
Cecil Sharp House, London
Book your place now
bit.ly/455kK1

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The Folklore Society @folkloresociety.bsky.social · Jul 30

This year's Newer Researchers in Folklore Day is on 26 Sept 2025, 10:00–16:00 @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social. Experts will run informative & interactive sessions on material culture of folklore, fieldwork, ethics, & more. More info & booking a free place: www.folkloremythmagic.com/event-detail...

Morris dancers at Rochester Sweeps Festival, May 2025, photo by Jeremy Harte

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CFRC-Folklore @cfrc-folklore.bsky.social · Aug 4

CFP 📣!! Deadline 4 August!! The Traditional Song Forum #TSF welcomes abstracts on #Folk Songs in the Archive - Where can we find them and are they safe? for their autumn conference on 18 October at the Gloucestershire Archives. Details and full call at this link: tradsong.org/tsf-autumn-c...

tradsong.org

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CFRC-Folklore @cfrc-folklore.bsky.social · Aug 4

CFP📣!! 'The Samhain Industry in Ireland', a 1 day symposium, Maynooth University @maynoothuniversity.ie Ireland, 29 Oct 2025. Potential topics include: cultural policy, tourism, digital media, environment, #folklore, LGBTQI+, postcolonialism. Abstracts by 17 Sept👻
networks.h-net.org/system/files...

networks.h-net.org

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CFRC-Folklore @cfrc-folklore.bsky.social · Jul 23

Looking for some folklore reading? You can check out publications by our members on our website!
contemporaryfolklore.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/folkloric-re...

Publications

Wider Publications

contemporaryfolklore.sites.sheffield.ac.uk

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CFRC-Folklore @cfrc-folklore.bsky.social · Jul 23

Brilliant @cfrc-folklore.bsky.social member Ella Ruby Self @local-sea-wytch.bsky.social will be In Conversation with the Society of Young Publishers about her debut novel, 30 Aug at The Mowbray, Sheffield, if any of you would like to pop along and hear about her folklore-inspired writing!

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CFRC-Folklore @cfrc-folklore.bsky.social · Jul 14

The amazing author (and @cfrc-folklore.bsky.social member) Ella Ruby Self has been chatting to Northern Voices about her debut novel Abraxus Elijah Honey @northodoxpress.bsky.social inspired by #folklore. You can listen to this lovely conversation on Soundcloud here:
soundcloud.com/northern_voi...

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CFRC-Folklore @cfrc-folklore.bsky.social · Jul 10

Want to hear more about @lincsfolk.bsky.social ? Come to our free online #storytelling workshop Wed 16 July 12-1.30 with Anna Milon @hexnhart.bsky.social and @rorywaterman.bsky.social plus @sabinelittle.bsky.social from Traditional Tales, Untraditionally Told: www.eventbrite.com/e/cfrc-story...

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CFRC-Folklore @cfrc-folklore.bsky.social · Jul 8

We loved ethnologist Simon Gall's captivating talk for our centre on playful #traditional family helpers. If you missed it, he's giving an online talk to the @folkloresociety.bsky.social in November. Recommended! 🎤🦭
folklore-society.com/event/online...

Online Talk: Sally the Seal, Roboto, and Other Traditional Helper Figures in Family Life - The Folklore Society

Simon Gall looks at traditional helper figures, both old and new, in family life

folklore-society.com

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Folkloring Podcast @folkloringpodcast.bsky.social · Jul 3

I am so excited for this workshop!

CFRC-Folklore @cfrc-folklore.bsky.social · Jun 23

FREE CFRC online storytelling workshop 16 July led by Anna Milon @hexnhart.bsky.social and Rory Waterman @rorywaterman.bsky.social of the @lincsfolk.bsky.social study and Sabine Little @sabinelittle.bsky.social of Traditional Tales, Untraditionally Told! Details👇
www.eventbrite.com/e/cfrc-story...

CFRC Storytelling Workshop: Who Owns the Tales We Tell?

Free online workshop on 16th July, 12.00 - 1.30pm with storytelling experts from Nottingham Trent University and The University of Sheffield

www.eventbrite.com

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Psychology of Music @ Uni of Sheffield @musicpsychshef.bsky.social · Jun 30

Congratulations to our brilliant @accessfolk.bsky.social colleagues on their team prize for open research @openresshef.bsky.social 🍾🎵

Open Research, University of Sheffield @openresshef.bsky.social · Jun 30

Winners of the Team Prize, the Access Folk team, commented:

"Having been awarded the Team Prize for Open Research has provided affirmation that all the effort we are putting in is recognised as high quality by the institution. This has given us momentum to keep doing what we feel is important."

Open Research Prize 2025 - winners and runners up

The winners of the University of Sheffield’s 2025 Open Research Prize have now been announced - many congratulations to our prize winners.

www.sheffield.ac.uk

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CFRC-Folklore @cfrc-folklore.bsky.social · Jun 25

It was such a great turn out this lunchtime for an exceptional online seminar from @berrypillot.bsky.social on children's urban play and activities in WW2. Thanks to all who came along and to Berry for sharing some fascinating data.

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CFRC-Folklore @cfrc-folklore.bsky.social · Jun 23

FREE CFRC online storytelling workshop 16 July led by Anna Milon @hexnhart.bsky.social and Rory Waterman @rorywaterman.bsky.social of the @lincsfolk.bsky.social study and Sabine Little @sabinelittle.bsky.social of Traditional Tales, Untraditionally Told! Details👇
www.eventbrite.com/e/cfrc-story...

CFRC Storytelling Workshop: Who Owns the Tales We Tell?

Free online workshop on 16th July, 12.00 - 1.30pm with storytelling experts from Nottingham Trent University and The University of Sheffield

www.eventbrite.com

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