Three Talks on Folklore

This mini-summit is a focused morning of deep-dive talks and group Q&A, designed to explore ideas in greater depth.

Explore the stories, rituals and legends that have shaped human culture for centuries - from the origins of elves and dwarfs to the ghosts of Edinburgh's closes, the outlaws of Sherwood Forest, and the everyday superstitions that still govern our lives today. With Q&A at the end of the talks.

**The Talks**

Elves' Ears & Dwarfs' Beards: How devils, colonialism & gender roles shaped our favourite magical beings

Legends of Place: Exploring Witches' Caves, Ghosts of Edinburgh & Outlaws of Sherwood Forest

Rituals of Uncertainty: The Practical Folklore of Luck

**About Your Speakers**

***Dr Jon Norman Mason** is a folklorist, cultural historian and professional storyteller who specialises in how imagination is used to make sense of the world, and how stories shape - and are shaped by - the times they are told in.*

***Dr Ceri Houlbrook** is a Senior Lecturer in Folklore and History and Programme Leader for the MA Folklore Studies at the University of Hertfordshire, as well as a Council member of the Folklore Society.*

***Dr Helen Cornish** is an Anthropologist and lecturer on the MA in Folklore Studies at the University of Hertfordshire, and co-founder of NAoHH (Network for an Anthropology of History and Heritage).*

Presented by Seed Talks

This is an 18+ event