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    11 April 2025: Folk Tale Symposium

    Lincolnshire Folk Tales and Folklore of Space Symposium

    11th November 2024, Nottingham Trent University

    CALL FOR PAPERS

    The folklore of the East of England is as multifarious as the landscapes and communities that created it. It captures the changing fenlands, waves of settlement, war, the tribulations of fishing and farming, historical and religious understanding and interpretation, and moments in the lives of common people. Yet for all the folk tales that are still retold, many more are overlooked by or unknown to folklorists
    and storytellers.

    A call for papers is now open for a hybrid symposium on Lincolnshire Folk Tales and Folklore(s) of Place. It is organised as part of the Lincolnshire Folk Tales project, funded by the AHRC at Nottingham Trent University. The symposium is free to attend for all who register, and travel bursaries of up to £50 are available to a limited number of participants, based on need. The symposium will take place at Nottingham Trent University (and on Teams), on April 11th 2025.

    Please send an abstract of up to 200 words, ideally on a Microsoft Word document, to lincolnshirefolktalesproject@gmail.com by 12pm on Friday 31 January 2025, along with a short bio of up to 60 words (on the same Word document), using ‘LINCOLNSHIRE FOLK TALES SYMPOSIUM’ in capitals as the email subject line.