WORKING LIFE: BELIEF, CUSTOM, RITUAL, NARRATIVE

All of the conference talks will take place in Room L22 G01 of the University of Reading, London Road Campus (5 mins walk from the Museum)

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Programme Summary

Friday 27th

13.00    Registration opens  at University of Reading, London Road campus, Room L22 G01

14:00   Welcome to the conference, by Dr Oliver Douglas, Curator, Museum of English Rural Life, and member of the FLS Council.

14:30   Prof. Patricia Lysaght, The Folklore Society Presidential Address 2018:

“From ‘Collect the Fragments…’ to ‘Memory of the World’. The Irish Folklore Commission (1935–1970):  Achievement, Legacy, and the Digital Era.”

16:00   Session 1:  Folklorists, Monks, Millers and Drinks

18:00   Friday Drinks Reception at the Museum of English Rural Life: with folk music

Saturday 28th

9:30    Session 2:  Work Songs

11:30    Session 3: Spinning Yarns

14:00    Keynote talk: Prof. David Hopkin:

“Lace Legends, Patrons and Celebrations: Craft Pride and Women’s Work.”

15:00    Session 4:  Potters and Publicans

16:30    Session 5:  Rural Labour, Landscape and Legend

Sunday 29th

9:30    Session 6:  Grave-digging, Corpse Roads and Funeral Handicrafts

11:30    Session 7:  Fairies, Toadmen and Charcoal-burners

14:30   Tour of the Museum of English Rural Life