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Dr Claire Collins @medpreg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Looking forward to our next online talk by @janebonsall.bsky.social, author of (among other things), 'Women and Magic in Medieval Romance' (Boydell and Brewer, 2025). Dr Bonsall will be talking about the 'Seven Sages of Rome' narrative database she designed and populated. Tues 6 Oct, 7pm BST on Zoom

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Dr Claire Collins @medpreg.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

So looking forward to our first talk of autumn! @magicnotwitches.bsky.social Tabitha Stanmore, author of 'Cunning Folk: Life in the Era of Practical Magic' which won the FLS Katharine Briggs award in 2024, will talk to us about her current research. Details and tickets at the link below

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Dr Claire Collins @medpreg.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

We've got some great talks lined up for the rest of the year

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Folklore Without Borders is a network aiming to embed greater equality, diversity and inclusion within folklore in the United Kingdom. Learn more about it from Matthew Cheeseman & @paulcowdell.bsky.social in JAF: A Global Quarterly 139.552 on @projectmuse.bsky.social: muse.jhu.edu/pub/25/artic...

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Dr Claire Collins @medpreg.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Really looking forward to tomorrow's Folklore Society online talk! James Wright @jpwarchaeology.bsky.social on 'Historic Building Mythbusting.' Tickets are still available if you'd like to join us.

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Skulls and Sheets @skullsandsheets.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Sorry forgot to share this earlier!

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Dr Claire Collins @medpreg.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Really looking forward to tonight's, very apt, online talk which will include a Cherokee myth that exactly reflects global warming, a Chinese folk tale about man-made climate disaster, a Nigerian story about extinction & a Japanese story about leaving resources for the future. Tickets still on sale

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Matthew Horton @matthewhorton.com · 20/06/2026

Hydration break.

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Dr Claire Collins @medpreg.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

'Within the survey’s findings on nature, a third of people said they felt a spiritual connection with the natural world. An overwhelming majority of respondents agreed that ‘if nature suffered then we (as human beings) will suffer’ (85%) and that ‘trees are precious and should be respected’ (88%).'

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 23/06/2026

Greenhouse gas emissions, primarily from burning fossil fuels, have already made every summer and every heatwave hotter than they would have been in a world without those emissions. Imagine if the @metoffice.gov.uk were brave enough to say something like that to the media every heatwave?

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 22/06/2026

When looking at the full global picture it becomes obvious that we are now living in a much changed climate. In summer 1976, north-west Europe was a lonely hot spot in a sea of cooler temperatures. In summer 2025, the world is bright red. The climate is unrecognisable compared to 50 years ago.

Average summer temperature anomaly in 1976

Average summer temperature anomaly in 2025

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Dr Claire Collins @medpreg.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I forgot to post on #ShowYourStripes day (Saturday), but the current extreme heat serves as a timely reminder. The warming stripes, created by @edhawkins.org, show how temperatures have increased over time. Here are the warmings stripes for Berkshire. Find your region's at showyourstripes.info.

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Show Your Stripes

Visualising how the climate has changed for every country across the globe

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 22/06/2026

The EHRC Code puts trans staff and students at risk. More than 140 MPs have signed EDM 240 to reject it but Parliament can still let it pass. Email your MP and ask them to sign EDM 240. transactual.org.uk/template-let...

The EHRC code puts trans staff and students at rise. MPS can still stop jt.

The code says single
Sex services must be based on biological sec and workplace guidance is expected to follow. That means our universities and colleges

We will challenge anything that leads to exclusion or discrimination

Equality is not conditional. Dignity at work is. It negotiable.

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Dr Claire Collins @medpreg.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Come and join us online for the last day of our 'Folklore on the Move' conference on Wednesday! £40, or included in your ticket if you attended the in-person conference this weekend.

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University of Hertfordshire UCU @uhertfordshireucu.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Petition to save the Humanities at the University of Hertfordshire: c.org/9JLppW5tMS

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Sign the Petition

Save the Humanities at the University of Hertfordshire

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Owen Davies @odavies9.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Fantastic PhD opportunity here. Folklore, archaeology, environment, history, heritage, landscape. Might have to pretend I'm a recent graduate....

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Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman @niamhroisin.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Sharing again for the morning Bluesky! Our conference programme - Locating Loss: histories of infertility in landscapes and spaces is now available & booking is open. All are most welcome @unioflimerick.bsky.social on 27 May #histmed #skystorians

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UofGlasgow Archives & Special Collections @uofglasgowasc.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

📢Job alert! We’re looking for 3 new full-time graduate trainee Archives & Special Collections Assistants to join our innovative, user-focused engagement team. See more details and apply: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/archives... 🗓️Closing date: 16 April 2026

2 people consulting a printed volume on a book cushion

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Lisa Grimm Grinning Ghosts Come Out to Socialise @lisagrimm.com · 18/03/2026

Lots of good tips here - even a few new to me!

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The Folklore Society @folkloresociety.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Next week: join us for our next online talk: George Monger, 'Folklore in the Computer Age'. Tuesday 24 February, 19:00-20:30 GMT on Zoom. Tickets £6.00 (£4 for members with promo code) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/folklore-i...

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Dr Claire Collins @medpreg.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Really looking forward to Tuesday evening's Folklore Society online talk on English Dialect Literature! Tickets £6 from Eventbrite, link below 👇

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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Are you a PhD student interested in using museum collections in your research? Our next free doctoral training webinar takes place next Wednesday. Join us for guidance and examples of uncovering marginalised and minoritised stories in collections. collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/doc...

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Doctoral Training Programme: What's Not There? Absences in Collections | Museums and Collections

Explore techniques to research 'against the grain' and uncover marginalised stories.

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Folklore Centre Todmorden @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Don’t miss this wonderful talk with Roy Vickery looking at queer plant lore, can’t wait as this is such a new and unique topic! 🌸 Plus support the Centre while in hibernation. 💚 Ticket holders will be sent a replay link to watch at your leisure. Tickets: www.folkloremythmagic.com/event-detail...

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The Folklore Society @folkloresociety.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Tickets still available for our Katharine Briggs Lecture & Book Award 2025. Terry Gunnell, you say? Live in London? At the wonderful @swedenborghouse.bsky.social? With wine and snacks? And a load of folklorists? It's going to be a great evening! Tues 11 Nov, 6pm www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-kathar...

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The Katharine Briggs Lecture and Book Award 2025

Our lecturer this year is Professor Terry Gunnell, Professor Emeritus in Folkloristics at the University of Iceland

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Dr Claire Collins @medpreg.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Next week! I'm so looking forward to seeing the great Terry Gunnell speak, and to the whole evening! Tickets are still available if you're going to be in London next Tuesday evening and fancy it www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-kathar...

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The Katharine Briggs Lecture and Book Award 2025

Eventbrite - The Folklore Society presents The Katharine Briggs Lecture and Book Award 2025 - Tuesday, 11 November 2025 at Swedenborg House, London, England. Find event and ticket information.

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The Folklore Society @folkloresociety.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Show us yer neeps (and other assorted veg/fruit lanterns)

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The Folklore Society @folkloresociety.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Hey look! Some of our Folklore Society Library & Archive material is included in this digital collection

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German Historical Institute London @ghilondon.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Call for applications! 📣 The German Historical Institute London is seeking a Research Associate with a particular research interest in medieval history (with a focus on late medieval English history) for a part-time project position to start on 1 February 2026. 🤝 1/3

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Dr Claire Collins @medpreg.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Really looking forward to chairing next week's online talk - Roy Vickery on five decades of collecting and studying plant folklore. Get your tickets at the link below! 🍀🍂🌿

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Paul Cowdell @paulcowdell.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Not too late to pick up a ticket for this tonight. Sounds amazing, and Peter's a terrific scholar (and lovely bloke), so it'll be well worth your time.

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Owen Davies @odavies9.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Folklore. FREE - my 3 Folklore Society Presidential Lectures on: Finding the Folklore in the Annals of Psychiatry tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... The Witch of Endor in History and Folklore tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... "A Folklorist Looks at Ice Cream Vans" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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The Folklore Society @folkloresociety.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

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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Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Here's a #GiftLink for those who want to read the full NYT obit of historian of science & gender, Margaret Rossiter. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/s... #histSTM 🧪🗃️

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Margaret W. Rossiter, 81, Dies; Wrote Women Scientists Into History

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Dr Claire Collins @medpreg.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Bears repeating: the noise comes from a tiny minority. But a loud minority with influence, money, privilege and reach. Most of us have only love and support for our trans siblings chng.it/kP42RRHM95

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Not in our name: Women in support of the trans+ community

Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Jonathan Gullis "I'm sick of seeing the Palestine flag all over the place" Lets make him sick.

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Ceri Houlbrook @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Be the fairest of them all. Depend on the hero, he knows best. Marry the prince & live happily ever after. But folklore doesn't only reinforce gender stereotypes; it also promotes female empowerment. I'm talking on this in Birmingham 28 Aug -NEARLY SOLD OUT! booking.glee.co.uk/22547

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Dr Claire Collins @medpreg.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Places are still available for the Newer Researchers in Folklore Day next month, Friday 26 September, at The Folklore Centre in Todmorden. This is a free event but places do need to be booked www.folkloremythmagic.com/event-detail...

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Sacha Coward @sachacoward.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

I will be asking to remove 'Queer As Folklore' from the long list for the Polari Prize 2025.

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Terri Windling @terriwindling.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Marina's new book, Sanctuary, is extraordinary, and I'm looking forward to this talk next Tuesday.

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The Folklore Society @folkloresociety.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

For the last online talk before our summer break we're delighted to be welcoming Professor Dame Marina Warner @marinawarner.bsky.social for her talk 'How to Create Sanctuary Now?’ Tuesday 15 July at 19:00 BST, tickets £6.00 (£4 for members with promo code) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-to-cre...

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How to Create Sanctuary Now?

Marina Warner explores the history of Sanctuary and how traditions and storytelling might help revive this ancient right in the present day

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The Folklore Society @folkloresociety.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

The Folklore and the Senses conference has come to an end 🥲 Thank you to everyone for making it so fantastic: the speakers, attendees, and in particular to Department of Folklore & Ethnology @ucc.ie for organising and keeping things running smoothly and hosting us at your beautiful campus!

The Anglo-Saxon Fuller Brooch, depicting the five senses

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Vagina Museum @vaginamuseum.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Today, UK MPs are voting on substantial reform to abortion law. Abortion is currently permitted under certain circumstances. Outside of these circumstances, abortion care is regulated by a Victorian law. The reform would protect people from arrest and imprisonment for ending their own pregnancy.

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Dr Claire Collins @medpreg.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

This time next week I'll be heading to Cork for our conference @ucc.ie 'Folklore and the Senses'. I'm so looking forward to it! Online tickets are still available if you'd like to join us virtually

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The Folklore Society @folkloresociety.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

📣The deadline for in-person registration for our hybrid conference Folklore and the Senses is tomorrow, Thursday 5 June, 17:00 BST.📣 Booking for online participants will remain open until 21 June. Day rates are available folklore-society.com/event/folklo...

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Folklore and the Senses - The Folklore Society

The Folklore Society's annual conference, exploring the Senses in folklore and tradition, 20-22 June 2025, at University College Cork, and Online

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Dr Claire Collins @medpreg.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Looking forward to tomorrow's @folkloresociety.bsky.social online talk from Eric Hoenes del Pinal on the other-than-human beings of Guatemala's Verapaz. Tickets are still available, see the link below

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