Popular Antiquities: Folklore & Archaeology Conference UCL Institute of Archaeology & Folklore Society Saturday, 12 October 2013 at 10:00 - Sunday, 13 October 2013 at 15:30 (BST) London, United Kingdom

The third joint conference of the Institute of Archaeology (UCL) and the Folklore Society, exploring the relationships between archaeology and folklore.

Programme:

SATURDAY 12 OCTOBER 2013

10:00 Open

Concepts

10:30 James Lloyd (Peterhouse, Cambridge) What is a Folktale?

11:00 Stacy Bowe (Institute of Archaeology, UCL) The Role of Folklore within Archaeological Site Management

11:30 Dr Paul Cowdell (University of Hertfordshire) 'She won't come back to haunt me and taunt me, I know,/ 'Cause I buried her face downward, she's a long way to go'

12:00 Break

Literature

12:30 Dr Peter Robson (Independent Researcher) For All the World Like the Cernel Giant in Olden Times: Thomas Hardy and the Folklore of Some Ancient Sites

13:00 Dr Rebecca Welshman (University of Exeter) "He drove me back as if I were a bull breaking fence": Folklore and Archaeology in Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886)

13:30 Lunch

Collection

14:30 Susanne Atkin (Independent Researcher) 'Unlucky for Mortals to Meddle': Preserving Cornwall's Antiquities with Spriggans, Haunted Urns, and Death

15:00 Dr Jonathan Roper (University of Tartu) Burwash Voices

15:30 Break

Megaliths

16:00 Dr Fabio Silva (Institute of Archaeology, UCL & University of Wales Trinity St David) Landscape, Astronomy and Folklore in Megalithic Portugal

16:30 Jeremy Harte (Bourne Hall Museum) Moral Monoliths

17:00 Wine Reception

18:30 End Day 1

SUNDAY 13 OCTOBER 2013

10:30 Open

Medieval

11:00 Tom Williams (Institute of Archaeology, UCL & The British Museum) Woeful Danes Bottom and Other Tales: Memories of the Viking Age in England

11:30 John Clark (Museum of London) Medieval Treasure in the Thames: Rubbish, Ritual or Safe Disposal?

12:00 Break

Modern

12:30 Ross MacFarlane (Wellcome Trust) Cymru, Kites and Collecting

13:00 Dr Helen Frisby (University of the West of England) Biscuits and Burnt Wine: The Folklore and Material Culture of Victorian Funeral Hospitality

13:30 Lunch

Contemporary

14:30 Ceri Houlbrook (University of Manchester) Trading with the Tooth-Fairy: Folklore and Finances

15:00 Barbara Butler & Chloe Metcalfe (Bath Spa University) West Country Stave Dancing: Revival, Re-Appropriation and Renewal

15:30 End Day 2

How to get to the Institute of Archaeology:

Parking is extremely limited (and very expensive) in Central London, so public transport is advised.

Nearest Tube: Euston, Euston Square, Warren Street, King's Cross St Pancras, Goodge Street, Russell Square, Tottenham Court Road

Nearest Rail: Euston, King's Cross, St. Pancras International

Many buses also serve the area

Please check on the Transport for London website for routes and travel times: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/

Please note that engineering works often take place on Tube lines and stations on weekends; check before you travel on the TFL website.

Accommodation:

Please note that you must arrange your own accommodation; it cannot be arranged for you by the event organisers. There are many hotels, bed & breakfasts and hostels in Bloomsbury and the surrounding area.