Heather Holmes – Folk Life Studies

2019 conference – Cumbria

We are pleased to announce The Society for Folklife Studies annual conference for 2019. The draft programme of the 2019 annual conference is noted below. It is also available through the following link – SFLS Conference programme (13 July 20) 2019. A booking form is also available through the following link – SFLS conference booking form […]

Study day 2018 – Dunmurry and Kilwarlin

On 5 May 2018, the President of the Society for Folklife Studies Dr Daffyd Roberts led a Study Visit to both First Dunmurry (Non-Subscribing) Presbyterian Church and Kilwarlin Moravian Church in Northern Ireland. Dunmurry retains a strong village identity and is situated on the outskirts of Belfast. The Non-Subscribing Church there is the third structure […]

2018 Conference – Cardiff, Wales

We are pleased to announce details of the 2018 conference. This will be held at St Fagan’s, Cardiff, Wales, 13-16 September 2018. The themes for the conference are: St Fagans at seventy, heritage, culture, sport and national identity, and urban identity. A copy of the SFLS Conference programme 20 August 2018 and the SFLS Conference 2018 […]

2017 Conference – Ayr, Scotland

We are pleased to announce our annual conference for 2017. It will take place from 14-17 September. The conference themes are Identity and Place in Literature and Cross-Cultural Connections in Material Culture. The conference venue will be at The Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, Alloway, Ayrshire, http://www.burnsmuseum.org.uk Further information can be found below, on in the downloadable […]

2016 Conference – Dublin, Ireland

We are pleased to announce details of the 2016 annual conference. It will take place at Dublin, Ireland , from 8-11 September. The themes of the conference will be Memorialisation and identity. These are two themes that resonate with the centenaries of both the Easter Rising and the Battle of the Somme. Based in Trinity College […]