This is a past event
A conference for graduate students in Folklore and Ethnology
Paper Themes
- Folklore / Ethnology / Ethnomusicology at home
- Diaspora studies
- Material culture
- Performance studies
- Centre and periphery
FRIDAY 23 MARCH
5.00-7.00pm - Welcome Reception and Registration – The Elphinstone Institute, MacRobert Building, Kings College
8:00pm onwards – Drinks and Music Session The Blue Lamp, Gallowgate SATURDAY 24 MARCH
9.00 Registration
9:30 Panel 1 – Room 055: Folklore of the Scottish Periphery
Chair:
9:30 The Treasures of the Old Road: Exploring Changing Relationships to Place in Traveller Tradition Sara Reith, University of Aberdeen
10:00 ‘And after aa’ that – we would go to the dance!’ Time off for the Scots Herring Girls 1900-1950 Jill de Fresnes, University of the Highlands and Islands
10.30 Scottish Gaelic Waulking songs: performance of gender through work songs Anne Murstad, University of Bergen
11:00 Tea & Coffee
11.30 Panel 2a – Room 055: Aspects of Belief and Identity
Chair: Professor Bill Nicolaisen
11.30 Piles of Beer: Disposable Collecting Amongst Student Communties Matthew Cheeseman, University of Sheffield
12.00 Danish Knowledge of Past Belief in Fairies Adam Grydehøj, University of Aberdeen
12.30 “Last of the Hunters?: Exploring Aspects of Identity in the Fisher Communities on North East Scotland.” Fiona-Jane Brown, University of Aberdeen
11:30 Panel 2b – Room 047: Oral Tradition and Material Culture
Chair: Dr. Margaret Bennett
11:30 Eachtra Chonaill Gulban; an Analysis of the Literary Influence on the Oral Tradition in Ireland and Scotland Kelly Fitzgerald, University College Dublin
12:00 Culloden Battlefield: From Memory to Memorial Shirley Ann Watson, University of Aberdeen
12:30 Oral Traditions from the Maclagan Manuscripts Allan R. Turner, University of Edinburgh
1:00 Lunch
2:00 Keynote Speaker: Dr. Margaret Bennett“Their Voices Live On…” Preserving Folklore for a New Generation
3:00 Tea & Coffee
3:30 Panel 3 – Room 055:
Chair: Dr. Colin Milton
3:30 What is a Border Ballad? Poppy Holden, University of Newcastle
4:00 The Farmers of Old England: Dating an Agricultural Protest Song from the Collinson Collection Paul Cowdell, University of Sheffield
8:00 Conference Dinner The Manchurian, 136 Causeway End SUNDAY 25 MARCH
9.00 Registration
9:30 Panel 4 – Room 055: Aspects of Performance and Belief
Chair: Dr. Tom McKean
9:30 The Singing Fishermen: Male Voice Choirs along Scotland’s North-East Coastline Frances Wilkins, University of Aberdeen
10.00 Performing the Dead: Transforming Space and Time to Rescue Souls Sarah Goldingay, Exeter University
10:30 Some Thoughts on Revenants and Revenance in a Selection of Traditional British Songs, and Bellowhead’s ‘Jordan’ as a song of Defiance and Resistance Gideon Thomas, University of Sheffield
11:00 Tea & Coffee
11.30 Workshop: Field Recording Techniques Dr. Tom McKean
1.00 – 2.00 Lunch and Roundup
We greatly appreciate the help of the College of Arts and Social Sciences (CASS) Graduate school at Aberdeen University who have provided sponsorship for the running of this event.
- Hosted by
- Elphinstone Institute
- Venue
- MacRobert Building