Register Now!

We’re pleased to open registration for the 40th International Perspectives on Contemporary Legend Conference, held this year June 26-30, 2023 at Sheffield Hallam University, South Yorkshire, UK, and hosted by the Centre for Contemporary Legend. 

There will be a series of themed panels including:

• Body Horror
• Social Media
• Furries and Ghosts
• Politics, fake news, rumour
• Conspiracy & Belief
• Nation & Indigienous legend
• Haunted Houses
• Digital Legends
• Monsters
• X-Files and UFOs
• Crime & Moral Panics

The conference includes an optional ‘Legend and Landscape‘ excursion to the Peak District National Park, with a guided visit to the Plague VIllage of Eyam (see HERE) and a tour of Peak Cavern in Castleton (see HERE).

There will also be a conference meal at the Showroom Cinema and an evening event (watch out for further details!)

We look forward to seeing you in SHEFFIELD!

Registration

To register please use the online form HERE

Or use the PDF below:

Additional Info

A few notes about this year’s conference:

• This year, ISCLR is pleased to extend members-only registration rates for members of The Folklore Society (FLS). 
• We have a hotel booking tool with special conference rates for two hotels in Sheffield: the Leonardo Hotel Sheffield and the Novotel Sheffield Centre. Book HERE

If you would like to join ISCLR please use this online form HERE 

Or use the PDF below:

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For further information on ISCLR please contact:

Virginia Siegel (she/her/hers)

Secretary, International Society for Contemporary Legend Research

Professor of Practice, University of Arkansas Libraries

Email: isclr.secretary@gmail.com or vdsiegel@uark.edu