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New NFS Website Launched

We are pleased to announce the launch of a dedicated website for the National Folklore Survey – http://www.nationalfolkloresurvey.co.uk – click HERE to visit.

The National Folklore Survey for England home page

We will continue to signpost the activities of the NFS here on the CCL site however the NFS site will be the main vehicle for sharing information and events related to the survey.

The National Folklore Survey for England

CCL are pleased to announce the launch of the National Folklore Survey for England #NFS

Photographs of English Calendar customs across the seasons (from top left – The Haxey Hood, Castleton Garland, Barwick in Elmet Maypole Rising, The Burning of the Bartle, The Antrobus Mummers, Allendale New Year’s Eve Tar Barrel Parade) © Andrew Robinson 2024.

This AHRC funded research project is being led by Dr David Clarke with Dr Diane Rodgers from Centre for Contemporary Legend at SHU along with Dr Ceri Houlbrook and Professor Owen Davies, who founded the MA Folklore Studies at the University of Hertfordshire. as co-leads The project’s international co-lead is Professor Christopher Bader, chair of the Department of Sociology, Chapman University, California, who has directed two large belief surveys in the USA.

The project aims to capture an accurate snapshot of the folklore of multicultural England and gain a new understanding of the impact of colonial and empire narratives on previous surveys. The timing is important as 2024 marks the 60th anniversary of the original Survey of Language and Folklore at the University of Sheffield and the ratification by the UK Government of the UNESCO convention for Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH).

For full details please Visit our new ‘National Folklore Survey’ section by clicking the NFS tab in the menu bar above.

#NFS lead contact email: david.clarke@shu.ac.uk