Julia Bishop
@drjuliabish.bsky.social
Folklorist researching (mainly but not exclusively) traditional music, and children's folklore, including games, humour, and song.
Come and sing Derbyshire carols! Still places left! www.villagecarols.org.uk/events/derby...
www.villagecarols.org.uk
November 8, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Come and sing Derbyshire carols! Still places left! www.villagecarols.org.uk/events/derby...
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Our #Lore and Lunch #reading #group is back on 22 October. Our online meetings are open to everyone with an open attitude and interest in #Folklore Studies. Information on how to sign up is on our website along with past readings.
contemporaryfolklore.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/centre-activ...
contemporaryfolklore.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/centre-activ...
Lore and Lunch
Lore and Lunch is an online monthly reading and discussion group led by members of the Contemporary Folklore Research Centre. Everyone is welcome: You don't have to be a centre member, no formal quali...
contemporaryfolklore.sites.sheffield.ac.uk
October 14, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Our #Lore and Lunch #reading #group is back on 22 October. Our online meetings are open to everyone with an open attitude and interest in #Folklore Studies. Information on how to sign up is on our website along with past readings.
contemporaryfolklore.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/centre-activ...
contemporaryfolklore.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/centre-activ...
Delighted to be hosting the @histchild.bsky.social conference next year at @sheffielduni.bsky.social. Calling for papers right now! www.histchild.org/pages/sheffi...
Fifth Biennial Conference | Children's History Society
University of Sheffield, 1-3 July 2026
www.histchild.org
October 12, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Delighted to be hosting the @histchild.bsky.social conference next year at @sheffielduni.bsky.social. Calling for papers right now! www.histchild.org/pages/sheffi...
So many interesting conversations with up-and-coming folklore researchers! Thanks to the @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social for excellent hospitality and @folkloresociety.bsky.social for hosting!
Lovely day with newer researchers at @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social presenting on folk group identities with @drjuliabish.bsky.social on behalf of the @cfrc-folklore.bsky.social, zine making and exploring our folklore origin stories! Thanks Holly and the FLS @folkloresociety.bsky.social.
September 27, 2025 at 10:32 PM
So many interesting conversations with up-and-coming folklore researchers! Thanks to the @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social for excellent hospitality and @folkloresociety.bsky.social for hosting!
Not too late to book this online talk by Peter Harrop this evening:
Violet Alford’s Pyrenean Festivals and Antonin Artaud’s Peyote Dance
Date: 9 sept • 19:00
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/violet-alf...
Violet Alford’s Pyrenean Festivals and Antonin Artaud’s Peyote Dance
Date: 9 sept • 19:00
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/violet-alf...
Violet Alford’s Pyrenean Festivals and Antonin Artaud’s Peyote Dance
In the 1930s, an English folklorist and a French theatre director, made individual journeys in search of authentic performance
www.eventbrite.co.uk
September 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Not too late to book this online talk by Peter Harrop this evening:
Violet Alford’s Pyrenean Festivals and Antonin Artaud’s Peyote Dance
Date: 9 sept • 19:00
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/violet-alf...
Violet Alford’s Pyrenean Festivals and Antonin Artaud’s Peyote Dance
Date: 9 sept • 19:00
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/violet-alf...
Interesting post for someone here - 'Archiving Community '.
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www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOF315/r...
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August 9, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Interesting post for someone here - 'Archiving Community '.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOF315/r...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOF315/r...
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It has been a lovely week at @ische-news.bsky.social #ISCHE46im Lille. Thought-provoking panels, catching up with old friends and sharing results of the @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social project! #histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @ichre-ioe.bsky.social
July 11, 2025 at 12:37 PM
It has been a lovely week at @ische-news.bsky.social #ISCHE46im Lille. Thought-provoking panels, catching up with old friends and sharing results of the @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social project! #histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @ichre-ioe.bsky.social
Brilliant episode about dragons. Bravo Juliette Wood and all taking part! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
In Our Time - Dragons - BBC Sounds
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss this ubiquitous mythical creature.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Brilliant episode about dragons. Bravo Juliette Wood and all taking part! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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I am so excited for this workshop!
FREE CFRC online storytelling workshop 16 July led by Anna Milon @hexnhart.bsky.social and Rory Waterman @rorywaterman.bsky.social of the @lincsfolk.bsky.social study and Sabine Little @sabinelittle.bsky.social of Traditional Tales, Untraditionally Told! Details👇
www.eventbrite.com/e/cfrc-story...
www.eventbrite.com/e/cfrc-story...
CFRC Storytelling Workshop: Who Owns the Tales We Tell?
Free online workshop on 16th July, 12.00 - 1.30pm with storytelling experts from Nottingham Trent University and The University of Sheffield
www.eventbrite.com
July 3, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I am so excited for this workshop!
Wonderful paper by this dream team, crowned with a gem of poetry from @draflint.bsky.social Looking forward to hearing more!
I am so excited about this project! And so lucky to have the opportunity to collaborate with and learn from two such excellent folklorists 📚
While I couldn't attend in person it was lovely to share plans for a historical, contemporary and creative dive into this #Folklore classic at @folkloresociety.bsky.social conference at @ucc.ie. Kudos @paulcowdell.bsky.social for presenting our ideas and @draflint.bsky.social for her brilliant poem.
July 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Wonderful paper by this dream team, crowned with a gem of poetry from @draflint.bsky.social Looking forward to hearing more!
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To try and capture some of the key themes and ideas discussed at our end-of-project conference last Thursday, we worked with Jules from Illustrated Live who produced this great live illustration for us! #histed @ioe.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social
June 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
To try and capture some of the key themes and ideas discussed at our end-of-project conference last Thursday, we worked with Jules from Illustrated Live who produced this great live illustration for us! #histed @ioe.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social
Excellent event - thanks to all who came and supported it. Food for thought (of course!)
We had a great time at our end-of-project conference today in London! Thanks to everyone for coming and to Sharon Hodgson MP for talking to us about the current policy landscape on school meals. #histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social
June 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Excellent event - thanks to all who came and supported it. Food for thought (of course!)
Fantastic: storytelling workshop coming up - not to be missed!
FREE CFRC online storytelling workshop 16 July led by Anna Milon @hexnhart.bsky.social and Rory Waterman @rorywaterman.bsky.social of the @lincsfolk.bsky.social study and Sabine Little @sabinelittle.bsky.social of Traditional Tales, Untraditionally Told! Details👇
www.eventbrite.com/e/cfrc-story...
www.eventbrite.com/e/cfrc-story...
CFRC Storytelling Workshop: Who Owns the Tales We Tell?
Free online workshop on 16th July, 12.00 - 1.30pm with storytelling experts from Nottingham Trent University and The University of Sheffield
www.eventbrite.com
June 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Fantastic: storytelling workshop coming up - not to be missed!
Delighted that @berrypillot.bsky.social will be talking about her award-winning research on children's play in London and Liverpool in the Second World War as part of the @cfrc-folklore.bsky.social online seminar series on 25 June, 1-2.30 pm. See below to book your place!
Free CFRC online seminar from MA Public History student Berry Pillot de Chenecey on children's play during WW2! To join us on 25th June 1-2.30pm, you can book a free ticket via the link below.
www.eventbrite.com/e/cfrc-semin...
www.eventbrite.com/e/cfrc-semin...
CFRC Seminar | Children's Play in WW2 in London and Liverpool
Berry Pillot de Chenecey joins us for an online seminar on the persistence and peculiarities of children's play in WW2 London and Liverpool.
www.eventbrite.com
June 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Delighted that @berrypillot.bsky.social will be talking about her award-winning research on children's play in London and Liverpool in the Second World War as part of the @cfrc-folklore.bsky.social online seminar series on 25 June, 1-2.30 pm. See below to book your place!
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for our last Lore and Lunch this summer we're talking Icelandic lullabies! To join us on 26th June 1-2pm to chat about the BBC World Service programme "Folklore, music and me: my chart-topping lullabies" available on BBC Sounds fill out the Google form on our webpage.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w....
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w....
BBC World Service - Outlook, Folklore, music and me: my chart-topping lullabies
Hafdís Huld's lullabies captivated Iceland and made music history
www.bbc.co.uk
May 25, 2025 at 11:21 AM
for our last Lore and Lunch this summer we're talking Icelandic lullabies! To join us on 26th June 1-2pm to chat about the BBC World Service programme "Folklore, music and me: my chart-topping lullabies" available on BBC Sounds fill out the Google form on our webpage.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w....
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w....
Trust my work to end up in secondhand bookshop!
Bakewell bookshop wins: A 1975 Folklore journal and a 1988 copy of Lore and Language, the journal of CECTAL (later NATCECT) @sheffielduni.bsky.social with an article by @drjuliabish.bsky.social !
June 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Trust my work to end up in secondhand bookshop!
This is a step in the right direction
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Free school meal rule change to make 500,000 more pupils eligible
Charities broadly welcome the plans, saying they hope it is a sign of more to come.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
This is a step in the right direction
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Great to read about the excellent presentations by my colleagues this month. And a reminder to join @sharonhodgsonmp.bsky.social, the project team and colleagues in London on 19 June for our free end-of-project conference (booking link in the newsletter!).
Welcome to our May newsletter! Our team gave presentations in Stockholm at #NEHC25, in China, and we look ahead to our end-of-project conference on 19 June in London as well as a number of other talks! #histed @histedsocuk.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @ichre-ioe.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
June 4, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Great to read about the excellent presentations by my colleagues this month. And a reminder to join @sharonhodgsonmp.bsky.social, the project team and colleagues in London on 19 June for our free end-of-project conference (booking link in the newsletter!).
Still time to submit an abstract for the next Traditional Tunes and Popular Airs conference! Wed love to know more about current work in this multifaceted and interdisciplinary field!
Call for papers: Traditional Tunes and Popular Airs
A two-day conference to be held on Saturday 8 – Sunday 9 November.
Relevant areas include music for dance, broadside balladry, minstrelsy, music hall, pleasure gardens, domestic and children’s songs.
Deadline: 30 June 2025.
bit.ly/4lhPsds
A two-day conference to be held on Saturday 8 – Sunday 9 November.
Relevant areas include music for dance, broadside balladry, minstrelsy, music hall, pleasure gardens, domestic and children’s songs.
Deadline: 30 June 2025.
bit.ly/4lhPsds
Traditional Tunes and Popular Airs: Call for Papers
Call for Papers: Traditional Tunes and Popular Airs
TTPA conferences aim to bring together researchers working on ‘traditional’ and ‘popular’ tunes as transmitted and transformed in all manner of musi...
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May 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Still time to submit an abstract for the next Traditional Tunes and Popular Airs conference! Wed love to know more about current work in this multifaceted and interdisciplinary field!
An opportunity for a folklorist here!
www.rca.ac.uk/study/apply-...
www.rca.ac.uk/study/apply-...
AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) Studentship: Thames Barge Stories
A fully funded Collaborative doctoral studentship between the National Maritime Museum and Royal College of Art from October 2025, under the AHRC’s Collaborative Doctoral Partnerships scheme.
www.rca.ac.uk
May 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
An opportunity for a folklorist here!
www.rca.ac.uk/study/apply-...
www.rca.ac.uk/study/apply-...
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Welcome to our April 2025 newsletter! Find out more about what the team has been up to including the wonderful Food Museum launch, talking to the BBC Food Programme, and lots more! #histed @ichre-ioe.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social
May 11, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Welcome to our April 2025 newsletter! Find out more about what the team has been up to including the wonderful Food Museum launch, talking to the BBC Food Programme, and lots more! #histed @ichre-ioe.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social
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If you missed the epic Folklore Reimagined LATE at the @britishacademy.bsky.social here's a ten minute talk from @yinkaolusoga.bsky.social and me on children's #digital #custom #folklore in online spaces 🖥️ 🎮
As part of our Folklore Reimagined season, Yinka Olusoga and Catherine Bannister discuss how children are recreating festival traditions and seasonal customs in online spaces, and what lessons this can teach us about children’s digital play and wellbeing. Watch the full video here:
(Mine)crafting custom: collecting children's folklore in a digital age'
Many seasonal customs and festival traditions, such as Christmas and Easter in the UK, seem to be centered on children. In this talk, Dr Yinka Olusoga and Dr...
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May 23, 2025 at 4:44 PM
If you missed the epic Folklore Reimagined LATE at the @britishacademy.bsky.social here's a ten minute talk from @yinkaolusoga.bsky.social and me on children's #digital #custom #folklore in online spaces 🖥️ 🎮