Contemporary Legend

The account for the International Society for Contemporary Legend Research. Follow this year’s meeting online but in our ❤️s in Tarragona Spain with #ISCLR2021

[Contemporary Legend @ISCLR]

Anyone interested in following the toings and froings of our annual meeting in Logan Utah (at @USUAggies), follow the threads at @LeapingPrincess as she uses #isclr2024

[The Folklore Podcast @folklorepod]

A new bonus mini episode of The Folklore Podcast recorded live at @ISCLR

Listen free at https://t.co/lHBZ353XOq or on your podcast app

@PerryCarpenter of @digiFolklorePod and I discuss folkore, creatures and beliefs of Iceland and Sweden with our guests Gunnella and Tommy.

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:-) @ISCLR

[Contemporary Legend @ISCLR]

John E Priegnitz II (@PriegnitzIi) has won the 2023 Dr David Buchan Student Essay prize. He had been informed and has responded “I'm in shock! But, more importantly, I am honored and thankful. Please extend my gratitude to everyone else.” #isclr23

[Dawn @DawnBriss]

Amazing to hear from people from the first ever ISCLR conference on the 40th anniversary of the event! #isclr23

[Contemporary Legend @ISCLR]

After lunch is a retrospective panel on the first Perspectives on Contemporary Legend conference, held in Sheffield in 1982. Paul Smith, John Widdowson, and Doc Rowe join us in person, with others attending virtually. #isclr23 @Centre_4_Legend

[Contemporary Legend @ISCLR]

Panel Q&A: Chair @Gunnelle Þhorgeirsdóttir, Petr Janaček, Pateicia Gurner, and Ashley Powell of Sheffield's Grenoside Sword Dancers, who gave a brief presentation on the history of the troupe
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[Betty ☕️ @legendsnlattes]

Who is also an excellent plague puppeteer as you can see below with is flea and rat puppet in Eyam yesterday! #ISCLR23

[Contemporary Legend @ISCLR]

And now Petr Janaček on Prague Spring contemporary legends. #isclr23

[Contemporary Legend @ISCLR]

The last session of papers, Legend Scholarship, begins with Patricia Turner talking about the use of “legend” in reference to the legendary (!!!) Arthur Ashe. #isclr23

[Contemporary Legend @ISCLR]

The panel q&a: chair Tom Mould, Zuzana Panczová, Brandon Barker, and Aphrodite-Lidia Nounanaki. #isclr23

[Contemporary Legend @ISCLR]

Please save all your pats for the patting session. #isclr23 @Centre_4_Legend

[Contemporary Legend @ISCLR]

And finishing up is Zuzana Panczová on “discourses of the edge”— conspiracy theories in Slovakia as they emerged after the fall of the communist regime, and their relationship with religious eschatologies. #isclr23

[Contemporary Legend @ISCLR]

Next, Aphrodite-Lidia Nounanaki on the interpenetration of conspiracy theory / thinking with new narratives about Greek nationalism. #isclr23

[Contemporary Legend @ISCLR]

The last day (boo!) starts with a Conspiracy and Belief panel with Brandon Barker on Bell Witch Legendry framed through folk psychology. #isclr23

[Glasgow Caledonian University Archive Centre @GCUArchives]

#isclr23 may be missing Sandy Hobbs but we are lucky enough to have him here today to preview his new banner exhibition. Watch this space for more info...
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And Libby Tucker, delivering by Zoom (yay but alas!) speaks of campus legends in a time of Covid-19. #isclr23

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If legend people go to this, (and it doesn’t conflict with #isclr24), y’all can swing by @AVulgarArt’s neck of the woods afterwards. #isclr23

[Dr Tabitha Stanmore @MagicNotWitches]

Does anyone want to put together a panel with me for this?

https://t.co/QoXOKvl7iA

[Contemporary Legend @ISCLR]

Now @woden7 speaks about the moral panic of furries in the school, starting with Canada and moving outwards. #isclr23

[Contemporary Legend @ISCLR]

Yes! @JamesFenwick87 needs a shout out too! #isclr23

[Contemporary Legend @ISCLR]

The afternoon begins with an X-Files panel and @DianeARodgers discussing her forthcoming co-edited anthology on the storied program. #isclr23