Conferences & Events
Exploring Yorkshire's Folk Heroes and Legends
'Fables..... When reason borrowed fancy's painted wings': Exploring Yorkshire's Folk Heroes and Legends.
Our spring conference 2010 will be held on Saturday 27th March 2010 in King James' School, Knaresborough. It will explore the folklore and traditions attached to people, landscape and the cultural environment in Yorkshire. Speakers will include:
Prof. Jim Sharpe - on Dick Turpin
Prof. Barrie Dobson - on Robin Hood
Dr Peter Hogarth - dragon legends
Dr Peter Addyman - folk stories of secret passages and tunnels
Dr James Gregory - folk heroes and legends: a 21st century perspective.
The cost of the conference will be £15.00 per head (£10.00 for retired/unwaged). This includes coffee and tea but not lunch. To reserve your place, please send a cheque, payable to 'PLACE', to:
Dr Margaret Atherden
PLACE Office
York St John University
Lord Mayor's Walk
York
YO31 7EX
E-mail: place@yorksj.ac.uk
Tel: 01904 766291.
