The Programme

Ritual, Folklore and Wellbeing

12th &13th June 2026

Full programme will be published early April

Day 1: Friday 12th June


9:00 - 9:30 ‍ ‍

Coffee and Registration


9:30 - 10.30

Welcome and Keynote


11:00 - 12:30

Panel 1: Re-Enchanted Landscapes


12:30 - 1:30

Lunch (Not Provided)


1:30 - 3:00

Panel 2a: Experimental Archaeologies

Panel 2b: Frolic, Misrule, and Creative Chaos


3:00 - 3:15

Tea Break


3:15 - 5:00

Panel 3a: Pilgrimage, Procession, Pageantry

Panel 3b: Making Communities


5:30 - 6.30

Keynote


7pm

Social Meet-Up


Day 2: Saturday 13th June


9:00 - 10.30 ‍ ‍

Panel 4a: Magical Material Practice

Panel 4b: Writing Ourselves into the Land


10:30 - 11:00

Tea Break


11:00 - 12:30

Panel 5a: Plants and Places

Panel 5b: Haunted Landscapes


12:30 - 1:30

Lunch (Not Provided)


1:30 - 3:00

Folk Artefacts and Cultural Commons


3:00 - 3:30

Tea Break


3:30 - 4:30

Plenary and Next Steps


4:30 - 5:00

Closing Performance

The exhibition will be open for the duration of the symposium