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