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The Newsletter of the Sussex Centre for Folklore, Fairy Tales and Fantasy

Feb-Mar 2016

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Contents

Events at the Sussex Centre

Prof. Andrew Teverson, 'Andrew Lang, Joseph Jacobs and

British imperialism' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Other events around the world . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Gramarye issue 8 e-book out now . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

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Events at the Sussex Centre

Prof. Andrew Teverson ‘The Fairy-tale Collections of

Andrew Lang and Joseph Jacobs: Empire, Nation and Identity’

Monday 14 March 2016, 5.15-6.30 p.m., Cloisters, University of Chichester

Professor Andrew Teverson will present his research on how empire and national identity within the past 200 years have been shaped by tales of wonder and magic.

His research explores the work of celebrated Scottish novelist Andrew Lang, one of the world’s first mainstream fairy-tale collectors, as well as Australian folklorist Joseph Jacobs, who popularised many notable English fairy tales, including 'Jack and the Beanstalk' and 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears'.

Andrew Teverson is Professor of English Literature and Head of Humanities at Kingston University, London.

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His recent work includes The Edinburgh Critical Edition of the Selected Writings of Andrew Lang (2015, co-edited with Alexandra Warwick and Leigh Wilson), shortlisted for the Folklore Society’s Katharine Briggs Folklore Award in 2015, and Fairy Tale for the Routledge New Critical Idiom series (2013).

Tickets for the talk are £5, or £3 for concessions, and are free for University staff and students.

To find out more, including how to reserve a seat, email organiser Heather Robbins at h.robbins@chi.ac.uk.

Cover of Andrew Lang's The Arabian Nights Enter-tainments (1898).

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Other events around the world

Alice in Wonderland exhibitionThe British Library, till 17 April 2016.

Come and see Lewis Carroll’s original manuscript with hand-drawn illustrations, alongside stunning editions by Mervyn Peake, Ralph Steadman, Leonard Weisgard, Arthur Rackham, Salvador Dali and others.http://www.bl.uk/events/alice-in-wonderland-exhibition

‘Magic, witches and devils in the early modern world’, exhibition, Deansgate, from 21 January: https://uomhistory.wordpress.com/2016/01/11/magic-witches-and-devils-in-the-early-modern-world-new-exhibition/

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Britannic Myths CNB Gallery, London, 19 February - 13 March.Paintings by Joe Machine and stories by Steven O’Brien.http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2016/feb/16/joe-machine-steven-o-brien-stuckist-paintings-in-pictures

Dales of a Perilous Realm27 February – 9 April 2016An exhibition inspired by Tolkien and the Yorkshire landscape, at Mill Bridge Gallery (Yorkshire).http://www.millbridgegallery.co.uk/exhibitions

International Seminar on Fairy-tale and Storytelling Therapy, 8-12 March 2016, Sintra (Portugal): http://www.moonluza.pt/en/projects-and-events/calendar/an-international-seminar-on-fairy-tale-and-storytelling-therapy-2016.html

Universe: Performance Storytelling The Crick Crack Club, 8 p.m., 14 March, Soho Theatre (London): http://sohotheatre.com/whats-on/universe/

Wonder Tales: The 37th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts16-20 March 2016, FloridaWith special guests, Terri Windling, Holly Black, Cristina Bacchilega and Brian Aldisshttp://www.fantastic-arts.org/

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Crick Crack Club: Seven Princesses, or Haft Paykar of NizamiSat 19 March, 7.30pm, £9, £7 concessions

Nizami, one of the best loved Iranian epic poets, wrote The Seven Princesses or Haft Paykar in the 12th century AD, influencing generations of poets and storytellers across the world. Join the Crick Crack Club for this remarkable show by two superb performers.http://www.richmix.org.uk/whats-on/event/crick-crack-club-7-princesses-or-haft-paykar-of-nizami/

Folklore, Magic and Mysteries: Modern Witchcraft and Folk Culture in Britain, Preston Manor, Brighton.From 1 April: http://brightonmuseums.org.uk/2016/01/21/mother-of-modern-witchcrafts-personal-collection-to-be-displayed-for-the-first-time/

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Reflected Shadows: Folklore and the Gothic5-17 April, Kingston Uni, (London).Screaming skulls or steampunk, walled-up nuns or neo-medievalism—contributions will seek to address the creative reflection of popular traditions in Gothic cultural forms. http://folklore-society.com/events/reflected-shadows-folklore-and-the-gothic

Terry Pratchett's memorial14 April, Barbican Theatre Ticket applications are open until March 14th. http://discworld.com/memorial

Charms, Charmers and Charming Conference 2016Innovation and TraditionFriday 6th – Sunday 8th May 2016 (Cork, Ireland)https://corkcharms.wordpress.com/

Roundtable: 'Folklore in Global Conversations'Washington DC, 17-20 November 2016 The Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Folklore Association (SEEFA) issues an annual call for papers for the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies Conference.https://networks.h-net.org/node/3128/discussions/103474/cfp-seefa-slavic-east-european-and-eurasian-folklore-association

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Supernatural Cities: The Urban MindscapeUniversity of Portsmouth, 30 April 2016Where do urban supernatural stories and beliefs come from and why do they survive in our modern cities? What is it about the nature of the urban environment that encourages our imaginations to respond in this way? http://www.theofantastique.com/2016/01/04/call-for-papers-supernatural-cities-exploring-the-urban-mindscape/

The 2016 Folklore, Ethnology, and Ethnomusicology Conference AberdeenUniversity of Aberdeen, Scotland, 1-3 July 2016 The theme is 'A Fieldworker’s Vision: Researching the Present'. Deadline 31 January.http://www.afsnet.org/news/262272/CFP-The-2016-Folklore-Ethnology-and-Ethnomusicology-Conference-Aberdeen.htm

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Gramarye issue 8 e-book out now

Gramarye issue 8 is now available to order as an e-book from our online store. This issue’s contents include:

• ‘The Mysterious Rolling Wool Bogey’, Simon Young

• ‘The Snow Queen’, script by Anupama Chandrasekhar

• An interview with Anupama Chandrasekhar

• ‘Three Roads River’, Judith Woolf

• ‘Arianrhod’, Steve O’Brien

• ‘But still, the heart doth need a language…’, George Green

• ‘My Favourite Fairyland Fiction’, Ruth B. Bottigheimer

• A Carnivalesque Recasting of the Grimms’ Tales: a review of Natalie Frank's Tales of the Brothers Grimm, Sandra L. Beckett

• A review of Walter De La Mare's Told Again: Old Tales Told Again, Nicholas Tucker

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• A review of Daniel Ogden's Drakon: Dragon Myth and Serpent Cult in the Greek and Roman Worlds, Jacqueline Simpson

• A review of Ann Schmiesing's Disability, Deformity and Disease in the Grimms’ Fairy Tales, Seana Kozar

• A review of Defining Magic: A Reader, Marion Gibson

• A review of MacGillivray's The Last Wolf of Scotland, Niall McDevitt

• A review of The Gothic Fairy Tale in Young Adult Literature: Essays on Stories from Grimm to Gaiman, Malini Roy

• A review of Jan Beveridge's Children into Swans: Fairy Tales and the Pagan Imagination, Katherine Langrish

• A review of Eliza Granville's Gretel and the Dark, Andrew Teverson

• A review of Terry Pratchett's The Shepherd’s Crown, Jane Carroll

Plus correspondence between Jacqueline Simpson and Tom Shippey, and of course pages and pages of fantastic contemporary and Golden Age illustrations.

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Cover illustration and left: Natalie Frank's Grimm illustrations.

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If you have any queries or feedback about this newsletter, please contact Heather Robbins at

h.robbins@chi.ac.uk