The Membership / Renewal Form for 2022 is a PDF that you can download and fill in. When complete, please mail to: Virginia Siegel Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts University of Arkansas Libraries MULN 425365 North McIlroy AvenueFayetteville, AR 72701-4002 vdsiegel@uark.edu
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ISCLR 2022 Annual Awards – Call for Nominations
Dear members and friends of ISCLR, Below, please find the announcements for our three annual awards: The Brian McConnell Book Award – Deadline: March 31, 2022. Chair: Virginia Siegel.The Linda Dégh Lifetime Achievement Award for Legend Scholarship – Deadline: April 1, 2022. Chair: Theo Meder.The Dr. David Buchan Student Essay Prize – Deadline: May 3, 2022. Chair: Ian Brodie. PleaseContinueContinue reading “ISCLR 2022 Annual Awards – Call for Nominations”
Call for Papers 2022
The Call for Papers for the 39th International Conference of ISCLR in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, July 11-15, 2022. https://contemporarylegend.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cfp-isclr-2022.pdf
Second Webinar
Second ISCLR webinar in association with Sree Sankara Vidyapeetom College and Center for Urban Studies (Mahathama Gandhi University) Contemporary Legends and Pandemic Lore Call for presentations, discussants and participants Dr. Anoop Vellani with Dr. Mathew A Varghese (Sree Sankara Vidyapeetom College and Center for Urban Studies, Mahathma Gandhi University, Kerala, India) and ISCLR are jointlyContinueContinue reading “Second Webinar”
Elissa Henken: ISCLR News
Dear friends of ISCLR, I have several things to report to you from this summer, some of which you may already know but which I thought should be announced to those who missed any of the news. Our annual conference, hosted from Tarragona by Carmen Oriol and Emili Samper and online by Theo Meder, wasContinueContinue reading “Elissa Henken: ISCLR News”
Zoom recordings ISCLR 2021 conference
One of the memes during the conference The cloud recordings of the ISCLR 2021 conference are no longer available from April 2022 on.
ISCLR Conference 2021, Tarragona (Spain)
A review of the ISCLR 2021 conference by Diane A. Rodgers. A review of the ISCLR 2021 conference in Catalan by Emili Samper and Carme Oriol (and a second one here). Here are screenshots of the Zoom conference of ISCLR 2021 (Monday, June 28). Screenshot of Zoom session, Monday, June 28, 2021 Of course, interferingContinueContinue reading “ISCLR Conference 2021, Tarragona (Spain)”
In memory of Janet L. Langlois
Janet Louise Langlois passed away peacefully at her home in Detroit May 22, 2021, with family members nearby. She is survived by her husband, Andrea di Tommaso, daughter Mia di Tommaso, stepchildren Dante, Matteo, and Ivana di Tommaso, grandchildren, a sister, and brothers. Janet was a leading scholar, a legendary teacher, and a dear friendContinueContinue reading “In memory of Janet L. Langlois”
First ISCLR Webinar
The Blood Libel Legend Theo Meder: ‘Conspirituality. QAnon and the Deep State baby blood drinking Satanists’ Introduction – video (15 minutes) – discussion. Thursday, May 27, 2021, CEST 17.00 hrs (TEST: Zoom online session). Members of ISCLR will automatically be invited by e-mail for the Zoom session.
International Society for Contemporary Legend Research 