ISCLR members and friends: a reminder that now is the time to renew your membership (or join!). The membership form for 2025 is online and can be accessed here: https://contemporarylegend.org/society/membership/ Important information for 2025: multi-year membership are no longer offered. If you currently have a five-membership plan, it will remain valid until its expiration date. You willContinue reading "Join or Renew Your Membership with ISCLR"
Call for Papers Now Out – 42nd ISCLR Annual Meeting
The 42nd Perspectives on Contemporary Legend will be held in Stockholm, Sweden, June 23-27, 2025. More information on the venue, excursions, and hotels can be found on ISCLR's website: https://contemporarylegend.org/meetings/perspectives2025/. A PDF version of the CFP is also attached to this email. Call for PapersThe International Society for Contemporary Legend Research is pleased to announce that theContinue reading "Call for Papers Now Out – 42nd ISCLR Annual Meeting"
New Bloomsbury Book Series: Spectres, Hauntings and Horrors
From our President-Elect, Diane A. Rodgers: I would like to let you know about a new Bloomsbury Academic Series, Spectres, Hauntings and Horrors, for which I am pleased to be a member of the editorial board. The series editors are happy to receive ideas and proposals for new books - please see flyer attached (and feel freeContinue reading "New Bloomsbury Book Series: Spectres, Hauntings and Horrors"
Call for Papers Now Out – 41st ISCLR Annual Meeting
Perspectives on Contemporary Legend The 41st Annual Conference of the International Society for Contemporary Legend Research May 20 – 24, 2024 Utah State University, Logan, UT Utah State University’s Folklore Program and the Fife Folklore Archives are thrilled to invite you to Logan, Utah, for a week of legend scholarship, legend tripping, amazing mountains, and collegiality. AContinue reading "Call for Papers Now Out – 41st ISCLR Annual Meeting"
Perspectives on Contemporary Legend 2023 – a summary
by Dr Diane A Rodgers PERSPECTIVES ON CONTEMPORARY LEGEND 2023 – A SUMMARY OF THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR CONTEMPORARY LEGEND RESEARCH (ISCLR)
New digital Contemporary Legend
In the new digital Contemporary Legend, everything is published live as it is accepted and formatted. The "issue" consists of as many articles, reviews, notes, etc. that are accepted in any given calendar year. So the issue is already up (see below), but does not become "final" until December 31. https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/cl/index David J. Puglia Ph.D.AssociateContinue reading "New digital Contemporary Legend"
ISCLR – 40th Anniversary – Perspectives on Contemporary Legend – Conference Schedule
Please find here the Draft Schedule for the Sheffield 2023 conference.
Third update ISCLR meeting, Ottawa 2022
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Second update ISCLR meeting, Ottawa 2022
Video clips
Here are video clips that somehow touch upon the subject of contemporary legend. https://www.youtube.com/embed/7gF1qn-KzbM Satanism in Pokémon and Magic The Gathering
