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Centre for Contemporary Legend

Description

The city of Sheffield has an international reputation as a centre for folklore and legend scholarship that can be traced back to 1964.

The Centre for Contemporary Legend (CCL) aims to build upon these foundations, working with friends and partners to reinvigorate folklore and legend studies in the 21st century.

Members aim to create an institutional base that can act as a focal point for all those working in the field of folklore and legend studies.

CCL main areas of interest and inquiry are:

  • Folklore on screen and in print
  • Hauntological media and folk horror
  • Documenting folklore and traditions
  • Supernatural and paranormal experiences
  • Contemporary and historic moral panics
  • Archives as a folklore research resource
  • Cultural heritage and identity

Offers funding

No, this infrastructure does not provide funding.

Founding year

2017

Contact details

Sheffield
S1 1WB
United Kingdom
Website: https://www.shu.ac.uk/centre-culture-media-society/projects/centre-for-contemporary-legend
Public email: centre.contemporary.legend@gmail.com
  • @Centre__Legend
  • CCLSheffield

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Categorisation

Type

  • University-based infrastructure
  • Centre

Project Tags

  • Cultural studies tag
  • Heritage tag
  • History tag
  • Media studies tag
  • Museum studies tag

Parent infrastructure(s)

Humanities Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam

The Humanities Research Centre supports the funding, strategy, and development of research in English, History, and Stage and Screen at Sheffield Hallam. Established in 1996, it now supports more than… read more about Humanities Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam

Sheffield
S1 1WB
United Kingdom

University affiliation(s)

Sheffield Hallam University
Sheffield

Sheffield Hallam University
Sheffield

Partner Universities

University of Hertfordshire

Additional Partnerships

The Folklore Society, International Society for Contemporary Legend Research, The Folklore Museums Network

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2023-11-20 13:56:24

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