Lectures

We will be presenting our “Witches in the Grimms’ Fairy Tales” Lecture at 12:10PM EDT on Saturday 6/5! This presentation will explore the powerful, endlessly versatile figure of the witch...

POSTPONED to the Fall/Winter - more details coming soon, we apologize for any inconvenience! ***Please register online at: https://tinyurl.com/felinefolklore or by phone at 973-334-2980.*** A fascinating look at cats in...

We will be presenting our "Beyond the Mirror - Feminist Fairy Tales" lecture for the Charles County Library After Hours Program! FREE!

In 1812 in Germany, brothers and literary scholars Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published a collection of 86 folktales, Kinder und Hausmärchen, known in English as Grimms Fairy Tales. A major...

Profs and Pints Online presents: “The Haunted House,” with Sara Cleto and Brittany Warman, former instructors at Ohio State University and co-founders of The Carterhaugh School of Folklore and the...

Profs and Pints Online presents: “How the Nutcracker Came to Life,” with Sara Cleto and Brittany Warman, former instructors at Ohio State University and co-founders of The Carterhaugh School of...

Click here to find out all about our big winter event with Dr. Steve Winick on December 21st, 2021 at 7PM ET!

It's easy to think of fairy tales as something distinctly European or antiquated. After all, many of the most famous fairy-tale collectors and writers lived hundreds of years ago in...

The Star Wars film franchise has long been called a modern myth. The stories of the series are indebted to traditional narrative forms like myth, legend, and fairy tale. Entire...

Hans Christian Andersen is a name synonymous with fairy tales and a figure who has inspired much speculation and fascination in his readers. His stories have enchanted for more than...

Profs and Pints DC presents: “Goddess of Spring and the Underworld,” an introduction to the Greek goddess Persephone in her many incarnations, with Sara Cleto and Brittany Warman, former instructors...

Profs and Pints DC presents: “How Mad Scientists are Made,” a look at monstrous experiments and quests for forbidden knowledge in literature, folklore, and film, with Sara Cleto and Brittany...