Tutor information
Paul Cowdell
Paul Cowdell has published on various aspects of folklore research and disciplinary history. After studying Classics at Magdalene College, Cambridge he took an MA in Folklore at the University of Sheffield and completed a PhD on contemporary belief in ghosts at the University of Hertfordshire. A member of the Council of the Folklore Society, he serves as Associate Editor of its journal Folklore and sits on the editorial board of the Folk Music Journal.
Courses
This course provides an historical introduction to the development of folklore studies in Britain. It will review historical conceptions and approaches to folklore from the seventeenth-century antiquarians to the present.