{"id":29,"date":"2025-01-14T00:19:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T22:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/youngfolklorists2025\/?page_id=29"},"modified":"2025-09-26T07:52:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T04:52:51","slug":"conference-calendar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/youngfolklorists2025\/conference-calendar\/","title":{"rendered":"Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"

Day 1<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

September 25, 2025 (Thursday)<\/strong>
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09:00 \u2013 09:30 <\/strong>Registration

Venue: University of Tartu Library, W. Struve 1, Tartu
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09:30 \u2013 09:45 <\/strong>Opening of the Conference

Location: (Conference Hall)
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09:45 \u2013 11:00<\/strong> Keynote Lecture by Dorothy Noyes <\/strong>on the topic \u2013 The Vernacular Ground and the Field of Folklore<\/em> \u00a0

Location: (Conference Hall)

Moderated by \u00dclo Valk<\/strong> \u00a0
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11:00 \u2013 11:30<\/strong> Coffee Break
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Session 1: Folkloristic Theories I<\/strong>

Location: (Conference Hall)\u00a0<\/strong>

Chair: Lodewyk Barkhuizen<\/strong><\/td>		Session 2: Human-Animal Interactions<\/strong> \u00a0<\/strong>

Location: (Seminar room T\u00f5stamaa)

Chair: Margaret Lyngdoh<\/strong><\/td>		Session 3: Performance and (un)tellability<\/strong> \u00a0<\/strong>

Location: (Seminar room Kodavere)

Chair: Marje Ermel<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
11:30 \u2013 12:00<\/td>Evgeniya Litvin<\/strong>, University of Salento, Humble Theory in Minority Language Literature Research<\/em><\/td>Haozhen Li<\/strong>, University of Tartu, Between Religious Revival and Reinvention: Three Strategies of Revitalisation for Shamanism in Northeast China<\/em><\/td>Jaana Ahtiainen<\/strong>, University of Helsinki, Beyond Institutional Lenses: Rethinking Sex Work Research Through Folklore Studies<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
12:00 \u2013 12:30<\/td>Digne \u016adre-Lielb\u0101rde<\/strong>, University of Latvia, Academic Endeavours and Popular Imaginations: The Question of Lay and Academic Voices in Folklore Studies<\/em><\/td>Jasmina Rejec<\/strong>, Institute IRRIS for Research, Animal Folk Tales as Vehicles of Moral Values and Social Critique<\/em><\/td>Pema Choedon<\/strong>, Independent scholar, Gorshey: An Expression of Resilience and a Unified Identity through Tibetan Folk Dance<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
12:30 \u2013 13:00<\/td>Ivan Pra\u0161talo<\/strong>, University of Belgrade, Between Grand and Humble Theory: What Can We Learn from the History of the Discipline through Sima Trojanovi\u0107<\/em><\/td>Chloe Lundrigan<\/strong>, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador, \u201cIt\u2019s Tradition, but also Breaking Tradition\u201d: Performing Multi-species Environments in Newfoundland<\/em><\/td>Yun Dai<\/strong>, University of Tartu, Bear Grandmother: Hearthside Storytelling<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
13:00 \u2013 14:30<\/strong> Lunch Break<\/td><\/tr>
Session 4: Folkloristic Theories II<\/strong> \u00a0<\/strong>

Location: (Conference Hall)

Chair: Alina Oprelianska<\/strong><\/td>		Session 5: Narrative Reflections<\/strong> \u00a0<\/strong>

Location: (Seminar room T\u00f5stamaa)

Chair: Pihla Maria Siim<\/strong><\/td>		Session 6: Vernacular Expressions<\/strong> \u00a0<\/strong>

Location: (Seminar room Kodavere)

Chair: Haozhen Li<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
14:30 \u2013 15:00<\/td>Abhirup Sarkar<\/strong>, University of Tartu, Some Notes on the Viability of the \u2018Humble Approach\u2019 in Folkloristics<\/em><\/td>Iida R\u00e4ty<\/strong>, University of Turku, Illness Narrative as an \u2018in Between\u2019 Category<\/em><\/td>Dan Zhou<\/strong>, Kwansei Gakuin University, Reframing \u2018Vernacular\u2019: The Localisation of a Global Concept in Japanese Folkloristics<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
15:00 \u2013 15:30<\/td>Li Feng<\/strong>, Fudan University, Why Is Chinese Folkloristics Theory Still Not So Humble?<\/em><\/td>Mirjami Sipil\u00e4<\/strong>, University of Turku, Exploring Livonian Counting Rhymes and Their Presentation in the Volkslieder der Liven (1936) Collection<\/em><\/td>Anja Mlakar<\/strong>, Institute IRRIS Slovenia, Folklore as Contested Knowledge and the Struggle for the Vernacular<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
15:30 \u2013 16:00<\/td>Mar\u2019yana Svarnyk<\/strong>, University of Tartu, Sustainability: A Concept without a Theory?<\/em><\/td><\/td>Susanna Jurvanen<\/strong>, University of Helsinki, Bridging Theory and Ethnography: Multimodality in the Study of the Finnish Helka Festival<\/em><\/td><\/tr>

\u00a0<\/strong> 18:00-21:00<\/strong> Reception at University Cafe (\u00dclikooli 20) <\/strong>for Registered Participants \u00a0<\/strong>

Musical Performance by Estonian flute duo Kuula Hetke (K\u00e4rt Pihlap & Katariina Tirmaste)<\/strong>
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Day 2<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

September 26, 2025 (Friday)<\/strong>
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09:45 \u2013 11:00<\/strong> Keynote Lecture by Mariya Lesiv <\/strong>on topic \u2013 Folklore of Anger in the Precarity of War: Humble Theory and the Unhumble Vernacular<\/em> \u00a0<\/em>

Location: (Conference Hall)

Moderated by Anastasiya Astapova<\/strong> \u00a0
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11:00 \u2013 11:30<\/strong> Coffee Break
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Session 7: Placelore<\/strong> \u00a0<\/strong>

Location: (Conference Hall)

Chair: Kikee Doma Bhutia<\/strong><\/td>		Session 8: Social Media and AI<\/strong> \u00a0<\/strong>

Location: (Seminar room T\u00f5stamaa)

Chair: Andrus Tins<\/strong><\/td>		Session 9: Belief Narratives<\/strong> \u00a0<\/strong>

Location: (Seminar room Kodavere)

Chair: Kristel Kivari<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
11:30 \u2013 12:00<\/td>Lachlan Bell<\/strong>, University of Tartu, The S\u00f5rve Bunyip: Reimagining a Colonial Cryptid in an Australian-Estonian Context<\/em><\/td>Hanna-Kaisa Lassila<\/strong>, University of Turku, The Everyday Entertainment of Vernacular Disciplining on Social Media<\/em><\/td>Roope Kotiniemi<\/strong>, University of Helsinki, Navigating Contradictions: Analysing Magical Pouches in Finnish and Karelian Belief Narratives<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
12:00 \u2013 12:30<\/td>Linda Saraswati Klausner<\/strong>, University of Tartu, When Trees Wear Saris: Ritual Dressing and Sacred Power<\/em><\/td>Joan J\u00fcrgens<\/strong>, University of Tartu, \u2018Timeless Reading\u2019: Fortune Telling with Tarot Cards in Estonian-speaking Social Media Channels<\/em><\/td>Anete Saul\u012bte-Sta\u010dkune<\/strong>, University of Latvia, Personal Insight as an Aid, Not the Enemy: an Example on Latvian Folk Belief Research<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
12:30 \u2013 13:00<\/td><\/td>Ismet Suleimanov<\/strong>, University of Tartu, Adjustment and Humour: Humorous Vernacular Commentary on Being a Ukrainian Refugee<\/em><\/td>Hanna Dudkowiak<\/strong>, University of Warsaw, Our Lady and the Golden Foam: Tracing the Medieval Polish Magical Charm<\/em><\/td><\/tr>

13:00 \u2013 14:30<\/strong> Lunch Break
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Session 10: Ritual Practice<\/strong> \u00a0<\/strong>

Location: (Conference Hall)

Chair: Alevtina Solovyeva<\/strong><\/td>		Session 11: Material Folklore<\/strong> \u00a0<\/strong>

Location: (Seminar room T\u00f5stamaa)

Chair: Digne \u016adre-Lielb\u0101rde<\/strong><\/td>		<\/td><\/tr>
14:30 \u2013 15:00<\/td>Nataliia Rygovska<\/strong>, University of Tartu, The Invisible Front: Vernacular Spiritual Practices in Contemporary Ukraine<\/em><\/td>Mila Santala<\/strong>, University of Turku, From Tradition to Modernity: The Enduring Legacy of Kalevala Jewellery and the Kalevala Women\u2019s Association<\/em><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
15:00 \u2013 15:30<\/td>Lodewyk Barkhuizen<\/strong>, University of Tartu, Existential Weakness as Method in the Spiritual Teachings of South African Traditional Healers<\/em><\/td>Edgar Mirjamsdotter<\/strong>, \u00c5bo Akademi University, Following the Threads \u2013 Exploring the Aibo Tapestry though Ethnography<\/em><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
15:30 \u2013 16:00<\/td>Baobao<\/strong>, University of Tartu, Sut<\/em>\u0255<\/em>ywu and Sut<\/em>\u0255<\/em>ywum<\/em>\u0268<\/em>ni of Misfortune Transferability in the Eastern Minyag Community<\/em><\/td>Kikee Doma Bhutia<\/strong>, University of Tartu, Thensay Yaksay and the Burden of Ritual Gift-Giving in Sikkimese Villages<\/em><\/td><\/td><\/tr>

16:00 \u2013 16:30<\/strong> Closing of the Conference
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