Dr Jacqueline Simpson (see under ‘People’), formerly President of the Folklore Society and editor of its journal *Folklore*, has been appointed Visiting Professor at the
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An interdisciplinary research forum and subsequent publication of proceedings (Cambridge Scholars Publishing) based around the currently under-researched notion of the ‘anti-tale’ to be held at
‘Mervyn Peake and the Fantasy Tradition: A Centenary Conference’ An international conference hosted by the English & Creative Writing Department, University of Chichester and the