Chauvet Cave, circa 35,000 BP.
The Traditional Cosmology Society normally holds two seasons of talks per membership year. The talks are typically held in Edinburgh, and are delivered by both leading and emerging international scholars, spanning the full spectrum of interests covered by the Society.
2020-21 | Fall Season
No talks were held during the 2020-21 Fall season due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
2019-20 | Spring Season
James Parkhouse | Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines | 31st January 2020
- Original event page
- Audio recording [members only]
2019-20 | Fall Season
Louise S. Milne | The Case of the Water-Woman | 29th November 2019
- Original event page
- Audio recording [members only]
Julian Goodare | Narratives of Bewitchment in Scotland | 15th November 2019
- Original event page
- Audio recording [members only]
Jelka Vince Pallua | In Search of a Mythological Female Figure | 4th October 2019
- Original event page
- Audio recording [members only]
2018-19 | Spring Season
Lucie Vinsova | Keepers of the Universe | 22nd March 2019
- Original event page
- Audio recording [members only]
2018-19 | Fall Season
none
2017-18 | Spring Season
Aleksandr Boskovic | The Meaning of Maya Myths | March 23rd, 2018
- Original event page
- Audio recording [members only]
Peter Jackson | Itinerancy and the Afterlife | February 2nd, 2018
2017-18 | Fall Season
Michal Schwarz | The Moon in Selected East Asian Folk Tales | December 1st, 2017
- Original event page
- Audio recording [members only]
Václav Blažek | | Indo European Astronomical Terminology in the Near Eastern and North Eurasion Mythological Context | October 31st, 2017
- Original event page
- Audio recording [members only]
2016-2017 | Spring Season
Emily Lyle | Purifying the Kingship: The First Six Reigns in the Shahnameh in the light of Indo-European Comparative Modelling | February 1st, 2017
2016-2017 | Fall Season
Jan Kozak | The Sound of Creation: the Parallels Between Old Norse Cosmogony and Eschatology | 18 January, 2017
- Original event page
- Audio recording [members only]
Patricia O’ Connor | Charming the Margins: Old English Charms | 31 October 2016
Carol Mavor | Fairy Tale’s Marvellous Middleness | November 3rd, 2016
2015-2016 | Spring Season
n/a
2015-2016 | Fall Season
Jane Ridder-Patrick | The Astrological World-view | December 3rd, 2015
- Original event page
- Audio recording
2014-2015 | Spring Session
n/a
2014-2015 | Fall Season
Martha McGill | The Folkloric Ghost in Early Modern Scotland | September 22nd, 2014
- Original event page
- Audio recording [members only]
