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Library Lectures 2021

A new series of Library Lectures kicks off in February, welcoming four fantastic speakers who will guide you through fascinating topics around folk song and dance. 

All lectures took place online. 

Martin Graebe giving a lecture

Library Lectures 2020

Library Lectures in spring 2020 welcomed fantastic speakers who guided audiences through fascinating topics around folk song, dance and wider culture.

You can also read about lectures in other years and browse our Lectures Playlist on YouTube

Ian Russell

Library Lectures 2018

Following a highly successful series in Manchester, the VWML Lectures return home to Cecil Sharp House in 2018.

Martin Graebe giving a lecture

Library Lectures 2019

The new series of Library Lectures kicks off in January, welcoming four fantastic speakers who guide you through fascinating topics around folk song and dance.

Chetham's Library

The Library Lectures Go To Manchester

Chetham's Library, Manchester

September to November 2017

Over the last two years the VWML has organised two highly successful series of library lectures given by leading researchers in the field, with topics ranging from Night Visiting Songs to Hammer Dulcimer Players in East Anglia. We are therefore pleased to announce a series of Vaughan Williams Memorial Library Lectures to be given at Chetham’s Library, in Manchester.