Maiden, Mother, Monster: Rewriting Women in Storytelling
What do fairy tales, folklore, and contemporary culture tell us about women and who gets to shape those stories? How do the characters we inherit continue to influence the way we understand gender, identity, and power today?
Join us for a thought-provoking panel exploring how female archetypes, maiden, mother, monster, have evolved across time and culture. From traditional folklore and myth to modern storytelling, this conversation examines how narratives both reinforce and challenge the roles women are expected to inhabit.
Bringing together voices from academia and creative practice, the panel will unpack how women’s stories are being reimagined today and why revisiting these familiar figures matters now more than ever.
Speakers:
Dr. Helga Luthersdottir (UCL Lecturer in Scandinavian Culture)
Lan Võ (ESRC-funded Women’s Studies Scholar)
Tuyết Vân Huỳnh (Producer, Tấm Cám R&D)
Moderated by Kim Trần (Publisher, Major Books)
Exploring the evolution of female characters in folklore and their lasting influence on contemporary culture, this panel invites audiences to rethink familiar narratives and discover how storytelling can become a powerful tool for reshaping perspectives across generations and cultures.
This talk responds to the Treasury of Vietnamese Folk Tales display at the Museum. The display is free to visit in The Hive during the Museum’s opening hours. A creative programme of talks and workshops runs alongside the display in June and July.
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What do fairy tales, folklore, and contemporary culture tell us about women and who gets to shape those stories? How do the characters we inherit continue to influence the way we understand gender, identity, and power today?
Join us for a thought-provoking panel exploring how female archetypes, maiden, mother, monster, have evolved across time and culture. From traditional folklore and myth to modern storytelling, this conversation examines how narratives both reinforce and challenge the roles women are expected to inhabit.
Bringing together voices from academia and creative practice, the panel will unpack how women’s stories are being reimagined today and why revisiting these familiar figures matters now more than ever.
Speakers:
Dr. Helga Luthersdottir (UCL Lecturer in Scandinavian Culture)
Lan Võ (ESRC-funded Women’s Studies Scholar)
Tuyết Vân Huỳnh (Producer, Tấm Cám R&D)
Moderated by Kim Trần (Publisher, Major Books)
Exploring the evolution of female characters in folklore and their lasting influence on contemporary culture, this panel invites audiences to rethink familiar narratives and discover how storytelling can become a powerful tool for reshaping perspectives across generations and cultures.
This talk responds to the Treasury of Vietnamese Folk Tales display at the Museum. The display is free to visit in The Hive during the Museum’s opening hours. A creative programme of talks and workshops runs alongside the display in June and July.
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