Time & Location
Aug 09, 2026, 4:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Baltimore, 1611 Guilford Ave, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA
About the event
Profs and Pints Baltimore presents: “Fairy Tales and the Body,” an examination of the forms characters take in the Grimms’ stories and what they tell us about real life in those times, with Linda Lee, lecturer in folklore and fairy tales at the University of Pennsylvania.
[Doors open at 3. The talk starts at 4:30. The room is open seating.]
The bodies of fairy-tale characters are alternately magical and monstrous. Depending on the story, they might be transformed through curses or disenchantments, or they might endure incredible hardships and complete impossible tasks. They can be maimed by violent acts, they can be healed or harmed by medicinal potions, and they can manifest both punishments and rewards.
Consider the depictions of bodies in the Grimms tales—as well as what they convey about nineteenth-century understandings of medicine and how bodies work—with Linda Lee, a folklorist who has earned a loyal following among…