Time & Location
May 27, 2026, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Guilford Hall Brewery, 1611 Guilford Ave, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA
About the event
Profs and Pints Baltimore presents: “The Everyday Supernatural,”
A discussion of how folklorists and anthropologists view our belief in uneasily explained beings, forces, and experiences, with Benjamin Gatling, folklorist, scholar of belief and everyday religion, and associate professor of English at George Mason University.
[Doors open at 5. The talk starts at 6:30. The room is open seating.]
Have you ever wondered why people believe in the supernatural? Or where do such beliefs come from and what purposes do they serve?
On hand to offer answers will be Benjamin Gatling, who teaches a course on folklore and the supernatural, studies various cultures’ oral traditions, and serves as editor of Folklorica: the Journal of the Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Folklore Association.