# Event Details - **Event Name**: Grimms Fairy Tales and nineteenth century superheroes - **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 20 Mar, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Fri, 20 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm - **Event Description**: This talk asks what we can learn from the fairy story and how it has been manipulated by different writers.About this EventWhat is a fairy story, and who is it for? Is it that different from a modern superhero film? What can we learn from how fairy stories are written? This talk asks what we can learn from the fairy story and how it has been manipulated by different writers.The Brothers Grimm collected fairy stories, adding moralistic elements and removing references to sexuality. They favoured certain types of story and often rewrote them or combined several stories into one, blurring the line between recording and writing new literature. This talk asks what we can learn from the fairy story and how it has been manipulated by different writers. Is the fairy story’s hero so different from a modern superhero? Tales can teach us lessons, subvert authority, provide hope for change, create empathy for minorities, and promote creativity, but also reinforce class structures and ridicule the weak. In this talk I will give a short tour of the history of folktale collection in Germany and what happens when scientific, literary and nationalist interests are in conflict with each other.I will introduce older versions of well-known stories which are often more violent, bawdy and illogical than the ones we remember from childhood, and explore why this has come to be the case. I will also refer to modern adaptations of folk stories in Disney films (including Marvel), but also in literature by Angela Carter, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Charles Dickens.Dr. Elizabeth Ramsey is a Fellow in German Literature at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Her research is on concepts of play, childhood and development in Modern German Literature, especially of the long nineteenth century. She has researched at the Universities of Warwick, Oxford, Chicago and the Humboldt and Free Universities of Berlin. She is currently working on a book on play in German literature. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/cambridge/grimms-fairy-tales-and-nineteenth-century-superheroes/100001980959725866 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, entertainment, workshops - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: Cambridge - **state**: EN - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: Alison Richard Building, SG 1-2 - **lat**: 52.201663 - **long**: 0.10913400000004003 - **full address**: Alison Richard Building, SG 1-2, Sidgwick Site, Cambridge, United Kingdom ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Grimms Fairy Tales and nineteenth century superheroes - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events4/banners/4117414a880dcf9418e2f5511f4723b15082d0ccdc87a958e4d297fb7ad534af-rimg-w801-h956-dc47482f-gmir.jpg?v=1771343947 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Grimms Fairy Tales and nineteenth century superheroes being held? - **A:** Grimms Fairy Tales and nineteenth century superheroes takes place on Fri, 20 Mar, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Fri, 20 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm at Alison Richard Building, SG 1-2, Sidgwick Site, Cambridge, United Kingdom. - **Q**: Who is organizing Grimms Fairy Tales and nineteenth century superheroes? - **A:** Grimms Fairy Tales and nineteenth century superheroes is organized by Cambridge Festival. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Grimms Fairy Tales and nineteenth century superheroes", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events4/banners/4117414a880dcf9418e2f5511f4723b15082d0ccdc87a958e4d297fb7ad534af-rimg-w801-h956-dc47482f-gmir.jpg?v=1771343947", "startDate": "2026-03-20", "endDate": "2026-03-20", "url": "https://allevents.in/cambridge/grimms-fairy-tales-and-nineteenth-century-superheroes/100001980959725866", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Alison Richard Building, SG 1-2", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "Sidgwick Site", "postalCode": "CB3 9DZ", "addressLocality": "Cambridge", "addressRegion": "EN", "addressCountry": "GB" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "52.201663", "longitude": "0.10913400000004003" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "This talk asks what we can learn from the fairy story and how it has been manipulated by different writers.", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "GBP", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-07", "availabilityEnds": "2026-03-20", "validFrom": "2026-04-07", "lowPrice": "0.00", "highPrice": "0.00", "price": "0.00", "url": "https://allevents.in/cambridge/grimms-fairy-tales-and-nineteenth-century-superheroes/100001980959725866" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "GBP", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-07", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-07", "url": "https://allevents.in/cambridge/grimms-fairy-tales-and-nineteenth-century-superheroes/100001980959725866", "price": 0, "name": "General Admission" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Cambridge Festival", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/cambridge-festival/18452732", "description": "The new, interdisciplinary Cambridge Festival (replacing the Cambridge Science Festival and the Cambridge Festival of Ideas) will take place from 26 March to 4 April 2021. 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