Juliette Wood

{{short description|British historian and folklorist}}

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Juliette Wood is a British historian and lecturer at Cardiff University. She specializes in Celtic and Medieval history, magic, and folklore. She is a former director of the Folklore Society and an Honorary Fellow of Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales.

Wood received her PhD from the University of Pennsylvania in 1975. Her doctoral thesis was entitled ‘Geographical Themes in Medieval Celtic and Italian Folklore'.{{Cite web|url=https://sshelco-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=TN_proquest302734891&context=PC&vid=IUP&lang=en_US&search_scope=default_scope&adaptor=primo_central_multiple_fe&tab=default_tab&query=any,contains,Thomas,%20Juliette%20Marie%20geographical%20themes&offset=0&pcAvailability=true|title=Pennsylvania University Library Catalogue|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}} She received an MLitt from the University of Oxford, a master's from the University of Pennsylvania, and a master's from Aberystwyth University.{{Cite web|url=https://tedhughescardiff.wordpress.com/2016/09/21/featured-content/|title=Introducing Plenary Speaker Juliette Wood|last=Smith|first=Carrie|date=21 September 2016|website=Poetry in the Making|language=en|access-date=28 April 2020}} Before her studies, Wood was a ballet dancer in New York city.{{Cite news|last=Prior|first=Neil|date=30 October 2018|title=Halloween traditions unique to Wales|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-46019969|access-date=30 April 2020}}

Wood has written extensively on mythology, magic, folklore and Celtic history. She has provided expert consultation for television and radio, including the BBC.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gresham.ac.uk/professors-and-speakers/dr-juliette-wood-ma-phd-mlitt/|title=Dr Juliette Wood MA PhD M.Litt|website=www.gresham.ac.uk|access-date=28 April 2020}}{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7621767.stm|title=Merlin myths and links with Wales|date=20 September 2008|access-date=28 April 2020|language=en-GB}} She was a consultant for the film 'Faeries', for the documentary series 'Myths and Monsters', and for the documentary series 'Tony Robinson's Gods & Monsters'.{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2324937/bio|title=Juliette Wood|website=IMDb|access-date=28 April 2020}} She contributed to BBC Radio Four's In Our Time on The Mabinogion and Faust.{{Cite web|title=BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, The Mabinogion|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b1p5k7|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=30 April 2020}}{{Cite web|title=BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Faust|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004y2bt|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=30 April 2020}} Wood is currently Reviews Editor for the Folklore Society.{{Cite web|url=https://folklore-society.com/about/officers-and-committee/|title=Council and Management Board|website=The Folklore Society|language=en-GB|access-date=28 April 2020|archive-date=17 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717054809/https://folklore-society.com/about/officers-and-committee/|url-status=dead}}