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Monthly Archives: February 2018
Frankenstein Schools Programme
On February 27th I will take part in a Q&A on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein with sixth forms in Hertfordshire in collaboration with the St Alban’s Abbey Theatre. We will mark 200 years since the novel’s publication in 1818 and spend … Continue reading
Posted in Events, OGOM Research
Tagged Frankenstein, St Albans, St Albans Abbey Theatre
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Angel Calendar #FebruaryAngels
Thanks to everyone who is contributing to OGOM’s collaboration with Folklore Film Festival on #FebruaryAngels. You can view our glorious and heavenly Angelic Moment here and contribute to it daily throughout the month. The Book of Hours, the devotional book made … Continue reading
Posted in Fun stuff, OGOM Research
Tagged #FebruaryAngels, Angel calendar, Archangels, Bookof Hours
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Call for Articles: Aeternum: The Journal of Contemporary Gothic Studies
Aeternum: The Journal of Contemporary Gothic Studies are inviting articles for their June 2018 issue, deadline 5 March 2018. Aeternum is an open-access biannual online journal of peer-reviewed academic articles on all aspects of the contemporary Gothic. The purpose of … Continue reading
Stranger Things: Flower-Headed Monsters
New addition to OGOM doctoral studies, Daisy Butcher, has just published an interesting article in the Medical Health and Humanities Journal entitled ‘Stranger Things: Maternal Body Horror’ The monster in Stranger Things, the demogorgon, who resides in the ‘Upside Down’ that … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Articles, OGOM Research
Tagged Daisy Butcher, Orchid symbolism, plant monsters, stranger Things
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CFPs: Dracula, Frankenstein, and Bodily Fluids
Three CFPs for conferences that might be of interest: Children of the Night: A Cross-Platform Dracula Conference, Transilvania University of Brașov, 17-19 October 2018. Frankenstein – Parable of the Modern Age 1818 – 2018, International Symposium of the Inklings-Society, Ingolstadt, … Continue reading
Posted in CFP (Conferences)
Tagged bodily fluids, Dracula, Frankenstein, Mary Shelley, Victorian
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