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Author Archives: Sam George
Halloween Online Talks and Seminars, October 2024
Sam George is presenting a Halloween talk on her research into the mythical origins of the Pied Piper, Dracula and Nosferatu, as part of the Literature Research Seminar at the University of Hertfordshire. All are welcome. Abstract: This talk will … Continue reading
Posted in Events, OGOM Research
Tagged Daisy Butcher, Dr Sam George, Dracula, Folklore, George MacDonald, Halloween, nosferatu, online talks, Pied Piper, Plant horror, Rat Kings
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GOTHIC HERTS – new Gothic Reading Group starting this October
Gothic Herts is the home of a new reading group based at the University of Hertfordshire. It comprises undergraduate, postgraduate and research students and is dedicated to all things Gothic: We read Gothic-related material such as journal articles, poetry and … Continue reading
Polidori’s Missing Grave: St Pancras Old Church
St Pancras Old Church has withstood the Industrial Revolution, Victorian improvements, wartime damage and an attack by Satanists in 1985. In 1847 the church was derelict and virtually in ruins until Victorian architects Robert Lewis Roumieu (1814–1877) and Hugh Roumieu Gough (1843–1904) transformed the … Continue reading
In the Company of Wolves: Gothic Reading 2024
We have received this lovely endorsement for our book In the Company of Wolves: Werewolves, Wolves and Wild Children. Sincere thanks to everyone involved in the IGA book prizes. This means a lot to OGOM! Sam George and Bill Hughes, … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM Research, OGOM: The Company of Wolves, Reading Lists
Tagged Bill Hughes, Gothic, MUP, Sam George, werewolf, Wild children, Wolves
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IGA Book Prize 2024 – OGOM Shortlisted
We are delighted to announce that OGOM’s In the Company of Wolves: Werewolves, Wolves and Wild Children has been shortlisted for the Justin D. Edwards Prize 2024 awarded to an edited collection that is best advancing the field of gothic … Continue reading
Congratulations Daisy
Congratulations to OGOM’s Daisy Butcher who has submitted her PhD thesis today: ‘Monsters of (In)fertility: The Plant-Woman and the Female Mummy in Victorian Gothic Literature’. Daisy has been a joy to supervise & a huge asset to OGOM. She has … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM News, OGOM Research
Tagged botanical Gothic, Daisy Butcher, Evil Roots, Female mummies, Feminism, mermaids, selkies
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Jane Gill: A Trip to Marsh’s Library and University College Dublin
Jane Gill is a Doctoral Student at the University of Hertfordshire and an OGOM Member In the depths of winter, I embarked on a journey to Dublin with two main objectives: to visit Marsh’s Library and to present my first … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM Research
Tagged archives, fairies, fungal Gothic, Irish folklore, Jane Gill, Lady Jane Wilde, Marsh's Library, mermaids, W. B. Yeats, William Hope Hodgson
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CONFERENCE: Bodies of Water: Mermaids, Selkies, and other Marine and Freshwater Hybrids
Exciting announcement claxon! We’re beyond excited to reveal that the next OGOM conference will be a collaboration with the Haunted Shores network called ‘Bodies of Water: Mermaids, Selkies, and other Marine and Freshwater Hybrids’. We are keen to explore the … Continue reading
Posted in CFP (Conferences), Conferences, OGOM News
Tagged Fairy tales, Gothic, Hybridity, mermaids, selkies
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Shadowlands: The Dark Origins of the Victorian Fairy, 17th April, 1.30 online
I will be giving a free online talk for the University of Hertfordshire’s Literature Research Seminar Series on Wed 17 April at 1.30. The concept of gothic has had an association with fairy from its inception; I’ll be exploring how … Continue reading
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Tagged fairies, fairy, Folklore, Gothic, Sam George, The Dead, Victorian literature
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Egg Shell Lore: Witches & Fairies
There’s an interesting overlap between witches and fairies in folklore, this is seen, for example, in the shared idea of their uncanny voyages and the unusual vessels they choose to travel in. According to A Discoverie of Witchcraft (1584), witches … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM News, OGOM Research
Tagged A Discovery of Witches, boats, egg folklore, eggshell, fairies, witch boats, witches
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