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Author Archives: Sam George
Coffin Boffin’s #31DaysofHalloween
Halloween is finally here! @DrSamGeorge1, The ‘Coffin Boffin’, would like to thank all those who have accompanied her on this Gothtober Halloween journey. If you are still to view the gothic wonders she has uncover, click to enjoy her spooky … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Fun stuff, OGOM News, Uncategorized
Tagged Gothic, Halloween, Spooky
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Gothic Bodies: North West Long Nineteenth Century Seminar 3 November, 2021
Join us in November for the North West Long Nineteenth-Century Seminar series, hosted by Manchester Metropolitan University This Halloween seminar will focus on Gothic bodies from the Romantic period to the early twentieth century. Three speakers will consider the resonances … Continue reading
Online Talk: Dr Sam George, Dark Folklore: A Journey into the Botanical Gothic, 19 October 2021
Inspired by the eighteenth-century botanist Tournefort, who voyaged in search of plants and found instead a plague of vampires on the island of Mykonos (1702), Sam George’s botanical studies have taken a gothic turn. Following the publication of Botany, Sexuality and … Continue reading
Posted in Events, OGOM News
Tagged #BotanicalGothic, botany, Chawton House, Folklore, plants
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CFPS & Deadlines re: Opportunities in Gothic Scholarship
A quick reminder of some deadlines pending in the area of Gothic Studies below: The Journal of Dracula Studies has extended its 2021 submission deadline to June 1st https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2021/01/19/journal-of-dracula-studies-deadline-extended-to-6121 There is a general CFP for Aeternum: The Journal of Contemporary … Continue reading
Posted in Call for Articles, Jobs
Tagged Dracula, Fellowship, Gothic journals, Gothic women
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Online Launch of Twenty-First-Century Gothic: An Edinburgh Companion 26th May 6-7.30 pm GMT
Editors: Maisha Wester and Xavier Aldana Reyes You are cordially invited to register attendance to the free paperback launch of the book Twenty-First Century Gothic and the associated digital event on the 26th of May (6-7.30 pm GMT): https://forms.office.com/r/Fw1SQD9zwn. Please see details of … Continue reading
Fairy Conference Poster
OGOM are delighted to reveal the enchanting design for our Gothic Fairies Conference 8-11 April. There are only a few tickets remaining so do be quick and make sure you order your fairy wings for the wings and wine social! … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Events, OGOM News, OGOM: Ill met by moonlight
Tagged Dark Fairies, Gothic, Gothic fairies
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Gothic Fairies Conference 8-11 April – Booking is Open
We are excited to announce that booking has opened for our Gothic Fairies Online Conference ‘Ill met by moonlight’: Gothic encounters with enchantment and the Faerie realm in literature and culture, 8‒11 April 2021 Full Conference Programme Keynotes and Activities Booking Link Fees: … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Events, OGOM: Ill met by moonlight
Tagged fairies, fairy tale, Folklore, Gothic, Open Graves Open Minds
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The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper (22nd Feb 17.00 Free online event )
A quick post to draw your attention to the following free online event at the university. Hope to see some of you there. The School of Humanities at the University of Hertfordshire’s Creative Conversations continues with a special guest, historian and … Continue reading
CoronaGothic: Cultures of the Pandemic
‘CoronaGothic’, Critical Quarterly 62.4 (2020), ed. by Prof William Hughes and Prof Nick Groom from the University of Macau, arrived in this morning’s post. Thank you to all who contributed to this ground-breaking discussion from a symposium organised by @UMGothic … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM News, OGOM Research, Publications
Tagged @UMGothic, Amabie, Coronagothic, Dr Sam George, monster theory, Yokai
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Sam George, ‘Black Roses: The representation of Sophie Lancaster from Broken Britain to Brexit’
It is over ten years since Sophie Lancaster and Robert Maltby were attacked in Stubbylee Park, in Lancashire, reputedly for being ‘goths’. Rob, who was punched unconscious and put in a coma by his assailants, eventually recovered (though he suffered … Continue reading
Posted in Critical thoughts
Tagged difference, Goth subculture, hate crime, otherness, Simon Armitage, Sophie Lancaster
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