Category Archives: Conferences
The Folklore Society Announces a New President
Congratulations to Prof. Owen Davies who has just become the new President of The Folklore Society. The Folklore Society is a learned society devoted to the study of traditional culture in all its forms. It was founded in London in … Continue reading
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Tagged fairies, Folklore Society, grimoires, History, magic, Professor Owen Davies, University of Hertfordshire
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Review: CoronaGothic Conference, 30 June 2020, University of Macau Gothic
Dr Joan Passey has written an excellent review of the recent online CoronaGothic conference organised by the Gothic Research Network at the University of Macau in China. Sam’s earlier post with further details of the conference and the paper she … Continue reading
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Tagged Amabie, conspiracy theories, COVID-19, eco-Gothic, globalisation, Gothic, mermaids, Nineteenth century, surveillance, Vampires, Yokai
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H.G. Wells Society Annual Conference 2019
Men in the Moon: The Ideas and Correspondence of H.G. Wells and Sir Winston Churchill Churchill War Rooms, Clive Steps, King Charles Street, London, SW1A 2AQ21 September 2019 Keynote Speakers: Richard Jones, Professor Michael Smith, and Professor Richard Toye, University … Continue reading
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Tagged dystopia, H. G. Wells, London, science, science fiction, utopia, Winston Churchill
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Gothic Times 26 October 2019
In the opening decades of the twenty-first century, with Trump in the White House and Brexit on the horizon, Angela Carter’s famous assertion of 1974 that ‘we live in Gothic times’ has never been more apt. But from the eighteenth … Continue reading
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Tagged fairies, Gothic Times, Holly Black, mummies
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Conference Report: Queer Fears Symposium (University of Hertfordshire), Odyssey Cinema, St Albans, 28 June 2019
Conference report by Daisy Butcher, PhD candidate, University of Hertfordshire On Friday the 28th of June I attended the Queer Fears Symposium run by my wonderful secondary PhD supervisor Dr Darren Elliott-Smith at the Odyssey Cinema in St Albans. The … Continue reading
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Tagged body horror, Film, gay, horror, lesbian, queer, serial killers, TV, Vampires, Zombies
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Vampire’s Rebirth
Vampire’s rebirth: from monstrous undead creature to sexy and romantic Byronic seducer in one ghost story Sam George, University of Hertfordshire Victorian physician John Polidori took the vampire out of the forests of eastern Europe, gave him an aristocratic lineage … Continue reading
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Tagged Byron, John Polidori, The Vampyre, Vampires
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Programme and Booking for Polidori Vampyre 200
Tickets are selling rapidly for the Polidori Vampyre Symposium so do book here before it’s too late! The programme is available here and we think it’s looking fabulous–see the images below. ‘Mad, bad, and dangerous’—and hot! That’s how Lady Caroline … Continue reading
Polidori Vampyre 200 Booking
Booking for the symposium for the bicentenary of John Polidori’s The Vampyre is now open–click here. It’s going to be a fabulous event: have a look here for full details and here for the programme of brilliant speakers.
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Tagged Booking, Gothic, John Polidori, Romanticism, Vampires
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‘Polidori, the Byronic vampire & its progeny’ April 6th-7th 2019
‘Some curious disquiet’: Polidori, the Byronic vampire, and its progeny A symposium for the bicentenary of The Vampyre’ 6-7 April 2019, Keats House, Hampstead We’re beyond excited to announce our next event (above) in the spring. John Polidori published his … Continue reading
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Tagged Byron, John Polidori, Keats House, OGOM Project, Romanticism, vampire
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Gothic Hybridity: Ambiguous Creatures and Ambivalent Morals
The IGA conference 2018 gets underway in Manchester, UK, in just 3 days time. It’s a really important and exciting date in the goth calendar. The conference runs from July 31st to 3rd August. You can view the full programme here. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Hughes, Daisy Butcher, IGA Manchester, Kaja Franck, OGOM, Sam George
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