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Category Archives: Conferences
CFP: BBEC Conference, University of Timișoara, Romania, 23th-25th June, 2016
I am pleased to announce that I am one of the Keynote Speakers at the Second International Conference ‘Beliefs and Behaviours in Education and Culture’ (BBEC) at the West University of Timișoara in Romania on 23th-25th June 2016. Professor Clive Bloom will also … Continue reading
Posted in CFP (Conferences), Conferences, Events, OGOM News, OGOM Research
Tagged belief, Dracula, folk Gothic, Folklore, Gothic literature, Romania
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CFPs and Talks
This an admin-esque post just drawing people’s attention to some CFPs and a talk that might be of interest to our followers. Firstly, there is a CFP for the Victorian Popular Fiction Association which will be holding its conference from … Continue reading
CFP Disconnected Forms: Narratives of the Fractured Self @DisConnnectForms
This original and pertinent conference is organised by PhD students Sandie Mills and Gul Dag at the University of Hull. OGOM regular Dr Catherine Spooner is one of the plenaries and her paper ‘Asylum Chic or What to Wear to … Continue reading
Supernatural Cities CFP @imaginetheurban
Many of you will remember the fabulous research seminar by Dr Karl Bell on Spring-Heeled Jack: and this conference has developed out of Karl’s supernatural cities project. I like the Baudelaire and Benjamin aspect of the CFP and the symposium … Continue reading
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Tagged Ghosts, supernatural, supernatural creatures, urban gothic
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Nick Stead: The Company of Wolves
I know it’s a while since the fabulous Company of Wolves conference in September, but I’m still revelling in the memories. I’ve been a bit ill, and was exhausted after the conference, so my blogging has got a little behind. … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, OGOM: The Company of Wolves, Reviews
Tagged Company of Wolves, Werewolves, Wild children, Wolves
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Gothic Manchester Festival 2015
Just a reminder that this fabulous series of events, Manchester Metropolitan University’s Gothic Festival, is on next week. There is the brilliant Darkness and Light exhibition at the beautifully Gothic John Rylands Library, which has been on a while; there … Continue reading
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Tagged Film, Goth subculture, Gothic, Gothic novel, Horror Film, Paranormal romance, steampunk
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Further Details about the Company of Wolves visit to the UKWCT
I’m just posting some final details about the trip to the UK Wolf Conservation Trust. It looks like an excellent trip which will expand our discussions from the conference and help us understand the human impact on the wolf population. … Continue reading
Gothic Manchester Festival 2015, 23 October 2015, John Rylands Library, Manchester
The third Gothic Manchester Festival looks very exciting–music, art, events, films, Gothic reading, and a one-day conference (where I will be giving a paper). And it takes place in the beautiful neo-Gothic John Rylands Library. Following the success of the … Continue reading
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Tagged art, Film, Goth subculture, Gothic, music, New Weird, steampunk
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CFP: Patrick McGrath Symposium, Stirling, January 2016
This looks like a brilliant conference at the University of Stirling on the author Patrick McGrath, one of the leading contemporary writers on psychological terror and horror. The conference will also be looking for 20 minute papers on asylums, madness, … Continue reading
Company of Wolves: one of the most talked about social justice issues of the day
Recent events suggest that Animal Rights is quickly becoming one of the most talked about social justice issues of the twenty-first century. Garry Marvin, Professor of Human and Animal Studies at the University of Roehampton will be opening up some … Continue reading