Category Archives: Events

Angela Carter: Lisa Appignanesi on ‘The Company of Wolves’

Posted on 25th January 2016 by William the Bloody

More on Angela Carter (I forgot to include this!). A special showing of Neil Jordan’s brilliant film The Company of Wolves, based on Carter’s stories: 26 February 2016 at 7 p.m., London Review Bookshop: Lisa Appignesi introduces it. Neil Jordan’s … Continue reading →

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It’s A Kind of Magic: The Books of Renaissance Magician John Dee Go On Display

Posted on 22nd January 2016 by Sam George

One of the courses I was teaching last semester was Renaissance Literature and the most enjoyable part was the exploration of magic on stage from Dr Faustus to The Tempest and the magical statue scene in A Winter’s Tale. The … Continue reading →

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CFPs and Talks

Posted on 21st January 2016 by firekrank

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 →

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‘MOOC: The Gothic Revival, 1700-1850: Interdisciplinary Perspectives’ Trailer

Posted on 20th January 2016 by firekrank

The University of Stirling (home of The Gothic Imagination blog) has released the trailer for its Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) ‘The Gothic Revival, 1700-1850: Interdisciplinary Perspectives’. The course is delivered by Dale Townshend and Peter Lindfield and it looks … Continue reading →

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‘Witches’ Brew’ at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, February 2016

Posted on 10th January 2016 by firekrank

It’s not just vampires, werewolves and zombies that draw our interest at OGOM. We are equal opportunity supernatural entities and Sam has certainly been flying the flag for witches. (She has blogged about the ‘The Emergence of the Sympathetic Witch’, … Continue reading →

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CFP Disconnected Forms: Narratives of the Fractured Self @DisConnnectForms

Posted on 7th January 2016 by Sam George

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 →

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Supernatural Cities CFP @imaginetheurban

Posted on 3rd January 2016 by Sam George

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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White Rabbit: Yuletide Adventures in Wonderland @BritishLibrary

Posted on 28th December 2015 by Sam George

Over the Christmas period I celebrated my unbirthday by going to the Alice in Wonderland Exhibition at the British Library (one of the best free exhibitions to be found in London ever). It really was very special looking at Lewis … Continue reading →

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Savage Girls and Wild Boys

Posted on 15th December 2015 by Sam George

Those of you who attended the OGOM Company of Wolves Conference will know that I have a special interest in wild or feral children and by coincidence one of the authors that Kaja has just posted on, Katharine Rundell, has … Continue reading →

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Wolf Alice Late at the Library

Posted on 13th November 2015 by Sam George

There is a Late at the Library Fairy Tale and Wonderland Event at the BL on 21st November which looks really magical. You can see a performance of Wolf Alice and take part in some scarily dark adventures through mirrors … Continue reading →

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