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Category Archives: Events
Sea Changes – only one week away!
We are excited to reveal that the box of printed programmes for Sea Changes has arrived in the OGOM offices! With only a week to go it won’t be long before we welcome all of our wonderful delegates from around … Continue reading
Booking is open for Sea Changes: The fairytale Gothic of mermaids, selkies and enchanted hybrids of ocean and river
We’re beyond excited to announce that booking has opened for our 3-day international conference: Sea Changes: The fairytale Gothic of mermaids, selkies, and enchanted hybrids of ocean and river. Venue: The British Library, London, UK (and online), Date: 6–8 September 2025 … Continue reading
Posted in Events, OGOM: Sea Changes
Tagged adaptation, Blue Studies, enchantmenr, fairytale, Folklore, Gothic, Hybridity, mermaid conference, monstrosity, myth, selkies
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1816: The Year Without a Summer – Polidori, the musical; and OGOM research
OGOM’s book on John William Polidori (1795-1821) (who wrote the first vampire tale in English, ‘The Vampyre’, in 1819), The Legacy of John Polidori: The Romantic Vampire and its Progeny has been out nearly a year. Now, the perfect accompaniment … Continue reading
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Tagged Byron, comic Gothic, Mary Shelley, Matt Beresford, musicals, Percy Shelley, Polidori, theatre, Vampires
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Sea Changes – Mermaid Conference Update
Due to the wonderful response to our CFP for Sea Changes: The fairy tale Gothic of mermaids, selkies, and enchanted hybrids of ocean and river the conference will now take place over three days rather than two from 6-8 September … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Events, OGOM: Sea Changes
Tagged mermaids, OGOM, Sea Changes, selkies
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Literature Research Seminar Series April-June 2025
I will be chairing the Literature Research Seminar Series again this semester. These talks are free to attend on Zoom and take place on Wednesdays at 1.30 for an hour. They represent staff and doctoral students in Literature and Creative … Continue reading
Posted in Events
Tagged body horror, Brian Jukes, Dr Kaja Franck, eco-Gothic, H.G.Wells, Jane Gill, lamia, Werewolves, Wolves
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Black-eyed Dracula! Review of Blackeyed Theatre’s production (touring from September 2024) by Jane Gill
Nick Lane’s adaptation of Dracula preserves the eerie essence of Bram Stoker’s classic while adding a fresh, contemporary twist. The promotional blurb promises that ‘as a new shadow looms large over England, a small group of young men and women, … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Reviews
Tagged adaptation, Bram Stoker, Dracula, theatre, vampire plays, Vampires
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CFP and Events: ECR prize, horror, Green Children, fairy tales and race, Scottish and Irish Gothic, folklore
We’ve had a fabulous response to our CFP for the Sea changes: The fairytale Gothic of mermaids, selkies, and enchanted hybrids of ocean and river conference. We’ll keep you updated with news on what looks to be an amazing event. … Continue reading
Posted in CFP (Conferences), Events
Tagged changelings, digital humanities, ECRs, fairies, Fairy tales, Folklore, Gothic, horror, racism, Scandinavian folklore, Scottish Gothic
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Literature Research Seminar Wed 13th 1.30
I am chairing the Literature Research Seminar at the University of Hertfordshire this year and our next session is continuing our theme of animal studies, following my presentation rat narratives and Pied Piper re-tellings in October. We meet once a … Continue reading
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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