Category Archives: OGOM News

Gothic Herts Reading Group 10 December 7.00 online

A reminder that the Gothic Herts Reading Group will be discussing Poe’s The Raven this week in relation to ecophobia via ‘Deep Into That Darkness Peering‘ by Tom J. Hillard.   The session is on Wed 10th December 2024 at 7.00 GMT … Continue reading

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Sam George: Bram Stoker’s Vampire online 27th November

Whilst it is still the spooky season I thought I’d let you know that I will be taking part in Lunchtime Bites for an AHRC-funded project called Dracula Returns to Derby (led by Prof. Matthew Cheeseman of Derby University). It was in Derby … Continue reading

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GOTHIC HERTS – new Gothic Reading Group starting this October

Gothic Herts is the home of a new reading group based at the University of Hertfordshire. It comprises undergraduate, postgraduate and research students and is dedicated to all things Gothic: We read Gothic-related material such as journal articles, poetry and … Continue reading

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IGA Book Prize 2024 – OGOM Shortlisted

We are delighted to announce that OGOM’s In the Company of Wolves: Werewolves, Wolves and Wild Children has been shortlisted for the Justin D. Edwards Prize 2024 awarded to an edited collection that is best advancing the field of gothic … Continue reading

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Congratulations Daisy

Congratulations to OGOM’s Daisy Butcher who has submitted her PhD thesis today: ‘Monsters of (In)fertility: The Plant-Woman and the Female Mummy in Victorian Gothic Literature’. Daisy has been a joy to supervise & a huge asset to OGOM. She has … Continue reading

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CONFERENCE: Bodies of Water: Mermaids, Selkies, and other Marine and Freshwater Hybrids

Exciting announcement claxon! We’re beyond excited to reveal that the next OGOM conference will be a collaboration with the Haunted Shores network called ‘Bodies of Water: Mermaids, Selkies, and other Marine and Freshwater Hybrids’. We are keen to explore the … Continue reading

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Egg Shell Lore: Witches & Fairies

There’s an interesting overlap between witches and fairies in folklore, this is seen, for example, in the shared idea of their uncanny voyages and the unusual vessels they choose to travel in. According to A Discoverie of Witchcraft (1584), witches … Continue reading

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Ethical Gothic Studies

Some exciting news, OGOM is going to be editing a special edition of Gothic Studies on Ethical Gothic. This will add to the issues we have already edited on the vampire 15.1. (2013) Undead Reflections: The Sympathetic Vampire and its Monstrous Other … Continue reading

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OGOM News: January, 2024

We’d like to wish all our followers a happy and successful 2024. We were thrilled this month to see the book jacket for our latest OGOM publication The Legacy of John Polidori: The Romantic Vampire and its Progeny, which is … Continue reading

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Merry Christmas 2023

Merry Christmas and happy holidays to those who celebrate from all of us at the Open Graves, Open Minds Project

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