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Category Archives: OGOM News
OGOM website: new features
I’ve made a few changes to the website. We think that the site can be an immensely useful research tool for Gothic studies, the fantastic, and the magical in fiction and folklore. To help students, scholars, and those with a general … Continue reading
Reader I Married Him
Congratulations are in order for OGOM’s Kaja who has married Duncan in a beautiful ceremony in London. Guests gathered at Battersea Park for the happy couple to marry on the bandstand in the warm summer sunshine surrounded by family and … Continue reading
OGOM at the Being Human Festival 2017
We are proud to announce that OGOM has been successful in its bid to participate in the Being Human Festival 2017. Our event is detailed below: Animal-Human Boundaries: Banishing the Big, Bad Wolf Saturday 18th November, University of Hertfordshire 6.30. … Continue reading
White Wolves in and out of the Academy
OGOM is keeping track of wolf related stories ahead of the Being Human Festival in November. I posted earlier that May is the month of the wolf and Dr Catherine Spooner, a plenary at the now legendary Company of Wolves … Continue reading
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Tagged Catherine Spooner, Freud's Wolf Man, OGOM Company of Wplves, white wolves, Yellowstone
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Why May is the Month of the Wolf
May is turning out to be the month of the wolf. Last week saw the news of the first Danish wolf pack in 200 years and Kaja has reported that revellers at May Day celebrations in the UK witnessed the … Continue reading
Ring-a-ring-a Widdershins: It’s Walpurgis Night and Halfway to Hallowe’en!
It’s Walpurgis Night (Walpurgisnacht or Valborgsmässoafton), the night that marks the transition from winter to spring, falling on the eve of the first of May. It’s also halfway to Halloween!! Kaja will like that! In folk tradition, witches and … Continue reading
Gothicise and Supernatural Cities
I’m setting up a permanent link (in the Related Links column on the right) from the site to the art collaborative Gothicise, which was launched in 2010. Gothicise create site-specific performances that interrogate the relationship between site and narrative including the 2015 … Continue reading
Posted in Critical thoughts, Events, OGOM News, OGOM Research
Tagged art, Dr Karl Bell, Dr Tracy Fahey, Gothic, Gothicise, Supernatural Cities
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Reading Lists
From a few responses by you (that is, visitors to the site), I thought it might be a good idea to provide reading lists for books we at OGOM recommend–for example, the best vampire or dark fairy YA novels, or … Continue reading
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Do Witches Steal Egg Shells: The Curious Origins of the Easter Bunny and the First Hot X Bun
My childhood Easters always revolved around ‘egg rolling’ which would take place before Easter breakfast and would be signalled by a loud announcement that it was ‘egg rolling time’. The eggs were hard boiled and decorated the night before with … Continue reading
Posted in Fun stuff, OGOM News
Tagged Easter Bunny, Egg Rolling, First Hot Cross Bun, Pace Eggs, Victorian Easter Cards
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10K Shares for OGOM Wolves and Werewolves Research!!
The university press office have confirmed that we have had a remarkable 10,000 shares for coverage of our Company of Wolves project in The Independent. This is an astounding testimony to the impact of our wolfish research and is excellent news … Continue reading