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Category Archives: OGOM Research
Reflections: OGOM Sea Changes
We’re pleased to report that our 3-day conference Sea Changes: The fairytale Gothic of mermaids, selkies, and enchanted hybrids of ocean and river at the British Library and online was a resounding success and an absolute pleasure to attend. A … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, OGOM Research, OGOM: Sea Changes
Tagged British Library, mermaids, OGOM, Sea Changes, selkies
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Gramarye: Rats and vampires, dark fairies, mermaid, and more magic
The latest issue of Gramarye, the journal of the Chichester Centre for Fairy Tales, Fantasy and Speculative Fiction is now out. This journal is always beautifully designed, and the current issue features articles by Sam and myself, from OGOM. Sam’s … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM Research, Publications
Tagged Dracula, enchantment, fairies, Folklore, Gothic fairies, mermaids, nosferatu, paramormal romance, PiedPiper, rats, Vampires
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Hellebore: The Elemental Issue
The latest issue of Hellebore is a little bit special as it is the Elemental issue for Beltane 2025. I have contributed an article on ‘Fairy Lepidoptera’ which shows the fae to be part of a shadowy tradition allied to … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM Research, Reviews
Tagged Elementals, fairies, Folklore, Gnomes, Hellebore, water serpents, witches
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Mind the Gap: OGOM at the Creative Arts Research Student Showcase
Three of our OGOM PhD students are taking part in Mind the Gap: Creative Arts Research Student Showcase next week where they will give an overview of their research. Date: Wednesday 21st May, 9.30-5.15 Venue: University of Hertfordshire, College Lane … Continue reading
Plant Women and Female Mummies
Congratulations to OGOM member Daisy Butcher who passed her viva on Friday. Daisy’s project was praised by the examiners for being a great read and something of a page turner – its originality and rigour was very much in evidence. … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM News, OGOM Research
Tagged botanical Gothic, botany, Female mummies, femmes fatales, Gothic, mummies, plants, Victorian literature
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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
Posted in OGOM News, OGOM Research
Tagged ecophobia, Edgar Allan Poe, Gothic Herts, reading group
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Sam George: BBC interview on vampires, disease, and immortality
Sam has been interviewed for BBC News alongside the horror writer and actor Mark Gatiss and Interview with the Vampire writer Rolin Jones. She talks about the immortality of the vampire and how it has always been associated with disease … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM Research
Tagged disease, immortality, nosferatu, plague, Polidori, tuberculosis, Vampires
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Finding Vampires
The identity of a vampire may be known to its victims but if the identity is not known certain procedures can be followed to locate the right grave, according to folklore: SATURDAY In Southern Europe the search is traditionally carried … Continue reading
Posted in Fun stuff, OGOM Research
Tagged dhampirs, Folklore, graves, Halloween, revenant, Sam George, Vampires
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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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Out today! (1 October 2024) OGOM Project’s new book, The Legacy of John Polidori: The Romantic Vampire and its Progeny
The Legacy of John Polidori: The Romantic Vampire and its Progeny, ed. by Dr Sam George and Dr Bill Hughes Out now from Manchester University Press. This collection of essays begins with a Forward, ‘Poldori Revisited’, by the pioneer of … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Articles, OGOM Research
Tagged Anne Rice, Byron, Frankenstein, Glenarvon, Gothic tourism, Haitian Revolution, John Polidori, Lady Caroline Lamb, Mary Shelley, Neil Jordan, phantasmagoria, Romanticism, spiritualism, the Uncanny, The Vampyre, tuberculosis, Twilight, Vampires
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