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09/05/2022
2022 is the YEAR of the VAMPIRE!! 100 years of Nosferatu, 125 years of Dracula, 150 years of Carmilla, 175 of Varney the Vampire, 25 years of Buffy and many more. OGOM has a special focus on vampire studies, so … Continue reading →
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01/05/2022
I was very honoured to be invited by Emily Paterson-Morgan of The Byron Society (@EPatersonMorgan) to give my talk, ‘Rebellion, treachery, and glamour: Lady Caroline Lamb’s Glenarvon and the Byronic vampire’. It’s an expanded version of the talk I gave … Continue reading →
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Events: Gothic networking, Dracula, vampires
20/04/2022
Some exciting events coming up! Some alluring vampire-themed material here, too, with what looks an intriguing contemporary dance adaptation of Dracula, and a festival of vampire films, discussed by Prof. Stacey Abbott, who has collaborated with OGOM from the beginning. … Continue reading →
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CFPs: Hauntings, Southern Gothic, YA, fantasy, female Gothic, queer Arthuriana
20/04/2022
Conference papers and articles for publication requested: 1. CFP: Hauntings Halloween Symposium, online, 30 October 2022. Deadline: 1 June 2022 The CFP is now live for our second annual Halloween Symposium! The theme this year is ‘hauntings’ and presentations on … Continue reading →
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Events and CFPs: Vampires, pedagogy, Candyman, folk horror, Gothic adaptation, Gothic women
04/04/2022
Quite a diverse selection here of CFPs, forthcoming events, and resources; OGOM’s Dr Sam George and Dr Bill Hughes discussing vampiric matters among them! 1. Polidor’s The Vampyre, In Our Time, Radio 4, 9.00/21.30, 7 April 2022 Melvyn Bragg and … Continue reading →
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Goblin mode: the trend’s mythical origins, and why we should all go ‘vampire mode’ instead
01/04/2022
Goblin mode Sam George, University of Hertfordshire “Goblin mode” is taking the current pandemic-ridden world by storm. This state of being is defined by behaviours that feel reminiscent of deep lockdown days – never getting out of bed, never changing … Continue reading →
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New links and CFP: Anne Rice, African myth, fantasy journal, Daphne Du Maurier
01/03/2022
We’ve added some new links to the OGOM website, expanding its potential as a research tool for students, early career researchers, and established scholars. 1. Sam George on Anne Rice OGOM’s Dr Sam George gave a talk recently on BBC … Continue reading →
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Nosferatu at 100: The Vampire as Contagion and Monstrous Outsider
14/02/2022
Online Event: Saturday, 12 March 2022, 10.00 – 14.35 GMT 2022 marks the 100th anniversary of the release of F. W. Murnau’s classic vampire film, Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror. The Open Graves, Open Minds Project are hosting an online event to … Continue reading →
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CFP and Events: Lady Caroline Lamb, Byron, and rebellion
10/01/2022
A few related items here, centering on Byron and rebellion and including the Byronic vampire. 1. Rebellion, treachery, and glamour: Lady Caroline Lamb’s Glenarvon and the Byronic vampire, The Byron Society, Art Workers Guild, London, 20 April 2022, 6.30-8.00 pm … Continue reading →
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25/12/2021
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you all! We live in Gothic times but the principle of hope will emerge from the darkness. Facebook40Tweet0Pin0LinkedIn0Shares40Print0Email0
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21/12/2021
I’ve left this a bit late, I know, but I want to express our mourning over Anne Rice, who died 11 December 2021. Rice’s novel Interview with the Vampire (1976) is, as I’m sure you’ll know, a pivotal moment in … Continue reading →
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CFPs and Events: Crones, vampires, Alice, Blake, Shelley, Burns Night
18/12/2021
An assortment of conference CFPs and calls for articles, plus online events. 1. CFP: Crones, Crime, and the Gothic, In-person Conference, Falmouth University UK, 10-11 June 2022. Deadline: 1 April 2022. Older women have traditionally been portrayed negatively in folklore, … Continue reading →
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Call for articles: Murder she wrote, Supernatural Cities, 1980s horror
01/12/2021
Some calls for articles in journals and edited collections. Be warned that the deadline for the Murder, She Wrote collection is very soon–15 December 2021! 1. Call for chapters: Edited collection – ‘Something very sinister is going on here’: The … Continue reading →
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Events and CFP: Radcliffe, mermaids, Byron, Gothic Excursions, Haiti and Vodou
26/11/2021
Some interesting online events coming up along with some prerecorded ones, plus another Byron CFP. Be warned: the first two events are very soon–Monday and Tuesday! 1. Radcliffe Beyond Udolpho, The Gothic Women Project, 29 November 2021. For the November … Continue reading →
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CFPs: Gothic Interruptions, New Romanticisms, Byron, Angela Carter, Romance
26/11/2021
Some exciting CFPs for forthcoming conferences. The one we have all been waiting for, the International Gothic Association 2022 conference in Dublin is out at last!** Note that the deadline for the Angela Carter symposium is very soon–30 November. 1. … Continue reading →
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Lady Caroline Lamb (13 November 1785–25 January 1828) – Byronic vampires and romance
16/11/2021
Lady Caroline Lamb, whose birthday it would have been on 13 November (I’m a bit late!), famously judged Lord Byron ‘Mad, bad, and dangerous’, having had a brief and tempestuous affair with him. This relationship inspired her novel Glenarvon (1816), … Continue reading →
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Coffin Boffin’s #31DaysofHalloween
31/10/2021
Halloween is finally here! @DrSamGeorge1, The ‘Coffin Boffin’, would like to thank all those who have accompanied her on this Gothtober Halloween journey. If you are still to view the gothic wonders she has uncover, click to enjoy her spooky … Continue reading →
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Fairies weren’t always cute – they used to drink human blood and kidnap children
30/10/2021
Sam George, University of Hertfordshire When most people think about fairies, they perhaps picture the sparkling Tinker Bell from Peter Pan or the other heartwarming and cute fairies and fairy godmothers that populate many Disney movies and children’s cartoons. But … Continue reading →
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Mina’s Paprika Hendl, inspired by Bram Stoker’s Dracula
28/10/2021
Guest recipe post from Ella Buchan, co-author of A Gothic Cookbook (featured here also) Unlike Dracula’s cold cuts, this traditional Hungarian dish – also known as Paprika Hendl – is a warm welcome in a bowl, thick, rich and shot … Continue reading →
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22/10/2021
Some spookily exciting events coming up soon for Hallowe’en (and afterwards too): 1. North West Long Nineteenth-Century Seminar series, hosted by Manchester Metropolitan University (on line), 3 November 2021, 16:30 – 19:00 GMT. OGOM’s Dr Sam George will be talking … Continue reading →
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Our call for proposals is live! Get in touch with Alice, Tom and I if you have an idea you'd like to discuss.Here it is: the full call for proposals for 21st Century Horror, our new book series with Edinburgh University Press! Get in touch with series editors Alice Haylett Bryan, Craig Ian Mann and Thomas Joseph Watson to discuss projects or submit proposals. You can also find this information on the EUP website: edinburghuniversitypress.com/series-21st-century-horror ... See MoreSee Less2 days ago
Calling all creatures of the night! In celebration of WORLD GOTH DAY, DJ cypher's Dark Nation Radio will present an expanded program this Sunday, May 22nd, mixing new and classic goth and deathrock. Descend into the catacombs with bands including Siouxsie & the Banshees, The Cure, Bauhaus, The Sisters of Mercy, Alien Sex Fiend, Specimen, New Model Army, Christian Death, The Mission U.K, and Fields of the Nephilim. Then unearth new dark bands such as Black Angel, Kill Shelter, Dead Cells, Then Comes Silence, WitchHands, Ötzi, and Ritual Howls. Something in particular you are dying to hear? Requests are welcome during the show! Absinthe and clove cigarettes optional, black mandatory! The summoning of darkness will begin at 9 PM EDT Sunday May 22nd "live" on sorradio.org. ... See MoreSee LessThis content isn't available at the moment
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Such a fabulous writer! ... See MoreSee LessJhumpa Lahiri: Why Is Italo Calvino So Beloved Outside Italy?
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To speak of Italo Calvino’s popularity outside of Italy is to speak of Calvino in translation, given that he has been read and loved abroad in other languages and not in Italian. For an author who ....5 days ago
I did this talk last week, but there seems to be a lot of interest, so re-doing it again in a couple of weeks, sharing as it may be of interest to the group. Thank you! ... See MoreSee Less5 days ago
First things first, the WORLD GOTH DAY edition of DJ cypher’s Dark Nation Radio will be this Sunday, May 22nd. This will then be followed by the annual Dark Nation Radio GOTHIC BEACH PARTY show on May 29th. All shows start at 9 PM EDT on sorradio.org. This week’s show can now be streamed and downloaded on my mixcloud and hearthis pages and includes new material from Leathers, Mari Kattman, Mechanical Vein, Suicide Queen, Beyond Border, Revolution Above Disorder, Tragic Impulse, Miss FD, First Aid 4 Souls, Mondträume, Aesthetische, and Synapsyche. Enjoy and thank you very much for your support.www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive/dj-cyphers-dark-nation-radio-15-may-2022-broadcast/
DJ cypher’s Dark Nation Radio Playlist
15 May 2022
Mari Kattman, “Is It Really That Bad”
Beyond Border, “What Makes the World Go Round (Frozen Plasma mix)”
Suicide Queen, “Asphyxia”
Revolution Above Disorder, “Annihilator”
Monträume, “Something (Ruined Conflict mix)”
First Aid 4 Souls, “We Stand as Wall”
Synapsyche, “This is Gonna Hurt (Unity One mix)”
Aesthetische, “Back to Life (club mix)”
Leathers, “Runaway”
OMD, “Almost”
The Birthday Massacre, “Once Again”
True Moon, “Guns”
Signal 12, “Moving in Stereo”
School of Seven Bells, “Lovefingers”
You! Vicious, “Pretty is All You Have”
Mechanical Vein, “Feel Your Noise (Toronto is Broken remix)”
Tragic Impulse, “Failed Reality”
Bikini Death Race, “Hush”
The Sea at Midnight, “I Can’t Wait”
Mister Monster, “Science Fiction Double Feature”
Miss FD, “As Above, So Below”
La Méchanique, “Arenc”
Juno Reactor, “Dakota (Undercover mix)”
On the Floor, “This is All”
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DJ cypher's Dark Nation Radio 15 May 2022 Broadcast
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First things first, the WORLD GOTH DAY edition of DJ cypher’s Dark Nation Radio will be this Sunday, May 22nd. This will then be followed by the annual Dark Nation Radio GOTHIC BEACH PARTY show on M...