Search Results for: white wolves

Ill met by moonlight 2021

Posted on 5th May 2020 by William the Bloody

OGOM Online Conference 2021 ‘Ill met by moonlight’: Gothic encounters with enchantment and the Faerie realm in literature and culture University of Hertfordshire, 8‒11 April 2021 * You can now view the videos of the conference here; use the Programme … Continue reading →

Comments Off on Ill met by moonlight 2021

UK Werewolf Hauntings: Are We Living in Gothic Times?

Posted on 30th October 2019 by Sam George

In the opening decades of the twenty-first century, with Trump in the White House and Brexit on the horizon, Angela Carter’s famous assertion of 1974 that ‘we live in Gothic times’ has never been more apt. This theme of ‘Gothic … Continue reading →

Posted in OGOM Research | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

‘I am Dracula’: The Count comes to Hertfordshire (by Ivan Phillips)

Posted on 15th October 2019 by William the Bloody

Dracula: The Vampire Play in Three Acts, dramatised by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston (from the novel by Bram Stoker) will be performed by the Settlement Players at the Little Theatre, The Settlement, 229 Nevells Road, Letchworth Garden City, … Continue reading →

Posted in Events | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

OGOM Supernatural St Albans Halloween Tour

Posted on 16th September 2019 by Sam George

Join the Open Graves, Open Minds Project on 31st October to explore the magical and spectral history of St Albans. Your hosts will be vampire expert Dr Sam George and Dr Kaja Franck (a specialist in werewolves); together they will … Continue reading →

Posted in Events, Gothic Hertfordshire, OGOM Research | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Speakers and Abstracts

Posted on 22nd February 2019 by William the Bloody

*** Click on the arrows to expand author biographies and abstracts of papers 1 Prof. Nick Groom (University of Exeter) Prof. Nick Groom has published extensively on the Gothic, writing on subjects ranging from eighteenth-century mediaevalist poetry to the songs … Continue reading →

Comments Off on Speakers and Abstracts

Gothic Hybridity: Ambiguous Creatures and Ambivalent Morals

Posted on 28th July 2018 by Sam George

The IGA conference 2018  gets underway in Manchester, UK, in just 3 days time. It’s a really important and exciting date in the goth calendar. The conference runs from July 31st to 3rd August.  You can view the full programme here. … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Events, OGOM Research | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Animals and Us

Posted on 24th June 2018 by Sam George

John Berger’s groundbreaking essay ‘Why Look at Animals’ (1980; Penguin, Great Ideas, 2009) has inspired a new exhibition ‘Animals and Us’ at the Turner Contemporary Gallery in Margate. Berger argued that the ancient relationship between man and nature had been severed … Continue reading →

Posted in Events, exhibitions, News, OGOM: The Company of Wolves | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Urban Weird Conference

Posted on 12th April 2018 by Sam George

Thanks to our wonderfully weird speakers and keynotes, OGOM and Supernatural Cities presents ‘The Urban Weird’ was extremely inspiring on the research front and probably the most fun it is possible to have at an academic conference! It seemed to have … Continue reading →

Posted in OGOM Research, OGOM: The Urban Weird | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Panels and Papers

Posted on 20th February 2018 by William the Bloody

* Each paper is numbered so that you can match it with the list of abstracts here. 4: 06 April 2018 11:00 – 12:20            Parallel Session 1 1    Urban Myths and Fairy Tales Chair: Dr Ceri Houlbrook                              Seminar Room M015 … Continue reading →

Comments Off on Panels and Papers

Session Speakers and Abstracts

Posted on 20th February 2018 by William the Bloody

* Click on the arrows to expand author biographies and abstracts of papers 1 Alison Baker (University of East London) Alison Baker is a senior lecturer in education at University of East London. She is writing her PhD thesis entitled … Continue reading →

Comments Off on Session Speakers and Abstracts