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Tag Archives: Dracula
2022: The Year of the Vampire
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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Tagged Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Carmilla, Dracula, Gothic, John Polidori, nosferatu, Open Graves Open Minds, Vampires, Varney the Vampire
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Events: Gothic networking, Dracula, vampires
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
CFPs: Gothic Interruptions, New Romanticisms, Byron, Angela Carter, Romance
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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Tagged Angela Carter, Bram Stoker, Byron, Coppola, Dracula, Genre, Gothic, horror, Murneau, nosferatu, pop culture, Romance, romantic fiction, Romanticism
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Mina’s Paprika Hendl, inspired by Bram Stoker’s Dracula
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
Cats’ Protection: Transylvania Trek
TEAMWORK MAKES THE SCREAM WORK ON THE TRANSYLVANIAN TREK! Cats Protection is looking for intrepid fundraisers to challenge themselves and raise money for cats on a thrilling new fundraising event next September. The Transylvanian Trek is a once-in-a-lifetime, six-day walk … Continue reading
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Tagged Castle Bran, cats, Dracula, ecology, fund raising, Transylvania, Wolves
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A Gothic Cookbook: Celebrating food and drink across the best of the genre
Guest post by Ella Buchan, the Cookbook’s co-author Has devouring Dracula ever made you hungry? Perhaps Daphne du Maurier’s descriptions of revoltingly lavish afternoon teas in Rebecca have you craving crumpets, or Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein causes you to ponder the … Continue reading
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Tagged Angela Carter, cookery, Dracula, Frankenstein, Gothic food, Rebecca, Shirley Jackson
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CFPS & Deadlines re: Opportunities in Gothic Scholarship
A quick reminder of some deadlines pending in the area of Gothic Studies below: The Journal of Dracula Studies has extended its 2021 submission deadline to June 1st https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2021/01/19/journal-of-dracula-studies-deadline-extended-to-6121 There is a general CFP for Aeternum: The Journal of Contemporary … Continue reading
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Tagged Dracula, Fellowship, Gothic journals, Gothic women
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Review: Dracula (BBC, January 2020)
There has been much discussion of the BBC adaptation of Dracula by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, shown this January—and the debate has been highly polarised. The OGOM Project began with a conference on vampires in 2010, followed by our … Continue reading
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Tagged adaptation, Bram Stoker, Dracula, Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat, TV, Vampires
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‘I am Dracula’: The Count comes to Hertfordshire (by Ivan Phillips)
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
CFPs: Myth and dream, horror, Dracula and vampires, youth horror
A few CFPs for conferences and calls for articles: 1. Myth and Dream / The Dreaming of Myth, 23-24 May 2019, University of Bologna. Deadline: 28 February 2019. The conference invites proposals addressing diverse approaches to the combination of myth … Continue reading
Posted in Call for Articles, CFP (Conferences)
Tagged Bram Stoker, Children's literature, Dracula, dream, Film, Folklore, global Gothic, horror, myth, TV, Vampires, YA Fiction, YA Gothic
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