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Review: CoronaGothic Conference, 30 June 2020, University of Macau Gothic

Posted on 1st July 2020 by William the Bloody

Dr Joan Passey has written an excellent review of the recent online CoronaGothic conference organised by the Gothic Research Network at the University of Macau in China. Sam’s earlier post with further details of the conference and the paper she … Continue reading →

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Fantastika Journal

Posted on 25th April 2017 by William the Bloody

The first issue of Lancaster University’s Fantastika Journal is now available here–it looks really good, with interesting critical essays and a substantial review section. There’s a link to it in the Journals category on the right-hand side of the Blog … Continue reading →

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CFP: Call for Papers: Translation Studies and Children’s Literature, Brussels and Antwerp, 19-20 October 2017

Posted on 25th February 2017 by William the Bloody

A conference in Belgium: Call for Papers: Translation Studies and Children’s Literature – Current Topics and Future Perspectives — deadline 15 March 2017. Since the publication of pioneering works by Göte Klingberg, Riitta Oittinen and Zohar Shavit in the 1970s … Continue reading →

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CFP: Re-orienting the Fairy Tale, Kanagawa University, Japan, 29-30 March 2017

Posted on 28th November 2016 by William the Bloody

This conference on Re-orienting the Fairy Tale, subtitled ‘Contemporary Fairy-Tale Adaptations across Cultures’, looks wonderful and covers the area of research I’m concentrating on at the moment–fairy tale adaptation in various media is a key concern of all of us … Continue reading →

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CFP Global Fantastika: An Interdisciplinary Conference, 4-5 July 2016, Lancaster University

Posted on 29th May 2015 by William the Bloody

Sadly, I was unable to attend this year’s Locating Fantastika Conference at Lancaster University in July (though Kaja is presenting there and I’m sure she’ll report back!). However, the CFP is out for the follow-up Global Fantastika conference in 2016: … Continue reading →

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How our zombie obsession explains our fear of globalisation

Posted on 19th March 2015 by William the Bloody

Jospeh Gillings in a thoughtful piece that sees the current appeal of zombie fiction in the context of the helplessness felt in the face of the lawless nature of present-day capitalism. I would want to qualify the use of ‘globalisation’ … Continue reading →

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