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OGOM PhD Success

Posted on 24th November 2025 by Sam George

Congratulations to OGOM Doctoral Student Shabnam Ahsan, @thebrownbronte, who has passed her PhD Viva. I was Shabnam’s primary supervisor. Her thesis, ‘Strange Creatures: National Identity and the Representation of the Other in British Fairy-tale Collections, 1878-Present’ is an excellent contribution … Continue reading →

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Penda’s Fen: Symposium, BFI, 10 June 2017

Posted on 11th May 2017 by William the Bloody

We’ve posted a few items here on Folk Horror recently. The classic TV drama Penda’s Fen (1974) is frequently mentioned in this context; I’m embarrassed to admit I’ve never seen it (though have just borrowed the DVD). Sukhdev Sandhu writes about … Continue reading →

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Post-millennial Vampires

Posted on 6th November 2016 by William the Bloody

Posted slightly late for Hallowe’en, but this essay by Prof. Dale Townshend on the contemporary, post-millennial vampire and what it might stand for is hugely insightful.

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