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Tag Archives: religion
CFPs: Fantasy, Irish literature, religion, the occult, Islam, horror, Shelley, the Inklings
CFPs for some exciting conferences ahead. 1. Once and Future Fantasies conference, Centre for Fantasy and the Fantastic (CFF) at the University of Glasgow, 13 –17 July 2022. Deadline: 22 October 2021 We therefore ask how fantasy and the fantastic engage with … Continue reading
Posted in CFP (Conferences)
Tagged C. S. Lewis, Fantasy, horror, Irish literature, Islam, James Joyce, Oscar Wilde, Percy Shelley, religion, SF, the fantastic, The Inklings, theology, Tolkein
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CFPs: Fairy tales and fantasy, The Neverending Story, theology, vampires, Asian Gothic, women and Satanism
Quite a few calls here for journal articles and chapters in edited collections. 1. CFP: Fairy Tales and Fantasy Fiction / Contes de fées et Fantasy, Fantasy Art and Studies journal. Deadline: 25 October 2021 (in French or English) For … Continue reading
Posted in Call for Articles
Tagged Asian Gothic, fairytale, Fantasy, Feminism, popular culture, religion, Satanism, teaching, The Neverending Story, theology, Vampires, Victorian literature
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CFPs and Events: Frankenstein, Buffy, horror, hauntology, 1980s, death and the sacred
Quite a few calls for papers and articles here. We’ve also added two new useful links – Gothic Feminism and the journal Thinking Horror. 1. Call for articles: Deadline Extended till 15 April 2019 – Irish Journal of Gothic and … Continue reading
Posted in Call for Articles, CFP (Conferences)
Tagged 1980s, Feminism, Frankenstein, Gothic, hauntology, horror, religion
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CFPs: Buffy and the Bible, myth and fandom, fantasy blogs, Tropical Gothic
Some exciting calls for papers and articles: 1. Buffy and the Bible conference, University of Sheffield, 4-5 July 2019, deadline 18 March 2019 SIIBS and Sheffield Gothic are delighted to announce a two day interdisciplinary conference: ‘Buffy and the Bible’ … Continue reading
Posted in Call for Articles, CFP (Conferences)
Tagged biblical studies, Blogs, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, fandom, Fantasy, Folklore, myth, religion, tropical Gothic
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Divine Horror: Essays on the Cinematic Battle Between the Sacred and the Diabolical
There’s a new collection announced from McFarland, Divine Horror: Essays on the Cinematic Battle Between the Sacred and the Diabolical, edited by Cynthia J. Miller and A. Bowdoin Van Riper. It looks very promising. From Rosemary’s Baby (1968) to The … Continue reading
CfP: Death and the Supernatural, University of Edinburgh, 16 June 2017
If you’re a mediaevalist with Gothic leanings, why not submit to this conference on Death and the Supernatural? I only just found out about this so I apologise for the lateness–still two days to apply for what looks a very … Continue reading
Posted in CFP (Conferences)
Tagged angels, death, demons, fairy tale, Ghosts, magic, medieval, myth, religion, supernatural
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CFA – ‘The Comic Work of Neil Gaiman: In Darkness, In Light, and In Shadow’
The following CFA has been released: ‘Call for submissions to an edited collection requested by publisher Since his seminal writing on The Sandman (1989-present) and long since before and after on works such as Batman, Miracleman, The Books of Magic, … Continue reading
Posted in Call for Articles
Tagged adaptation, Fairy tales, Film, Folklore, Gothic novel, Gothic television, Nail Gaiman, religion, television
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Valentine’s Day, Wolves, and Lupercalia
An interesting article by Benjamin Breen on the ethnography of Valentine’s Day, showing its origins in the pagan festival of Lupercalia and the connections to the transfigured Lycaon in Ovid’s Metamorphosis.
Real-Life Vampires
In the run-up to Halloween there have been quite a few articles published on the subject of things that go bump in the night. This includes quite a few on the subject of real-life vampires: to be clear, these are … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Articles, Critical thoughts
Tagged anthropology, blood, religion, Vampires
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