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10K Shares for OGOM Wolves and Werewolves Research!!

Posted on 30th March 2017 by Sam George

The university press office have confirmed that we have had a remarkable 10,000 shares for coverage of our Company of Wolves project in The Independent.  This is an astounding testimony to the impact of our wolfish research and is excellent news … Continue reading →

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Wif-Wolves and Feminists

Posted on 19th February 2017 by firekrank

On Friday, The Conversation published an excellent essay about feminism and werewolves, ‘Friday essay: the female werewolf and her shaggy suffragette sisters’, by Jazmina Cininas. (If you’re wondering why I used ‘wif-wolves’ in my title read this article ‘Fun with Etymology – … Continue reading →

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Werewolves, pulp fiction, and folklore

Posted on 6th February 2017 by William the Bloody

OGOM’s very own Kaja Franck has contributed a fascinating item, ‘Old Tails in New Bottles: Folklore’s Influence on Pulp Fiction Werewolves‘ to the marvellous Folklore Thursday website, talking about the interactions between and generic transformations among popular fiction and folkloric … Continue reading →

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2017 – PhD Reflections

Posted on 3rd January 2017 by firekrank

As Sam has already blogged (in very flattering terms), I passed my viva on Friday 16th December. (Minor corrections if you were wondering). Following this I have taken two weeks of radio silence to celebrate Christmas, the end of 2016, … Continue reading →

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OGOM Celebrates the Rise of Dr Kaja Franck

Posted on 16th December 2016 by Sam George

Woo hoo…huge congratulations to Kaja who passed her PhD viva today!!! Dr Franck OGOM is very, very proud of you. It has been a joy and a delight to supervise you from day one. We are all so very pleased … Continue reading →

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Kaja’s Pulp Fiction Werewolves

Posted on 27th November 2016 by Sam George

Kaja and I have both been asked to write features for the Folklore Thursday website. Mine is on vampires and the OGOM project and is very late (sorry Willow) but Kaja’s is out now and is an excellent read. Have … Continue reading →

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Dogdyke: The Lincolnshire Werewolf Returns

Posted on 2nd November 2016 by Sam George

In the week that I have been bemoaning the lack of English werewolves, following the sightings of Old Stinker in Hull, the story of  the Werewolf of Dogdyke in Lincolnshire has re-emerged!! This werewolf was first recorded in 1926 when … Continue reading →

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Generation Dead: Maggie Stiefvater’s ‘Shiver’ (2009)

Posted on 1st November 2016 by firekrank

Last week’s lecture and seminar for ‘Generation Dead’ was dedicated to Maggie Stiefvater’s Shiver (2009), the first novel in the Wolves of Mercy Fall trilogy. Moving away from vampires, this novel is a YA Gothic novel featuring a love story … Continue reading →

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The Werewolf as Spectre Wolf

Posted on 27th October 2016 by Sam George

Here’s a quick update on my werewolf research trending ahead of Halloween. I’m going to be doing some radio over the next few days and I’ll be taking part in The Big Conversation on Friday which is where academics pitch … Continue reading →

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Gothic Manchester Festival: OGOM’s Werewolf research hits the media ahead of Halloween

Posted on 25th October 2016 by Sam George

Just back from the Gothic North and catching up on some stories in the media following the inspiring and fun event that was the Manchester Gothic Festival (which had some excellent papers and its own live mouse at the venue). There … Continue reading →

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