Tag Archives: women

OGOM Hallowe’en 2022

Posted on 18th October 2022 by William the Bloody

OGOM are involved in some very exciting and spooky events this Hallowe’en. We will be distributing our stylish new OGOM postcards as informative souvenirs of the events and our Project. Blood and Celluloid Vampire Film Festival First, on 15 October, … Continue reading →

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Events & CFPs: Folktales, Gothic women, monsters, winter tales, Hardy

Posted on 5th October 2022 by William the Bloody

Various events and CFPs coming up soon. I’ve left this post quite late, sorry, so check dates as some are urgent! 1. English Folktales Lost & Found: Storytelling and Scholarship 5–6pm (BST), 11 October 2022, Sir Victor Blank Lecture Theatre, … Continue reading →

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Events and CFPs: Vampires, pedagogy, Candyman, folk horror, Gothic adaptation, Gothic women

Posted on 4th April 2022 by William the Bloody

Quite a diverse selection here of CFPs, forthcoming events, and resources; OGOM’s Dr Sam George and Dr Bill Hughes discussing vampiric matters among them! 1. Polidor’s The Vampyre, In Our Time, Radio 4, 9.00/21.30, 7 April 2022 Melvyn Bragg and … Continue reading →

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Events for Hallowe’en and elsewhen: Gothic bodies, Gothic nature, Lud-in-the-Mist, Irish women, YA and COVID, Melmoth

Posted on 22nd October 2021 by William the Bloody

Some spookily exciting events coming up soon for Hallowe’en (and afterwards too): 1. North West Long Nineteenth-Century Seminar series, hosted by Manchester Metropolitan University (on line), 3 November 2021, 16:30 – 19:00 GMT. OGOM’s Dr Sam George will be talking … Continue reading →

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Events: Crawling Horrors, Gothic Revolutions

Posted on 14th September 2021 by William the Bloody

Two exciting events coming up soon. 1. The first is from OGOM’s own Daisy Butcher, in collaboration with Janette Leaf. They are promoting their new book, Crawling Horrors, and this is one of several events–more news to come. The book … Continue reading →

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CFPs: Vampires, Gothic feminism, zombies, youth horror, creative work

Posted on 18th January 2019 by William the Bloody

A set of conference CFPs and call for articles: 1. Academic Vampire Conference: Hammer, Highgate, and the Vampire, 10-13 July 2019, Lauderdale House, Highgate Village. Deadline: 3 May 2019. The University of South Wales, in association with the IVFAF, calls … Continue reading →

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Horror and Dark Fantasy, by Women and in Translation

Posted on 12th June 2017 by William the Bloody

Two very useful reading lists here. The first, Women of Horror, Dark Fantasy, and the Weird: A Recommended Reading List, lists tales, novels, and even poetry from those genres and looks intriguingly non-mainstream. Then, a list of Horror in Translation from … Continue reading →

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Feminism and the Cinematic Vampire

Posted on 1st June 2017 by William the Bloody

An excellent article by Genevieve Valentine, ‘How the vampire became film’s most feminist monster‘ on the female vampire in cinema, tracing the figure through shifts in feminist perspectives. Valentine says, ‘Vampirism is a charmingly reliable metaphor for a particular brand … Continue reading →

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Images of Witches

Posted on 22nd May 2017 by William the Bloody

Some excellent articles on witches today. First, Chloe Buckley, in ‘Hag, temptress or feminist icon? The witch in popular culture‘, looks at images of witches in popular culture, both positive and disparaging. She notes the contemporary feminist rehabilitation of the … Continue reading →

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CFP: Gender and Horror edited collection

Posted on 5th May 2017 by William the Bloody

A call for articles for a proposed edited collection on gender and horror. Deadline end of May. This edited collection aims to re-examine horror in an era of remakes, reboots and re-imaginings. There have been many developments in the horror … Continue reading →

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