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. . . Enter freely and of your own will!
The Open Graves, Open Minds Project began by unearthing depictions of the vampire and the undead in literature, art, and other media, then embraced werewolves (and representations of wolves and wild children), fairies, and other supernatural beings and their worlds. The Project extends to all narratives of the fantastic, the folkloric, and the magical, emphasising that sense of Gothic as enchantment rather than simply horror. Through this, OGOM is articulating an ethical Gothic, cultivating moral agency and creating empathy for the marginalised, monstrous or othered, including the disenchanted natural world.
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Latest on the Blog
- Booking is open for Sea Changes: The fairytale Gothic of mermaids, selkies and enchanted hybrids of ocean and river
- Sea Changes with Molly the Merrow: Latest news
- 1816: The Year Without a Summer – Polidori, the musical; and OGOM research
- Gramarye: Rats and vampires, dark fairies, mermaid, and more magic
- OGOM BOOKS ON SPECIAL OFFER UNTIL 7 JULY
- Sea Changes – Mermaid Conference Update
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We are also have accounts on Threads and Instagram as @ogom.project, and BlueSky as @ogomproject.bsky.social. We’ve not been very busy there yet but we do post occasionally for significant events and hope to have more of a presence in future.
The OGOM Project is convened by Dr Sam George (University of Hertfordshire) and Dr Bill Hughes, and has been funded generously by the University of Hertfordshire.
