Monthly Archives: February 2017

CFP Postgraduate Medical Humanities Conference

Posted on 27th February 2017 by Sam George

CFP University of Exeter (29th – 30th June 2017) Keynote Speakers Victoria Bates (Bristol) Ina Linge (Cambridge) Hannah Morgan (Lancaster) The by now well established University of Exeter Postgraduate Medical Humanities Conference is returning in 2017 for the fourth consecutive … Continue reading →

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Wolves of Finland

Posted on 26th February 2017 by William the Bloody

An interesting article here by Patrick Barkham on the conflicting attitudes to wolves in Finland. Some of the issues raised in OGOM’s Company of Wolves conference (and featuring in our forthcoming book) on our relationship to nature and the image … Continue reading →

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Angela Carter — Resources

Posted on 25th February 2017 by William the Bloody

Still commemorating Angela Carter, twenty-five years after her death, here are some more useful links: Here’s a great article by John Dugdale on Carter’s legacy, including her influence in music: ‘Angela’s influence: what we owe to Carter‘ (though some connections … Continue reading →

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CFP: Gothic Nature: New Directions in Eco-horror and the EcoGothic, Trinity College Dublin, 17-18 November 2017

Posted on 25th February 2017 by William the Bloody

CFP for a conference in Dublin, 17-18 November on Gothic Nature: New Directions in Eco-horror and the EcoGothic (deadline 2 April 2017): Gothic and horror fictions have long functioned as vivid reflections of contemporary cultural fears. Wood argues that horror … Continue reading →

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CFA: Speculative Vegetation: Plants in Science Fiction

Posted on 25th February 2017 by William the Bloody

Call for article for a collection edited by Katherine E. Bishop, Jerry Määttä, and David Higgins, Speculative Vegetation: Plants in Science Fiction (deadline 30 April 2017): This volume will be the first to investigate the importance of plants in science … Continue reading →

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CFP: Space and place in Neo-Victorian Literature and Culture, Lancaster University, 23 June 2017

Posted on 25th February 2017 by William the Bloody

CFP for a conference at Lancaster University, Space and place in Neo-Victorian Literature and Culture (deadline 30 April 2017): This conference responds to the genre of neo-Victorianism from the perspective of space and place. It aims to probe how a … Continue reading →

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CFP: Death and the Maiden, University of Winchester, 21-24 July 2017

Posted on 25th February 2017 by William the Bloody

Call for papers for an interdisciplinary conference exploring the relationship between women and death (deadline 19 May 2017): Death and the Maiden has long been an artistic genre in the West, with its roots in the Dance Macabre tradition. In … Continue reading →

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CFA: The Spaces and Places of Horror

Posted on 25th February 2017 by William the Bloody

Calls for articles in a collection edited by Francesco Pascuzzi, The Spaces and Places of Horror, deadline 15 April 2017. This volume aims to explore the complex, layered horizon of landscapes in horror film culture to unpack the use that … Continue reading →

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CFP: The Shelley Conference, Institute for English Studies, London, 15 September 2017

Posted on 25th February 2017 by William the Bloody

Call for papers for a one-day conference on Percy Bysse Shelley and Mary Shelley: This one-day conference, held at the Institute for English Studies in central London, and supported by the Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies, University of York, celebrates … Continue reading →

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CFP: Call for Papers: Translation Studies and Children’s Literature, Brussels and Antwerp, 19-20 October 2017

Posted on 25th February 2017 by William the Bloody

A conference in Belgium: Call for Papers: Translation Studies and Children’s Literature – Current Topics and Future Perspectives — deadline 15 March 2017. Since the publication of pioneering works by Göte Klingberg, Riitta Oittinen and Zohar Shavit in the 1970s … Continue reading →

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