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‘The Witch’ (2015)

Posted on 22nd February 2016 by firekrank

Over the past few days, I have been enjoying watching the trailer for The Witch (2015), a horror movie about witchcraft, Puritanism, wilderness and the New World. The film has received excellent reviews and a recent Buzzfeed article, ‘The Movie That’s Going … Continue reading →

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Ghostly Sightings: hauntology and spectrality in East Asian gothic cinema

Posted on 22nd February 2016 by firekrank

If your around London on 15th March, it’s worth heading to Kingston University for Colette Balmain’s talk ‘Ghostly Sighting: hauntology and spectrality in East Asian gothic cinemas’. Colette gave a wonderful talk, ‘Through the eyes of a child: Hybridity and … Continue reading →

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CFP of MLA 2017: Alien Lines

Posted on 22nd February 2016 by firekrank

The following CFP for MLA 2017: Alien Lines has been released: ‘The medium of comics—often dominated by genres bound to contemporary concerns or enduring conventions—remains marginal in the study of science fiction. Likewise, the oldest questions driving science fiction scholarship—identity … Continue reading →

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Gothic Women and Feminists in Horror

Posted on 22nd February 2016 by firekrank

So apparently, and apologies for not realising earlier, but February is ‘Women in Horror’ month. XOJane have published an article celebrating their favourite women in horror. So it’s the perfect time to celebrate the Final Girl (a trope which was … Continue reading →

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Mythical Creatures from Philippine Folklore and Mythology

Posted on 22nd February 2016 by firekrank

Over on the Facebook site, Bill has shared this very interesting article about ‘Creatures & Mythical Beings from Philippine Folklore & Mythology’. The relationship between culture, nationality and folklore and is incredibly interesting. One of my neighbours is from Trinidad … Continue reading →

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Animals Conferences and CFPs

Posted on 22nd February 2016 by firekrank

For those of you who are interested in animal studies, ecocriticism and ecoGothic, there are a couple of conferences that caught my eye recently. The first is ‘Animal Biographies – Recovering Animal Selfhood through Interdisciplinary Narration?’ (9th-11th March 2016, University of … Continue reading →

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CFP: Studies in horror and the Gothic

Posted on 16th February 2016 by firekrank

Taken from the Palgrave Communications website, the following has been announced: ‘Studies in horror and the Gothic Deadline for article proposals: September 1, 2016 Final deadline for full submissions: November 1, 2016 Palgrave Communications is inviting submissions and article proposals … Continue reading →

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CFP: Theorising the Popular

Posted on 16th February 2016 by firekrank

The ‘Theorising the Popular’ conference will be taking place at Liverpool Hope University, 28th-29th June 2016. They are asking for abstracts of 300 words on any aspect of studying popular culture within academia which should be received by 31st March … Continue reading →

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CFA: Critical Essays on ‘American Horror Story’

Posted on 14th February 2016 by firekrank

A call for proposed chapters for an edited book on ‘American Horror Story ‘ (2011-) has been released. Taken from the original CFA, the details are as follows: ‘American Horror Story is an anthology horror series created by Ryan Murphy and Brad … Continue reading →

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CFP: Fourth World Dracula Congress

Posted on 14th February 2016 by firekrank

The Fourth World Dracula Congress organised by the Transylvanian Society of Dracula will be taking place on the 2oth-21st October 2016, at Trinity College, Dublin. The CFP has been released and abstracts of 150-250 words need to be sent in by … Continue reading →

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