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Author Archives: Sam George
Literature Research Seminar Series April-June 2025
I will be chairing the Literature Research Seminar Series again this semester. These talks are free to attend on Zoom and take place on Wednesdays at 1.30 for an hour. They represent staff and doctoral students in Literature and Creative … Continue reading
Posted in Events
Tagged Brian Jukes, Dr Kaja Franck, H.G.Wells, Jane Gill, lamia, Werewolves
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Plant Women and Female Mummies
Congratulations to OGOM member Daisy Butcher who passed her viva on Friday. Daisy’s project was praised by the examiners for being a great read and something of a page turner – its originality and rigour was very much in evidence. … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM News, OGOM Research
Tagged botanical Gothic, botany, Female mummies, femmes fatales, Gothic, mummies, plants, Victorian literature
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Gothic Herts Reading Group 10 December 7.00 online
A reminder that the Gothic Herts Reading Group will be discussing Poe’s The Raven this week in relation to ecophobia via ‘Deep Into That Darkness Peering‘ by Tom J. Hillard. The session is on Wed 10th December 2024 at 7.00 GMT … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM News, OGOM Research
Tagged ecophobia, Edgar Allan Poe, Gothic Herts, reading group
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Literature Research Seminar Wed 13th 1.30
I am chairing the Literature Research Seminar at the University of Hertfordshire this year and our next session is continuing our theme of animal studies, following my presentation rat narratives and Pied Piper re-tellings in October. We meet once a … Continue reading
Sam George: Bram Stoker’s Vampire online 27th November
Whilst it is still the spooky season I thought I’d let you know that I will be taking part in Lunchtime Bites for an AHRC-funded project called Dracula Returns to Derby (led by Prof. Matthew Cheeseman of Derby University). It was in Derby … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM News
Tagged Bela Lugosi, derby, Dr Sam George, Dracula, Folklore, Hamilton Deane, reflection, theatre, vampire
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Finding Vampires
The identity of a vampire may be known to its victims but if the identity is not known certain procedures can be followed to locate the right grave, according to folklore: SATURDAY In Southern Europe the search is traditionally carried … Continue reading
Posted in Fun stuff, OGOM Research
Tagged dhampirs, Folklore, graves, Halloween, revenant, Sam George, Vampires
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Halloween Online Talks and Seminars, October 2024
Sam George is presenting a Halloween talk on her research into the mythical origins of the Pied Piper, Dracula and Nosferatu, as part of the Literature Research Seminar at the University of Hertfordshire. All are welcome. Abstract: This talk will … Continue reading
Posted in Events, OGOM Research
Tagged Daisy Butcher, Dr Sam George, Dracula, Folklore, George MacDonald, Halloween, nosferatu, online talks, Pied Piper, Plant horror, Rat Kings
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GOTHIC HERTS – new Gothic Reading Group starting this October
Gothic Herts is the home of a new reading group based at the University of Hertfordshire. It comprises undergraduate, postgraduate and research students and is dedicated to all things Gothic: We read Gothic-related material such as journal articles, poetry and … Continue reading
Polidori’s Missing Grave: St Pancras Old Church
St Pancras Old Church has withstood the Industrial Revolution, Victorian improvements, wartime damage and an attack by Satanists in 1985. In 1847 the church was derelict and virtually in ruins until Victorian architects Robert Lewis Roumieu (1814–1877) and Hugh Roumieu Gough (1843–1904) transformed the … Continue reading
In the Company of Wolves: Gothic Reading 2024
We have received this lovely endorsement for our book In the Company of Wolves: Werewolves, Wolves and Wild Children. Sincere thanks to everyone involved in the IGA book prizes. This means a lot to OGOM! Sam George and Bill Hughes, … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM Research, OGOM: The Company of Wolves, Reading Lists
Tagged Bill Hughes, Gothic, MUP, Sam George, werewolf, Wild children, Wolves
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