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Author Archives: Sam George
Twitter ‘Moment’ for #UrbanWeird2018
Here’s our Twitter ‘Moment’ for #UrbanWeird2018 documenting the fantastic OGOM meets Supernatural Cities conference and tour. Enjoy! The Urban Weird 2018
Posted in OGOM News, OGOM Research, OGOM: The Urban Weird
Tagged OGOM, Supernatural Cities, The Urban Weird
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The Urban Weird Conference
Thanks to our wonderfully weird speakers and keynotes, OGOM and Supernatural Cities presents ‘The Urban Weird’ was extremely inspiring on the research front and probably the most fun it is possible to have at an academic conference! It seemed to have … Continue reading
Press Release: OGOM and Supernatural Cities to Host ‘The Urban Weird’, 6th-7th April
University of Hertfordshire to host ‘The Urban Weird’, a two-day programme of events on the theme of supernatural cities ‘The Urban Weird’ will take place at the University of Hertfordshire on the 6 and 7 April. The event will explore … Continue reading
Posted in Events, OGOM News, OGOM: The Urban Weird, Press Coverage
Tagged demons, dragon, Ghosts, Open Graves Open Minds, St Albans, Supernatural Cities, The Urban Weird, wicca, witches
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Review: Werewolves, Wolves and the Gothic
Werewolves, Wolves and the Gothic, edited by Robert McKay and John Miller (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2017. 272 pages). The eleven essays in McKay and Miller’s Werewolves, Wolves and the Gothic focus on a creature that has already been analysed … Continue reading
Full Programme for OGOM and Supernatural Cities Present: The Urban Weird, 6th-7th April
Our design for ‘The Urban Weird’ 6th-7th April has now been released in all its glory. You can view all the wonderful panels and events over two days and see the graphics for our complete programme here. If you are … Continue reading
The Urban Weird 6th-7th April Booking is Open
The amazing OGOM and Supernatural Cities present ‘The Urban Weird’ on 6th-7th April is now open for bookings!! You can log on and select a number of events from spectral city tours to Urban Weird screenings and workshops!! Find out … Continue reading
Posted in Events, OGOM News, OGOM: The Urban Weird
Tagged Folk Horror, OGOM, St Albans, Supernatural Cities, University of Hertfordshire, urban weird
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Urban Weird Conference News
I’m just announcing one or two changes to the line up for our forthcoming ultra exciting ‘Urban Weird’ conference. We now have Dr Mikel Koven taking us on a filmic, folkloric, urban weird journey into witches through the ages, following … Continue reading
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Tagged OGOM, Supernatural Cities, The Urban Weird
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The Selkie: Storytelling, Poetry & Panel
I am teaching Selkies this week on OGOM’s YA gothic course and I have just discovered this Selkie: Storytelling, Poetry & Panel Discussion on the 19th March in Brighton. The event is part of Imogen Di Sapia’s exhibition The Selkie: Weaving … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Generation Dead: YA Fiction and the Gothic news, News
Tagged selkie novels, selkies
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Frankenstein Schools Programme
On February 27th I will take part in a Q&A on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein with sixth forms in Hertfordshire in collaboration with the St Alban’s Abbey Theatre. We will mark 200 years since the novel’s publication in 1818 and spend … Continue reading
Posted in Events, OGOM Research
Tagged Frankenstein, St Albans, St Albans Abbey Theatre
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