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Author Archives: Sam George
Jane Gill: A Trip to Marsh’s Library and University College Dublin
Jane Gill is a Doctoral Student at the University of Hertfordshire and an OGOM Member In the depths of winter, I embarked on a journey to Dublin with two main objectives: to visit Marsh’s Library and to present my first … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM Research
Tagged archives, fairies, fungal Gothic, Irish folklore, Jane Gill, Lady Jane Wilde, Marsh's Library, mermaids, W. B. Yeats, William Hope Hodgson
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CONFERENCE: Bodies of Water: Mermaids, Selkies, and other Marine and Freshwater Hybrids
Exciting announcement claxon! We’re beyond excited to reveal that the next OGOM conference will be a collaboration with the Haunted Shores network called ‘Bodies of Water: Mermaids, Selkies, and other Marine and Freshwater Hybrids’. We are keen to explore the … Continue reading
Posted in CFP (Conferences), Conferences, OGOM News
Tagged Fairy tales, Gothic, Hybridity, mermaids, selkies
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Shadowlands: The Dark Origins of the Victorian Fairy, 17th April, 1.30 online
I will be giving a free online talk for the University of Hertfordshire’s Literature Research Seminar Series on Wed 17 April at 1.30. The concept of gothic has had an association with fairy from its inception; I’ll be exploring how … Continue reading
Posted in Events, OGOM Research
Tagged fairies, fairy, Folklore, Gothic, Sam George, The Dead, Victorian literature
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Egg Shell Lore: Witches & Fairies
There’s an interesting overlap between witches and fairies in folklore, this is seen, for example, in the shared idea of their uncanny voyages and the unusual vessels they choose to travel in. According to A Discoverie of Witchcraft (1584), witches … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM News, OGOM Research
Tagged A Discovery of Witches, boats, egg folklore, eggshell, fairies, witch boats, witches
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Ethical Gothic Studies
Some exciting news, OGOM is going to be editing a special edition of Gothic Studies on Ethical Gothic. This will add to the issues we have already edited on the vampire 15.1. (2013) Undead Reflections: The Sympathetic Vampire and its Monstrous Other … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM News, OGOM: Ethical Gothic, Publications
Tagged enchantment, ethical Gothic, ethics, Gothic, Gothic Studies
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UH Literature Research Seminar Series (January- March 2024)
OGOMERS are cordially invited to join me for the Literature Research Seminar series at the University of Hertfordshire. These take place online once a month on Wednesdays at 1.30. The papers are 35 mins and we have 20 minutes for … Continue reading
Posted in Events, OGOM Research
Tagged fairies, fairy tale, Gothic fairies, The Dead, Trolls
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OGOM News: January, 2024
We’d like to wish all our followers a happy and successful 2024. We were thrilled this month to see the book jacket for our latest OGOM publication The Legacy of John Polidori: The Romantic Vampire and its Progeny, which is … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM News, Publications
Tagged John Polidori, Open Graves Open Minds, vampire, Werewolves, Wolves
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Literature Research Seminars 2023-4
All those associated with OGOM are cordially invited to join us online at the university for the first of our Literature Research Seminars. We are kicking off with an eco-gothic theme to appeal to one or two of our newly … Continue reading
Posted in Events
Tagged climate change, eco-Gothic, Gothic literature, Nordic, Trolls
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Gothic Yuletide: A Journey Through Dark Christmas Folklore, Sat 9th December
Join me for a dark journey through Christmas folklore and seasonal mythology at Guy’s Hospital Chapel, Saturday the 9th December 2023 at 3:00. Booking: Tickets £12 including a delightful gin cocktail and 20% donation to Guy’s and St Thomas. This … Continue reading
Posted in Events, OGOM Research
Tagged Christmas, European folklore, Folklore, Gothic, Krampus, London Month of the Dead, Winter, yuletide
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Halloween Fairies
Halloween is supposedly a time when the veil between our world and the shadow world is extremely thin. A time when you are more likely to hear stories of encounters between humans and fairies. Fairies are said to reside in … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM Research
Tagged Celtic folklore, fairies, Halloween, Samhain, spirits, The Dead
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