Author Archives: Sam George

About Sam George

Associate Professor of Research, School of Humanities, University of Hertfordshire Co-convenor OGOM Project

Polidori’s Bloodsucking Progeny: Scholars gather to celebrate 200 years of vampire fiction

Posted on 27th March 2019 by Sam George

The first news stories are starting to appear now about our exciting bicentenary event, like this one… To mark the bicentenary of the publication of John Polidori’s gothic tale The Vampyre, academics from across the world will gather at the … Continue reading →

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‘Polidori, the Byronic vampire & its progeny’ April 6th-7th 2019

Posted on 7th January 2019 by Sam George

‘Some curious disquiet’: Polidori, the Byronic vampire, and its progeny A symposium for the bicentenary of The Vampyre’ 6-7 April 2019, Keats House, Hampstead We’re beyond excited to announce our next event (above) in the spring. John Polidori published his … Continue reading →

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Every Time A Bell Rings an Angel Gets His Wings

Posted on 20th December 2018 by Sam George

I am writing on Hans Andersen in my forthcoming book on shadow play and despite the discourse of suffering and redemption, the stories are full of imagination and sensibility, and are always heart-wrenchingly empathic. Many of the tales have a … Continue reading →

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LGBT Selkie Poem

Posted on 5th November 2018 by Sam George

I’m posting this Scottish folklore poetry re-imagined with an LGBT twist for those interested in selkie literature. The book will launch at LGBT History Month in Scotland in February 2019. Students of the Generation Dead: YA Fiction and the Gothic … Continue reading →

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Slaying Vampires: Romantic Origins, Theatrical Afterlives

Posted on 1st November 2018 by Sam George

. @DrSamGeorge1 talks about the fascinating history behind this vampire slaying kit, which feeds into the research of the @OGOMProject.#halloween pic.twitter.com/VIKQyktHZV — University of Hertfordshire (@UniofHerts) October 31, 2018 ‘ but those mine enemies, which would not that I should … Continue reading →

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Hallowe’en Greetings From OGOM

Posted on 31st October 2018 by Sam George

Hello OGOMERS, Wishing you a spooktacular Hallowe’en evening!!! We are just back from our Supernatural St Albans Halloween Tour which went down a real treat. Around 40 people engaged in our wonderfully weird history of witches, tortured martyrs, vampire graves, dragons, … Continue reading →

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Something to Howl About: OGOM Gothic Studies Special Issue, ‘Werewolves and Wildness’

Posted on 21st October 2018 by Sam George

We’re excited to announce that we have submitted our special issue of Gothic Studies on ‘Werewolves, Wild Children and Wilderness‘ to Edinburgh University Press for publication in May, 2019.  This is the first of two publications that have developed from … Continue reading →

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Deviant Burial of ‘Vampire’ Child in C15th Italy

Posted on 14th October 2018 by Sam George

I am mapping ‘deviant’ burials for a piece I am writing on Wharram Percy, the medieval English village that mutilated its own dead, including many women and children. Whatever these people believed eventually took hold completely and led to them … Continue reading →

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OGOM: Spectral St Albans Hallowe’en Tour – booking now

Posted on 7th October 2018 by Sam George

OGOM is proud to announce a special Supernatural St Albans Hallowe’en Tour. We will be exploring the magical and spectral history of Hertfordshire’s finest gothic city. The event is informed by the research we carried out for our ‘Urban Weird‘ … Continue reading →

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CFP: Reading Group on Animals and Mythical Creatures

Posted on 23rd September 2018 by Sam George

The Myth Reading Group at the University of Essex Centre for Myth Studies have announced a CFP on Animals and Mythical Creatures for the Autumn Term 2018. They invite proposals from anyone who is interested in any aspect of mythological … Continue reading →

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