Category Archives: Courses

Online Educational Packs for Sixth-formers: Redeeming the Wolf, Understanding Otherness

Posted on 11th December 2020 by William the Bloody

OGOM are pleased to announce the publication on line of our Educational Packs. If you teach Literature (or related subjects)to sixth-formers or A Level students (or their equivalent internationally), please take a look by following the links below. We really … Continue reading →

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BAME Gothic Studies – PhD funding opportunity

Posted on 2nd December 2020 by William the Bloody

OGOM’s recent ‘The Black Vampyre and Other Creations: Gothic Visions of New Worlds’ event, which took place as part of the nationwide Being Human festival, was a huge success. ‘The Black Vampyre’ (1819) itself is a rather odd and ambivalent … Continue reading →

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OGOM and Young Adult Fiction @Identities_YA

Posted on 19th December 2017 by Sam George

Just a quick post to say thank you to Dr Sonya Andermahr and Anthony Stepniak for organising the Identities in YA Symposium and for inviting me to give a keynote. There were many highlights to the day including the ‘Monstrous … Continue reading →

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Join Us For A Literary Weekend At Cumberland Lodge

Posted on 27th January 2017 by Sam George

 The Literature staff at University of Hertfordshire are having a residential weekend  in Cumberland Lodge again this year (the weekend of 10th-12th February). We will be arriving Friday evening and  departing Sunday afternoon. This year we are sharing the programme with staff … Continue reading →

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Fairy Tale School

Posted on 20th November 2016 by William the Bloody

We’ve just been contacted by Brittany Warman, who is a fan of the OGOM website and, with her friend and colleague, has created an online course on fairytale on their lovely website, The Carterhaugh School of Folklore and the Fantastic. … Continue reading →

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UH ARTS: Vampires on Screen

Posted on 10th October 2016 by Sam George

The University of Hertfordshire is currently presenting BLOODLUST,  a vampire themed film event for October. The season should be of interest to all lovers of Gothic cinema. If you are one of our UH MA: Modern Literary Cultures students (who will take … Continue reading →

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Generation Dead: YA and the Gothic – An Announcement

Posted on 16th August 2016 by firekrank

If you have already read Sam’s post, ‘Vampire and Undead Studies 2016-17’, you’ll know that I have received some incredibly exciting news. As of the final week of September this year I will be teaching the module ‘Generation Dead: YA … Continue reading →

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Open Graves, Open Minds Book – Out in Paperback on 1st June!!

Posted on 6th May 2016 by Sam George

The paperback of the Open Graves, Open Minds vampire book arrived in the MUP offices today! You can pre-order it now on Amazon priced at a very reasonable 15.99 (due 1st June).   Very exciting! If you are teaching the gothic, … Continue reading →

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Free Course: Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales

Posted on 25th April 2016 by William the Bloody

I came across this free on-line course on Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales, presented by The Hans Christian Andersen Centre at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense, Denmark, via Future Learn (with whom I’m also doing a fascinating course … Continue reading →

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PhD Fee Waiver Opportunities (deadline 18th April)

Posted on 9th March 2016 by Sam George

Prof. William Hughes of the IGA has written to pass on details of possible research funding for new postgraduates. Bath Spa University is offering  Ten PhD Fee Waiver Studentships. The application deadline is Monday 18th April, for a start date of 1st … Continue reading →

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