Category Archives: OGOM News

‘Spring-Heeled Jack and the ersatz Victorian Vampire’: Dr Karl Bell, 6th May, University of Hertfordshire

Posted on 29th April 2015 by Sam George

Dr Karl Bell will be in dialogue with OGOM on 6th May at the University of Hertfordshire where he will present his research into  Spring-Heeled Jack and the Victorian vampire myth. His talk is entitled: – ‘”His eyes resembled red … Continue reading →

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New Vampire Study Centre: OGOM’S proudest moment

Posted on 1st February 2015 by Sam George

Maybe we had found the perfect moment in history, the perfect balance between the monstrous and the human, the time when the ‘vampire romance’ born in my imagination […] should find its greatest enhancement (Lestat). I am beyond excited to … Continue reading →

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New Year Resolutions for Vampires: Happy 2015

Posted on 5th January 2015 by Sam George

Wondering what new year resolutions vampires might make and how they might feel at this time of year I felt compelled to turn to the most existential and questioning of texts below. A text in which the vampire is luminous … Continue reading →

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Company of Wolves Conference – Twitter Updates

Posted on 16th December 2014 by firekrank

As the abstracts start coming in thick and fast, it seems to time to start creating a diminutive for the ‘Company of Wolves’ conference. This seems particularly important on Twitter where it takes up 17 characters! With this is mind, … Continue reading →

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Monstrous Hounds and the Phantasmagoria: OGOM’s Lycanthropic Lantern-of-fear!!!

Posted on 21st November 2014 by Sam George

Wolves and werewolves were a very important part of magic lantern iconography for over 200 years and featured as part of Robertson’s famous Phantasmagoria in Paris. At OGOM’s ‘Company of Wolves’ David Annwyn Jones will offer a film on monstrous hounds … Continue reading →

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OGOM Company of Wolves CFP – Beyond excited to announce this!

Posted on 19th November 2014 by Sam George

Conference, University of Hertfordshire, Sept 3rd-5th 2015: Call for Papers and Panels OGOM: ‘The Company of Wolves’: Sociality, Animality, and Subjectivity in Literary and Cultural Narratives—Werewolves, Shapeshifters, and Feral Humans Wolves have long been the archetypal enemy of human company, … Continue reading →

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Open Graves Evening in St Albans: Post Millennial Happy Gothic!

Posted on 13th November 2014 by Sam George

Thanks to everyone who came down to the OGOM Gothic Writing Evening on Friday 7th in St Albans with myself, Catherine Spooner and Matt Beresford. This was our first contribution to the St Albans Literary Festival and as you can … Continue reading →

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Is Twilight the wish-fulfillment fantasy to end all others?

Posted on 2nd November 2014 by Sam George

‘Twilight of the Gothic’ with Dr Joseph Crawford was an extraordinary prelude to our MA studies on the vampire and bridged the gap perfectly between vampire studies and YA fiction (my two modules and key areas of research). The talk … Continue reading →

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Vampire graves unearthed in Bulgaria – the 7th such site in two years!

Posted on 11th October 2014 by Sam George

Archaeologists have unearthed a vampire burial site in Bulgaria. These medieval corpses were found to have been buried with a metal stake through their hearts to prevent them from returning to menace the living. This is the 7th vampire grave … Continue reading →

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Marcus Sedgwick: where I write

Posted on 7th October 2014 by William the Bloody

A fascinating photographic exploration of the places that have inspired Marcus Sedgwick’s new novel, The Ghosts of Heaven. Marcus is an award-winning novelist whose work has been a focus and inspiration for the OGOM Project and who has also generously … Continue reading →

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