Category Archives: OGOM News

Happy Gothic Hogmanay – You Can Close Your Box Now Pandora!

Posted on 31st December 2016 by Sam George

I am hoping Pandora will close her box today for the Hogmanay and we can all celebrate the rise of Happy Gothic!! 2017 will see the launch of the OGOM Research Centre and the completion of our ‘Company of Wolves’ … Continue reading →

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Have Yourselves A Gothicky Merry Christmas From OGOM!

Posted on 22nd December 2016 by Sam George

Gothicky Merry Christmas OGOMERS!! Pandora seemed to reopen her box in 2016 and no end of horrors were let loose upon the world from Brexit to Trump (with Bowie’s death seemingly acting as a catalyst for things falling apart). Happily … Continue reading →

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Gothic Manchester Festival: OGOM’s Werewolf research hits the media ahead of Halloween

Posted on 25th October 2016 by Sam George

Just back from the Gothic North and catching up on some stories in the media following the inspiring and fun event that was the Manchester Gothic Festival (which had some excellent papers and its own live mouse at the venue). There … 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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Hallowe’en Special Offer from Manchester University Press

Posted on 7th October 2016 by Sam George

More on the special MUP Hallowe’en offer. To get your 30% discount on their gothic list simply go to the MUP website and enter Halloween16  at the checkout. Offer expires at midnight on 31st October……don’t wait for the witching hour … Continue reading →

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Spooky Book Offers You Won’t Want to Miss in October!!

Posted on 7th October 2016 by Sam George

Happy October OGOMERs! To celebrate Hallowe’en the latest edition of Gothic Studies is free to access in October @MUPjournals. Have a look here As if that was not exciting enough MUP are cooking up a special gothic themed Hallowe’en offer … Continue reading →

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Werewolves and Wildness: OGOM Publication News

Posted on 22nd September 2016 by Sam George

This is the second publication to develop out of our fantastic Company of Wolves conference. There has never been an edition of Gothic Studies on werewolves so this is an absolute first! Thank you to all the contributors for their … Continue reading →

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Saint Death: 2017 The Year of Mexican Gothic

Posted on 21st September 2016 by Sam George

Marcus Sedgwick has been linked to OGOM since its beginnings in 2010. He has appeared at all 3 conferences and has generously offered up essays for both of the OGOM edited collections. His latest essay is intriguingly called ‘Wolves and … Continue reading →

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OGOM Company of Wolves: The Book

Posted on 19th September 2016 by Sam George

Woo hoo. We are proud to present the details of the OGOM Company of Wolves book (MUP, 2017). There are 3 publications in total (one book and two special journal issues) and this is the first. More to follow on the … Continue reading →

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Wolves in the Asylum at the Wellcome

Posted on 17th September 2016 by Sam George

I visited the new exhibition on Bedlam at the Wellcome this week and was thrilled to find the wolf paintings of Freud’s ‘Wolfman’ on display. As we are currently working on the publications from the Company of Wolves conference it … Continue reading →

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