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CFP OGOM Conference 2025: Sea changes

Posted on 21st November 2024 by William the Bloody

Sea changes: The fairytale Gothic of mermaids, selkies, and enchanted hybrids of ocean and river Venue: The British Library, London, UK (and online) Date: 5–6 September 2025 Fabulous, enchanted beings, hybridly human and other, populate the expanses of water of … Continue reading →

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Events: Alice in science, Flower Fairies

Posted on 24th June 2023 by William the Bloody

1. Through the Wonderglass: Alice in Science and Medicine, in the Victorian Age and Beyond On line via Zoom, 12 August 2023, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT (11AM Pacific/ 2PM Eastern/ 7PM UK) This talk will take you on … Continue reading →

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CFPs and Events: Crones, vampires, Alice, Blake, Shelley, Burns Night

Posted on 18th December 2021 by William the Bloody

An assortment of conference CFPs and calls for articles, plus online events. 1. CFP: Crones, Crime, and the Gothic, In-person Conference, Falmouth University UK, 10-11 June 2022. Deadline: 1 April 2022. Older women have traditionally been portrayed negatively in folklore, … Continue reading →

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CFP ‘Ill met by moonlight’: Gothic Encounters with Enchantment and the Fairy Realm in Literature and Culture, 8-10 April, 2021

Posted on 2nd May 2020 by Sam George

University of Hertfordshire, 8‒10 April 2021 The Open Graves, Open Minds (OGOM) Project was launched in 2010 with the Vampires and the Undead in Modern Culture conference.We have subsequently  hosted symposia on Bram Stoker and John William Polidori, unearthing depictions … Continue reading →

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CFPs: Myth and art, Tales of Terror, Supernatural Studies

Posted on 19th June 2019 by William the Bloody

Some more CFPs and Calls for Articles: 1. Myth and Art Revisited conference, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, 18-19 December 2019. Deadline: 31 July 2019. This international two-day conference hosted by the Department of English Language and Literature, … Continue reading →

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1935) and OGOM 2020

Posted on 8th June 2019 by William the Bloody

Next year will be the tenth anniversary of the OGOM Project. Sam and I are working on something very special and magical for our celebrations and 2020 conference. All will be revealed soon but some of our background research involved … Continue reading →

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Frankenstein: essays and 1910 film

Posted on 4th November 2018 by William the Bloody

A bit behind with blogging, so quite a few Frankenstein items have accumulated (it being, as I’m sure you’ll know, the 200th anniversary of the novel’s publication). First, a brief discussion, with some very useful links, of the claim by … Continue reading →

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Fairy Tales: art, essays, and resources

Posted on 9th July 2018 by William the Bloody

Some more interesting links on fairy tales: Margaret Carrigan, in ‘What Can Fairy Tales Tell Us About Today? Two Video Artists Offer Modern Takes‘, reviews the video art of Ericka Beckman and Marianna Simnett, showing at London’s Zabludowicz Collection through … Continue reading →

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CFP Reminder: Gothic Style(s), Gothic Substance; Gothic Manchester Festival Conference, MMU, 28 October 2017

Posted on 21st July 2017 by William the Bloody

Just a reminder that the deadline for the Gothic Style(s), Gothic Substance; symposium at Gothic Manchester Festival Conference is soon. Here are the details again: Gothic Manchester Festival Conference Saturday 28 October 2017 Call for Papers Gothic Style(s), Gothic Substance After … Continue reading →

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CFP: Gothic Style(s), Gothic Substance: Gothic Manchester Festival Conference, MMU, 28 October 2017

Posted on 24th May 2017 by William the Bloody

Gothic Manchester Festival Conference 2017 Saturday 28 October 2017 Call for Papers Gothic Style(s), Gothic Substance After the great success of last year’s Gothic North conference, our attention turns this year to the topic of Gothic Style(s). At the start … Continue reading →

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