Tag Archives: Vampires

CFPs: Hans Andersen, fairy tales, The Vampire Diaries

Posted on 18th July 2020 by William the Bloody

Despite everything, research goes on and there are some calls for submissions here that have come to our attention. 1. The Swan’s Egg: A Student Journal of Hans Christian Andersen Studies. Deadline: 15 January 2021 The editors of The Swan’s Egg invite … Continue reading →

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Links for talks and interviews: In the Company of Wolves, Vampires

Posted on 8th July 2020 by William the Bloody

We’ve added some new links to the website for online talks and so on. I have a short talk for Manchester University Press, describing our In the Company of Wolves: Werewolves, Wolves and Wild Children book. A link to this … Continue reading →

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Review: CoronaGothic Conference, 30 June 2020, University of Macau Gothic

Posted on 1st July 2020 by William the Bloody

Dr Joan Passey has written an excellent review of the recent online CoronaGothic conference organised by the Gothic Research Network at the University of Macau in China. Sam’s earlier post with further details of the conference and the paper she … Continue reading →

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Vampires, werewolves, and Jane Austen

Posted on 24th April 2020 by William the Bloody

I am being interviewed here by Brian from Toothpickings. I talk about vampires and werewolves, the folklore of these creatures and its transmutation into literature. I also make some very tenuous links between this, the Enlightenment, Jane Austen and paranormal … Continue reading →

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Review: Dracula (BBC, January 2020)

Posted on 11th January 2020 by William the Bloody

There has been much discussion of the BBC adaptation of Dracula by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, shown this January—and the debate has been highly polarised. The OGOM Project began with a conference on vampires in 2010, followed by our … Continue reading →

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OGOM Gothic New Year Tour

Posted on 5th January 2020 by Sam George

Happy New Year OGOMers. Why not catch up on the dark fest that was Gothic Advent and celebrate 2020 by joining us on 18th January to explore the magical and spectral history of St Albans. Your hosts will be vampire … Continue reading →

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Vampire criticism: Slayage and Angel; Holly Black’s Coldtown

Posted on 29th November 2019 by William the Bloody

Angel, the tormented ‘vampire with a soul’, was, through his love affair with Buffy in Joss Whedon’s TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997‒2003), one significant archetype of the romantic vampire of paranormal romance. Whedon then developed his character further … Continue reading →

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OGOM postgraduate successes: Matt Beresford and Daisy Butcher

Posted on 15th November 2019 by William the Bloody

Dr Sam George has supervised some very fruitful research projects at the University of Hertfordshire with her PhD students and we’d like to announce two great achievements. First, we’d like to congratulate Dr Matt Beresford for successfully defending his thesis, … Continue reading →

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The Haunted Landscape: Magic and Monsters of the British Isles; 23rd November, Conway Hall, London

Posted on 12th November 2019 by Sam George

‘The Haunted Landscape: Magic and Monsters of the British Isles’ is a one-day symposium on folklore, magic and beyond. Authors and researchers discuss fairies, witchcraft, werewolves, vampires, dragons, the lore of autumn, and the magic of common folk. Up the … Continue reading →

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YA Gothic, fairytale retellings, demon lovers, mermaids and Scottish myths

Posted on 7th November 2019 by William the Bloody

Here’s a selection of interesting articles on OGOM-related topics. First, an article on YA Gothic with some recommended novels in the genre. Much of our research has focused on these texts–they are often more adventurous than their adult counterpart, especially … Continue reading →

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