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The Irish Network for Gothic and Horror Studies @irishgothichorror.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Join us for the return of our online film club on 2nd September, with three short Irish films! Cailleach (Katie Bea Elger) The House that Was Not (Dean Byrne) Novella (Caoimhe Hughes) The film club is free and open to all, but registration is necessary to receive the zoom link: bit.ly/3RRPyyL
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INGHS Film Club
The Irish Network for Gothic and Horror Studies invite you to discuss gothic and horror classics with us!
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drDara.bsky.social @drdara.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
It's alive! We're currently working on finalising Issue #19 of The Irish Journal of Gothic and Horror Studies, and plan to have it published by Halloween. If you haven't heard from us about something you've submitted for Issue #19, our contact details are here: irishgothicjournal.net/contact/.
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Contact Us
Email: General Inquiries: inquiries@irishgothicjournal.net Submissions: submissions@irishgothicjournal.net Reviews: reviews@irishgothicjournal.net Peer Review: peer.review@irishgothicjournal.net Pu…
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Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
If you missed this week's fascinating talk on the author Sarah Perry, her book Enlightenment, and broader questions of faith and self-discovery, you can catch it here! youtu.be/0vgKomMhZyg
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Look into the Closet: Curiosity and Exploration in Sarah Perry’s Enlightenment with Diganta Roy
YouTube video by Romancing the Gothic
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CSAReps project @csarepsprojectucd.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Please join the CSAReps Project Team for our online project launch event on April 29th & 30th with esteemed guest speakers @drcisme.bsky.social @theflyingchild.bsky.social @hazelklarkin.bsky.social @brenrooney.bsky.social Please follow the link below to register eventbrite.ie/e/1280573031...
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Ailise Bulfin @ailise-bulfin.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
This may be of interest: on creative works about child sexual abuse & the cultural ramifications of creative works (& we'd appreciate a repost) @lucycogan.bsky.social @alicemauger.bsky.social @rhetorician.bsky.social @drdara.bsky.social @bianchiniginevra.bsky.social @profdarryljones.bsky.social
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Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
What is this I see before me!? An exciting CFP for an edited collection on 'Carmilla' and its legacy? I rather think so! romancingthegothic.com/2025/02/09/c...
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CFP – My Wild Heart Bleeds – Edited Collection
CFP: ‘My Wild Heart Bleeds: Exploring Sheridan Le Fanu’s ‘Carmilla’ and its legacy’ Sheridan Le Fanu published his sapphic vampire tale ‘Carmilla’ in 1872, reworking the vampire genre, and creating…
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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
I refuse the faux patriotism of flags and exceptionalism. My love of my country comes from its common wealth of folklore. It is delight in walking hollow hills and hearing exhalation of sleeping dragons. Following wraith ways, stirring up stories alive in its ghost soil. – #CLNolan #Folklore
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Kate Fama @kfama.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Alternative Domesticities, which pondered tactics of dwelling, was a real meeting of the minds. Housing equity and migration, “home” as interrupted and unfinished business, hauntings, modernist materials (glass!), and domestic recoveries. Huge thanks to Thresholds of Knowledge and the UCDHI
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Madeline Potter @madelinepotter.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
So exciting 👇
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Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
The Romancing the Gothic conference call is live! Online! Open to all! Send us a pitch! call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/01/...
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Catherine Spooner @catherinespooner.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
I know some of you will want to know that Emma McEvoy’s new book The Music of the Gothic is currently free to download, with original audio files, on the CUP website. cup.org/4feLPki
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The Music of the Gothic 1789–1820
Cambridge Core - English Literature 1700-1830 - The Music of the Gothic 1789–1820
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Signe Maene @signemaene.com · 20/12/2024
Dentelles by Rachel Baes (1912-1983)
Painting of a woman making a fairy-tale-like tower out of white lace. Dark background, blue tones.
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The Irish Network for Gothic and Horror Studies @irishgothichorror.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Save the Date! 22 Feburary 2025 will see the re-launch of the Irish Network for Gothic and Horror Studies. This free in-person event at TCD will include a keynote by @middleagewitch.bsky.social, panel discussions, and more! For more information and to register: irishgothicjournal.net/coming-soon-...
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Coming Soon: The Irish Network for Gothic and Horror Studies
SAVE THE DATE: Network re-launch on Saturday 22 February 2025 at Trinity College Dublin Long Room Hub. We are holding an in-person networking event on Saturday 22 February 2025, in the Long Room Hu…
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Bernice M. Murphy @murphgothic.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Happy 108th Birthday to the legend that is Shirley Jackson.
Satirical votive candle with an image of Shirley Jackson as a Saint. It says 'Saint Shirley'.
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Gothic Studies @gothicstudies.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Submissions are open for the IGA early-career essay prize - the deadline is 1 March 2025 and the full details are here: www.globalgoth.org/blog/the-int... Queries to the convenor @jendeavour.bsky.social
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The International Gothic Association Early-Career Essay Prize 2024-25 - Gothic Association
The essay competition is open to postgraduate students or postdoctoral scholars who are currently in good standing as IGA members. A postgraduate may be a current or recent Masters’ student (within tw...
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ShirleyCon21C @shirleycon21c.bsky.social · 03/04/2024
Don't forget! The deadline for abstracts for "Reading Shirley Jackson in the 21st Century 3: The United States of Shirley Jackson" is fast approaching! This is a hybrid conference, so online presenters welcome. See the CFP for more information: shirleyjackson21stcentury.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/r...
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Reading Shirley Jackson in the Twenty-First Century 3 CFP!
Reading Shirley Jackson in the Twenty-First Century 3: The United States of Shirley Jackson 4 July 2024 Hybrid Event (in-person with some limited online capacity) The Long Room Hub, Trinity College Du...
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ShirleyCon21C @shirleycon21c.bsky.social · 12/03/2024
Our CFP for "Reading Shirley Jackson in the 21st Century 3: The United States of Shirley Jackson" is now live! The deadline is 12th April 2024. See the CFP for more information: shirleyjackson21stcentury.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/r...
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Reading Shirley Jackson in the Twenty-First Century 3 CFP!
Reading Shirley Jackson in the Twenty-First Century 3: The United States of Shirley Jackson 4 July 2024 Hybrid Event (in-person with some limited online capacity) The Long Room Hub, Trinity College Du...
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drDara.bsky.social @drdara.bsky.social · 17/03/2024
We've won!
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ShirleyCon21C @shirleycon21c.bsky.social · 17/02/2024
Save the Date! 'Reading Shirley Jackson in the 21st Century' 3 will take place this 4th of July. It should be a hybrid event, with an in-person element at Trinity College Dublin. Expect a CFP in the coming weeks, with info here or at shirleyjackson21stcentury.wordpress.com #ShirleyJackson
A photoshopped image of Shirley Jackson (and one of her dogs) holding an American flag, the declaration of independence behind her, with the title and date of the event next to her: The United States of Shirley Jackson 4 July 2024.
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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 06/02/2024
Guy Debord      “Work is the Blackmail of Survival" The Society of the Spectacle     1967
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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 05/02/2024
You can't make me...
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Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 03/02/2024
The Romancing the Gothic online book group is open to all. Pop in! Meet an author! Discover new writers! Read Gothic classics! See what we've got coming up here romancingthegothic.com/book-group-a...
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Book Groups and Author Visits
Each week we have a book group on Fridays. There are two slots: 10 am and 7 pm (BST) and you're very welcome to either, wherever you are in the world and however much you'd like to participate. To sig...
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purr.in.ink @purrinink.bsky.social · 04/02/2024
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Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 03/02/2024
It's GOTHS FOR BREAKFAST time! A full day of writing workshops, talks and cooking classes on creepy, Gothic, horror, supernatural and spooky themes! All for CHARITY. We're supporting Magic Breakfasts - free breakfasts for hungry kids www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/goths-for-...
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Goths for Breakfast
R omancing the Gothic is running a charity event to support Magic Breakfast, which provides school breakfasts for children who need them. Th
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