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Máiréad Casey

@maireadcasey.bsky.social
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Research interests: horror, gender, genre, sexuality onscreen, representations of sexual violence, demon possession

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University of Wales Press @uniwalespress.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Tonight! @maireadcasey.bsky.social
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University of Wales Press @uniwalespress.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
📚️ BOOK LAUNCH 📚️ Join @maireadcasey.bsky.social to celebrate the publication of her new book 'Demon Possession and Sexual Violence in Post-Great Recession American Horror Cinema'! 📍Aras na Gael, Dominick St Galway 📆 Thursday 10 September 🕡️ 7pm 🎟️ www.eventbrite.ie/e/demon-poss...
Book cover which features a black, white, and neon green illustration of a young woman walking along surrounded by abstract orbs and flames with an eery face lurking in the background
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Horror Lex® @horrorlex.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Take a deep into the cold sea … "Baltic Horror in Film, Gaming and Literature" has essays all about the region that gave you POSSESSION, SAUNA, and the KRATT. @fernandopagnoni.bsky.social @uniwalespress.bsky.social @uchicagopress.bsky.social press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
The cover of the book "Baltic Horror in Film, Gaming and Literature" featuring a photo of a gloomy forest in dark blue, green, and black.
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University of Wales Press @uniwalespress.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
An excellent review of @maireadcasey.bsky.social's 'Demon Possession & Sexual Violence in Post-Great Recession American Horror Cinema' in 'Critical Studies in Media Communication'! Read more on this 'fascinating analysis' here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 📚️ www.uwp.co.uk/book/demon-p...
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Peter Coles 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇮🇪 @telescoper.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
If you work in any of the Irish HEIs please consider signing this open letter... openletter.earth/refusal-of-v...
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Refusal of Visas to Students from Gaza
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 04/08/2026
‘The representation of Odysseus as a reluctant warlord makes a nonsense of the movie’s imagined world. We are not shown that war or killing are bad, only that good men sometimes feel bad about it – a very different point.’ Emily Wilson on Christopher Nolan’s film. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Emily Wilson · An Uncomplicated Man
As they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...
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Máiréad Casey @maireadcasey.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
If you would like 20% off "Demon Possession and Sexual Violence in Post-Great Recession American Horror Cinema" (and a host of other great horror studies books by @uniwalespress.bsky.social) use the code GOTH20 www.uwp.co.uk/book/demon-p...
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Demon Possession and Sexual Violence in Post-Great Recession American Horror Cinema | UWP
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University of Wales Press @uniwalespress.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
We are thrilled to be attending @igagoths.bsky.social's conference in Hull this week! Make sure to stop by to browse our exciting range of Gothic and Horror studies titles, all at special conference discounts 📚️ Unable to attend in person? Browse our online stand! www.uwp.co.uk/gothic-and-h...
Up to 50% off entire Gothic and Horror series!
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Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman @niamhroisin.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Poetry request! Does anyone have a copy of Medbh McGuckian’s book The Thankless Paths to Freedom (2022)? If you do, could you let me know whether it includes the quotation from Sergei Averintsev? Thank you!!
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Renske Hoff @renskehoff.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
This was so much fun! Such a brilliant conference and so many kind people. Thank you for the invitation, @rebpaf.bsky.social!
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Leftist Gamer Memes @leftistgamermemes.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
💙🩷😸🩷💙
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Horror Lex® @horrorlex.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
A new Monstrum on a real horror classic, get it! 👇
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Máiréad Casey @maireadcasey.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
A most unique and interesting panel! Veronika Lahodinski discusses uroloscopy manuscripts and print editions in the 16th while Martyna Osuch talks about early print beavers! @rebpaf.bsky.social conference
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Máiréad Casey @maireadcasey.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Rounding out the @rebpaf.bsky.social conference panel is Niamh McAndrew discussing 'Birth Girdle Manuscripts'
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Máiréad Casey @maireadcasey.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
The Dance of Death also appears in Reformation historian Lucy Wooding's paper @rebpaf.bsky.social conference
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Máiréad Casey @maireadcasey.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Maja Dujakovic presents on early French print versions of The Danse Macabre @rebpaf.bsky.social conference
Slide from Maja Dujakovic's presentation - early print illustration of skeletons in a printmaker's workshop
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Máiréad Casey @maireadcasey.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
@rebpaf.bsky.social PhD researcher @marikakyrannafox.bsky.social presents on using computational strategies for predicting prices of books at auctions #MSCA #RearchImpactEU
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Máiréad Casey @maireadcasey.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
The next paper in the @rebpaf.bsky.social conference session is by Lisa Lenderink who discusses curation and mediation of hybrid books
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Máiréad Casey @maireadcasey.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
@rebpaf.bsky.social conference continues today with Ruth Allen presenting on the cultural afterlives of books
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REBPAF (Re-Mediating the Early Book: Pasts and Futures) @rebpaf.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
📖 Day2 of our #REBPAFConference opens with @renskehoff.bsky.social’s keynote on hybridity & the many makers of early books, followed by panels on preservation, publishing networks, devotional books, Dutch romance, textual plurality & natural knowledge. Plus a lunchtime visit to 'Ink & Innovation'!
Info Image for Day 2 of the REBPAF Conference including the name of the keynote speaker, Renske Hoff, and a list of this day's panels.
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Anti Neoliberalism @antineoliberalism.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
#DataCenters You know what to do.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
"What, Starmerism rather daringly asked, would happen if we ran on deliverism without delivering?"
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Starmer Out
Starmer did not "do nothing": he made the country radically more regressive. No wonder he fell.
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Máiréad Casey @maireadcasey.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Another #REBPAF network PhD @kaiyankele.bsky.social presents on creating multi text manuscripts in the age of print! #MSCA #ResearchImpactEU
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Máiréad Casey @maireadcasey.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Anna-Nadine Pike presents on Tyas' Books of Common Prayer
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Máiréad Casey @maireadcasey.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
#REBPAF's own @melissabastian.bsky.social presents on an Imperial cookbook in Rudolf II's court
Melissa Bastian reading at a podium in the Royal Irish Academy Meeting Room #MSCA
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Máiréad Casey @maireadcasey.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Christopher Walsh talks about sharing fencing knowledge and gossip' in his talk #REBPAF
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Máiréad Casey @maireadcasey.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Starting off our first @rebpaf.bsky.social panel session is Sara D'Amico with "Exhibiting Value" appropriately asking why we are all here. #MSCA #REBPAF
Sara D'Amico standing a podium in front of a library of books in the Royal Irish Academy
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Horror Lex® @horrorlex.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
The new @uniwalespress.bsky.social's aca-horror books are Stateside as of tomorrow! Demons of American recession + urban legends from X-FILES to BACKROOMS. Get from @uchicagopress.bsky.social @maireadcasey.bsky.social #IrenaJurković #MarkoLukić #TijanaParezanović press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
On the left, the cover of the book "Demon Possession and Sexual Violence in Post-Recession American Horror Cinema" featuring a surrealist drawing of a cloaked figure in a space-age background with a demon popping his head up from the ground.On the right, the cover of the book "Urban Legends and the Cultural Geography of Horror" featuring a photo of the darkened staircase from THE EXORCIST.
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Máiréad Casey @maireadcasey.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Join us July 1st for @irishgothichorror.bsky.social film discussion club where we discuss Oddity! #horrorsky #horror #film #filmsky
Irish Network of Gothic and Horror Studies Film Club poster for month of July - Oddity - July 1st 7pm. Features poster for Oddity with woman with closed eyes placing her hands on a table and a scary monstrous reflection. Border features leaves and flowers and skulls
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Máiréad Casey @maireadcasey.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Thanks @ruemorguemag.bsky.social for the glowing review! #horrorsky #film #feminism
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REBPAF (Re-Mediating the Early Book: Pasts and Futures) @rebpaf.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
📜🪶 What can medieval books tell us about childhood? From doodles and scribbles to traces left by young readers and learners, this new post by @kaiyankele.bsky.social (Bristol) explores how historians uncover the often-overlooked presence of children in medieval manuscript culture. #REBPAF #MSCA
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Discovering the Traces of Medieval Children
Kaila Yankelevich, University of Bristol If you enjoy buying second-hand books, chances are you came across a volume that has been doodled on by a child. Schematic human figures, dashes of colour o…
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REBPAF (Re-Mediating the Early Book: Pasts and Futures) @rebpaf.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
📯The wait is over! The programme for the #REBPAFConference 2026 is here! Packed with sessions, speakers, and everything you need to plan your time with us. View and download it now: 🔗 rebpaf.wordpress.com/rebpaf-conference-2026/ #BookHistory #MSCA #Conference #ResearchImpactEU #H2021
Conference poster of the MSCA project 'Re-Mediating the Early Book: Pasts and Futures' which takes place from June 23-25 2026 in the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin.
The poster includes the project title and its logo (a black shield with the white acronym REBPAF) as well as the place and dates plus the EU logo and logo of Marsh's Library (the sponsors). A painting depicting a still life with old books, papers, and documents makes up the background.
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 06/06/2026
📰 As some publishers & news organizations block the Wayback Machine from archiving journalism. ✏️ Help keep journalism accessible—sign the open letter asking them to stop blocking archiving ⤵️ www.savethearchive.com/NewsLeaders #SaveTheArchive #WaybackMachine #PreserveTheWeb @fightforthefuture.org
Close-up photo of Internet Archive server racks, showing rows of hard drives with red pull tabs and the Internet Archive logo and name on a black panel.
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Jane Eksie @janeismundane.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
janeeksie.substack.com/p/ozma
Substack post about Ozma of Oz.
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Mothership @mothership.blog · 27/05/2026
@leftistgamermemes.bsky.social's making a game all about "imperialism capitalism hegemony the faults of liberalism the faults of libertarianism infighting racism and a lot more i can't think of rn," among many other things. @zoehhannah.com's interview: www.mothership.blog/in-conversat...
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In conversation with Leftist Gamer Memes
What LGM hopes to accomplish with her meme page, from developing a game to funding mutual aid
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Museum of Curiosities @curiositiesmuseum.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Today we are celebrating ONE YEAR of being open! Over the course of the day we'll be making a few EXCITING announcements about what's new and what's to come. 👀
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MAI: Feminism & Visual Culture @maifeminism.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Excited to share our new issue, guest edited by Devaleena Kundu, Bethan Michael-Fox, and Khyati Tripathi which shows through a diverse range of essays how feminism extends beyond one’s lifespan. www.maifeminism.com/issues/focus... #feminism
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Focus Issue Sixteen: Dead Women and Gendered Death in Visual Culture
Our authors reveal how representations of dead women are subjected to patriarchal and neoliberal capitalist discourses.
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Máiréad Casey @maireadcasey.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
This day next week! #Pride #horrorsky
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Haunted Futures @hauntedfutures.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Our creative CFP is open until the 24th of July! We'd love to take a look at your work so please do send it in!
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Máiréad Casey @maireadcasey.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
You can read my review of Shana MacDonald’s book, The Art of Memes Digital Culture, here: www.maifeminism.com/thinking-abo...
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Dr Rebecca Williams @augustaquarius.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
CFP: The Legacy of Norman Bates: Essays on the Psycho Franchise call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/05/...
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cfp | call for papers
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Máiréad Casey @maireadcasey.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
A perfect start to day two of Irish Screen Studies conference at @maynoothuniversity.ie #filmsky
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Máiréad Casey @maireadcasey.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Join us for a Pride month special! We'll be discussing James Whale's The Old Dark House on the first Wednesday of June! @irishgothichorror.bsky.social #horrorsky
Film poster for James Whale's 1931 horror film The Old Dark House with an image of a scared woman's face with expressionist colours of purple and orange sky, a blue and green sea and spooky house and a suspicious male figure
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Haunted Futures @hauntedfutures.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Have you seen our CFP yet? Send us your abstract to be included in this year's Haunted Futures conference @ucc.ie!
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Máiréad Casey @maireadcasey.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
You can read (most of) the Introduction to my book Demon Possession and Sexual Violence in Post-Great Recession American Horror Cinema for free here: www.jellybooks.com/cloud_reader... #horror #gothic #GreatRecession #FilmTheory #FeministTheory #horrorsky #filmsky
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Sample of "Demon Possession and Sexual Violence in Post-Great Recession American Horror Cinema" by Máiréad Casey
Peek inside this book and discover another great read.
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REBPAF (Re-Mediating the Early Book: Pasts and Futures) @rebpaf.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
👁👁 What do alien-looking portraits, fox tongues, and cataract surgery have in common? Read about Georg Bartisch's Ophthalmodouleia and what it tells us about early modern medicine and print in our latest blog post by @melissabastian.bsky.social (Vienna)! #REBPAF #MSCA #EarlyPrint #MedicalHistory
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All Eyes on the Page: Visual Knowledge and Medical Authority in Early Modern Print
Melissa Bastian, University of Vienna At first glance, Georg Bartisch’s Ophthalmodouleia[i] looks more like a strange album of portraits and wonders than a medical textbook, more spectacle than sci…
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The Irish Network for Gothic and Horror Studies @irishgothichorror.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
We are very excited to talk about the 1995 tv miniseries adaptation of Stephen King's "The Langoliers" tomorrow, 6 May at 7 pm Irish time. Free and open to all, but registration necessary: www.eventbrite.ie/e/inghs-film...
A poster for film club viewing of the Langoliers shows someone running away from the point of view of a mouth circled with pointy teeth.
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Dr Janice Deitner @janiceflux.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
I have so many thoughts about Bronson Pinchot that I may have to be restrained. Join us tomorrow evening to talk about "The Langoliers"
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Máiréad Casey @maireadcasey.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Next week! #StephenKing
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