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Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 📖<p>This promises to be a terrific <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/OnlineEvent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineEvent</span></a> for <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GothicStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GothicStudies</span></a>: <br>Shipping <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TheOldEnglishBaron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheOldEnglishBaron</span></a>: <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ClaraReeve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClaraReeve</span></a> as <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Gothic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gothic</span></a> Fangirl</p><p><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shipping-the-old-english-baron-clara-reeve-as-gothic-fangirl-tickets-1251893369769" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eventbrite.co.uk/e/shipping-th</span><span class="invisible">e-old-english-baron-clara-reeve-as-gothic-fangirl-tickets-1251893369769</span></a></p>
Alan D.D.<p>Even though it has been a while since I last spoke about Leroux’s world, it never really left me. I have been diving into Erik’s backstory by the hand of Susan Kay, author of Phantom. This has been my most difficult reading to date, but it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s the worst.</p><p>Read the full review at the Sheffield Gothic Blog.</p><p><a href="https://sheffieldgothic.home.blog/2025/01/26/susan-kays-phantom-or-how-trauma-persists-from-the-cradle-to-the-grave/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sheffieldgothic.home.blog/2025</span><span class="invisible">/01/26/susan-kays-phantom-or-how-trauma-persists-from-the-cradle-to-the-grave/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gothic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gothic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Goth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Goth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GothicStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GothicStudies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Horror</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HorrorStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HorrorStudies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GothicShelf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GothicShelf</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Research</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Academia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Scholar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scholar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThePhantomOfTheOpera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThePhantomOfTheOpera</span></a></p>
Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 📖<p>Look what just arrived! I can't wait to read this. Thank you to <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GothicStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GothicStudies</span></a> at <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ManchesterUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ManchesterUniversity</span></a> Press!</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TheLegacyOfJohnPolidori" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheLegacyOfJohnPolidori</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/RomanticVampire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RomanticVampire</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/JohnPolidori" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnPolidori</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TheVampyre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheVampyre</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Gothic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gothic</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Horror</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SamGeorge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SamGeorge</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BillHughes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillHughes</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a></p>
Paul Watson<p>New blog post: The Gothic Studies RSS Starter Pack</p><p><a href="https://www.lazaruscorporation.co.uk/blogs/artists-notebook/posts/the-gothic-studies-rss-starter-pack" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lazaruscorporation.co.uk/blogs</span><span class="invisible">/artists-notebook/posts/the-gothic-studies-rss-starter-pack</span></a></p><p><a href="https://thegoblin.market/tags/GothsAssemble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GothsAssemble</span></a> <a href="https://thegoblin.market/tags/GothicStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GothicStudies</span></a></p>
Derek Johnston<p>I have posted the script for my paper from the Horror Studies Now conference to Knowledge / Humanities Commons (<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hcommons.social/@hello" class="u-url mention">@<span>hello</span></a></span>). Stephen Knight and History Seen Through a Gothic Lens outlines some ideas around how the gothic mode represents historical drama, and why it is so relevant to now. <a href="https://hcommons.org/deposits/item/hc:66883/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hcommons.org/deposits/item/hc:</span><span class="invisible">66883/</span></a></p><p>While there, you can take a look at my other papers on the topic (and others)!</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/TelevisionStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TelevisionStudies</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/GothicStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GothicStudies</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/HorrorStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HorrorStudies</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/HistoricalDrama" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HistoricalDrama</span></a></p>
Derek Johnston<p>I&#39;ve also uploaded the script for my paper for the Critical Studies in Television conference to Humanities Commons: <a href="https://doi.org/10.17613/yk7v-r911" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">doi.org/10.17613/yk7v-r911</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br />&#39;Historical Power, Historical Trauma and the Gothic Historical Drama&#39; sets out the core ideas of my research into the presentation of history through a Gothic lens in recent television dramas.<br /><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/TelevisionStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TelevisionStudies</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Academia</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/TVStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TVStudies</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/GothicStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GothicStudies</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/HistoricalTV" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HistoricalTV</span></a></p>
Derek Johnston<p>I&#39;ve uploaded the script for my EUPop 2023 paper &#39;Bringing Imperial Trauma Home: Taboo as Gothic Historical Drama&#39; to Humanities Commons. This is part of my research into what happens when historical drama is presented through a Gothic lens. <br /><a href="https://hcommons.org/deposits/item/hc:57609" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hcommons.org/deposits/item/hc:</span><span class="invisible">57609</span></a><br /><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/TelevisionStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TelevisionStudies</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Academia</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/TVStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TVStudies</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/GothicStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GothicStudies</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/TabooTV" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TabooTV</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/HistoricalTV" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HistoricalTV</span></a></p>
Connie 🌙<p>Hello everyone 🖖🏻 I&#39;ve been using twitter for the past 13-ish years, now I&#39;m here and I&#39;m still trying to figure things out. Anyway, here&#39;s my <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>introduction</span></a> 🥰</p><p>I&#39;m a graduate student in American Studies from Germany. My focus is mostly gothic/horror studies, nostalgia, and history. <br />Other than that, I love reading and hoarding books, creative stuff like writing or crafting, as well as movies and TV series. And cats, of course!</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/neuhier" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>neuhier</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/gothicstudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gothicstudies</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/americanstudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>americanstudies</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/histodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>histodon</span></a></p>
Dr. Heidi Backes<p>A post with some topics I&#39;m interested in, for better visibility/networking:</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Gothic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Gothic</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ghosts" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ghosts</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/GhostStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GhostStories</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/hauntology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>hauntology</span></a><br /><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/memory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>memory</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/memorystudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>memorystudies</span></a><br /><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/trauma" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>trauma</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/traumastudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>traumastudies</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Spain" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Spain</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Spanishfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Spanishfiction</span></a><br /><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/litstudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>litstudies</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/novels" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>novels</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/literaturestudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>literaturestudies</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/gothicstudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gothicstudies</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/historicalmemory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>historicalmemory</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/spanishliterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>spanishliterature</span></a><br /><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/peninsularstudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>peninsularstudies</span></a></p>