Join us in co-signing this open letter urging all Irish universities and HEIs to issue a public statement 1. calling for an immediate, permanent ceasefire in Gaza, echoing the need for justice, accountability, and equal protection of human rights and 2. committing to undertake a…

If you’re looking for something to put you off your dinner, my lecture on survival cannibalism in Ken Greenhall’s novel Childgrave (available from Valancourt Books), the film ‘We Are What We Are’ and TV hit Yellowjackets is now available as a Trinity Long Room Hub podcast! soundcloud.com/tlrhub/we-wont…

Our Centre for Fantasy and the Fantastic newsletter has just dropped! In case you missed it, here’s what’s coming up!
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The deadline for paper proposals for this year's KATHERINE MANSFIELD has been extended to 30th April 2024.

Georges Franju's fantastique EYES WITHOUT A FACE (LES YEUX SANS VISAGE, 1960) dissects the horrific meeting point of fairytale and modernity with surgical precision. On MUBI UK & Ireland from today. projectedfigures.com/2015/06/30/eye…

50 years ago, Stephen King’s ‘Carrie’ changed literature — and Maine (with some scans of fascinating contemporary newspaper clippings) bangordailynews.com/2024/03/31/ban… via Bangor Daily News

Really excited to be working on this project with my (now literal) partner-in-crime Clare Clarke !

#ICYMI : I wrote, narrated & edited my first video essay. My first time as a video editor.

I wanted to pick a topic I knew backwards, so I discussed Christopher Nolan’s “TENET.”

I think it turned out okay. Give it a watch or a share, if you want.

WATCH: youtu.be/vCO9n-slNf8?si…

Job klaxon: come work with us School of English. Fixed term 0.8 position in Romantic literature to cover the maternity leave of a dear colleague:
jobs.shef.ac.uk/sap/bc/webdynp…

Been inundated with work, so didn't have a chance to share that the 2nd issue of Shirley Jackson Studies is now online, featuring articles on women's magazines, psychoanalysis, Jackson on stage, and cats, + a review of A Haunting on the Hill.
shirleyjacksonstudies.org/?p=194

If you're interested in applying for a Marie Curie postdoctoral fellowship with a project in Irish gothic literature, Irish Romantic fiction, or 18th/19thC Irish women's writing, I'd be delighted to discuss further.

Taken from the first biography of a remarkable novelist, Barbara Comyns: A Savage Innocence by Avril Horner, @avrihorner1 talks about the struggles and challenges Barbara faced and channelled in her work.

An exclusive extract for Reader’s Digest: readersdigest.co.uk/culture/books/…

Here’s the CFP for ‘The United States of Shirley Jackson’, our third Jackson conference (and the first to be held in person, albeit with a hybrid element). Please share!

English, TCD International Gothic Association UCD american lit IGA Postgrads Trinity Long Room Hub Horror Homeroom

…irleyjackson21stcentury.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/rea…

In deep space... Terror grows! Boasting a stunning new restoration and loaded with goodies - Feast your eyes on INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS

Available Now on Limited Edition 4K UHD & Blu-ray

'Twentieth-Century Gothic' is now in a wallet-friendly paperback. Still packed w/writing on psychopaths, monsters & more from the dark side of films. Edinburgh University Press Ed Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn #MurrayLeeder Xavier Aldana Reyes @murphgothic Maisha Christy Tidwell
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-twentieth…

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 …irleyjackson21stcentury.wordpress.com
#ShirleyJackson

Return of the Gothic 1980s: Sequels, Trilogies and Multiverses this June lands just in time for a host of gothic returns! Come join us...please share widely! #Beetlejuice #sequels #Gothic1980s The Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies
English at Manchester Met
MMU Research & Innovation More info & CFP: networks.h-net.org/group/announce…

Two new books from Edinburgh University Press from some heavy horror hitters. Gary D Rhodes brings his trademark historical research to 'Vampires in Silent Cinema' and SE Asia expert Mary Ainslie introduces the 'Contemporary Thai Horror Film.'
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-vampires-…
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-contempor…

Make Like a Bird: A Lecture by Poet Paul Muldoon

Public Event by Trinity School of English
Date: February 17
Time: 6.30 pm

A lecture by Poet Paul Muldoon, the Ireland Professor of Poetry.

Book on Eventbrite: event page