GOTHICA 🦇

@gothicauob.bsky.social

A spooky network interested in exploring all aspects of the Gothic at @unibirmingham. Co-run by @katrinajan.bsky.social, @dremilyvincent.bsky.social. Blog: https://uobgothica.wordpress.com/past-sessions/

A week until our final session before the summer break! ✝️Irish Gothic 🗣️Lucy O'Hora 📅18th June 🕕 6pm BST ⚠️Trigger Warning Lucy will discuss how contemporary Irish Gothic fiction reconfigures the Gothic heroine through the historical legacy of the Magdalene Laundries. DM to join!

A dark, gothic‑themed event poster showing a cracked stone statue of a hooded, veiled figure in the foreground. Behind it are two Celtic crosses in a misty graveyard, with the ruins of a castle fading into fog under a cloudy green‑grey sky. Thick red liquid drips from the top edge of the poster. The text reads: “GOTHICA Presents Irish Gothic, Lucy O’Hora. Purity. Shame. Memory. Zoom, Thursday 18th June (6.00pm–7.30pm BST). Email or tweet for link: @GOTHICA_UOB, UOBGOTHICA@GMAIL.COM. For details.”

Join us online on Thursday - all are welcome and you can hear the fascinating work on Animal Gothic from the brilliant @laurenicullen.bsky.social 🦇🐺🐍

GOTHICA 🦇@gothicauob.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Just a week until Animal Gothic with @laurenicullen.bsky.social🐺 🗣️ Dr Lauren Cullen 📅 Thurs 28th May 🕕6-7.30pm (GMT) Lauren is a Postdoctoral Fellow at University British Columbia, Canada. Her research looks at the intersection of 19th-century culture, animal studies & environmental humanities.

A dark, cinematic poster for GOTHICA Presents: Cinematic Indigenous Gothic featuring James Rose. The design features a dripping red liquid at the top, a misty forest beneath a glowing full moon, and a cabin with light in its window. In the foreground, a person with long dark hair aims a bow and arrow, wearing textured earth-stone clothing. A black wolf with glowing eyes, a raven in flight, and shadowy human figures appear in the fog. Event details for a Zoom session on Thursday  30 April (6.00 pm – 7.30 pm BST) are displayed at the bottom with contact information for @GOTHICA_UOB and UOBGOTHICA@GMAIL.COM

We can’t wait to host @laurenicullen.bsky.social next Thursday for @gothicauob.bsky.social 🐺 🦇 🐜 🕷️

GOTHICA 🦇@gothicauob.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Just a week until Animal Gothic with @laurenicullen.bsky.social🐺 🗣️ Dr Lauren Cullen 📅 Thurs 28th May 🕕6-7.30pm (GMT) Lauren is a Postdoctoral Fellow at University British Columbia, Canada. Her research looks at the intersection of 19th-century culture, animal studies & environmental humanities.

A dark, cinematic poster for GOTHICA Presents: Cinematic Indigenous Gothic featuring James Rose. The design features a dripping red liquid at the top, a misty forest beneath a glowing full moon, and a cabin with light in its window. In the foreground, a person with long dark hair aims a bow and arrow, wearing textured earth-stone clothing. A black wolf with glowing eyes, a raven in flight, and shadowy human figures appear in the fog. Event details for a Zoom session on Thursday  30 April (6.00 pm – 7.30 pm BST) are displayed at the bottom with contact information for @GOTHICA_UOB and UOBGOTHICA@GMAIL.COM

Just a week until Animal Gothic with @laurenicullen.bsky.social🐺 🗣️ Dr Lauren Cullen 📅 Thurs 28th May 🕕6-7.30pm (GMT) Lauren is a Postdoctoral Fellow at University British Columbia, Canada. Her research looks at the intersection of 19th-century culture, animal studies & environmental humanities.

A dark, cinematic poster for GOTHICA Presents: Cinematic Indigenous Gothic featuring James Rose. The design features a dripping red liquid at the top, a misty forest beneath a glowing full moon, and a cabin with light in its window. In the foreground, a person with long dark hair aims a bow and arrow, wearing textured earth-stone clothing. A black wolf with glowing eyes, a raven in flight, and shadowy human figures appear in the fog. Event details for a Zoom session on Thursday  30 April (6.00 pm – 7.30 pm BST) are displayed at the bottom with contact information for @GOTHICA_UOB and UOBGOTHICA@GMAIL.COM

Exciting news for @gothicauob.bsky.social and the Dark Arts Research Group at Copenhagen - what a brilliant collaboration opportunity! 🦇

Efram Sera-Shriar@dreframss.bsky.social · 3mo ago

A small bit of news, the Dark Arts Research Group at the Univ. of Copenhagen is teaming up with @gothicauob.bsky.social. I am so excited about this collaboration and look forward to the future of working together 👻 🦇 🧌 uobgothica.wordpress.com/collaboratio...

Don't miss our session tonight! 🎬Cinematic Indigenous Gothic 🗣 James Rose ⏰6–7:30PM BST 💻Zoom James is an independent horror film studies academic. His current research focuses on survivance through self-representation in Indigenous American, First Nations, Inuit Métis horror film productions.

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Don't miss our upcoming Gothica events🦇⬇️ This Thursday: 🎬Cinematic Indigenous Gothic 🗣 James Rose 📅30th April May: 🐺Animal Gothic 🗣️ Dr Lauren Cullen 📅28th May June: ✝️Irish Gothic 🗣️Lucy O'Hora 📅18th June DM to join, sessions are online & all welcome! Please share 🖤

A dark, cinematic poster for GOTHICA Presents: Cinematic Indigenous Gothic featuring James Rose. The design features a dripping red liquid at the top, a misty forest beneath a glowing full moon, and a cabin with light in its window. In the foreground, a person with long dark hair aims a bow and arrow, wearing textured earth-stone clothing. A black wolf with glowing eyes, a raven in flight, and shadowy human figures appear in the fog. Event details for a Zoom session on Thursday  30 April (6.00 pm – 7.30 pm BST) are displayed at the bottom with contact information for @GOTHICA_UOB and UOBGOTHICA@GMAIL.COMA dark, gothic‑themed event poster featuring a full moon above a leafless forest. At the top, thick red liquid drips downward. In the foreground, several animals with glowing eyes appear: an owl with yellow eyes on a branch, a wolf with orange eyes and bared teeth, a raven with a red eye, and a black cat with green eyes sitting beside a skull. Faint glowing paw prints are on the ground. The text reads: “GOTHICA Presents Animal Gothic, Dr Lauren Cullen. Zoom, Thursday 28th May (6.00pm–7.30pm BST). Email or tweet for link: @GOTHICA_UOB, UOBGOTHICA@GMAIL.COM. For details.A dark, gothic‑themed event poster showing a cracked stone statue of a hooded, veiled figure in the foreground. Behind it are two Celtic crosses in a misty graveyard, with the ruins of a castle fading into fog under a cloudy green‑grey sky. Thick red liquid drips from the top edge of the poster. The text reads: “GOTHICA Presents Irish Gothic, Lucy O’Hora. Purity. Shame. Memory. Zoom, Thursday 18th June (6.00pm–7.30pm BST). Email or tweet for link: @GOTHICA_UOB, UOBGOTHICA@GMAIL.COM. For details.”

2 weeks to go! 🎬Cinematic Indigenous Gothic 🗣 James Rose 📅Thurs 30th April ⏰6–7:30PM BST 💻Zoom James discusses Indigenous Gothic, in response & in reaction to colonial literatures, the Gothic, American Literature, the American Gothic & Indian Captivity narratives. DM to join!

A dark, cinematic poster for GOTHICA Presents: Cinematic Indigenous Gothic featuring James Rose. The design features a dripping red liquid at the top, a misty forest beneath a glowing full moon, and a cabin with light in its window. In the foreground, a person with long dark hair aims a bow and arrow, wearing textured earth-stone clothing. A black wolf with glowing eyes, a raven in flight, and shadowy human figures appear in the fog. Event details for a Zoom session on Thursday  30 April (6.00 pm – 7.30 pm BST) are displayed at the bottom with contact information for @GOTHICA_UOB and UOBGOTHICA@GMAIL.COM.