Máiréad Casey
@maireadcasey.bsky.social
Research interests: horror, gender, genre, sexuality onscreen, representations of sexual violence, demon possession
‘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...
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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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...
Demon Possession and Sexual Violence in Post-Great Recession American Horror Cinema | UWP
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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...
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!!
This was so much fun! Such a brilliant conference and so many kind people. Thank you for the invitation, @rebpaf.bsky.social!
REBPAF (Re-Mediating the Early Book: Pasts and Futures)@rebpaf.bsky.social · last mo.📖 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'!
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
Rounding out the @rebpaf.bsky.social conference panel is Niamh McAndrew discussing 'Birth Girdle Manuscripts'
The Dance of Death also appears in Reformation historian Lucy Wooding's paper @rebpaf.bsky.social conference
Maja Dujakovic presents on early French print versions of The Danse Macabre @rebpaf.bsky.social conference
@rebpaf.bsky.social PhD researcher @marikakyrannafox.bsky.social presents on using computational strategies for predicting prices of books at auctions #MSCA #RearchImpactEU
The next paper in the @rebpaf.bsky.social conference session is by Lisa Lenderink who discusses curation and mediation of hybrid books
@rebpaf.bsky.social conference continues today with Ruth Allen presenting on the cultural afterlives of books
📖 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'!
"What, Starmerism rather daringly asked, would happen if we ran on deliverism without delivering?"
Starmer Out
Starmer did not "do nothing": he made the country radically more regressive. No wonder he fell.
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Another #REBPAF network PhD @kaiyankele.bsky.social presents on creating multi text manuscripts in the age of print! #MSCA #ResearchImpactEU
Anna-Nadine Pike presents on Tyas' Books of Common Prayer
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
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...
Join us July 1st for @irishgothichorror.bsky.social film discussion club where we discuss Oddity! #horrorsky #horror #film #filmsky
Thanks @ruemorguemag.bsky.social for the glowing review! #horrorsky #film #feminism
University of Wales Press@uniwalespress.bsky.social · 2mo ago'Bound to be studied in university settings for semesters to come'. A great endorsement of Máiréad Casey's 'Demon Possession and Sexual Violence in Post-Great Recession American Horror Cinema' in the latest issue of @ruemorguemag.bsky.social! 📚️ www.uwp.co.uk/book/demon-p...
📜🪶 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
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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📯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
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@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...
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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