Exciting news! Join @gothicauob.bsky.social for 👾 Video Game Gothic 👾 with our special guest speaker @dreframss.bsky.social on Zoom on Thursday 23rd October 5.00pm - 6.30pm (UK). As an expert in occulture, Efram's talk will explore issues of video game censorship during the 1980s ‘Satanic Panic’ ⬇️

I'm super excited about my upcoming talk for @gothicauob.bsky.social. The full title for my talk is: "Battling Satan in Your Underpants: Censoring Capcom’s Ghosts ‘n Goblins Videogame during the Age of American Satanic Panic"

The #Gothic haunting season is upon us! Free online events⬇️ 👾👹 Thurs 23rd Oct (5-6.30pm, UK) @gothicauob.bsky.social with @dreframss.bsky.social - email Gothica for link. 🎥📖 Fri 31st Oct, Halloween (10.45-5pm, CET) @cncsi.bsky.social Nineteenth-Century Gothic Afterlives: cn-csi.com/event/hallow...

I'm delighted to be delivering a talk on 23 Oct 2025 btwn 5–6.30pm (BST) for @gothicauob.bsky.social My talk is titled: ‘Battling Satan in Your Underpants: Censoring Capcom’s Ghosts ‘n Goblins Videogame during the Age of American Satanic Panic’ Details 👇 uobgothica.wordpress.com/2025/10/06/s...

It's officially spooky szn! 👻 We're back 😈 🎮 Video Game Gothic 🗣 Dr Efram Sera-Shriar 📆 Thurs 23rd Oct 🕔 5pm (BST) 📍Zoom Efram is an Associate Professor at University of Copenhagen. He is currently working on representations of occulture in video games from late 70s & and mid-90s. DM to join 👾

The recording of my @gothicauob.bsky.social talk on nature, horror, occultism, beauty, gender and Victorian art has been uploaded to YouTube! youtu.be/cRWhEOjMfMc?... watch along for more on these themes and for my recent work on Annie Swynnerton’s magnum opus “Oreads” (1907)

My way to enjoy summer season: finding magnificent cookbooks, cooking spooky recipes, reading, having a lots of coffee and crocheting until the season changes... Thank you for the inspiration @gothicauob.bsky.social @dremilyvincent.bsky.social

TONIGHT our final session before the summer break! 🗣 Dr Emma Merkling 🖼️Occult Art Gothic 🕐 6pm 📍Zoom Emma is an art historian working on late 19th & 20thC British art & history of science. Her focus is on women artists, ecology, alternative science, spiritualism & occultism DM to join!

Our last session before we retreat into the Gothic shadows 👀 not to be missed! 🗣 Dr Emma Merkling 🖼️Occult Art Gothic 📅Thurs 19th June 🕐6pm - 7.30pm 📍Zoom You can find out more about Emma's artwork on our blog ⬇️ uobgothica.wordpress.com/2025/06/17/s...

🏛️Today - guided tour of @morethanadodo.bsky.social with John Holmes & Birmingham’s 19CC 🦠Weds - Disease and Narrative workshop I’m hosting @unibirmingham.bsky.social with @mediaandepidemics.bsky.social & the 19CC 🎨Thurs - Occult Art @gothicauob.bsky.social with @emmamerkling.bsky.social

Don't miss 'Occult Art Gothic' next Thursday 🖼⬇️ with Dr Emma Merkling 🙌 DM to join 📧

Join us next Thursday 19th at 6pm (BST) with the amazing @emmamerkling.bsky.social for Occult Art Gothica! 🖼️ 🎨 🦇 🔮 ⬇️

Don't miss 'Occult Art Gothic' with @emmamerkling.bsky.social next month! As an art historian, Emma will be focusing on Gothic British art 🖼️🖤 DM @gothicauob.bsky.social to join 👇 📅Thurs 19th June 🕐6pm - 7.30pm 📍Zoom

Don't miss our last session before the un-Gothic summer approaches‼️ 🗣 Dr Emma Merkling 🖼️Occult Art Gothic 👁️ 📅Thurs 19th June 🕐6pm - 7.30pm 📍Zoom Emma will look at Gothic British art, the ‘artist-as-witch’, (un)gendering & occultural approaches to art history. Dm to join!

Just a few hours to go until 'Children's Horror Gothic' 🧒😱 6pm BST, Zoom DM to join!

Prof. Neil Martin's book on children & their responses to Horror film will be out in a few weeks 🎉 Don't miss our session tonight on "Children's Horror Gothic" with Xanthe Pajarillo, who will also be discussing the types of horror films children enjoy🩸

Tonight‼️ 🗣 Xanthe Pajarillo 🧒Children's Horror Gothic 🕐6 - 7.30pm GMT, Zoom @xanthepajarillo.bsky.social is a PhD student, director-writer, and podcaster based in Birmingham, UK and Los Angeles, US. Dm to join, all welcome!

Join us tonight with @xanthepajarillo.bsky.social @gothicauob.bsky.social ⬇️🎉

So excited for this tomorrow! "Children's Gothic Horror" will investigate the overlooked topic of children as audiences of the horror genre🩸 DM @gothicauob.bsky.social to join!

A spooky Easter treat dropping tomorrow⬇️ 🗣 Xanthe Pajarillo 🧒Children's Horror Gothic 📅24th April 🕐6 - 7.30pm GMT, Zoom @xanthepajarillo.bsky.social investigates children as audiences of horror. She co-hosts the Kindergeist Podcast & is a member of @baftss.bsky.social 📽️

Though I can’t always make it live, @romgothsam.bsky.social and @gothicauob.bsky.social keep me sane. Always appreciated, Sam.

Don't miss our session tonight! At a slightly later witching hour of 6pm 🕕 🗣 Dr Kristof Smeyers ✝️ Catholic Gothic 🕐 6 - 7.30pm GMT 📍Zoom DM to join!

This is tomorrow! You'll like it!

Don't miss our session this week! 🗣 Dr Kristof Smeyers ✝️ Catholic Gothic 📅 Thurs 27th March 🕐 6 - 7.30pm GMT 📍Zoom @kristofsmeyers.bsky.social book 'Supernatural Bodies: Stigmata in Modern Britain and Ireland' came out in 2024 with @manchesterup.bsky.social DM us to join!

Attention Goths 📢 upcoming talks below ⬇️ Tonight: "Serial Murder in North America"🔪 @cerealkillernet.bsky.social, guest speaker @murphgothic.bsky.social, 7pm GMT, Zoom Next week: "Catholic Gothic" ✝️ with @kristofsmeyers.bsky.social 6pm GMT, Zoom Reading 📚 uobgothica.wordpress.com/2025/03/18/s...

Tonight ‼️ Don't miss our session today on 'Serial Murder in North America' at 7pm GMT (Zoom) with @murphgothic.bsky.social. DM to join!

Tonight ‼️ Don't miss 'A Brief History of Serial Murder in North America' 🔪 by Prof Bernice Murphy at 7pm, Zoom DM @cerealkillernet.bsky.social to join!

'Gothic Mētis' offers a rare book-length study of mētis, the art of cunning, and the first-ever examination of mētis in the context of Gothic studies. Available now via the link below 📚 www.uwp.co.uk/book/gothic-...

@nmireland.bsky.social @bc-irish-studies.bsky.social @nlireland.bsky.social @lrb.co.uk @dundeegothic.bsky.social @gothicauob.bsky.social @hauntedshores.bsky.social @irishgothichorror.bsky.social @gothicstudies.bsky.social @ssag.bsky.social @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social

Don’t miss our @gothicauob.bsky.social session next Thursday 27th at 6pm (GMT) with @kristofsmeyers.bsky.social ⬇️

So excited for this 🔪 @murphgothic.bsky.social will be presenting 'A Brief History of Serial Murder in North America' next Tuesday 7pm. DM @cerealkillernet.bsky.social to join! ⬇️

Tune in and join me @gothicauob.bsky.social on 27/3 for an excessive portion of Catholic Gothic (I feel like that should rhyme but it doesn't)

We can’t wait to host the brilliant @kristofsmeyers.bsky.social for @gothicauob.bsky.social on Catholic Gothic on 27th March at 6pm (GMT) on Zoom!

It's Gothic spring! ☔ Join us for a slightly later witching hour this March for all things religious 🗣 Dr Kristof Smeyers ✝️ Catholic Gothic 📅 Thurs 27th March 🕐 6 - 7.30pm GMT 📍Zoom Dr Kristof Smeyers is a research fellow at the University of Louvain, & a historian of religion, science & magic 🔮

Thank you all for our attending our Gothic & Love session 💘🖤 Lots of interesting discussion & a huge thank you to @jfpackham.bsky.social 👏 See you all next month!

A gorgeously Gothic Valentines treat tonight courtesy of @gothicauob.bsky.social & @jfpackham.bsky.social exploring uncanny utterances of love & disorientating rapture via Derrida, Barthes, Le Fanu’s ‘Carmilla’ & more! 🖤🖤🖤

Our Gothic & Love session is tonight! 🖤 🗣 Dr Jimmy Packham 🕐 5 - 6.30pm GMT 📍Zoom Dr Jimmy Packham is a senior lecturer at University of Birmingham. He is currently working on a short monograph on gothic coasts for Cambridge University Press’s 'Elements in the Gothic' series. DM to join!

I can't wait!!!

Eagerly waiting for today's exciting talk from @jfpackham.bsky.social at @gothicauob.bsky.social on Gothic love and a lot else! Please join and here's the reading materials: uobgothica.wordpress.com/2025/01/27/s...

"Roses are red, violets are blue, our love is eternal, like the night’s dark hue." 🌹🖤 Don't miss our Gothic & Love session tomorrow! 🗣 Dr Jimmy Packham 📅 13th Feb 🕐 5 - 6.30pm GMT 📍Zoom You can find the reading here 📚👇 uobgothica.wordpress.com/2025/01/27/s...

Join us tomorrow at 5pm (GMT) for a #Valentines @gothicauob.bsky.social with @jfpackham.bsky.social 🥀🖤💔

Join @gothicauob.bsky.social next week for the Gothic and Love with special guest speaker @jfpackham.bsky.social! Taking place on Thursday 13th February 5pm - 6.30pm (GMT) on Zoom. A pre #ValentinesDay #Gothic treat! 🖤🧟‍♀️🧟👹👺

1 week to go until our Valentine's Special! 💘🖤 🗣 Dr Jimmy Packham 🥀 Gothic & Love 📅 13th Feb 🕐 5 - 6.30pm GMT 📍Zoom Dr Jimmy Packham is a senior lecturer at @unibirmingham, with research specialisms in gothic literature & the blue humanities 🌊

Don't miss our Coastal Gothic session tonight! 🗣 Dr Emily Alder 🕐 5pm GMT 📍Zoom

Just 1 week to go!🩸 🗣 Dr Coltan Scrivner 🔪 Why do we love True Crime? 📅 28th Jan 🕐 7pm - 8.30pm GMT 📍Zoom Dr. Coltan Scrivner is a behavioural biologist & leading researcher on the science behind morbid curiosity, including the human fascination with horror & true crime.

Here's some spooky & "killer" events to get you through January 💀⬇️ *This Thurs 23rd* - Coastal Gothic 🌊 for @gothicauob.bsky.social 🦇 5pm GMT, Zoom *Next Tues 28th* - Why We Love True Crime🩸for @cerealkillernet.bsky.social 🔪 7pm GMT, Zoom DM to join!

Just a few days until we're on spooky shores! 🌊Coastal Gothic 🗣 Dr Emily Alder 📆 Thurs 23rd January 🕐 5pm GMT 📍Zoom   DM to join

We're back with a very exciting session⬇️ 🗣 Dr Coltan Scrivner 🔪 Why do we love True Crime? 📅 28th Jan 🕐 7pm - 8.30pm GMT 📍Zoom @morbidpsych.bsky.social will explore how the evolutionary trajectory of our species modified our psychology & led to a fascination with evil men. DM to join!

Are you ready for spooky shores? 🌊Coastal Gothic 🗣 Dr Emily Alder 📆 Thurs 23rd January 🕐 5pm GMT 📍Zoom   From The Castle of Otranto 🏰 to Alan Warner's Morvern Callar @emilyalder.bsky.social will discuss how joining the Gothic with coasts offers further perspectives.

1 week to go 🌊 *Next Thurs 23rd Jan* 5pm GMT DM to join 📨⬇️