Join us next Thursday 30th April for a @gothicauob.bsky.social session on Cinematic Indigenous Gothic with James Rose! DM Gothica 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.

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!

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Join us tonight for Gothic wintery delight ⛈️

🗣 Dr Monica Germanà
❄️ 'The Other Winter Wonderland'
⏰ 6–7:30PM GMT
💻 Zoom

Monica traces wintery landscapes of the Arctic, exploring monsters spawned through early modern maps, folklore, myth, travel & literary writing.

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Just 2 days to go until our Winter Gothic session 🌨️

🗣 Dr Monica Germanà
❄️'The Other Winter Wonderland: The Gothic ‘Fairy-Tale’ of the Arctic and the Far North'
📅 Thurs 12th March
⏰ 6–7:30PM GMT
💻 Zoom

All welcome, DM to join!

Join us this Thursday at 6pm GMT with @monicagermana.bsky.social for a @gothicauob.bsky.social session on ‘The Other Winter Wonderland: The Gothic ‘Fairy-Tale’ of the Arctic and the Far North’ #Gothic #Gothicstudies - all are welcome, DM me or Gothica for the link!

The sun might have come out today, but next week we'll be taking you to Winter Gothic ❄️ with @monicagermana.bsky.social 🗣 DM to join!

We’re back @gothicauob.bsky.social next Thursday with the brilliant @monicagermana.bsky.social for Winter Gothic - all are welcome!

Here in New England, March is most definitely still winter, soooo.... 👇👇

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A gothic-style event poster featuring a black background with a white serif title “GOTHICA” above a raven and red dripping accents. The lower half shows dark gothic ruins in the snow. Text announces an online event titled “Winter Gothic” with Dr Monica Germanà, taking place on Zoom on Thursday 12th March, 6:00–7:30pm GMT, with contact details @GOTHICA_UOB and uobgothica@gmail.com for the link

We've been summoned from the dead 💀

Join us next week for Gothic wintery delights ❄️

🗣 Dr Monica Germanà
📅 Thurs 12th March
⏰ 6–7:30PM GMT
💻 Zoom

Dr Monica Germanà is a Reader in Humanities at the University of Westminster with an expertise in Scottish women's Gothic.

DM to join!

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Just half an hour to go until our 1980s Popular Gothic session!

We're very excited to have Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn back tonight 🙌

We can't wait to hear your thoughts on Season 5 of Stranger Things! 🖤❤️

Join @gothicauob.bsky.social on Thursday 6pm (Zoom) with @sorchanf.bsky.social ⬇️

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🦇 Gothica returns!

Join Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn (Reader in Film Studies & expert in Gothic & Horror Cinema) for ⬇️

🗣1980s Popular Gothic 2

We can't wait to discuss Stranger Things!⚡️

📅 Thurs 11 Dec
⏰ 6–7:30PM GMT
💻 Zoom

DM for link!

Join us next Thursday for an exciting @gothicauob.bsky.social with the amazing @sorchanf.bsky.social ⬇️

Poster for "Gothica: 1980s Popular Gothic 2" event, featuring intense, colorful images of two characters in a red, eerie backdrop. Details include a guest speaker, Sorcha Ní Fhlainn, and event info for December 11, on Zoom.

Happy Stranger Things week ❤️⚡️

We have summoned Sorcha Ní Fhlainn for an exciting electrifying return of 1980s Popular Gothic 🎉

📅 Thurs 11 Dec
⏰ 6–7:30PM GMT
💻 Zoom

Travel back to the 1980s for synths, shadows & all the wonderful Stranger Things ✨️

🔗 DM/ email for the link

This. Happening today.
Expect sprites.

A big thank you to @dreframss.bsky.social for a very fun session tonight on Video Game Gothic 🎮

If you missed it, be sure to catch the recording on our blog in a few weeks!

As always, thank you to our attendees & we hope to see you at the next one! 🦇

Our Video Game Gothic session is happening tonight @5pm with @dreframss.bsky.social 🎮

DM us to join!

We can't wait! Looking forward to the game demo 🎮

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I've done a little casual gaming this morning, playing some Ghosts n Goblins ahead of my talk this evening as part of @gothicauob.bsky.social's seminar series. It really is one of the toughest games ever made. Yeesh!

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Don't miss Video Game Gothic tomorrow! 🎮

🗣 Dr Efram Sera-Shriar
🕔 5pm (BST)
📍Zoom

Efram is interested in the gothic, horror & occult. His most recent book, Psychic Investigators (2022), examines histories of anthropology & Modern Spiritualism during the late Victorian era.

Tomorrow! I hope you can join the fun.

Manifesting and Visualising the Ghost Child - Dr Jen Baker - Zoom This talk examines the transformation of the ghost-child figure from oral folklore and legends to their literary incarnations in culture

Join me online with the Viktor Wynd museum on 26th October, 8pm (GMT) for a talk on "Spectral Embodiments: Manifesting and Visualising the Ghost Child" 👻🖤

LOADS of other amazing talks available throughout the year too; check out The Last Tuesday Society!

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Sign up for this week and next week’s online #Halloween #Gothic events with @gothicauob.bsky.social and @cncsi.bsky.social 🎃⬇️

Session Thirty Seven: Video Game Gothic We are especially excited to announce that our first Gothica session of the 2025/26 academic year will be Video Game Gothic with our special guest speaker Dr Efram Sera-Shriar on Zoom on Thursday 2…

Less than a week to go until our Halloween special with @dreframss.bsky.social 👻

🎮Video Game Gothic
📆Thurs 23rd Oct
🕔5pm (BST)
📍Zoom

📚Reading: uobgothica.wordpress.com/2025/10/06/s...

🕹️Try out an exciting game emulator for Ghosts n Goblins here: www.retrogames.cc/arcade-games...

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Less than a week to go! Can't wait for Video Game Gothic🎮with @dreframss.bsky.social 🎉
Check out this really cool game emulator where you can try out Ghosts & Goblins here: www.retrogames.cc/arcade-games...

DM @gothicauob.bsky.social to join 🦇

A reminder to sign up for our below #Gothic #Halloween events with @gothicauob.bsky.social and @cncsi.bsky.social - tis the spooky season! 👻 ⬇️

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’ ⬇️