π€πΏ Last week, our PI @rosarioariasuma.bsky.social gave a keynote at Gothic Crossroads, in Manchester. Her talk, βAssembling and Crossing the Human and Non-Humanβ, explored the EcoGothic in Neo-Victorian fiction through assemblage thinking. #EcoGothic #LitAssemblage #RELY
It's been a great #Gothic Crossroads conference, wonderfully co-organised by Emma Liggins and Eleanor Beal, co-directors of the Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies. A heartfelt thank-you to everyone. Honoured to have keynoted on #EcoGothic #NeoVictorianism #assemblage @assemblagelit.bsky.social
Pictured is the "Meet the Last Man" logo for the June 2025 SPACE module on Mary Shelley's classic novel. The artwork depicts a Romantic lone figure standing on the rocky ocean shore, staring out into the grey water and sky.
One week to go! In June I will be offering my month-long "Meet #TheLastMan" module with SPACE (Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education) #online via #SignumUniversity.
This #MaryShelley novel is one of the most relevant books we can read right now, and [β¦]
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Pictured is the "Meet the Last Man" logo for the June 2025 SPACE module on Mary Shelley's classic novel. The artwork depicts a Romantic lone figure standing on the rocky ocean shore, staring out into the grey water and sky.
June is almost here! Next month I will be offering my month-long "Meet #TheLastMan" module with SPACE (Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education) #online via #SignumUniversity.
This #MaryShelley novel is one of the most relevant books we can read right [β¦]
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Submit your Gothic abstracts by May 15! It's coming up fast!
I am chairing the Gothic standing session at the 2025
@pamlaorg.bsky.social conference in San Francisco.
See link: www.cfplist.com/CFP/44406
Submit: pamla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/19483
#WomensGothic #EcoGothic #GothicGaming
Pictured is the title page of the Norton Critical Edition of Mary Shelley's The Last Man. This black-and-white photo shows the book open against a backdrop of vintage wallpaper.
#FreeTalk this Saturday! On May 3 from 2-2:30pm Eastern, I'll be giving a #free online talk on #TheLastMan by #MaryShelley. If you register but can't attend live, you'll have access to the recording after the fact. This talk previews my month-long "Meet The [β¦]
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and her call to reverse βthe cost of evilβ inherent in colonization? How do we resist, refuse, and practise radical arts of connection and renewal?β
Kim D. Hester Williams, from the introduction to Issue V of the Gothic Nature Journal (2025)
#booksky #decolonize #gothic #ecogothic
Pictured (in black and white) is a bust of Mary Shelley with her novel The Last Man and The Mary Shelley Reader anthology from Oxford stacked together in the background.
#FreeTalk! On May 3 at from 2-2:30pm Eastern, I'll be giving a #free #online talk on #TheLastMan by #MaryShelley. This talk previews my month-long "Meet #TheLastMan" module with SPACE (Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education) #online via [β¦]
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To my delight, my month-long "Meet #TheLastMan" module with SPACE (Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education) #online via #SignumUniversity has been confirmed. It will run in June 2025.
This #MaryShelley novel is one of the most relevant books we can read right now, and I can't wait to [β¦]
I'm delighted to report that my month-long "Meet #TheLastMan" module with SPACE (Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education) #online via #SignumUniversity has been confirmed. It will run in June 2025.
This #MaryShelley novel is one of the most relevant books we can read right now, and I [β¦]
Pictured is the title page of Mary Shelley's postapocalyptic The Last Man (A Norton Critical Edition) against a backdrop of patterned wallpaper. The photo is black and white.
I'm delighted to say that it's back! My month-long "Meet #TheLastMan" module with SPACE (Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education) #online via #SignumUniversity is currently a candidate for June 2025. Voting runs through May 1. Early voters will help [β¦]
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I'm delighted to say that it's back! My month-long "Meet #TheLastMan" module with SPACE (Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education) #online via #SignumUniversity is currently a candidate for June 2025. Voting runs through May 1. Early voters will help decide the scheduling of the live [β¦]
#OnlineEvent: Saturday, January 18
The Annihilation of Identity: The Sun & its Dark Mirrors in #DoctorWho
Part of the January 2025 - Terror in the Sun collection
Daru McAleece joins us for this exploration of the sun and the #EcoGothic in Doctor Who
#Gothic #ScienceFiction #SFF #CliFi [β¦]
#BritishWeird #Weird #NewWeird #FolkHorror #Hauntology #EcoGothic #Hobgoblinology #CapitalistRealism #MarkFisher
I went with the simple "The Marsh Spirit" (1) and (2) as titles for this #ecogothic figure.
Larger versions of the photographs can be found by clicking the thumbnails at the top of www.lazaruscorporation.co.uk
Got home just in time to attend an online #EcoGothic talk, The Eco-Gothic and Matriarchal Power in Practical Magic given by Charlotte Troy of UCC. Already lots of exciting mentions of texts like Annihilation as well πΏ
Just wrapped up an incredible time at the #FantasticClimates conference π Thanks to the incredible organisers and @anotherdramakid.bsky.social for the opportunity to dive into #EcoGothic themes in #GameofThrones βοΈ who knew Westeros had so much to teach us about our own climate challenges? π©΅
