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SUMMARY:Post-Twilight Austen-Vampire Mashups - research paper by Eric Parisot
DESCRIPTION:We’re delighted to welcome visiting international scholar Assistant Professor Eric Parisot (University of Adelaide\, Australia) to the Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies this November. He will be working with our Gothic postgraduates and offering a series of workshops. \n\n\n\nJoin us for this hybrid event drawing on work for Eric’s recently published book Jane Austen and Vampires: Love\, Sex and Immortality in the New Millenium (Palgrave\, 2024). The paper will be followed by a Q and A. Refreshments will be available outside Lecture Theatre 5 before the event. \n\n\n\nFor those signing up for joining online\, the Teams link will be emailed to you two days before the event and on the morning of the event as a reminder. \n\n\n\nAusten Bites Back: Contesting Vampiric Feminism in post-Twilight Austen-Vampire Mashups \n\n\n\nIn this millennium\, two of the most popular literary cults have converged: those of Jane Austen and the vampire. Spurred by the runaway commercial success of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series (2005-08)\, fans have turned the worlds of Austen’s novels into a fantasy space for vampire romance—especially Pride and Prejudice. Some have fully embraced the erotic impulses of a vampiric Mr. Darcy. Others have sought to complicate this post-Twilight romantic fantasy. Amy Elizabeth Davis’ Darcy Bites: Pride and Prejudice with Fangs (2015) might even be said to write back to Meyer’s Twilight—itself inspired by Austen’s famous romance—to redress its potentially regressive and individualist feminism as an erroneous interpretation of Austen’s values. This paper will examine Davis’ Darcy Bites from this perspective\, and especially the relationships of the novel’s women with vampirism. It questions vampirism as a form of female empowerment\, and instead presents it as an obstacle to Austen’s feminist and romantic ideals. In doing so\, Davis’ mashup might be said to self-reflexively renounce the very Austen-vampire trend of which it is part. \n\n\n\nEric Parisot is an Associate Professor in English at Flinders University (Adelaide\, Australia). His primary interests lie in British eighteenth-century literature and culture\, especially related to death and suicide\, the Gothic and the history of emotions. He is the author of Graveyard Poetry (Ashgate\, 2013) and Jane Austen and Vampires (Palgrave\, 2024)\, and co-editor of Graveyard Gothic (Manchester University Press\, 2024). He is also the convenor of Flinders’ Horror and Gothic Group (HaGG).
URL:https://manchestergothic.mmu.ac.uk/event/post-twilight-austen-vampire-mashups-research-paper-by-eric-parisot/
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SUMMARY:The History of Emotions and Researching Gothic Literature
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to welcome visiting international scholar Eric Parisot to Manchester Metropolitan University this week to work with our staff and students. This event is only open to students at Manchester Metropolitan University and is on campus. It is hosted by the Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies in association with PAHC. \n\n\n\nPlease come to the Grosvenor East building\, GE.3.09 on the third floor. \n\n\n\nEric will discuss his work on the history of emotions and its potential applications to researching Gothic literature. He will talk particularly about his own research on eighteenth-century death and suicide and the ways in which drawing on the history of emotions has helped to shape his research practice. \n\n\n\nThis workshop will be of general interest to any students working in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. There will be opportunity for students to share details of their own research projects and the methodologies they have used for researching the Gothic and/or the history of emotions. \n\n\n\nEric Parisot is an Associate Professor in English at Flinders University (Adelaide\, Australia). His primary interests lie in British eighteenth-century literature and culture\, especially related to death and suicide\, the Gothic and the history of emotions. He is the author of Graveyard Poetry (Ashgate\, 2013) and Jane Austen and Vampires (Palgrave\, 2024)\, and co-editor of Graveyard Gothic (Manchester University Press\, 2024). He is also the convenor of Flinders’ Horror and Gothic Group (HaGG).
URL:https://manchestergothic.mmu.ac.uk/event/the-history-of-emotions-and-researching-gothic-literature/
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SUMMARY:Object handling workshop
DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Museum\, MMU\, object handling workshop\, Nicholas Crowe\, Culturally Sensitive Collections Lead (Wellcome Collection\, London)\, 2-4 pm – RISE link to be available shortly\, 10 student places)
URL:https://manchestergothic.mmu.ac.uk/event/object-handling-workshop/
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SUMMARY:Why Can’t We See the Shrunken Head?
DESCRIPTION:Many people in the local area have fond memories of viewing Tsantsa (the shrunken head) as a child. In fact\, the question we get asked most is ‘where is it and why is it not on display?’ \n\n\n\nIn this talk\, we invite you to share your memories of our shrunken head\, before we explore the reasons it isn’t on display. You’ll learn the history of our particular item from our Collections Curator Gina\, and hear from expert Nicholas Crowe\, as they outline the history of tsantsa\, how they were produced and current thinking around displaying these items.  \n\n\n\nNicholas Crowe is the Culturally Sensitive Collections Lead at Wellcome Collection\, London. He is responsible for assisting in the development of policy frameworks for restitution and repatriation\, including human remains. Acting as a source of expertise in relation to the management of culturally sensitive collections\, Nicholas’ role contributes to improving Wellcome’s ability to develop\, manage\, describe\, and interpret collections with complex and multi-layered contexts and histories. Prior to this role\, Nicholas was Assistant Curator at the Pitt Rivers Museum\, University of Oxford.  \n\n\n\nNote – The shrunken head will not be in display as part of this talk. 
URL:https://manchestergothic.mmu.ac.uk/event/why-cant-we-see-the-shrunken-head/
LOCATION:Whitaker Museum and Art Gallery\, Haslingden Rd\, Rawtenstall\, Rossendale\, BB4 6RE
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SUMMARY:In Conversation With Andrew Michael Hurley
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the launch of Andrew Michael Hurley’s latest spine-chilling novel\, Barrowbeck\, a sublimely dark slice of folk horror centering on the titular village of Barrowbeck on the Yorkshire-Lancashire border\, whose inhabitants are plagued by an unforgiving presence from the past at its eeriest. Andrew Michael Hurley will be joined by local author and lecturer\, Jenn Ashworth. \n\n\n\nDoors will open from 18:30 and some refreshments will be provided. Please be aware that this event will take place on the 1st floor where there is no lift access.
URL:https://manchestergothic.mmu.ac.uk/event/in-conversation-with-andrew-michael-hurley/
LOCATION:Waterstones\, 3-5 Fishergate\, Preston\, PR1 3NN
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SUMMARY:Writing the Gothic with Bronte Shiltz
DESCRIPTION:A free writers event hosted by Comma Press. Explore gothic literature with author Bronte Shiltz\, with readings\, workshops and a Q&A session. \n\n\n\nComma Press Writers’ days are perfect for beginner writers to experiment with new forms and meet new people! \n\n\n\nJoin us in Manchester this October for a gothic workshop\, led by author Bronte Shiltz\, followed by a panel discussion where Bronte will be joined by fellow writers Leonie Rowland and a second TBC. \n\n\n\nThis is the perfect chance to ask questions about writing or getting published. There will also be time for any book signings! \n\n\n\nTickets are free of charge but please RSVP so we know who’s coming! \n\n\n\nDate and location TBC. Will take place the weekend of October 19/20th in central Manchester. Email george.forster@commapress.co.uk for more info. \n\n\n\nOrder (approximate) \n\n\n\n10.45-12.15 pm workshop – led by Bronte Schiltz12.15 pm -12.45 pm – Break for Lunch12.45 – 2pm – Readings\, Panel & Q&A \n\n\n\nAbout the authors: \n\n\n\nBrontë Schiltz is a journalist with The Big Issue and Big Issue North\, a freelance contributor to Horrified Magazine\, and a PhD candidate with the Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies at Manchester Metropolitan University\, where she researches the Televisual Gothic (horror on and about TV). She is a writer of short stories\, flash fiction\, creative non-fiction\, poetry and theatre\, and her work has featured in publications including Lotus Eater Magazine\, Olney Magazine\, The First Line and Hungry Ghost Magazine. She has also appeared on podcasts including The Ghost Story Book Club\, Victorian Legacies\, BERGCAST and Chronicles of the Quarter Life. \n\n\n\nLeonie Rowland is a therapeutic writing practitioner and meditation teacher with an unexpected background in Gothic literature. She is the author of In Bed with Melon Bread (2021) and This Time of Life is Meant for Savages (2023). Leonie was a postgraduate with the Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies at MMU and\, several lifetimes ago\, the Co-Director of Grimmfest and the Editor-in-Chief of The Hungry Ghost Project. She is currently friends with most of her ghosts. \n\n\n\nAbout Comma Press: \n\n\n\nFounded by Ra Page and Sarah Eyre\, and formally incorporated in 2007\, Comma’s initial purpose was to redress the dearth of short story publishing opportunities in the UK\, bringing award-winning writers like David Constantine\, Sara Maitland and Adam Marek to new audiences. Our popular\, long-running ‘Reading the City‘ series has proven that people’s engagement with place can override other barriers to reading fiction in translation\, and has now visited over 20 cities worldwide. Our interdisciplinary commissions celebrate the short story’s ability to take deep dives into cutting-edge research\, and our ‘Futures Past‘ series has delivered ground-breaking anthologies of science fiction from Palestine\, Iraq\, Kurdistan and elsewhere. \n\n\n\nComma has an international reputation for excellent and ground-breaking commissioning. Our titles and authors have won multiple awards ranging from the World Fantasy Award (Robert Shearman’s Tiny Deaths\, 2008) and the Shirley Jackson Award (The New Uncanny\, 2008) to the BBC National Short Story Award (David Constantine\, 2010the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award (David Constantine’s Tea at the Midland\, 2013)\, the Caine Prize (Bushra Al-Fadil\, 2017)\, and the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize (Hassan Blasim’s The Iraqi Christ 2014) – the first time it had been won by a short story collection or a book translated from the Arabic. Our podcast was shortlisted for the 2019 FutureBook Award\, Podcast of the Year\, and\, as a publisher\, we won the 2020 Small Press of the Year (Northern Region) at The Bookseller’s British Book Awards. In 2017 we also won the inaugural Northern Soul Northern Publisher of the Year Award. Comma has published two subsequent Nobel Prize winners; it has sold rights to its titles into over 30 languages\, sold 7 titles to Audible\, seen over 60 stories broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and had two stories adapted for the big screen: POSSUM (dir. Matthew Holness) and 45 YEARS (dir. Andrew Haigh)\, the latter receiving an Oscar nomination for Charlotte Rampling\, winning 2 Silver Bears at Berlinale and being voted The Guardian‘s No. 1 best film of 2015.
URL:https://manchestergothic.mmu.ac.uk/event/writing-the-gothic-with-bronte-shiltz/
LOCATION:Hope Mill Theatre\, 113 Pollard Street\, Manchester\, M4 7JA
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SUMMARY:Ghost story performance: 'The Cry of the Bubák' by Adam Z. Robinson
DESCRIPTION:Join storyteller Adam Z. Robinson as he performs his ghost story ‘The Cry of the Bubák’ and chats about his new touring show Nightmares. \n\n\n\nGhost story performance: The Cry of the BubákWritten and performed by Adam Z. Robinson \n\n\n\nJoin storyteller Adam Z. Robinson as he performs his ghost story ‘The Cry of the Bubák’. A haunted man flees to a health facility in mainland Europe to escape his past\, only to have it catch up with him in a most horrifying way. Guaranteed to make the flesh creep. \n\n\n\nThe performance (25 minutes) will be followed by a Q and A\, as Adam chats about his work for the theatre\, including his new production Nightmares. Refreshments will be available. \n\n\n\nThis event takes place in person and is hosted by the Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies at Manchester Poetry Library. The Poetry Library is fully accessible. \n\n\n\nAdam will be touring his brand new show NIGHTMARES October – November 2024. The show\, which is made up of three classic ghost stories\, will tour to twenty-three venues nationally. For a full list of dates and venues\, visit: https://linktr.ee/tbodal \n\n\n\nIf you’d like to produce ghost stories of your own\, you might also be interested in coming along to this workshop earlier the same day\, where you can join Adam for some tips on writing your own spooky fiction: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ghost-story-writing-workshop-with-adam-z-robinson-tickets-1020479400357?aff=oddtdtcreator \n\n\n\nPraise for Adam’s previous work\n\n\n\n“Everyone needs to see this show.” – ★★★★½ Reviews Hub on Upon the Stair“‘Utterly gripping\, mesmerising\, beautiful\, expressive and creepy. I’ve never seen anything like this before: don’t miss it.” – Jenn Ashworth\, author of Ghosted\, Fell and A Kind of Intimacy on Unhomely“Scared out of my pants… an absolute delight” – Amber T\, writer for Fangoria and Arrow Video on Haunted \n\n\n\n“A must-see production.” – Northern Soul ★★★★★ on Shivers“Kept me enthralled from the very beginning… delightfully sinister fun.” – British Theatre Guide on Shivers“An unmissable evening of creepiness.” – Weekend Notes
URL:https://manchestergothic.mmu.ac.uk/event/ghost-story-performance-the-cry-of-the-bubak-by-adam-z-robinson/
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SUMMARY:Ghost Story Writing Workshop with Adam Z. Robinson
DESCRIPTION:Join writer and performer Adam Z. Robinson for a special Halloween creative workshop and learn how to write spine-tingling ghost stories. \n\n\n\nEver wanted to create your own spine-chilling tales? Do you want to improve your creative writing craft? Join writer\, theatre-maker and workshop leader Adam Z. Robinson for this thrilling and productive workshop on ghost story writing. You’ll look at building tension and atmosphere\, creating riveting narratives and backstories\, explore how best to structure a ghost story and consider the all important question: how do we make ghost stories scary? Writers of all experience welcome. \n\n\n\nThis event takes place in person in the Grosvenor East building on the third floor (Room 3.13) at Manchester Metropolitan University. There will be tea and coffee on arrival. It is funded by the Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies. \n\n\n\nYou might also be interested in staying on to see Adam’s performance later that evening in Manchester Poetry Library: \n\n\n\nAdam Z. Robinson is a writer\, theatre-maker and prize-winning author of flash fiction. His work includes: Upon the Stair (“Everyone needs to see this show” – ✭✭✭✭½ – The Reviews Hub) and Smile Club (✭✭✭✭ – The Guardian) co-written with Andrea Heaton. His plays The Book of Darkness & Light and Shivers toured nationally between 2016-2019. As well as his original plays\, Adam has adapted classic works for the stage: Nightmares (touring October-November 2024)\, Haunted (two national tours\, 2023) and A Christmas Carol (national tours 2019-21; residencies in London and Canada). \n\n\n\nAdam’s other writing includes: Conscientious (national tour 2014)\, Belle & Mary (a true crime play commissioned by The Dukes Lancaster\, 2021) and Seaside Terror (national tours 2017-20) with OddDoll Theatre. His most recent play\, Unhomely\, premiered at Leeds Playhouse in 2024. Adam is the host of The Ghost Story Book Club podcast.
URL:https://manchestergothic.mmu.ac.uk/event/ghost-story-writing-workshop-with-adam-z-robinson/
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SUMMARY:Creative Writing Workshop: Female Gothic
DESCRIPTION:Andrew Hurley\, Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University\, will lead this creative writing workshop\, using weird and wonderful items from The Whitaker collections. Inspired by the female gothic\, join us as we explore items including a Scold’s Bridle\, Witches Jugs and various pieces of artwork in this creative session.  
URL:https://manchestergothic.mmu.ac.uk/event/creative-writing-workshop-female-gothic/
LOCATION:Whitaker Museum and Art Gallery\, Haslingden Rd\, Rawtenstall\, Rossendale\, BB4 6RE
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