James Sullivan

Affiliation: University of Exeter

Research Areas:
Period: Early Modern Gothic, 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Queer Gothic, Gothic Gender
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Folklore and Myth, Gothic Music
Genres and Media: Arts, Fiction, Film and TV, Poetry, Theatre and Performance
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic, English Gothic
Creatures: Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires

MA student researching the Gothic representation of slum spaces, with a particular focus on the works of Arthur Morrison and Gustave Doré’s visual delineations of the urban landscape.

Email: jamessullivan20@icloud.com
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/jamessullivansite/home

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Andy Thatcher

Affiliation: University of Bristol

Research Areas:
Period: 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Folklore and Myth
Genres and Media: Animation, Arts, Fiction, Film and TV
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, European Gothic, Irish Gothic, Scottish Gothic, Welsh Gothic

Completing a practice-based PhD in Film exploring the meanings of English common land. My research started with experimental documentary and has ended in folk horror.

Email: andy.thatcher@bristol.ac.uk

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Katarzyna Kalosza

Research Areas:
Period: Early Modern Gothic, 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Gothic Masculinity, Queer Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Folklore and Myth, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Fiction, Children and YA, Poetry
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic, European Gothic, Irish Gothic, Scottish Gothic, Welsh Gothic
Creatures: Animals, Ghosts, Vampires

Independent researcher with a Masters in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture, whose research focuses on publishing trends and professional authorship in the late eighteenth century.

Email: katarzyna.kalosza@gmail.com

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Megen de Bruin-Molé

Research Areas:
Period: 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Queer Gothic
Genres and Media: Arts, Fiction, Virtual Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires, Zombies

Dr Megen de Bruin-Molé (she/her) is Associate Professor of Digital Media Practice at the University of Southampton. She specialises in ‘monstrous’ adaptation and contemporary remix culture, in particular the digital afterlives and appropriations of historical archives, ephemera, and memory in popular culture.

Email: m.j.de-bruin-mole@soton.ac.uk
Website: http://www.frankenfiction.com

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Alcindor Jenkins

Research Areas:
Period: 18th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Gothic Masculinity
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Technology, Medicine and Science, Gothic Music
Genres and Media: Animation, Poetry
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic
Creatures: Aliens, Animals, Zombies

I like roaming around NYC streets

Email: alcindorjenkins83@gmail.com

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Scarlette-Electra LeBlanc

Affiliation: University of Hull

Research Areas:
Period: 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Folklore and Myth, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV, Poetry, Tourism and Travel
Regions and Cultures: European Gothic, Scottish Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts

Scarlette-Electra is a PhD candidate investigating the literary/cultural legacies of Holy wells and sacred springs. Her research interests include c19th folklore collections and contemporary ritual.

Email: secwleblanc@outlook.com

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Sarah Marx

Affiliation: Saarland University

Research Areas:
Period: 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Gothic Masculinity, Queer Gothic, Trans Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Folklore and Myth, Technology, Medicine and Science, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV, Games
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, Antipodean Gothic, Black Gothic, Latin American Gothic, Southern American Gothic, Tropical Gothic
Creatures: Aliens, Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires

Sarah Marx is an English and history student and horror writer and enthusiast.

Email: sarah.marx00@yahoo.com

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Maria Vara

Affiliation: Athens School of Fine Arts

Research Areas:
Period: Early Modern Gothic, 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Gothic Masculinity, Queer Gothic, Trans Gothic, Gothic Gender
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Folklore and Myth, Technology, Medicine and Science, Gothic Music, Gothic Fashion, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Animation, Arts, Fiction, Film and TV, Comics and Graphic Novels, Theatre and Performance, Tourism and Travel, Virtual Gothic
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic, European Gothic, Irish Gothic, Latin American Gothic, Nordic Gothic, Scottish Gothic, Southern American Gothic, Welsh Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires, Zombies

Maria Vara teaches courses on Gothic literature, art and culture at the Department of Theory and History of Art, Athens School of Fine Arts. She holds an MA from the University of East Anglia (Norwich, UK) and a PhD ̶ funded by the Greek State Scholarships Foundation ̶ from the School of English, Aristotle University (Thessaloniki, Greece).

Email: mvara@asfa.gr
Website: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5451-6411

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Louise Turner

Affiliation: University of Southern Queensland

Research Areas:
Period: Early Modern Gothic, 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Queer Gothic, Gothic Gender
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Folklore and Myth, Gothic Music, Gothic Fashion, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Arts, Fiction, Film and TV, Children and YA, Tourism and Travel
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, American Gothic, Antipodean Gothic, Irish Gothic, Nordic Gothic, Scottish Gothic, Welsh Gothic
Creatures: Aliens, Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires, Zombies

A PhD candidate with a love of all things Gothic, supernatural and spooky, I am obsessed with Dark Academia, Nordic Noir and Folk Horror.

Email: louise668@bigpond.com

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Radosław Rygalik

Affiliation: John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Research Areas:
Period: Early Modern Gothic, 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Gothic Masculinity
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Folklore and Myth, Gothic Music, Gothic Fashion, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Animation, Arts, Fiction, Film and TV, Games, Comics and Graphic Novels, Poetry, Theatre and Performance, Tourism and Travel, Virtual Gothic
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, American Gothic, European Gothic, Irish Gothic, Nordic Gothic, Scottish Gothic, Welsh Gothic
Creatures: Aliens, Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires

Radosław Rygalik studied Gothic literature at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland. His interest in the Gothic and horror started in my childhood and is ongoing.

Email: rygalikradek@gmail.com

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