Melis Mulazimoglu

Affiliation: Ege University

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: Arts, Fiction, Film and TV, Poetry, Tourism and Travel, Virtual Gothic
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, African Gothic, American Gothic, Antipodean Gothic, Arctic Gothic, Asian Gothic, Black Gothic, Canadian Gothic, Caribbean Gothic, Creole Gothic, European Gothic, Irish Gothic, Latin American Gothic, Middle-Eastern Gothic, Nordic Gothic, Scottish Gothic, Southern American Gothic, Tropical Gothic, Welsh Gothic
Creatures: Aliens, Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires, Zombies

Melis Mulazimoglu is a Hacettepe graduate of American Studies as of 2000. She earned her MA degree on Black Mountain Poetry in 2003 and her PhD on Apocalypse in American Narratives in 2010. She has been working at the American Studies Department of Ege University since 2000. Her fields of interest are eco-poetics, eco-horror, Gothic studies, politics of body and fashion, and cultural studies in general.

Email: meliserkal@yahoo.com

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Luit Westendorp

Research Areas:
Period: Early Modern Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Gothic Masculinity
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Folklore and Myth, Gothic Fashion
Genres and Media: Arts, Film and TV, Poetry, Theatre and Performance
Regions and Cultures: European Gothic
Creatures: Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires, Zombies

Luit Westendorp is a 74-year-old experienced psychosynthesis counsellor within a psychoanalytic framework, working extensively with imagery and symbols within the human psyche, of which Gothic imagery is part.

Email: lwestend@xs4all.nl

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Maz Jardon

Affiliation: University of Amsterdam

Research Areas:
Period: 21st Century Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Folklore and Myth
Genres and Media: Film and TV
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic

I am a graduate student at the University of Amsterdam. My focus is on depictions of rural spaces and the abject.

Email: jardonmaz@gmail.com
Website: https://uva.academia.edu/MazJardon

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Daniel Cook

Affiliation: University of Dundee

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
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Folklore and Myth, Technology, Medicine and Science
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV, Children and YA, Games, Comics and Graphic Novels, Poetry, Tourism and Travel
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic, Black Gothic, European Gothic, Irish Gothic, Scottish Gothic
Creatures: Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires

Professor Daniel Cook holds a Personal Chair in English and Scottish Literature and is the Associate Dean of Education and Student Experience in the School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law at the University of Dundee. Daniel’s teaching and research interests include 18th- and 19th-century literature, Gothic studies, the history of reading, authorship and adaptation. Authors of specific interest include Jonathan Swift, Daniel Defoe, Jane Austen, Walter Scott, Lord Byron, and Mary Shelley.

Email: d.p.cook@dundee.ac.uk

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Nicole Cundiff

Research Areas:
Period: 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Gothic Masculinity, Queer Gothic, Trans Gothic, Gothic Gender
Genres and Media: Animation, Arts, Fiction, Film and TV, Children and YA, Games, Comics and Graphic Novels
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic, European Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Vampires

Nicole Cundiff is a scholar interested in Gothic gender and desire, and why we love the things that haunt us.

Email: n.p.cundiff@gmail.com

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Lori Martin

Affiliation: Pittsburg State University

Research Areas:
Period: 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Gothic Masculinity, Queer Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Folklore and Myth, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV, Poetry
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, Black Gothic, Southern American Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Monsters

Writer and teacher, academic focus on Southern Gothic literature in the United States. Writing centers on Midwestern Gothic (U.S.).

Email: lkmartin@pittstate.edu

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Ludovica Neglie

Affiliation: University of Portsmouth

Research Areas:
Period: 19th Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Folklore and Myth
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV
Regions and Cultures: Irish Gothic, Scottish Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Vampires

Italian living in Ireland for the past 9 years. Worked in the heritage and culture field since 2013. Studying Victorian Gothic: History, Literature and Culture at University of Portsmouth (distance learning). Interest and expertise in late 18th and 19th century England and Ireland.

Email: negliel@tcd.ie

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Mia X. Perez

Affiliation: City University of New York

Research Areas:
Period: Early Modern Gothic, 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Gothic Gender
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Technology, Medicine and Science, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV, Poetry, Virtual Gothic
Creatures: Animals, Ghosts, Vampires

Mia X. Perez is a PhD student in Comparative Literature at The Graduate Center, CUNY researching theories of the body and posthumanism within the Gothic.

Email: mia.x.perez@gmail.com

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Sarah Hurley

Research Areas:
Period: 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Folklore and Myth, Gothic Music, Gothic Fashion, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Arts, Fiction, Film and TV, Children and YA, Poetry, Theatre and Performance, Tourism and Travel
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic, Creole Gothic, European Gothic, Irish Gothic, Latin American Gothic, Scottish Gothic, Southern American Gothic, Tropical Gothic, Welsh Gothic
Creatures: Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires

Bone collector. Lover of Shirley Jackson, Lois Duncan, Caitlin Doughty, and all things macabre. Aspiring Ph.D. candidate in English literature.

Email: schurley713@gmail.com

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Paula Lobato Díez

Affiliation: Complutense University of Madrid

Research Areas:
Period: Early Modern Gothic, 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Gothic Masculinity
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Folklore and Myth, Technology, Medicine and Science, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Arts, Fiction, Poetry, Tourism and Travel
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, European Gothic, Irish Gothic, Scottish Gothic, Welsh Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires

Paula Lobato Díez is a PhD student with research interests that center on Imperial Gothic, myth criticism, the cultural imaginary of national heroes, and the Brexit phenomenon. She also has an academic background in language education.

Email: paulobat@ucm.es
Website: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6054-0098

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