Fredrik Blanc

Affiliation: Manchester Metropolitan University

Research Areas:
Period: 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Folklore and Myth, Technology, Medicine and Science
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV, Games, Poetry
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, African Gothic, American Gothic, Antipodean Gothic, Arctic Gothic, Black Gothic, Caribbean Gothic, European Gothic, Nordic Gothic
Creatures: Aliens, Animals, Ghosts, Monsters

I specialise in EcoGothic/EcoWeird fiction and the Blue Humanities. I am currently finishing my PhD thesis on Weird Hydropoetics in Modern and Contemporary Fiction.

Email: fredrik.blanc@gmail.com

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Johan Höglund

Affiliation: Linnaeus University

Research Areas:
Period: 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Gothic Masculinity, Queer Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Technology, Medicine and Science
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV, Games, Virtual Gothic
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, American Gothic, Nordic Gothic, Southern American Gothic
Creatures: Aliens, Animals, Monsters, Vampires, Zombies

Johan Höglund is professor of English at Linnaeus University. He is the author of The American Climate Emergency Narrative (2024) and The American Imperial Gothic (2016).

Email: johan.hoglund@lnu.se

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Kim Wheatley

Affiliation: William & Mary

Research Areas:
Period: 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Gothic
Gender: Gothic Gender
Genres and Media: Fiction, Poetry
Regions and Cultures: Scottish Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Vampires

Kim Wheatley is Professor of English at William & Mary, USA. She is the author of Shelley and His Readers (1999) and Romantic Feuds (2013).

Email: kewhea@wm.edu

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Jéssica Iolanda Costa Bispo

Affiliation: NOVA University Lisbon

Research Areas:
Period: 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Gothic Masculinity, Queer Gothic, Gothic Gender
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Folklore and Myth, Gothic Music, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV, Games, Poetry
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, European Gothic, Irish Gothic, Scottish Gothic
Creatures: Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires

PhD Candidate in Modern Literatures and Cultures. Member of the Centre for English, Translation, and Anglo-Portuguese Studies. Fields of research include: (Neo)Victorianism, Gothic Literature, Vampire Fiction, Dystopian Studies and Video Game Studies.

Email: jessica.iolanda.bispo@gmail.com
Website: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6952-8477

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Sara Crosby

Affiliation: The Ohio State University at Marion

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
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV, Tourism and Travel
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic
Creatures: Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires, Zombies

Sara L. Crosby is a Professor of English at the Ohio State University at Marion. She has authored two books on poisonous women and has also published essays on ecohorror/ecoGothic in Cambridge’s History of the Gothic and in ISLE. Her current book project investigates the disastrous interplay between extractive interests and American popular culture’s representation of South Louisiana as a place of ecohorror.

Email: crosby.sara@gmail.com

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Matt Foley

Affiliation: Manchester Metropolitan University

Research Areas:
Period: 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Gothic Music
Genres and Media: Fiction, Tourism and Travel
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic, European Gothic, Irish Gothic, Scottish Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts

Senior Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Literature

Email: matthew.foley@mmu.ac.uk

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Nicolette Williams

Affiliation: University of Stirling

Research Areas:
Period: Early Modern Gothic, 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Queer Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Folklore and Myth, Technology, Medicine and Science, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Animation, Arts, Fiction, Children and YA, Comics and Graphic Novels, Tourism and Travel
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic, European Gothic, Scottish Gothic, Southern American Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires, Zombies

PhD candidate at University of Stirling focusing on death and violations of the corpse in 20th century American Gothic.

Email: nicolette.williams@gmail.com

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Leah Richards

Affiliation: LaGuardia Community College

Research Areas:
Period: 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV, Children and YA
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic, Southern American Gothic, Welsh Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires

Leah is a Professor of English, editor of Supernatural Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Art, Media, and Culture, and her cats’ human familiar.

Email: mortalwombat731@gmail.com

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Christopher Lockett

Affiliation: Memorial University of Newfoundland

Research Areas:
Period: 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Gothic Masculinity, Queer Gothic, Trans Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Folklore and Myth
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV, Games, Poetry
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic, Black Gothic
Creatures: Aliens, Monsters, Zombies

Associate Professor of English at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Specializes in 20th and 21st century American Literature and Science Fiction and Fantasy. Gothic interests reside mainly in Lovecraftian cosmic horror and the New Weird, and post-apocalyptic narratives (especially zombies).

Email: clockett@mun.ca
Website: https://cjlockett.com

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Stuart Lindsay

Affiliation: University of Stirling

Research Areas:
Period: 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Queer Gothic, Gothic Gender
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Gothic Music
Genres and Media: Film and TV, Children and YA, Games, Virtual Gothic
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic, Scottish Gothic
Creatures: Aliens, Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires, Zombies

Stuart Lindsay’s Gothic research and publications focus on trauma and cultural memory, cultural nostalgia, and contemporary media.

Email: s.l.lindsay@stir.ac.uk

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