Charlotte Troy

Affiliation: University College Cork

Research Areas:
Period: 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Gothic Masculinity
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV, Poetry
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic, Black Gothic, Canadian Gothic

Charlotte Troy is a third-year PhD student in the Department of English at University College of Cork and is a recipient of Research Ireland’s Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship. Her research addresses the fragile relationship between nonhuman and human agency through an analysis of literary gardens in mid-twentieth to early twenty-first-century American Gothic novels. On top of her research commitments, Charlotte is the Editor-in-Chief for UCC’s postgraduate journal, Aigne, and is the postgraduate representative for the IAAS (Irish Association for American Studies).

Email: charlottetroy052@gmail.com

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Georgia Taylor

Affiliation: University of Southampton

Research Areas:
Period: 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic
Genres and Media: Fiction
Creatures: Ghosts, Monsters

Georgia Taylor is a PhD candidate in English researching the representation of anger in contemporary women’s writing and its relationship to the Female Gothic.

Email: g.l.taylor@soton.ac.uk

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Núria Andrés Curto

Affiliation: Trinity College Dublin

Research Areas:
Period: 19th Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Gothic Gender
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Folklore and Myth
Genres and Media: Fiction, Children and YA
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, English Gothic, Irish Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires

Núria Andrés Curto is an MSC student at Trinity College Dublin. Her work focuses on the intersections between gender, Gothic fiction, and affect theory, particularly in relation to vulnerability.

Email: nuriaancu@gmail.com

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Luke Chwala

Affiliation: University of Cincinnati

Research Areas:
Period: 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Queer Gothic, Trans Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, Caribbean Gothic, English Gothic, Tropical Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires

Luke Chwala specializes in nineteenth-century British literature, the Victorian Gothic, decolonial queer ecologies, and transatlantic queer studies from the nineteenth through the twenty-first century.

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Fábio Ramos Paz

Affiliation: Catholic University of Brasilia

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, Comics and Graphic Novels, Poetry, Theatre and Performance, Virtual Gothic
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, African Gothic, American Gothic, English Gothic, European Gothic, Irish Gothic, Latin American Gothic, Nordic Gothic, Scottish Gothic, Tropical Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires, Zombies

Fábio Ramos Paz is a literature professor at the Catholic University of Brasilia researching Gothic and horror literature, with focus on Stephen King’s work.

Email: fabioramospaz@gmail.com

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Joelle DuFault

Research Areas:
Period: 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Queer Gothic, Gothic Gender
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, American Gothic, Black Gothic, English Gothic, Latin American Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires, Zombies

Joelle DuFault is an independent researcher specializing in contemporary Gothic narratives, with a special interest in the hauntological portrayal of monstrosity and haunting.

Email: jdufault43@gmail.com

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Rebecca Kuhlmann

Affiliation: University of Melbourne

Research Areas:
Period: 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, Gothic Music, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV, Games, Poetry, Theatre and Performance
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, American Gothic, Black Gothic, English Gothic, European Gothic, Irish Gothic, Welsh Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires

Rebecca Kuhlmann is a PhD student at the University of Melbourne, researching the intersections between European Gothic traditions and nineteenth-century Russian literature.

Email: rkuhlmann@student.unimelb.edu.au

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Elisa Xamena Flexas

Affiliation: Universitat de Barcelona

Research Areas:
Period: 19th Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Queer Gothic, Gothic Gender
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Folklore and Myth, Technology, Medicine and Science
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV, Children and YA, Poetry
Regions and Cultures: English Gothic, Irish Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires

Elisa Xamena is a PhD student at the Universitat de Barcelona. Her research focuses on late Victorian gothic fiction, particularly the role of the monster as a subversive entity channelling social fears.

Email: elisaxamena@gmail.com

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Karen Smith

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, Games, Comics and Graphic Novels, Poetry, Theatre and Performance, 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, English 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

Batcave regular, Scala Cinema, HEteaching film and media London, SE, Birkbeck, BFI HE Advisory, Deputy Head Art Department. Publications: Irish horror, music, gothic television, practice.

Email: karensmithheslop@gmail.com

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Leks Drakos

Research Areas:
Period: 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Queer Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Folklore and Myth, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Arts, Fiction, Film and TV, Comics and Graphic Novels
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic, Nordic Gothic, Scottish Gothic
Creatures: Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires, Zombies

Leks Drakos researches monstrosity, place, and cultural change, exploring how Gothic narratives evolve through genre, landscape, and contemporary social anxieties.

Email: leksdrakos@gmail.com

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