Alex Philp

Affiliation: Griffith University

Research Areas:
Period: 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV
Creatures: Animals

Alex Philp is an award-winning writer and academic. Her research includes both creative practice and scholarship; her interests include Gothic representations of sister relationships in literature and on screen, uncanny spaces, short fiction and screenwriting.

Alex’s short fiction has appeared in national publications such as The Saturday Paper, Griffith Review, Overland and elsewhere. She was awarded a fellowship by Screen Queensland to attend the Sidewalk Narrative Lab in Birmingham, Alabama (2023) and most recently she was selected for Screen Queensland’s inaugural Writers’ Room program (2025). She has completed residencies at Can Serrat International Art Residency (Barcelona) and Varuna, The National Writers’ House (NSW).

Actively engaged beyond the university, Alex frequently and passionately collaborates with Queensland high schools such as Queensland Academy of Creative Industries and All Hallows’ School to design industry-focussed creative writing workshops for young writers.

Email: a.philp@griffith.edu.au
Website: https://experts.griffith.edu.au/54162-alex-philp/about

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Yannik Nöhrhoff

Affiliation: University of Koblenz

Research Areas:
Period: 18th Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic
Genres and Media: Fiction
Regions and Cultures: English Gothic, European Gothic, Scottish Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts

Yannik Nöhrhoff is a PhD student and junior lecturer working on Hauntology and the 18th century Gothic.

Email: ynoehrhoff@uni-koblenz.de
Website: https://www.uni-koblenz.de/de/philologie-kulturwissenschaften/anglistik/anglistik-amerikanistik/institut/yannik-noehrhoff

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Karol Winnicki

Affiliation: SWPS University

Research Areas:
Period: 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic
Gender: Queer Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Folklore and Myth
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV, Comics and Graphic Novels, Poetry, Theatre and Performance
Regions and Cultures: English Gothic, European Gothic, Irish Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires

An avid Gothic enthusiast currently pursuing a PhD in literature.

Email: kwinnicki1@st.swps.edu.pl

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Shiraz Ahmad

Research Areas:
Period: Early Modern Gothic, 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Folklore and Myth, Gothic Fashion, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Arts, Fiction, Film and TV, Children and YA, Games, Comics and Graphic Novels, Poetry, Virtual Gothic
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic, Asian Gothic, English Gothic, European Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires, Zombies

Shiraz Ahmad’s work focuses on the realization of emerging conventions of the Gothic canon and their potential as a possible subgenre-Psyche Gothic.

Email: zarihs04@gmail.com
Website: https://www.amazon.com/author/shirazahmad

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Kenly Corya

Affiliation: East Carolina University

Research Areas:
Period: 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Queer Gothic, Trans Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic
Genres and Media: Fiction, Children and YA
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic, European Gothic, Irish Gothic, Latin American Gothic
Creatures: Monsters, Vampires

Kenly Corya is an English Studies MA student at East Carolina University. Her current research interests are centered upon the Queer Gothic and sapphic vampires.

Email: coryakenly@gmail.com

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Molly Williams

Affiliation: University of Cambridge

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

Molly Williams is a Gates Cambridge Scholar and PhD student researching the intersection of nineteenth-century literature and horticulture through the application of the glass house and cultivated nature.

Email: mew73@cam.ac.uk
Website: www.mollyewilliams.com

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Aleister Knight

Affiliation: University of Washington, University of Hertfordshire

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

I am an international student studying an MA in folklore. I have interest in exploring the relationship between the Gothic, gender, and sexuality. After completing my MA, I plan to continue to pursue a PhD in Gothic studies with specialization in monsters, queerness, and masculinity studies.

Email: aleisterknight22@gmail.com

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Sorcha Ni Fhlainn

Affiliation: Manchester Metropolitan University

Research Areas:
Period: 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic, English Gothic, Irish Gothic, Southern American Gothic
Creatures: Aliens, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires

I am a Reader in Film Studies and American Studies at Manchester Metropolitan University. Working on Vampires, Popular Culture & Horror.

Email: Sorcha.Ni.Fhlainn@gmail.com

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Kestrell Verlager

Research Areas:
Period: 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Queer Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Folklore and Myth, Technology, Medicine and Science
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic
Creatures: Monsters

Blind bookworm and horror movie fan (especially anything featuring witches), with a background in disability and media studies. Pet project: training Alexa as my virtual familiar.

Email: kestrell@panix.com
Website: https://kestrell7.github.io

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Anthony Mandal

Affiliation: Cardiff University

Research Areas:
Period: 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Gothic Gender
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Folklore and Myth, Technology, Medicine and Science
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV, Games, Comics and Graphic Novels, Virtual Gothic
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, English Gothic, European Gothic, Irish Gothic, Scottish Gothic, Welsh Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Vampires

Anthony Mandal writes about Gothic literature and print culture, as well as modern Gothic and the digital.

Email: mandal@cardiff.ac.uk
Website: https://profiles.cardiff.ac.uk/staff/mandal

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