Rigoberto Gutiérrez Piñón

Affiliation: University of Washington

Research Areas:
Period: 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Folklore and Myth
Genres and Media: Animation, Arts, Fiction, Film and TV, Comics and Graphic Novels, Poetry, Theatre and Performance
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, Caribbean Gothic, Latin American Gothic
Creatures: Monsters, Zombies

Rigoberto Gutiérrez Piñón is a doctoral candidate at the University of Washington, researching the mediation of historical trauama and political/narco violence in Latin American zombie cultural productions.

Email: rigoguti12@gmail.com

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Damla Campion

Affiliation: Lancaster University

Research Areas:
Period: 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Queer Gothic, Trans Gothic, Gothic Gender
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Gothic Fashion
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV, Games
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic
Creatures: Animals, Monsters, Vampires

Damla Campion’s research explores queer readings of fantastika fictions, with a consideration of how drag artists use the fantastika genre to negotiate their identities.

Email: d.campion@lancaster.ac.uk

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Elena Andonova-Kalapsazova

Affiliation: South-West University "Neofit Rilski"

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

Elena Andonova-Kalapsazova is a lecturer of English literature at the Faculty of Philology at the South-West University (Bulgaria), currently working on a monograph on Ann Radcliffe’s Gothic romances.

Email: andonova.elena@gmail.com

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Barbara Hughes-Moore

Affiliation: Cardiff 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: Folklore and Myth, Gothic Music, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV, Poetry, Theatre and Performance, Tourism and Travel, Virtual Gothic
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, American Gothic, English Gothic, European Gothic, Irish Gothic, Scottish Gothic, Welsh Gothic
Creatures: Aliens, Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires, Zombies

Barbara Hughes-Moore is a writer, poet, and lecturer in law, literature and the Gothic. Her debut monograph is due out with Routledge in summer 2026.

Email: hughes-moorebe@cardiff.ac.uk
Website: https://thelawlass.wordpress.com

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Sarah Hourie

Affiliation: University of Manitoba

Research Areas:
Period: 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts

Sarah Hourie is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Indigenous Studies and an Assistant Professor in the Department of City Planning at the University of Manitoba.

Email: sarah.hourie@umanitoba.ca

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Joseph Howsin

Affiliation: Manchester Metropolitan University

Research Areas:
Period: 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Gothic Gender
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Folklore and Myth, Technology, Medicine and Science
Genres and Media: Fiction
Regions and Cultures: Asian Gothic, English Gothic, European Gothic, Scottish Gothic, Welsh Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts

Joe Howsin (he/him) is a PhD researcher with Manchester Metropolitan University studying the psychologised Gothic, trauma literature, and depictions of mental illness and suicide. His main research areas are 20th century Modernism and contemporary literature.

Email: JOSEPH.HOWSIN@stu.mmu.ac.uk
Website: https://joehowsin.com/

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Sofia Macchi Watts

Affiliation: Monash University

Research Areas:
Period: 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Gothic Gender
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic, English Gothic, European Gothic

Sofia Macchi Watts is a PhD candidate researching the Gothic Erotic and contemporary Gothic romance.

Email: sofia.macchiwatts@monash.edu

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Bart Mulderij

Research Areas:
Period: 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Gothic Masculinity
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Folklore and Myth, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Animation, Fiction, Film and TV, Games
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic, English Gothic, European Gothic, Irish Gothic
Creatures: Aliens, Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires, Zombies

Bart Mulderij holds master’s degrees in English Literature and Culture and in Arts, Media, and Literary Studies (Research Master) from the University of Groningen. His research focuses on Gothic, Weird, and speculative fiction, with particular attention to Arthur Machen and the exploration of transgression and forbidden knowledge. He has presented at international conferences, including Gothic Crossroads (Manchester, 2025) and the VPFA Annual Conference (Birmingham, 2025), and has organised OSL symposia on contemporary Gothic and supernatural literature. He is currently exploring PhD opportunities to further develop his research.

Email: mulderij.b@gmail.com

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Owain Talfryn

Affiliation: Uppsala University

Research Areas:
Period: 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Folklore and Myth
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV, Children and YA, Games, Poetry, Tourism and Travel
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, English Gothic, European Gothic, Irish Gothic, Nordic Gothic, Scottish Gothic, Welsh Gothic
Creatures: Animals

Owain Talfryn is a Welsh PhD student in English Literature with a special interest in folklore and the Gothic.

Email: owain.talfryn@engelska.uu.se

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Buke Saglam

Affiliation: University of Vigo

Research Areas:
Period: Early Modern Gothic, 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Gothic Gender
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Folklore and Myth, Technology, Medicine and Science, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Animation, Arts, Fiction, Film and TV, Games, Comics and Graphic Novels, Poetry, Theatre and Performance
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic, Arctic Gothic, Canadian Gothic, English Gothic, European Gothic, Irish Gothic, Nordic Gothic, Scottish Gothic
Creatures: Aliens, Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires

Researcher focusing on the entanglements of weird fiction, posthumanism, and the medical/health humanities across languages.

Email: buke.saglam@rai.usc.es

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