Maria Vara
Affiliation: Athens School of Fine Arts
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, Comics and Graphic Novels, Theatre and Performance, Tourism and Travel, Virtual Gothic
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic, European Gothic, Irish Gothic, Latin American Gothic, Nordic Gothic, Scottish Gothic, Southern American Gothic, Welsh Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires, Zombies
Maria Vara teaches courses on Gothic literature, art and culture at the Department of Theory and History of Art, Athens School of Fine Arts. She holds an MA from the University of East Anglia (Norwich, UK) and a PhD ̶ funded by the Greek State Scholarships Foundation ̶ from the School of English, Aristotle University (Thessaloniki, Greece).
Email: mvara@asfa.gr
Website: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5451-6411