Gothic literature celebrated

CFP: [Science] Constructing the Body, Constructing the Text: Literary and Scientific Discourses of the Human Body Proposals of no more than 250 words should be sent t by February 1st, 2008. From: Lucas Hardy <egsoalbany_at_yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 08:25:47 -0500 (EST) Constructing the Body, Constructing the Text: Saturday, April 19, 2008 Albany, NY Keynote speaker: TBA The University at Albany English Graduate Student Organization invites papers for its annual conference. This year’s conference will explore the intersections of literature and science of th

Gothic tourism of the 1840s

The online peer-reviewed Irish Journal of Gothic and Horror Studies (http://irishgothichorrorjournal.homestead.com) is seeking article submissions for its fourth issue, to be published in May/June 2008. Past contributors have included David J. Skal, Ramsey Campbell, Mark Jancovich and Kim Newman.   We will consider articles on any aspect of the horror and gothic genres, on topics related to literature, film, television, comic books/graphic novels or video games. Articles of between 5-8 thousand words should be sent to us as Word attachments and use the endnote format (see those pub

5 questions with Rebecca Janicker

A conference on Gothic Locations

Department of English Studies Bursaries (Masters and PhD)

Siobhan Hanlin on William Dunbar

A conference at Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg

   In the late 19th century, the Anglo Irish landlords were broadly resented for their indifference to the plight of the ordinary people during the Great Famine, despite the fact that there were many individual reactions to it, from sponsored emigration to heartless evictions of penniless tenants.         Ownership of land became a near obsession with the dispossessed native Irish.  Under the Land Acts (1885 – 1907) the carving up of the great estates began, but for some lawless factions, this was not a sufficiently speedy solution.  This