www.qub.ac.uk/romanticlacunae We invite paper and panel proposals on topics related to silences, disjunctions, and absences in Romantic-era texts, for a one-day conference hosted by the School of English and the Centre for Eighteenth-Century Studies at Queen’s University Belfast on 2 August, 2013. The keynote speaker will be Dr Fiona Price, Reader in English Literature at the University of Chichester. The conference is interested in exploring the power of silences and absences in the literature of the period c.1780-1830. During this time there is significant cultural emphasis on what is

CFP Collection: The Films of Dario Argento Cited as an important influence to filmmakers from Quentin Tarantino to Gaspar Noé, Italian director Dario Argento occupies a curious position in film history. With a career spanning more than 40 years, in which he’s made more than 20 films, Argento has attracted relatively little critical attention in the academy. With the only sustained (English-language) book-length consideration of the director’s work being first released more than 20 years ago, this collection seeks to explore Argento’s films through a range of analytical and method

Swan River Press has announced recently that it is set to publish a new bi-annual journal: The Green Book: Writings on Irish Gothic, Supernatural and Fantastic Literature. The first edition is available to preorder now and, among other topics, it contains essays on Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish Gothic, and Conor McPherson. According to the Swan River Press website, the journal will be aimed at a general readership and will feature "commentaries, articles, and reviews on Irish Gothic, Supernatural and Fantastic literature." In terms of a further guide to its scholarly content, the publishers sug

Fans of Gothic fiction should note that Gothic Press -- which for some years has published widely on the Gothic -- has a new web address. You can access the new site at http://www.gothlitdata.com/gothicpress.html. Also, take a look at their very interesting Gothic Chapbook series: http://www.gothlitdata.com/gothchap.html

The 18th-Century Gothick Symposium: 7 August 2013, University of Oxford The Gothick Revival in eighteenth-century Britain is a multi-faceted phenomenon, simultaneously liminal and mainstream, historical and modern, whimsical and serious. This one-day symposium seeks to explore the revival’s many dimensions. Proposals are invited for 20-minute papers that address any aspect of the revival, and may include: art architecture interiors furniture antiquarianism history literature medievalism patronage politics restoration sexuality Please email 250-word propos

Some exciting news for those in the Manchester area! David McWilliam and Hannah Priest are now offering tickets for their Twisted Tales of Cannibalism event. All the details of what looks to be a lively and interesting line-up of readings can be found on the flyer below.  Free tickets can be reserved directly from their website: http://cannibals-eorg.eventbrite.co.uk/#

Cinemas across the UK are in for a treat this month, with the release of a few highly anticipated films, fans of horror and science fiction will not be disappointed. Dark Skies “From the makers of Insidious and Paranormal Activity” seems to be a tagline attached to many horror movies recently, but this one veers away from demonic possession and instead posits the “supernatural” occurrences on aliens. Directed by Scott Stewart and starring Keri Russell and Josh Hamilton, Dark Skies is a sci-fi horror about an American family whose life is thrown into turmoil after a sequence o

Sheridan Le Fanu and Victorian scholars alike should note that the latest edition of Gothic Press's open access journal Le Fanu Studies is now live. Volume 8 issue 1 features a number of interesting reviews and, along with links to the journal's back catalogue, it can be found here: http://www.lefanustudies.com/.

Cannibals: Cannibalism, Consumption and Culture Conference website: http://www.hic-dragones.co.uk/cannibals-cannibalism-consumption-and-culture/ Kanaris Lecture Theatre and Conference Room Manchester Museum, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom Thursday 25th April – Friday 26th April 2013 Conference Programme Thursday 25th April 9.15-9.45am: Registration 9.45-10.00am: Welcome and Opening Remarks (Kanaris Lecture Theatre) 10.00-11.30am: Session 1: Cultural/Cannibal Encounters (Kanaris Lecture Theatre) Chair: TBC (i) Sarah-Louise Flowers (University of Ma

CFP for panel at: Somatechnics International Conference Missing Links: The Somatechnics of Decolonisation Linköping University, Sweden June 17-19, 2013 Keynote speakers: Sara Ahmed, Susan Stryker, Alexa Wright, Jasbir Puar, Madina Tlostanova and Catherine Waldby. Roundtable speakers: Kateřina Kolářová, Ulrika Dahl, Monica Casper and Jenny Sundén. Where be Dragons? Locating Contemporary Monsters Where do monsters lurk in digital times? Are they still under your bed, in the closet, in graveyards and dusty attics? Or have they already infiltrated your phone, your laptop, your