Gothic Reading Group Schedule, Autumn/Winter 2016

Sheffield Gothic presents:Gothic Reading Group Schedule for Autumn/Winter 2016: ‘But is it Gothic?’We’ve done the classics, we’ve done performance, we've done themes- what next for the Gothic Reading Group? This semester we’ve decided to take our favourite question to heart. We’ll be looking at a series of texts that may not always be identified as Gothic, but … Continue reading Gothic Reading Group Schedule, Autumn/Winter 2016 →

Gothic Reading Group schedule

All Gothic Reading Group meetings will take place from 4-6 pm every other Wednesday during term time, Location TBAAll within the academic community are welcome to attend! January 27th - "War of the Worlds" (1938 Orson Welles radio play)A classic moment in performance Gothic, Orson Welles' adaptation of the H.G, Wells' 1898 novel allegedly created widespread panic when it … Continue reading Gothic Reading Group schedule →

Call of the Squid people: ‘Sea Monsters’ by Sheffield Gothic and the Sheffield Animals Research Colloquium

Sheffield Gothic recently joined forces with the Sheffield Animals Research Colloquium, a network dedicated to researching animals and the nonhuman across the humanities and social sciences. A few weeks ago we held our first (but hopefully not last) collaborative reading group in order to explore the overlap between animal studies and the Gothic. Under the … Continue reading Call of the Squid people: ‘Sea Monsters’ by Sheffield Gothic and the Sheffield Animals Research Colloquium →

Forshadowings: Religious Gothic and ‘The Monk’ by Matthew Lewis

Last week, Sheffield Gothic had its first meeting of the new semester, screening the 1947 film Black Narcissus, based on Rumer Godden's 1939 novel of the same name. It was a brilliant film about madness and desire in an isolated convent full of troubled nuns. Afterwards we discussed surveillance within convent life and how the … Continue reading Forshadowings: Religious Gothic and ‘The Monk’ by Matthew Lewis →

Religious Gothic: Gothic Reading Group schedule for Autumn, 2015

A new semester of Gothic is upon us! As the season of pumpkins and Halloween begins and we all come back from summer holidays, the University of Sheffield Gothic Reading Group has prepared a new year's worth of cake AND death! This semester's theme? Religious Gothic!Note: All meetings will take place from 4-6 pm unless … Continue reading Religious Gothic: Gothic Reading Group schedule for Autumn, 2015 →

Travel Back in Time to a Very Gothic Nineteenth Century: GRG meets the Nineteenth Century Reading Group

The Gothic Reading Group, or the GRG, is without a doubt the best reading group the University of Sheffield has to offer. Ok, I’ll admit I may be a littlebit biased here. But while I am an avid fan and regular attendee of the GRG, this post is actually about another reading group at the … Continue reading Travel Back in Time to a Very Gothic Nineteenth Century: GRG meets the Nineteenth Century Reading Group →