GOTHICA 🦇 (gothicauob.bsky.social)

Don't miss our last session before the un-Gothic summer approaches‼️ 🗣 Dr Emma Merkling 🖼️Occult Art Gothic 👁️ 📅Thurs 19th June 🕐6pm - 7.30pm 📍Zoom Emma will look at Gothic British art, the ‘artist-as-witch’, (un)gendering & occultural approaches to art history. Dm to join!

Less than 2 hours to go until @EmmaMerkling 'Occult Gothic' 🖼 DM to join!

TONIGHT our final session before the summer break! 🗣 Dr Emma Merkling 🖼️Occult Art Gothic 🕐 6pm 📍Zoom Emma is an art historian working on late 19th & 20thC British art & history of science. Her focus is on women artists, ecology, alternative science, spiritualism & occultism

Our last session before we retreat into the Gothic shadows 👀 not to be missed! 🗣 Dr Emma Merkling 🖼️Occult Art Gothic 📅Thurs 19th June 🕐6pm - 7.30pm 📍Zoom You can find out more about Emma's artwork on our blog ⬇️ uobgothica.wordpress.com/2025/06/17/ses…

Fun and busy week ahead! 🏛️Today - guided tour of @morethanadodo with John Holmes & the @19cc_bham 🦠Weds - Disease and Narrative ‘Distorted Storytelling’ workshop I’m hosting @artsatbham with @MEDEP_CHANSE & the @19cc_bham 🎨Thurs - Occult Art @Gothica_UoB with @EmmaMerkling

Don't miss 'Occult Art Gothic' next Thursday 🖼⬇️ with Dr Emma Merkling 🙌 DM to join 📧

Join us next Thursday 19th at 6pm (BST) with the amazing @EmmaMerkling for Occult Art Gothica! 🖼️ 🎨 🦇 🔮 ⬇️

Don't miss 'Occult Art Gothic' with @EmmaMerkling next month! As an art historian, Emma will be focusing on Gothic British art 🖼️🖤DM @Gothica_UoB to join 📅Thurs 19th June 🕐6pm - 7.30pm 📍Zoom

THE BIG REVEAL! You can now buy tickets for our 2025 online conference 'A Warning to the Curious: Celebrating 100 years of M R James collection' Talks! Workshops! Events! Author roundtable with NGHI VO, SILVIA MORENO-GARCIA and SUZAN PALUMBO! buytickets.at/romancingthego…

super excited for this @Gothica_UoB theme! cant wait to see what i can sprinkle into my PhD 🐦‍⬛

Just a few hours to go until 'Children's Horror Gothic' 🧒😱 6pm BST, Zoom DM to join!

Tonight‼️ 🗣 Xanthe Pajarillo 🧒Children's Horror Gothic 🕐6 - 7.30pm GMT, Zoom Xanthe Pajarillo is a PhD student, director-writer, and podcaster based in Birmingham, UK and Los Angeles, US. Dm to join, all welcome!

Join us tonight! ⬇️🎉

So excited for this tomorrow! "Children's Gothic Horror" will investigate the overlooked topic of children as audiences of the horror genre 🩸 DM @Gothica_UoB to join!

If you need a spooky treat this Easter, then look no further! Tomorrow⬇️ 🗣 Xanthe Pajarillo 🧒Children's Horror Gothic 📅24th April 🕐6 - 7.30pm GMT, Zoom Xanthe investigates children as audiences of horror. She co-hosts the Kindergeist Podcast & is a member of @baftss📽️

Excited to get the chance to run another course with @BronteParsonage Sign up here! (It always sells out so get in there quickly!) bronte.org.uk/events/afterli…

Don't miss our session tonight! At a slightly later witching hour of 6pm 🕕 🗣 Dr Kristof Smeyers ✝️ Catholic Gothic 🕐 6 - 7.30pm GMT 📍Zoom DM to join!

Don't miss our session this week! 🗣 Dr Kristof Smeyers ✝️ Catholic Gothic 📅 Thurs 27th March 🕐 6 - 7.30pm GMT 📍Zoom Dr Kristof Smeyers's book 'Supernatural Bodies: Stigmata in Modern Britain and Ireland' came out in 2024 with @ManchesterUP DM us to join!

Spooky upcoming talks 🖤

Attention Goths 📢 upcoming talks below ⬇️ Tonight: "Serial Murder in North America" 🔪 @CerealKillerNet, guest speaker Prof Bernice M Murphy, 7pm GMT, Zoom Next Thursday: "Catholic Gothic" ✝️ with @kristof_smeyers, 6pm GMT, Zoom Reading 📚 uobgothica.wordpress.com/2025/03/18/ses…