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Máiréad Casey
@maireadcasey.bsky.social
Lecturer in Film and Television Studies/Post-Doctoral PM for MSCA-Funded REBPAF project at University of Galway. Research interests: horror, gender, genre, sexuality onscreen, representations of sexual violence, demon possession
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My monograph "Demon Possession and Sexual Violence in Post-Recession American Horror Cinema" is in the Autumn catalogue of @uniwalespress.bsky.social. Here is the beautiful cover!
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📚 Step into a living city of books with us & find out more about the story of the Frankfurt Book Fair, where the history of the book mingles with its future!
Read all about it in our new blog post by @melissabastian.bsky.social !

#REBPAF #MSCA #BookHistory #BookFair #FBM25 #ResearchImpactEU #H2021
From Treasured Tomes to TikTok Awards: REBPAF at the 2025 Frankfurt Book Fair
Melissa Bastian, University of Vienna It is a cold and windy autumn day in a big city, but those inside the huge, modern glass and steel building are sheltered from the threat of rain. Narrow, seem…
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November 21, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Early Career Rescue Fellowship
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November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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We need your votes!

We are beyond delighted that SOLO by @kennysbookshop.bsky.social bookseller @grainneobrien.bsky.social, is on the shortlist for the @irishbookawards.bsky.social!

Please help this gorgeous book win the prize by voting for SOLO in the YA category: www.irishbookawards.ie/vote/
October 31, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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This spooky season, why not delve deeper into the dark and twisted tales we create to scare one another?

What do these stories tell us about human nature and societies past and present?

From gothic Brontës to horrifying comics, explore more here...

www.uwp.co.uk/halloween/
October 28, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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We'll be talking about this film in our monthly INGHS film club! Open to everyone!

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October 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Excited for this conference
October 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Out now!

'Zombies in Contemporary Culture: Journeys, Bodies, Pandemics and Politics', edited by Conor Heffernan, Emma Tonkin, and Linda Flores Ohlson examines how the undead reflect and contribute to contemporary social anxieties

📚 www.uwp.co.uk/book/zombies...
October 22, 2025 at 9:00 AM
So many amazing posters for @irishgothichorror.bsky.social November 3rd discussion film Hausu (Obayashi, 1977)
October 20, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Looking forward to next month's INGHS Film Club with @irishgothichorror.bsky.social We'll be discussing the surreal, wild and wacky Japanese movie Hausu!
October 10, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Thank you everyone who joined @irishgothichorror.bsky.social for a wonderful discussion about giallo, bright colours & glorious sets, problematic & auteurs and contemporary slasher films
Join us tomorrow evening 7pm to discuss Dario Argento's classic giallo Tenebre (1982)

www.eventbrite.ie/e/inghs-film...
October 1, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Join us tomorrow evening 7pm to discuss Dario Argento's classic giallo Tenebre (1982)

www.eventbrite.ie/e/inghs-film...
September 30, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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September 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM
In the very early stages of a blog about GIFs of femme monsters from horror films and how they recontextualise moving images for humour, relatable and activist content. Have a look!
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Femme Monsters
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September 26, 2025 at 8:29 AM
This promises to be loads of fun. Come join us and test your spooky trivia knowledge 🕷️🦇🐐🎃
We're having an online pub quiz to celebrate the spooky season! This will be an informal, relaxed, fun evening of socializing while flexing our trivia knowledge.

Registration is free and open to everyone.

www.eventbrite.ie/e/inghs-onli...
INGHS Online Pub Quiz
Join the Irish Network for Gothic and Horror Studies for a free online pub quiz, 16 October at 7 pm Irish time.
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September 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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We're having an online pub quiz to celebrate the spooky season! This will be an informal, relaxed, fun evening of socializing while flexing our trivia knowledge.

Registration is free and open to everyone.

www.eventbrite.ie/e/inghs-onli...
INGHS Online Pub Quiz
Join the Irish Network for Gothic and Horror Studies for a free online pub quiz, 16 October at 7 pm Irish time.
www.eventbrite.ie
September 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Galway Simon are looking for volunteers for their Charity Shops in Galway City. If you would like to find out more about the roles, just go to bit.ly/gvcsimonshop #galway
September 19, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Tonight! Our film club discussion of "Let's Scare Jessica to Death." Everyone is welcome, but registration is necessary. See the link below.
Join me and @irishgothichorror.bsky.social next week for a discussion about Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971). All welcome but registration is required: www.eventbrite.ie/e/inghs-film...
September 3, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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I feel like this job (horror scholarship!) would be a great fit for a load of people I know or that follow me on here!

Pass it on!

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Research Associate at University of Glasgow
Discover Research Associate jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.
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August 28, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Join me and @irishgothichorror.bsky.social next week for a discussion about Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971). All welcome but registration is required: www.eventbrite.ie/e/inghs-film...
August 26, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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CFP 📣Trans-scriptions: Cultural Codings and the Poetics of the Body📣
DEADLINE EXTENDED: abstracts by 14 Sept 2025!
Keynote: prof. Jack Halberstam
🗓️ 11–13 February 2026
📍 University of Wrocław, Poland
🌐 Hybrid Format
📌 Our site: wordpre150.wordpress.com
August 25, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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It's a blood red-letter day! Vera Dika's early, studious, practically geometric breakdown of the slasher film, from the stalkers to the survivors, is updated and lookin' good. One to buy. @uniwalespress.bsky.social @danieljsheppard.bsky.social@wick85c.bsky.social
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August 19, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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August 6, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Reminder that our @irishgothichorror.bsky.social film club meets tomorrow at 7pm Irish time💀 We'll be discussing the 1963 Shirley Jackson novel adaptation, The Haunting!
Join us next Wednesday at 7pm Irish time to discuss Robert Wise's stunning b/w adaptation of Shirley Jackson's "The Haunting of Hill House"
August 5, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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‼️Next year, the REBPAF Final Conference will be held in Dublin.‼️
We invite submissions of papers & posters; the deadline is 15 Dec 2025. We look forward to your contributions and to welcoming you to Ireland!📚
#REBPAF #MSCA #REBPAFConference #CfP #BookHistory
[See images for details & how to apply.]
July 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Join us next Wednesday at 7pm Irish time to discuss Robert Wise's stunning b/w adaptation of Shirley Jackson's "The Haunting of Hill House"
July 31, 2025 at 3:09 PM