Scottish and Irish Gothic

Join us for a research seminar exploring Scottish and Irish Gothic on 11th April 2025.

Programme

Date: 11 April 2025

Location: 50 George Square, Room 1.06

Time: 14:00-18:00

To register for the event, please use our Eventbrite page here

Panel 1: 2.00 pm – 3.15 pm

Christina Morin (University of Limerick), ‘“This execrable place”: Irish Gothic and the American Republic’

Dale Townshend (Manchester Metropolitan University), ‘Matthew Gregory Lewis in Scotland’

Panel 2: 3.15 pm -4.30 pm

Matthew Sangster (University of Glasgow), ‘The Scottish Roots of Theorising the Fantastic’

Maddy Potter, (University of Edinburgh), ‘“’I shuddered at my own image”: Doubles, Doppelgängers, and the Demonic in Scottish Gothic

Tea and coffee: 4.30pm-5.00pm

Keynote: 5.00pm-6.00pm

Claire Connolly (University College Cork), ‘Wet Gothic in Melmoth the Wanderer’

The event will be followed by a reception.