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Karl Bell

@drkarlbell

#Historian of the fantastical & supernatural @imaginetheurban. #Author. Associate Professor of Cultural History @portsmouthuni. Co-director of @UoP_Maritime.

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ChiCentreFairyTales (@chicentreffsf) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Gramarye is the Chichester Centre for Fairy Tales, Fantasy and Speculative Fiction’s journal for folklore, fairy tales and fantasy. You can find all the back issues here buff.ly/43nDQ00

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Can fairies die? Why were they associated with the spirits of the dead? When did they go from foe to friend? ☠️🧚 Coffin Boffin's ‘Shadow Worlds: The Dark Origins of the Victorian Fairy’ will answer these + more at 1:30PM, 17 April! Zoom link here 👇 linktr.ee/UHCreatives

Can fairies die? Why were they associated with the spirits of the dead? When did they go from foe to friend? ☠️🧚

<a href="/DrSamGeorge1/">Coffin Boffin</a>'s ‘Shadow Worlds: The Dark Origins of the Victorian Fairy’ will answer these + more at 1:30PM, 17 April!

Zoom link here 👇
linktr.ee/UHCreatives
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Announcing a call for 'Coastal Imaginaries' article abstracts for a special issue of Coastal Studies & Society. Abstract deadline - 20th May. For more details see port.ac.uk/news-events-an… Centre for Port Cities and Maritime Cultures One for Haunted Shores?

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Interested in doing a PhD with us Centre for Port Cities and Maritime Cultures? We are currently recruiting two fully-funded PhD candidates for the first phase of our 'Sail to Steam, Carbon to Green' project. For more details see port.ac.uk/study/postgrad… Deadline for applications is 31st May.

Matt Cardin (@themattcardin) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Ursula Le Guin on the inner, subjective source of artistic truth: "I write science fiction, or fantasy, or about imaginary countries, mostly—stuff that, by definition, involves times, places, events that I could not possibly experience in my own life. So when I was young and

Ursula Le Guin on the inner, subjective source of artistic truth:

"I write science fiction, or fantasy, or about imaginary countries, mostly—stuff that, by definition, involves times, places, events that I could not possibly experience in my own life. So when I was young and
Haunted Shores (@shoreshaunted) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Haunted Shores 4 is this week! Join our online #conference by registering 👉 bit.ly/45bicNp & see our program of brilliant talks & speakers 👉 bit.ly/3X76UHS everyone is welcome! #ecr #gothic #Coastal #bluehums #ocean #haunted #GothVibes #shore 👻🌊🪸

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We have extended the call for article abstracts for the 'Coastal Imaginaries' special issue of Coastal Studies & Society to 1st July. For details see port.ac.uk/news-events-an…… Centre for Port Cities and Maritime Cultures #bluehumanities #coastalculture #coastalfolklore #coastalhistory

British Fantasy Society (@britfantasysoc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It's time! The votes have been cast and counted - twice! - and the jurors empanelled. We are delighted to be able to announce the shortlists for the British Fantasy Awards 2024. britishfantasysociety.org/british-fantas…

It's time! The votes have been cast and counted - twice! - and the jurors empanelled. We are delighted to be able to announce the shortlists for the British Fantasy Awards 2024. britishfantasysociety.org/british-fantas…
Centre for Port Cities and Maritime Cultures (@uop_maritime) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Apply now for an exciting PhD scholarship University of Portsmouth to explore the Sail to Steam energy transition in Callao - a port city in Peru. UK/EU fees covered.Supervised by Rudolph Ng, Dr Melanie Bassett & Karl Bell, of Univ. Ports History. Funded by Lloyd's Register Foundation port.ac.uk/study/postgrad…

Apply now for an exciting PhD scholarship <a href="/portsmouthuni/">University of Portsmouth</a>  to explore the Sail to Steam energy transition in Callao - a port city in Peru. UK/EU fees covered.Supervised by Rudolph Ng, <a href="/melanie_bassett/">Dr Melanie Bassett</a> &amp; <a href="/drkarlbell/">Karl Bell</a>, of <a href="/UoP_History/">Univ. Ports History</a>. Funded by <a href="/LR_Foundation/">Lloyd's Register Foundation</a>
port.ac.uk/study/postgrad…
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A chance to get 40% off the paperback version of my Legend of #SpringHeeledJack book in Boydell & Brewer's September paperback sale (16th-25th). See boydellandbrewer.com/9781783271917/… For the promo code and free shipping see boydellandbrewer.com/2024-paperback…

A chance to get 40% off the paperback version of my Legend of #SpringHeeledJack book in <a href="/boydellbrewer/">Boydell & Brewer</a>'s September paperback sale (16th-25th). See boydellandbrewer.com/9781783271917/… For the promo code and free shipping see boydellandbrewer.com/2024-paperback…
👻🧐Dr Jen Baker 🧐👻 (@jendeavour) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📢📢📢 Fear Studies in an Age of Fear: The inaugural conference of 'The Fear Network' Abstracts due October 25th. Taking place University of Warwick 31 January 2025 Further details can be found here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/…

James Brindle FRSA (@jbwillow) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Very interesting and positive meeting discussing a potential EU Horizon bid Horizon Europe 🇪🇺 and other strategic opportunities today hosted by University of Oxford . The proposed project centered around marginalisation of coastal towns / communities on tidal rivers. The conversations around

Very interesting and positive meeting discussing a potential EU Horizon bid  <a href="/HorizonEU/">Horizon Europe 🇪🇺</a> and other strategic opportunities today hosted by <a href="/UniofOxford/">University of Oxford</a> . The proposed project centered around marginalisation of coastal towns / communities on tidal rivers. The conversations around
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Enjoyable first day at the Veiled Cities conference University of Oxford Maison Française d'Oxford. Some really interesting exploration of caricatures, poetry, 'critical fabulation', art, and colonial urban memory. Gave a paper on #arthurmachen's #London Incognita and urban mysticism. Arthur Machen

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🎃👻 CALL FOR PAPERS: Dark Economies Conference 2025! 👻🎃 Explore ‘#Haunted Modernities: Present Pasts and #Spectral Futures.’ 🕯️ Submission: March 17, 2025. 📅 Conference: July 17-19, 2025 📍 Location: Falmouth University, UK 🇬🇧 See further details in poster below 👇🏻

🎃👻 CALL FOR PAPERS: Dark Economies Conference 2025! 👻🎃 

Explore ‘#Haunted Modernities: Present Pasts and #Spectral Futures.’ 

🕯️ Submission: March 17, 2025.  
📅 Conference: July 17-19, 2025  
📍 Location: Falmouth University, UK 🇬🇧 

See further details in poster below 👇🏻
Owen Davies (@odavies9) 's Twitter Profile Photo

English National Folklore Survey! Excited to work on this with David Clarke Ceri Houlbrook & Diane Rogers. Exploring the country’s diverse beliefs & practices will be fascinating, but we’ll also examine what folklore tells us about “Englishness” today. theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/o…

The Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies (@gothicmmu) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🖤 CFP ALERT🖤We are delighted to announce the call for papers and plenary speakers for our international conference 'Gothic Crossroads', Manchester Metropolitan Uni English at Manchester Met , 25th-27th June 2025. Do send us your abstracts and proposals: acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc…

Centre for Port Cities and Maritime Cultures (@uop_maritime) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Exciting new partnership agreed between The National Museum of the Royal Navy & University of Portsmouth's Centre for Port Cities & Maritime Cultures. The 3-year MoU is set to lead to joint funding bids, collaborative research, student placements & more port.ac.uk/news-events-an… Univ. Ports History @UoP_SASHPL UoP Humanities and Social Sciences

Exciting new partnership agreed between <a href="/NatMuseumRN/">The National Museum of the Royal Navy</a> &amp; <a href="/portsmouthuni/">University of Portsmouth</a>'s Centre for Port Cities &amp; Maritime Cultures. The 3-year MoU is set to lead to joint funding bids, collaborative research, student placements &amp; more port.ac.uk/news-events-an… <a href="/UoP_History/">Univ. Ports History</a> @UoP_SASHPL <a href="/UoPHumSS/">UoP Humanities and Social Sciences</a>