
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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https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/en/persons/karl-bell 27-09-2013 14:18:41
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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


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?

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.



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



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…


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…



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


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


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…

🖤 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…

Interesting exhibition, Tarot Cards - Origins and Afterlives, The Warburg Institute from 31 January - warburg.sas.ac.uk/events/tarot-o…

There are only six days left to submit your abstract for Centre for Port Cities and Maritime Cultures's inaugural conference in June 2025 University of Portsmouth. Good luck! Univ. Ports History UoP Humanities and Social Sciences

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
