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SUMMARY:Gothic Crossroads Conference 2025
DESCRIPTION:A conference exploring and celebrating the multi and interdisciplinary crossings of Gothic and Horror Studies. \n\n\n\nManchester Centre for Gothic Studies\,Manchester Metropolitan University\, 25th-27th June\, 2025 \n\n\n\n\nConference Programme\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe event is free for all MMU students and includes creative workshops\, readings and reading groups – you’re welcome to attend as much or as little as you like. The Gothic and Heritage fair includes representatives from 10 different heritage organisations\, including Elizabeth Gaskell’s House\, the Portico library\, the Whitaker museum and gallery\, Hoghton Tower and Gladstone’s Library. \n\n\n\nFeel free to contact Emma Liggins ) or Ellie Beal  if you would like more information. \n\n\n\nPhysical crossroads have long been sites where the human\, divine and demonic were felt to converge and potent sites for magical\, religious encounters\, rituals of transformation\, binding of undesirable spirits\, siting of gallows and links to ancient cosmology. This conference also considers the crossroads as a space where the boundaries between differing spheres are negotiable\, asking what it means to walk in the interdisciplinary pathways and cross currents of the Gothic. \n\n\n\nThe crossroad is a geographical location and ancient symbol closely associated with folklore where two or more realms touch. It is historically and imaginatively connected with travellers and travelling\, strange encounters\, omens\, choice and indecision\, danger\, suicide\, criminality\, apocalypse and renewal\, guilt and judgement\, punishment\, ritual and ceremony\, lovers’ meetings\, hanging\, summoning\, access to Gods\, devil dealing\, casting out and death. The choice between paths can also lead to repercussions and consequences of “the wrong path”\, “the path not taken” and “straying from the path”. \n\n\n\nThis conference invites creative and scholarly consideration of any aspect of these areas or any other creative/critical spin on themes of crossing/crossover/cross currents\, travelling\, intersection\, interception\, (con)junction\, incursion\, deviation and transitioning in any/all aspects of cultural production as it relates to Gothic and horror. \n\n\n\nIt also proposes the crossing as a metaphor for presenting and thinking on the interdisciplinary work of the Gothic and the intersectional/transnational spaces where the gothic is engaged and approached. Thus\, we are particularly interested in “paths less travelled” and contributions from scholars and ECRs working in the intersections where the cultural work of Gothic and horror studies crosses boundaries and spheres\, engaging with fields and disciplines beyond the traditional\, and where new “crossings” can be discovered. This includes\, but is not limited to: Gothic and horror in gaming\, architecture and heritage\, creative writing and practice\, comics and graphic novels\, scriptwriting\, theatre\, music\, geography\, plant studies and environmentalism\, anthropology\, libraries and archives\, sociology and social studies\, broadcasting\, publishing\, media and graphic design. We are sure there are more\, so feel free to surprise us with your wanders\, crossings\, and encounters!
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