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#EcoGothic

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Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 📖

#FreeTalk this Saturday! On May 3 from 2-2:30pm Eastern, I'll be giving a #free online talk on #TheLastMan by #MaryShelley. If you register, you'll also have access to the recording afterward. This talk is part of the SPACE Showcase and previews my month-long "Meet The Last Man" module with SPACE (Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education) #online via #SignumUniversity, which is scheduled for June 2025.

Everyone is invited!

Teaser: youtu.be/tzV-5T-td38?si=19zzTm

Info on the May 3 talk: blackberry.signumuniversity.or

Pictured is the title page of the Norton Critical Edition of Mary Shelley's The Last Man. This black-and-white photo shows the book open against a backdrop of vintage wallpaper.
#ScienceFiction#Dystopia#EcoGothic
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Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 📖

#FreeTalk! On May 3 from 2-2:30pm Eastern, I'll be giving a #free online talk on #TheLastMan by #MaryShelley. This talk previews my month-long "Meet The Last Man" module with SPACE (Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education) #online via #SignumUniversity, which is scheduled for June 2025. This is part of the SPACE Showcase day of programming.

Everyone is invited!

Teaser: youtu.be/tzV-5T-td38?si=19zzTm

Info on the May 3 talk: blackberry.signumuniversity.or

Pictured (in black and white) is a bust of Mary Shelley with her novel The Last Man and The Mary Shelley Reader anthology from Oxford stacked together in the background.
#ScienceFiction#Dystopia#EcoGothic
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Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 📖

To my delight, my month-long "Meet #TheLastMan" module with SPACE (Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education) #online via #SignumUniversity has been confirmed. It will run in June 2025.

This #MaryShelley novel is one of the most relevant books we can read right now, and I can't wait to discuss it with students!

Teaser: youtube.com/watch?v=tzV-5T-td3

More info: blackberry.signumuniversity.or

YouTubeMeet The Last Man with Dr. Amy H. Sturgis (General Humanities module)By Signum University
#ScienceFiction#Dystopia#EcoGothic
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Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 📖

To my delight, my month-long "Meet #TheLastMan" module with SPACE (Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education) #online via #SignumUniversity has been confirmed. It will run in June 2025.

This #MaryShelley novel is one of the most relevant books we can read right now, and I can't wait to discuss it with students!

Teaser: youtube.com/watch?v=k2EcVRnhii

More info: blackberry.signumuniversity.or

YouTubeSPACE: Meet The Last Man with Dr. Amy H. Sturgis (General Humanities)By Signum University
#ScienceFiction#Dystopia#EcoGothic
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Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 📖

I'm delighted to say that it's back! My month-long "Meet #TheLastMan" module with SPACE (Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education) #online via #SignumUniversity is currently a candidate for June 2025. Voting runs through May 1. Early voters will help decide the scheduling of the live discussion sessions.

This #MaryShelley novel is one of the most relevant books we can read right now.

More info: blackberry.signumuniversity.or

Teaser: youtu.be/k2EcVRnhii0?si=8YY6U3

Pictured is the title page of Mary Shelley's postapocalyptic The Last Man (A Norton Critical Edition) against a backdrop of patterned wallpaper. The photo is black and white.
#ScienceFiction#Dystopia#EcoGothic
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Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 📖

I'm delighted to say that it's back! My month-long "Meet #TheLastMan" module with SPACE (Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education) #online via #SignumUniversity is currently a candidate for June 2025. Voting runs through May 1. Early voters will help decide the scheduling of the live discussion sessions.

This #MaryShelley novel is one of the most relevant books we can read right now.

More info: blackberry.signumuniversity.or

Teaser: youtu.be/k2EcVRnhii0?si=8YY6U3

Three different editions of Mary Shelley’s The Last Man sit in a stack on a bookshelf.
#ScienceFiction#Dystopia#EcoGothic
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Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 📖

#OnlineEvent: NEVERMORE Online Gothic Conference

7-8 Oct 2023

#OnlineConference #Gothic #GothicStudies #Horror #HorrorStudies #Victoriana #PennyDreadfuls #EcoGothic #Folklore

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THE FOLKLORE PODCASTNEVERMORE Online Gothic Conference: Full Weekend Ticket 7-8 Oct 2023Full 2-day ticket for access to all the talks at the Nevermore online Gothic conference on October 7 and 8, including video replay access to all talks after the event. Links for access to the talks will be emailed to you 48 hours before the conference. The full timetable of talks for this ticket is:SATURDAY 72pm Dr Francesca Bihet: “The origin of the sprites: The Folklore Society’s late-Victorian fairy science”3.30pm Blessin Adams: Interview and Q&A with the author of 'Great and Horrible News'5pm Dr Nicole Dittmer: "“that was the cry of a female”: EcoGothic and the Material-Semiotic Witch Figure in Victorian Gothic Penny Dreadfuls.”7.30pm Delilah S Dawson: Interview and Q&A with the author of 'Bloom'9pm: Eric Huang of Saint podcast: "The Devil Inside: An Exploration of Catholic Exorcism."SUNDAY 82pm Tom Carlisle: Interview and Q&A with the author of 'Blight'3.30pm Francesco Dimitri: "Writing the supernatural in Italian literature"5pm C.E. McGill: Interview and Q&A with the author of 'Our Hideous Progeny'7.30pm Owen Staton: Live ghost storytelling performance9pm: C.J. Cooke: Interview and Q&A with the author of 'A Haunting in the Arctic'
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