Category Archives: supernatural

Recommended Reading on World War I, Horror and the Supernatural

July 6th, 2020 | Posted in horror, horror studies, supernatural, World War I

I’ve read and watched a lot on World War II over the years, since I was a child actually, watching films with my dad growing up. World War I is another story. I’ve only recently have I taken a closer look at the Great War in more depth. In addition to recommending a viewing of […]

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Video lectures now available from Supernatural in Contemporary Society conference

October 1st, 2018 | Posted in paranormal, supernatural

The Supernatural in Contemporary Society Conference was held in August of 2018. The conference description: The media reports ghostly encounters, supernatural TV and films continue to be popular genres, and professionalised groups and organisations offer commercial experiences of the otherworldly. It seems that regardless of scientific progress and rationale thought, the allure of the extraordinary […]

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Titles of Interest – The Supernatural in Society, Culture, and History

June 19th, 2018 | Posted in paranormal, supernatural, Titles of Interest

I am busy co-editing a volume on the paranormal in popular culture for Routledge and came across this forthcoming volume. The Supernatural in Society, Culture and History Edited by Dennis Waskul and Marc EatonTemple University Press, 2018 In the twenty-first century, as in centuries past, stories of the supernatural thrill and terrify us. But despite […]

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Call for Papers – Supernatural Cities: Narrated Geographies and Spectral Histories

August 21st, 2017 | Posted in call for papers, supernatural

The Open Graves, Open Minds Project unearthed depictions of the vampire and the undead in literature, art, and other media, before embracing shapeshifting creatures (most recently, the werewolf) and other supernatural beings and their worlds. It opens up questions concerning genre, gender, hybridity, cultural change, and other realms. It extends to all narratives of the […]

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Inter-Disciplinary.net Conference Call for Participation on the Supernatural

September 23rd, 2016 | Posted in call for papers, supernatural

The Supernatural 2nd Global Conference Call for Participation 2017 Saturday 1st April – Monday 3rd April 2017 Lisbon, Portugal Contemporary novels, films, and religious practice all embrace the supernatural with open arms. From vengeful gods and goddesses and witches to poltergeists and hauntings, to demonic possession and the accompanying exorcism rituals, the human imagination has […]

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CFP – Divine Horror: The Cinematic Battle Between the Sacred and the Supernatural

March 2nd, 2016 | Posted in call for papers, horror, sacred, supernatural

PROPOSAL DEADLINE EXTENDED: 3/15/16 Call for Contributors (Abstracts 3/15/16; Essays 8/15/16) Divine Horror: The Cinematic Battle Between the Sacred and the Supernatural (under contract) The struggle between good and evil is classic and as old as time; this struggle becomes iconic when one or both of the combatants is associated with the divine. From Rosemary’s […]

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Call for Papers – Supernatural Cities: Exploring the Urban Mindscape

January 4th, 2016 | Posted in call for papers, supernatural

Supernatural Cities: Exploring the Urban Mindscape Saturday 30th April 2016 University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK Keynote Speaker: Professor Steve Pile, Open University Call for Papers: Where do urban supernatural stories and beliefs come from and why do they survive in our modern cities? What is it about the nature of the urban environment that encourages […]

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CFP for Edited Collection – Monstrous Moral Messengers: Supernatural Figures in Children’s Picture Books and Early Readings

May 30th, 2015 | Posted in children, monsters, morality, supernatural

CFP for Edited Collection: Monstrous Moral Messengers: Supernatural Figures in Children’s Picture Books and Early Readings Picture books and early readers carry all the weight of parental authority, and are essential tools in the learning process for our children. With their bright pictures, they perform their function of holding the child’s attention quite well, and […]

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My forthcoming book – The Supernatural Cinema of Guillermo del Toro: Critical Essays

February 3rd, 2015 | Posted in Doug Jones, Guillermo del Toro, supernatural, Titles of Interest

I haven’t seen the proofs yet, but my latest book has an official title, a cover photo, and is included in the forthcoming Spring catalog for McFarland. The Supernatural Cinema of Guillermo del Toro Critical Essays Edited by John W. Morehead Foreword by Doug Jones Print ISBN: 978-0-7864-9595-5 Ebook ISBN: 978-1-4766-2075-6 photos, notes, bibliography, index […]

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Call for Submissions – “Paranormal Pop: Religion, Pop Culture, and the Supernatural”

August 27th, 2014 | Posted in call for papers, occulture, paranormal, pop culture, supernatural

Call for Submissions ROTHCO Press is accepting proposals for essays for an edited volume tentatively titled Paranormal Pop: Religion, Pop Culture, and the Supernatural, to be published in Summer 2015. Academic writers and independent scholars are invited to submit proposals spanning the wide range of topics on pop culture and the paranormal, and their connection […]

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