Extracurricular Activities
Reading Groups
I am the initiator and organiser of the postgraduate Gothic Literature Reading Group, conceived as an informal space for students (and staff alike) to pursue their interest in a varied array of texts which can be described as 'Gothic', from early eighteenth-century novels to 'modern' twentieth- and twenty-first century works.
Blogging
I have contributed to the International Gothic Association postgraduate blog. Please feel free to peruse my blog articles:
- The Murky Landscape of Eastern European Gothic
(9 May 2013)
- Pop-Gothic: the Dark Side of Manga
(21 May 2013)
- The Latest Avatar of the Gothic in Literature: New Weird Fiction?
(1 June 2013)
Conferences and Symposiums
I was a co-organiser of Marginal Cartographies: Researching Beyond Borders (academic year 2011/12), the sixth annual postgraduate interdisciplinary conference hosted by the Department of Sociology at the University of Warwick. I also chaired several interdisciplinary sessions therein.
Teaching/Tutoring
I worked as a volunteering tutor within the Warwick Writing Programme for Schools (2011/12), where I co-led a series of creative writing workshops for a group of Year Three pupils at St John's C of E Primary School, Coventry.