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Elizabeth Siddal: Reception and Reflection
Katherine Duffy is a student on the MA Nineteenth Century Studies programme with a passion for the Pre-Raphaelites. She is using her research skills to re-examine the work of Pre-Raphaelite painter and muse Elizabeth Siddall. The name Elizabeth Siddal (1829-1862) brings to mind a plethora of paintings by artists such as Dante Gabriel Rossetti and…
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Student’s Passion for the Brontës Leads to a New Career…and an encounter with Vampires!
A student on our MA in Nineteenth Century Studies degree is taking her research on the life and works of the Brontë siblings into spooky new places and a new career at the Brontë Parsonage Museum in Haworth. Elysia Brown will deliver a research talk on 8th February for the Brontë Society and Bronte enthusiasts…
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Theatre and performance to take centre stage in new Edge Hill University exhibition
Handwritten programmes, original photographs and detailed recreations of costumes will all form part of the exhibition, which launches on Thursday 20 April at the University’s Arts Centre. The exhibition, dreamt up by MA Nineteenth-Century Studies student Roy Bayfield, will showcase material from a wide variety of performances including King Lear, Macbeth, and The School for…
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Jack and the Doors of Perception
Edge Hill Creative Writing student, Jack Bennett, has published his first collection of short stories. Find out more.
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Killing Victoria podcast reveals the stories of seven men who tried and failed to kill Queen Victoria
An Edge Hill University historian has played a key role in telling the story of seven men who tried to kill Queen Victoria during her 63-year-long reign. Find out more.
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A Christmas Carol hits differently this year, as thousands of families face levels of cold and hunger that feel terribly Victorian
Laura Eastlake, Senior Lecturer in English Literature at Edge Hill University, discusses how A Christmas Carol could be interpreted today in the current cost of living crisis.
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Edge Hill marks Halloween by announcing plans to celebrate 125 years of Dracula
Edge Hill University is celebrating Halloween by announcing their spooktacular plans to celebrate the 125th anniversary of Dracula’s publication which will see students work with Bram Stoker’s descendant.
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Vampire Bites Creative Contest
EHU Nineteen Research Centre are pleased to join forces with Dacre Stoker—Bram Stoker’s great grand-nephew—and Dr Chris McAuley to announce a creative competition for Edge Hill University students. From Victorian villain to modern-day boyfriend material, and from social outcasts to avengers of injustice, the vampire has taken many forms. You are invited to submit your…
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Year 2 students explore the long afterlife of Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Year 2 students Abbie Hope and Katherine Duffy explore the long afterlife of Dracula, what the vampire means for culture today, and some of the events coming up at Edge Hill as we head into the 125th anniversary year of Bram Stoker’s novel.
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Edge Hill’s new partnership will see creative writing students dicing with Dracula
Edge Hill University and Crooked Dice Game Design studio are set to adapt Bram Stoker’s Dracula into a new narrative-driven skirmish game of gothic horror. Edge Hill and Crooked Dice will be working directly with Dacre Stoker, Bram Stoker’s great-grandnephew, and Dr Chris McAuley of Stoker-McAuley Productions, to bring an authentic adaptation of Dracula to the tabletop. 7TV: Dracula will be part of…
