[ecrea] TV Fangdom: A Conference on Television Vampires

TV Fangdom: A Conference on Television Vampires

7-8 June 2013

The University of Northampton



Vampires have always made charismatic characters and with the rise of 
the VILF and the fangbanger they are more popular than ever. This 
conference aims to explore the vampire particularly in relation to its 
presence on television. From Barnabas Collins to the Count von Count, 
from Mona the Vampire to True Blood’s Pam, vampires appear everywhere on 
television schedules and in television history, whether in serials, 
made-for-TV movies, adaptations of gothic novels, adverts or children’s 
TV. This two day conference will therefore examine the position that the 
vampire has held on television as well as the role that television has 
had in the development of the modern vampire.



Keynote and featured speakers:

·         Brigid Cherry, editor of True Blood: Investigating Vampires 
and Southern Gothic and author of Horror (Routledge Film Guidebook)

·         Marcus Recht, author of Der Sympatische Vampir

·         Catherine Spooner, author of Contemporary Gothic

·         Lisa Kerrigan, BFI National Film and Television Archive to 
present rare archive television vampire material



See conference website: http://tvfangdom.wordpress.com/ for details of 
registration and provisional programme. Register before 1st May 2013 and 
take advantage of the early-bird registration fee.



Conference co-organisers: Stacey Abbott, Lorna Jowett and Mike Starr

(s.abbott /at/ roehampton.ac.uk)

(lorna.jowett /at/ northampton.ac.uk)

(mike.starr /at/ northampton.ac.uk)




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