Review of Wednesday, Netflix. Wednesday Addams pictured here in a Gothic scene.
Wednesday (Netflix): Review for MQU’s The Lighthouse
December 21, 2022 In All Blog Posts No Comment

Most of us are familiar with the kooky, ooky, spooky bunch that is the Addams Family, having grown up with some of the many adaptations and pop culture references to this long-running property spanning TV, film, comics and more. The […]

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Three nineteenth-century illustrations of Gothic and occult scenes. This image accompanies the CFP for Victorian Gothic and the Occult edited by Kirstin Mills.
CFP: Victorian Gothic and the Occult
October 31, 2022 In All Blog Posts No Comment

The Victorian era, and the Nineteenth Century more broadly, witnessed a flourishing of interest in the supernatural, spiritualism, magic, and the physical and psychological sciences, which culminated in the emergence of occult beliefs, practices and societies. During this period also, […]

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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte 175th Anniversary
New podcast episode: 175th Anniversary of Jane Eyre
October 16, 2022 In All Blog Posts No Comment

This month we celebrate the 175th Anniversary of Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre. Published in October 1847 (sources vary as to whether it was the 16th or the 19th) as “An Autobiography” under the pseudonymous editorship of “Currer Bell”, this brooding, […]

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Why We're Still Haunted by Jane Eyre: A Review of the Shake and Stire Theatre Adaptation. Article written by Kirstin Mills
Why We’re Still Haunted by Jane Eyre: NEW Article for The Lighthouse Magazine
June 9, 2022 In All Blog Posts No Comment

A cold and clear moonlit night seemed the perfect time to travel back to the bewitching, Gothic realm of Jane Eyre. A favourite among classic Victorian novels, Charlotte Bronte’s mesmerising tale of the plucky orphan girl’s journey into womanhood and […]

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Academic Insights Seminar Series for Postgraduate Research Students, a seminar series by Master of Research Director Dr Kirstin Mills, Faculty of Arts, Macquarie University
New Academic Insights Seminar Series for Graduate Research Students
March 23, 2022 In All Blog Posts No Comment

I’m thrilled to launch my brand new ‘Academic Insights’ seminar series designed especially for graduate research students in Macquarie University’s Faculty of Arts with the first seminar “Why We Need Arts and Humanities Research in Today’s World.” This seminar is […]

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Lucas Malet, Palgrave Encyclopedia of Victorian Women's Writing, entry by Kirstin Mills
New Publication: Lucas Malet entry in Palgrave Encyclopedia of Victorian Women’s Writing
February 7, 2022 In All Blog Posts No Comment

I’m honoured to have contributed an entry on Victorian author Lucas Malet (Mary St. Leger Kingsley Harrison) to The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Victorian Women’s Writing, edited by Lesa Scholl, which is now published online [read it here]. Lucas Malet was […]

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Palgrave Handbook of Gothic Origins, Supernatural dreams and nightmare in Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Gothic Coleridge, Romantic Gothic
New publication: The Poetics of Space, the Mind, and the Supernatural in S. T. Coleridge
January 6, 2022 In All Blog Posts No Comment

My first post of 2022 is an exciting one for me: another publication is out in the world! “The Poetics of Space, the Mind, and the Supernatural in S. T. Coleridge” is my contribution to the excellent Palgrave Handbook of […]

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gothic research publications by Kirstin Mills in 2021
2021 Research Roundup
December 27, 2021 In All Blog Posts No Comment

Despite the ongoing pandemic that most of us are struggling with, 2021 has proven to be year of increased assurance, confidence and sense of direction for me than the (equally apocalyptic) previous year. At the start of 2020, right before […]

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