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    Why we’re still haunted by Jane Eyre… My lates Why we’re still haunted by Jane Eyre… My latest story for @macquarieuni’s The Lighthouse magazine is out today! I explore why we keep coming back to this haunting tale & review the amazing @shakeandstir theatrical adaptation! 
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    So incredibly grateful to be able to celebrate our So incredibly grateful to be able to celebrate our excellent, vibrant, diverse, VALUABLE graduate research community in our Faculty of Arts at the first ever Academic Insights seminar this afternoon! Thankyou so much to all who came along & made it such an enjoyable success!!
    Where better to be on a cold, misty, rainy day tha Where better to be on a cold, misty, rainy day than pottering about a bookshop?
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#books #bookshopsoftheworld #bookstagram #bookshop #bookshelf #bookshelves #bookshopsofinstagram #booktok #leura #bluemountains
    I’m THRILLED to launch my new “Academic Insigh I’m THRILLED to launch my new “Academic Insights” seminar series designed especially for graduate research students in @macquarieuni’s Faculty of Arts! Please join me for the first seminar: “Why We Need Arts & Humanities Research in Today’s World.” 2-3:30pm Friday 1 April, followed by a social meetup at UBar! Do come & please share! More details about the seminar series via my blog (link in bio).
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#ArtsMResMQ #postgrad #postgraduate #postgraduatestudies #postgradresearch #academicresearch #research #academiclife #universitylife #macquarieuniversity #macquarieuni #facultyofarts
    Super happy to receive this chonky boi featuring a Super happy to receive this chonky boi featuring a chapter by yours truly. Look how fat it is! Filled to the brim with gothic scholarship! 🦇

#gothic #gothicliterature #gothicpoetry #romanticism 

My contribution: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84562-9_16 (follow the link in my bio to read about this chapter in a recent blog post)!
    Sloshing to work through the puddles (rivers) dren Sloshing to work through the puddles (rivers) drenching @macquarieuni campus this morning 🦆
    Misty mornings at @macquarieuni Misty mornings at @macquarieuni
    The face of a very happy lecturer who got to meet The face of a very happy lecturer who got to meet a full class of incredible students today! What a treat & a privilege it is to work with so many wonderful people and get to talk (& get overexcited) about research with them! This year is going to be fun! @ArtsMResMQ #ArtsMResMQ
    Are you studying or interested in studying a Maste Are you studying or interested in studying a Master of Research in Macquarie University’s Faculty of Arts? Follow @artsmresmq for updates! And if you’re joining this year, come along to the MRes Year 1 Information Session and Welcome, 10-12 this Tuesday 15th Feb! I’ll be going through what you can expect from your MRes. I can’t wait to meet the next generation of researchers! #ArtsMResMQ
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The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Review (New podcast episode)
February 27, 2020 In All Blog Posts No Comment

The Dark Crystal (1982) was one of the many fantasy films on high rotation for me and my siblings growing up. Its blend of enchanting, ethereal beauty and hideous, brutal darkness, and its adventure story steeped in deep mythology made […]

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Sinking our Teeth into Netflix’s Dracula: Review (New Podcast Episode!)
January 29, 2020 In All Blog Posts 1 Comment

Dracula (BBC and Netflix, 2020) is the latest adaptation of Bram Stoker’s classic Victorian Gothic vampire novel. Dark, gory, and beautifully cinematic, it both returns to and departs from the novel in many different ways. Indulging liberally in well recognised […]

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Gothic Animals, Palgrave, Ruth Heholt, Melissa Edmundson, Gothic Literature, Gothic Horse, Demonic Horses, Horse, Folklore, Supernatural, Kirstin Mills
Gothic Horsemanship in Washington Irving & Edgar Allan Poe: New Chapter Published
January 19, 2020 In All Blog Posts No Comment

I’m very excited to share the newly released collection of essays entitled Gothic Animals: Uncanny Otherness and the Animal With-Out, edited by Ruth Heholt and Melissa Edmundson, and published by Palgrave MacMillan (with gorgeous design and quality production work). Brimming […]

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Witches, Comics, Horror Films & Feminism: Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (New Podcast ep)
October 4, 2019 In All Blog Posts No Comment

I’m excited to share with you my latest guest appearance on From the Lighthouse, the podcast of Macquarie University’s Department of English. In this episode, which was incredibly fun to record, I chat with Dr Stephanie Russo about our mutual […]

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Informing the Inklings, the Victorian Roots of Modern Fantasy, George MacDonald, Lewis Carroll, fantasy literature
Lewis Carroll, George MacDonald, Dreams, Hyperspace & Victorian Fantasy: Informing the Inklings
July 7, 2019 In Academic Research All Blog Posts News, Announcements & Events No Comment

I am very excited to announce the publication of a wonderful collection of essays entitled Informing the Inklings: George MacDonald and the Victorian Roots of Modern Fantasy, edited by Michael Partridge and Kirstin Jeffrey Johnson (Winged Lion Press, 2018). Based […]

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Global Frankenstein, Palgrave, Carol Davison, Marie Mulvey Roberts, Gothic Literature, Science Fiction Studies
Global Frankenstein: Mary Shelley, Ghosts and Hyperspace – New Published Chapter!
December 9, 2018 In Academic Research All Blog Posts News, Announcements & Events No Comment

I’m very excited to announce the release of a wonderful new book on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, which includes 17 chapters by international scholars (including my own) in celebration of Frankenstein‘s 200th anniversary! Global Frankenstein, edited by Carol Margaret Davison and […]

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Frankenstein at 200, Frankenstein, Frankenweek, 200th Anniversary, Frankenreads, Mary Shelley, Shelley, Nightmare, Film, Silent Film, 1910, demons, psychology, Blog, Gothic, Novel, Science Fiction, Kirstin Mills, Edison, 1910, 1931
Moving Monsters: The First Frankenstein Film, 1910 (Anniversary Series #8)
October 31, 2018 In Academic Research All Blog Posts No Comment

Having explored some of the many fascinating and spooky contexts surrounding Mary Shelley’s novel, this final post for my 200th Anniversary Series looks at the novel’s entry into the glamorous world of film. Frankenstein has entered popular culture in a […]

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Frankenstein at 200, Frankenstein, Frankenweek, 200th Anniversary, Frankenreads, Mary Shelley, Science, Galvanism, Electricity, Vitality, Supernatural, Blog, Gothic, Novel, Science Fiction, Kirstin Mills
Frankenstein, Galvanism & the Science of Raising the Dead (Anniversary Series #7)
October 30, 2018 In Academic Research All Blog Posts No Comment

A nervous crowd huddles in the makeshift amphitheater of a house near London’s Newgate Prison. The hum of voices rises and falls with the excited whispers and troubled exclamations of the surgeons and attending officials who have come to witness […]

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  • Dr Kirstin Mills, writer, artist, illustrator, travel writer, explorer, academic

    Kirstin Mills is an Australian artist, writer, lecturer and researcher following her endless curiosity into realms of imagination and wonder. Read more about her life & projects here.

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    Why we’re still haunted by Jane Eyre… My lates Why we’re still haunted by Jane Eyre… My latest story for @macquarieuni’s The Lighthouse magazine is out today! I explore why we keep coming back to this haunting tale & review the amazing @shakeandstir theatrical adaptation! 
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#JaneEyre #VictorianGothic #gothic #gothiclife #gothicliterature #victorianliterature #charlottebronte #charlottebrontë #brontesisters #victorian #nineteenthcentury #bookstagram #bookreview #books #booksbooksbooks #amreading
    So incredibly grateful to be able to celebrate our So incredibly grateful to be able to celebrate our excellent, vibrant, diverse, VALUABLE graduate research community in our Faculty of Arts at the first ever Academic Insights seminar this afternoon! Thankyou so much to all who came along & made it such an enjoyable success!!
    Where better to be on a cold, misty, rainy day tha Where better to be on a cold, misty, rainy day than pottering about a bookshop?
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#books #bookshopsoftheworld #bookstagram #bookshop #bookshelf #bookshelves #bookshopsofinstagram #booktok #leura #bluemountains
    I’m THRILLED to launch my new “Academic Insigh I’m THRILLED to launch my new “Academic Insights” seminar series designed especially for graduate research students in @macquarieuni’s Faculty of Arts! Please join me for the first seminar: “Why We Need Arts & Humanities Research in Today’s World.” 2-3:30pm Friday 1 April, followed by a social meetup at UBar! Do come & please share! More details about the seminar series via my blog (link in bio).
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#ArtsMResMQ #postgrad #postgraduate #postgraduatestudies #postgradresearch #academicresearch #research #academiclife #universitylife #macquarieuniversity #macquarieuni #facultyofarts
    Super happy to receive this chonky boi featuring a Super happy to receive this chonky boi featuring a chapter by yours truly. Look how fat it is! Filled to the brim with gothic scholarship! 🦇

#gothic #gothicliterature #gothicpoetry #romanticism 

My contribution: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84562-9_16 (follow the link in my bio to read about this chapter in a recent blog post)!
    Sloshing to work through the puddles (rivers) dren Sloshing to work through the puddles (rivers) drenching @macquarieuni campus this morning 🦆
    Misty mornings at @macquarieuni Misty mornings at @macquarieuni
    The face of a very happy lecturer who got to meet The face of a very happy lecturer who got to meet a full class of incredible students today! What a treat & a privilege it is to work with so many wonderful people and get to talk (& get overexcited) about research with them! This year is going to be fun! @ArtsMResMQ #ArtsMResMQ
    Are you studying or interested in studying a Maste Are you studying or interested in studying a Master of Research in Macquarie University’s Faculty of Arts? Follow @artsmresmq for updates! And if you’re joining this year, come along to the MRes Year 1 Information Session and Welcome, 10-12 this Tuesday 15th Feb! I’ll be going through what you can expect from your MRes. I can’t wait to meet the next generation of researchers! #ArtsMResMQ
    Follow Kirstin on Instagram

  • Recent Posts

    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
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    Why we’re still haunted by Jane Eyre… My lates Why we’re still haunted by Jane Eyre… My latest story for @macquarieuni’s The Lighthouse magazine is out today! I explore why we keep coming back to this haunting tale & review the amazing @shakeandstir theatrical adaptation! 
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#JaneEyre #VictorianGothic #gothic #gothiclife #gothicliterature #victorianliterature #charlottebronte #charlottebrontë #brontesisters #victorian #nineteenthcentury #bookstagram #bookreview #books #booksbooksbooks #amreading
    So incredibly grateful to be able to celebrate our So incredibly grateful to be able to celebrate our excellent, vibrant, diverse, VALUABLE graduate research community in our Faculty of Arts at the first ever Academic Insights seminar this afternoon! Thankyou so much to all who came along & made it such an enjoyable success!!
    Where better to be on a cold, misty, rainy day tha Where better to be on a cold, misty, rainy day than pottering about a bookshop?
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#books #bookshopsoftheworld #bookstagram #bookshop #bookshelf #bookshelves #bookshopsofinstagram #booktok #leura #bluemountains
    I’m THRILLED to launch my new “Academic Insigh I’m THRILLED to launch my new “Academic Insights” seminar series designed especially for graduate research students in @macquarieuni’s Faculty of Arts! Please join me for the first seminar: “Why We Need Arts & Humanities Research in Today’s World.” 2-3:30pm Friday 1 April, followed by a social meetup at UBar! Do come & please share! More details about the seminar series via my blog (link in bio).
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#ArtsMResMQ #postgrad #postgraduate #postgraduatestudies #postgradresearch #academicresearch #research #academiclife #universitylife #macquarieuniversity #macquarieuni #facultyofarts
    Super happy to receive this chonky boi featuring a Super happy to receive this chonky boi featuring a chapter by yours truly. Look how fat it is! Filled to the brim with gothic scholarship! 🦇

#gothic #gothicliterature #gothicpoetry #romanticism 

My contribution: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84562-9_16 (follow the link in my bio to read about this chapter in a recent blog post)!
    Sloshing to work through the puddles (rivers) dren Sloshing to work through the puddles (rivers) drenching @macquarieuni campus this morning 🦆
    Misty mornings at @macquarieuni Misty mornings at @macquarieuni
    The face of a very happy lecturer who got to meet The face of a very happy lecturer who got to meet a full class of incredible students today! What a treat & a privilege it is to work with so many wonderful people and get to talk (& get overexcited) about research with them! This year is going to be fun! @ArtsMResMQ #ArtsMResMQ
    Are you studying or interested in studying a Maste Are you studying or interested in studying a Master of Research in Macquarie University’s Faculty of Arts? Follow @artsmresmq for updates! And if you’re joining this year, come along to the MRes Year 1 Information Session and Welcome, 10-12 this Tuesday 15th Feb! I’ll be going through what you can expect from your MRes. I can’t wait to meet the next generation of researchers! #ArtsMResMQ
    Follow Kirstin on Instagram

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