Efram Sera-Shriar

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So, how's your talk for next week going? ...

I'm not joking when I say that I think D.H. Lawrence is one of the worst writers ever. 👎

I think we can all agree that the American magician Harry Kellar had the best posters for his shows. He is most remembered for his levitation routine, which he allegedly stole from the famed British magician John Nevil Maskelyne.

I'd go with Genevieve Cogman, H.P. Lovecraft, D.H. Lawrence

It is a bit all over the place but I'm good with it. 😂

You're welcome 😉

They sure did! They've also remastered both and the remaster of DoT can be downloaded onto your mobile now. It is still awesome.

The PowerPoint for my conference talk next week is coming along nicely. I've finally figured out what I want to say... 😂

Hello all!

I have had a cancellation for Romancing the Gothic and am therefore looking for talk proposals on any American Gothic (I am including every country from Chile to Canada here) for 11th September.

Give me a shout if you have a pitch!

(Online talk, runs twice, paid)

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Amazing News!!

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My current feeling as I continue to make final preparations for the big conference we are hosting @ucph.bsky.social next week.

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I've decided to retitled my talk for next week to: "LucasArts Does What Nintendon’t: A Censored History of Maniac Mansion"

I've just learned that the term "cutscene" was first used in videogames by Ron Gilbert when he co-developed Maniac Mansion in 1987.

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Next week we are hosting "Otherworldly Entertainment: A Conference on Horror, Magic, Gothic, and the Occult in Video Games" @ucph.bsky.social. We have speaking travelling from around the world to participate. I'm so excited to meet everyone!

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After the release of Death Race in American arcades in 1976, a controversy emerged when the reporter Wendy Walker wrote an article for the Associated Press about the dangers a violent game like this could have on young and impressionable minds. The story blew up and the game became super popular.

PUBLISHED #OpenAccess!

HISTORIOGRAPHIES OF GAME STUDIES: What It Has Been, What it Could Be

780 pages of disciplinary self-care, otherwise known as intellectual history. Come for the pixels, stay for the resolutions.

#VideoGames #MediaStudies

@cmejeur.bsky.social @emmavphd.bsky.social

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Spending the next couple of days revising a short article I wrote on the history of haunted houses in American popular occulture. I've had to cut so much that there is a whole other article to be written. Fun times ahead!

This is what the Museum of Natural History has been hiding from us for years...

I routinely get my students to critically consider how WW1 is presented in Blackadder Goes Forth. They love it and always want to do more.

I feel like this advert didn't age well...

Echoes of History Dive into the real-life history that inspires the locations, characters, and storylines of the legendary world of Assassin’s Creed. Echoes of...

I've just discovered this cool podcast completely devoted to how history is presented in the Assassin's Creed series. I can't wait to include this is my next syllabus on "presenting the past"

www.historyhit.com/podcast/echo...

I think my UK tally is 17 but I am likely missing a couple.

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Nearly two-thirds of my BlueSky feed this morning is cat related. That's a good start to the day, if you ask me.

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There is nothing more energising than making the final set of revisions to a paper after it has been accepted for publication. The end of the road is near!

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We are excited to share a new opportunity to research with our unique archive collections. Our 3 Library Fellowships offer up to 6 weeks to conduct original research that will provide new perspectives on our collections.
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Advances in Nineteenth-Century Research Explore the latest peer-reviewed articles and learn how to publish your work in Advances in Nineteenth-Century Research.

This is another routine reminder that our journal @advancesjournal.bsky.social is actively seeking proposals for themed issues. Do get in touch with me directly if you are interested in submitting a proposal.

Journal details 👇
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The horror! The horror! All that's missing is a vacuum.