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Katrina Jan
@katrinajan.bsky.social
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English Lit PhD & Project Manager @UniBirmingham
Jack the Ripper in #19c & Contemporary #Romance Novels, Serial Killers, True Crime, #Gothic
Co-runs @gothicauob.bsky.social 🦇 & cerealkillernet.bsky.social 🔪
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Katrina Jan @katrinajan.bsky.social · Nov 21
Hello BlueSky 👋 🦋

I'm a PhD student at Uni of Birmingham.

My research focuses on 'The Sexualisation of Jack the Ripper, from 19th century to present'.

My topics:
•Sexy Serial Killers 🩸
•Jack the Ripper 🔪
•Fifty Shades of Grey 😍
• MeToo ♀️

Check out my PhD research here:
youtu.be/YLQDsdEBytM
Katrina Jan Live @ UoB 3MT Finals 2023
YouTube video by University of Birmingham Graduate School
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katrinajan.bsky.social
Today marks UK Disability History Month.

My blog “Embracing My Neurodiversity” reflects on my unseen disabilities, juggling study + multiple jobs & navigating the workplace as a neurodivergent.

➡️ intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/news...

#DisabilityHistoryMonth #Neurodiversity #Inclusion #UKDHM
Blog: Embracing my neurodiversity
As we come to the end of Neurodiversity Celebration Week, Student Content Shaper Katrina blogs about studying and working as a neurodiverse student. While recognising the challenges and the importance...
intranet.birmingham.ac.uk
November 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Vienna: Gothic views, a Strauss stage cameo 🎭, Belvedere Palace strolls 👑 & birthday cake daily 🎂

From a lovely solo adventure to starting a new job as Project Manager for Rare Diseases, I'm really excited to be joining the Research Delivery Team at Uni of Birmingham 🎉
Overlooking Belvedere Palace gardens Belvedere Palace Gardens Inside Belvedere palace St Stephen's Cathedral Vienna
November 20, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Less than a week to go! Can't wait for Video Game Gothic🎮with @dreframss.bsky.social 🎉
Check out this really cool game emulator where you can try out Ghosts & Goblins here: www.retrogames.cc/arcade-games...

DM @gothicauob.bsky.social to join 🦇
October 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Don't miss 'Occult Art Gothic' with @emmamerkling.bsky.social next month!

As an art historian, Emma will be focusing on Gothic British art 🖼️🖤 DM @gothicauob.bsky.social to join 👇
📅Thurs 19th June
🕐6pm - 7.30pm
📍Zoom
gothicauob.bsky.social GOTHICA 🦇 @gothicauob.bsky.social · May 23
Don't miss our last session before the un-Gothic summer approaches‼️

🗣 Dr Emma Merkling
🖼️Occult Art Gothic 👁️
📅Thurs 19th June
🕐6pm - 7.30pm
📍Zoom

Emma will look at Gothic British art, the ‘artist-as-witch’, (un)gendering & occultural approaches to art history.
Dm to join!
A gothic art picture of an occult symbol, below this, two skulls on a red tablecloth with candles behind them, creating a mysterious atmosphere. Text: Gothica Occult Art Gothic Guest speaker Dr Emma Merkling Zoom Thursday 19th June 6.00pm - 7.30pm (BST). Email or tweet for link uobgothica@gmail.com @Gothica_UoB
May 23, 2025 at 8:03 PM
katrinajan.bsky.social
Very much enjoyed reading & analysing this Icelandic version of Dracula 🦇 in conjunction with the Ripper murders🩸definitely a darker, more sexualised version! Can't wait to finish writing this up! ✍️
katrinajan.bsky.social Katrina Jan @katrinajan.bsky.social · Jan 12
From Nosferatu to Icelandic Dracula for PhD... 'tis the season of the Vampire 🧛‍♂️
May 12, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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So excited for this tomorrow!
"Children's Gothic Horror" will investigate the overlooked topic of children as audiences of the horror genre🩸 DM @gothicauob.bsky.social to join!
gothicauob.bsky.social GOTHICA 🦇 @gothicauob.bsky.social · Apr 23
A spooky Easter treat dropping tomorrow⬇️

🗣 Xanthe Pajarillo
🧒Children's Horror Gothic
📅24th April
🕐6 - 7.30pm GMT, Zoom

@xanthepajarillo.bsky.social investigates children as audiences of horror. She co-hosts the Kindergeist Podcast & is a member of @baftss.bsky.social 📽️
This poster is for "Gothic: Children's Horror Gothic" with Xanthe Pajarillo, held on Zoom on Thursday, 24th April, 6- 7:30 pm GMT. It features whimsical Gothic elements, such as Coraline, Casper the Ghost, and a wolf in the background, designed for a children's horror theme with playful spooky imagery.
April 23, 2025 at 7:18 PM
katrinajan.bsky.social
Great talk tonight from @murphgothic.bsky.social & lots of useful material for my own PhD research 👏 we'll share the recording soon on our blog ⬇️
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cerealkillernet.bsky.social Cereal Killer Network @cerealkillernet.bsky.social · Mar 11
Exactly 1 week to go!

🗣 Prof. M Murphy
🔪 A Brief History of Serial Murder in North America
📅 Tues 18th March
🕐 7pm - 8.30pm GMT
📍Zoom

Prof Murphy will discuss her chapter on 'American Serial Killer’ in the recently published 'The Routledge History of Crime in America'.

DM to join!
he poster for the talk “Serial Murder in North America, to be given by professor Bernice M Murphy and sponsored by the Cereal Killer Network. The talk is Tuesday 18th March from 7-8pm GMT. Email or tweet for the link: @CerealKillerNet or CerealKillerNet@gmail.com. The network name is written across the top in Ransom, note letters, and accompanied by the logo: a bowl of cereal with a spoon sticking out of it. The title of the talk has a bloody hand print on the left and a bloody knife on the right. Below is a photo of a bulletin board covered in notes, all connected by red string.
March 18, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Reposted by Katrina Jan
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Attention Goths 📢 upcoming talks below ⬇️

Tonight: "Serial Murder in North America"🔪 @cerealkillernet.bsky.social, guest speaker @murphgothic.bsky.social, 7pm GMT, Zoom

Next week: "Catholic Gothic" ✝️ with @kristofsmeyers.bsky.social 6pm GMT, Zoom
Reading 📚
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A representation of gothic and Catholic themes, with a black backdrop, fire in the middle, a demon on the left, and hands in prayer on the right. Promotional poster for "Gothica" event, on Catholic Gothic with guest speaker Dr. Kristof Smeyers, scheduled for Thursday, 27th March via Zoom from 6:00pm to 7:30pm GMT. The poster for the talk “Serial Murder in North America, to be given by professor Bernice M Murphy and sponsored by the Cereal Killer Network. The talk is Tuesday 18th March from 7-8pm GMT. Email or tweet for the link: @CerealKillerNet or CerealKillerNet@gmail.com. The network name is written across the top in Ransom, note letters, and accompanied by the logo: a bowl of cereal with a spoon sticking out of it. The title of the talk has a bloody hand print on the left and a bloody knife on the right. Below is a photo of a bulletin board covered in notes, all connected by red string
March 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
katrinajan.bsky.social
Tonight ‼️

Don't miss 'A Brief History of Serial Murder in North America' 🔪 by Prof Bernice Murphy at 7pm, Zoom

DM @cerealkillernet.bsky.social to join!
cerealkillernet.bsky.social Cereal Killer Network @cerealkillernet.bsky.social · Mar 11
Exactly 1 week to go!

🗣 Prof. M Murphy
🔪 A Brief History of Serial Murder in North America
📅 Tues 18th March
🕐 7pm - 8.30pm GMT
📍Zoom

Prof Murphy will discuss her chapter on 'American Serial Killer’ in the recently published 'The Routledge History of Crime in America'.

DM to join!
he poster for the talk “Serial Murder in North America, to be given by professor Bernice M Murphy and sponsored by the Cereal Killer Network. The talk is Tuesday 18th March from 7-8pm GMT. Email or tweet for the link: @CerealKillerNet or CerealKillerNet@gmail.com. The network name is written across the top in Ransom, note letters, and accompanied by the logo: a bowl of cereal with a spoon sticking out of it. The title of the talk has a bloody hand print on the left and a bloody knife on the right. Below is a photo of a bulletin board covered in notes, all connected by red string.
March 18, 2025 at 11:14 AM
katrinajan.bsky.social
So excited for this 🔪 @murphgothic.bsky.social will be presenting 'A Brief History of Serial Murder in North America' next Tuesday 7pm.

DM @cerealkillernet.bsky.social to join! ⬇️
cerealkillernet.bsky.social Cereal Killer Network @cerealkillernet.bsky.social · Mar 11
Exactly 1 week to go!

🗣 Prof. M Murphy
🔪 A Brief History of Serial Murder in North America
📅 Tues 18th March
🕐 7pm - 8.30pm GMT
📍Zoom

Prof Murphy will discuss her chapter on 'American Serial Killer’ in the recently published 'The Routledge History of Crime in America'.

DM to join!
he poster for the talk “Serial Murder in North America, to be given by professor Bernice M Murphy and sponsored by the Cereal Killer Network. The talk is Tuesday 18th March from 7-8pm GMT. Email or tweet for the link: @CerealKillerNet or CerealKillerNet@gmail.com. The network name is written across the top in Ransom, note letters, and accompanied by the logo: a bowl of cereal with a spoon sticking out of it. The title of the talk has a bloody hand print on the left and a bloody knife on the right. Below is a photo of a bulletin board covered in notes, all connected by red string.
March 11, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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If you are interested in historicising, contextualising, or rewriting #truecrime, join @lizzieseal.bsky.social and me to reflect on ways in which true crime narratives are deployed!
The CFP is live and the proposals can be submitted via this form: forms.gle/U1hHhpWQh9u8...
The deadline is 16 May!
background: a typewriter and a mug in front of a mock crime board text: (Untrue) True Crime: Historicising, Contextualising, Rewriting 8 July 2025 | online Zoom same background: a typewriter and a mug in front of a mock crime board text: Whether stemming from interest in violence and stories or the need to understand criminal behaviour, narrating true crime has become an industry in and of itself. We would like to create a platform to discuss various ways of historicising, contextualising, and rewriting true crime across the media and further understanding regarding the ways in which true crime narratives are deployed. same background: a typewriter and a mug in front of a mock crime board text: Topics may include but are not limited to: covering true crime in the media the ethics of representing true crime adapting and reinterpreting true crime (de)mythologising perpetrators the criminal-detective dynamic voicing the victims and their families the role of law enforcement shifting formats of narrating true crime marketing and reception same background: a typewriter and a mug in front of a mock crime board text: Please submit a 250-word proposal and a 50-100-word bionote by 16 May 2025 using the form linnked in the post. Notification of acceptance will be sent by 6 June 2025. Lizzie Seal (University of Sussex) and Lucyna Krawczyk-Żywko (University of Warsaw)
February 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Thank you to Dr. @jfpackham.bsky.social and @gothicauob.bsky.social for yesterday's enriching session on Gothic love. The talk and comments opened many new avenues of thought. Thank you to @dremilyvincent.bsky.social and @katrinajan.bsky.social. Looking forward to next month's reading!
February 14, 2025 at 3:19 AM
katrinajan.bsky.social
Happening tomorrow 🔪⬇️
cerealkillernet.bsky.social Cereal Killer Network @cerealkillernet.bsky.social · Jan 21
Just 1 week to go!🩸

🗣 Dr Coltan Scrivner
🔪 Why do we love True Crime?
📅 28th Jan
🕐 7pm - 8.30pm GMT
📍Zoom

Dr. Coltan Scrivner is a behavioural biologist & leading researcher on the science behind morbid curiosity, including the human fascination with horror & true crime.
a close up of a crime scene tape that says " crime scene do "
Alt: a close up of a crime scene tape that says "crime scene do not enter"
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January 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM
katrinajan.bsky.social
Here's some spooky & "killer" events to get you through January 💀⬇️

*This Thurs 23rd* - Coastal Gothic 🌊 for @gothicauob.bsky.social 🦇 5pm GMT, Zoom

*Next Tues 28th* - Why We Love True Crime🩸for @cerealkillernet.bsky.social 🔪 7pm GMT, Zoom

DM to join!
January 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
katrinajan.bsky.social
Calling all True Crime fans 🔊
Looking forward to this session with @morbidpsych.bsky.social who will be delving into the psychology behind our fascination with murderous men.
*Tues 28th Jan @7pm GMT, Zoom*
cerealkillernet.bsky.social Cereal Killer Network @cerealkillernet.bsky.social · Jan 17
We're back with a very exciting session⬇️

🗣 Dr Coltan Scrivner
🔪 Why do we love True Crime?
📅 28th Jan
🕐 7pm - 8.30pm GMT
📍Zoom

@morbidpsych.bsky.social will explore how the evolutionary trajectory of our species modified our psychology & led to a fascination with evil men.

DM to join!
January 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
katrinajan.bsky.social
From Nosferatu to Icelandic Dracula for PhD... 'tis the season of the Vampire 🧛‍♂️
January 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM
katrinajan.bsky.social
Loved making this poster for our upcoming Coastal Gothic session 🌊 looking forward to spooky shores with Dr Emily Alder on Thurs 23rd Jan at 5pm GMT ⬇️ DM @gothicauob.bsky.social to join!
gothicauob.bsky.social GOTHICA 🦇 @gothicauob.bsky.social · Jan 7
Happy Gothic New Year 🦇

We're back for festive frights. Please *save the date* for our first session of 2025.

🌊 Coastal Gothic
🗣 Dr Emily Alder
📆 Thurs 23rd January
🕐 5pm GMT
📍Zoom
 
Dr Emily Alder will be taking us across some very spooky shores.
DM to join!
Poster of birds flying with lightning in the background and blood dripping behind them. A picture beneath this of waves hitting a cliff with a castle at the top. Coastal Gothic Dr Emily Alder Zoom Thursday 23rd January 5-6:30pm GMT
January 7, 2025 at 8:16 PM
katrinajan.bsky.social
Starting the New Year with pure Goth girl vibes 🖤 for Nosferatu 🧛‍♀️
January 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
katrinajan.bsky.social
A lovely festive PhD study session at Uni of Birmingham to finish off the year 🎄✨️
December 16, 2024 at 5:12 PM
katrinajan.bsky.social
So excited for 'Festive Gothic' today & our very first Christmas panel with @jendeavour.bsky.social, @drdjohnston.bsky.social, @alessandrapino.bsky.social ✨️🎄🦇
Tonight at 5pm! DM @gothicauob.bsky.social for Zoom link 🖤
December 9, 2024 at 2:28 PM
katrinajan.bsky.social
So excited for our very first Gothic Christmas Panel! 🎄Not one to be missed! 🖤
Special guests @jendeavour.bsky.social, @foodforflo.bsky.social, @drdjohnston.bsky.social 🤩

📅Mon 9th Dec
🕔5pm–6.30pm (GMT)
📍Zoom

DM/Email @gothicauob.bsky.social 🦇to join!
gothicauob.bsky.social GOTHICA 🦇 @gothicauob.bsky.social · Nov 29
Don't miss 'Festive Gothic'🎄

📅Mon 9th Dec
🕔5pm–6.30pm GMT
📍Zoom

Our spooky panel of three:
🗣️Dr Jen Baker – Ghostly Children in c19th Xmas Periodicals
🗣️Dr Alessandra Pino – The Dark Side of Food: A Gothic Cookbook
🗣️Dr Derek Johnston – Dark Dickens: Historical Drama in the Gothic Mode

DM to join!
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November 29, 2024 at 7:11 PM
katrinajan.bsky.social
Had been prepping for @gothicauob.bsky.social session this week by exploring the Medieval Section of the Louvre in Paris 😍✨️

Really enjoyed 'Medieval Ghost Stories' 👻 tonight with Dr James Galvin.
November 21, 2024 at 10:59 PM
katrinajan.bsky.social
Hello BlueSky 👋 🦋

I'm a PhD student at Uni of Birmingham.

My research focuses on 'The Sexualisation of Jack the Ripper, from 19th century to present'.

My topics:
•Sexy Serial Killers 🩸
•Jack the Ripper 🔪
•Fifty Shades of Grey 😍
• MeToo ♀️

Check out my PhD research here:
youtu.be/YLQDsdEBytM
Katrina Jan Live @ UoB 3MT Finals 2023
YouTube video by University of Birmingham Graduate School
youtu.be
November 21, 2024 at 8:49 PM