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UofG Fantasy @uofgfantasy.bsky.social · 7d

Call for Papers and Sessions

Fantasy’s Present Pasts

University of Glasgow
Tuesday 23rd – Thursday 25th June 2026

Keynote Speakers: Stefan Ekman, Sofia Samatar and Helen Young

More details on the conference in the post linked below - deadline for proposals is Friday 12th December.

Fantasy’s Present Pasts – Call for Papers and Sessions – Centre for Fantasy and the Fantastic

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UofG Fantasy @uofgfantasy.bsky.social · Jun 18

27th June: Medieval Wyrms and Victorian Sea Serpents!

8th August: Sensational Stories and Firm Facts (including a real snake dissection

29th August: Cryptips and Lost Worlds!

5th September: Film night

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UofG Fantasy @uofgfantasy.bsky.social · Jun 18

Have you ever wanted to discover more about the mythological, legendary history of snakes? Well here's your chance! Join the University of Glasgow at The Hunterian for a series of evening events this summer! More details below 👇

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Rob Maslen @profrmaslen.bsky.social · May 23

At The City of Lost Books: a tribute to the late Peter Winnington, in the form of my essay-review on his Mervyn Peake monograph, The Voice of the Heart. @uofgfantasy.bsky.social
thecityoflostbooks.glasgow.ac.uk/peter-winnin...

Peter Winnington, The Voice of the Heart: the Working of Mervyn Peake’s Imagination (2006)

[Last month I learned that my friend, the finest Peake scholar of all time, Peter Winnington, had died after a long illness. I worked closely with Peter twice: once when going over the manuscript o…

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Prof. Dimitra Fimi @dimitrafimi.bsky.social · May 20

Today’s piece is my Oxonmoot 2021 talk, on the 40th anniversary of #Tolkien’s Unfinished Tales, focusing on “Aldarion and Erendis”, Galadriel’s hair, and Gandalf’s character development.
@tolkiensociety.org @tolkienguide.com @uofgfantasy.bsky.social

dimitrafimi.substack.com/p/reflection...

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UofG Fantasy @uofgfantasy.bsky.social · May 12

A very big thank you to the @gifcon.bsky.social team for their dedication and hard work in giving us all a fantastical GifCon conference year after year, and to all of the speakers and attendees for being a part of it!

Catch up on some of the talks on YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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UofG Fantasy @uofgfantasy.bsky.social · May 12

Thank you for being a part of it!

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UofG Fantasy @uofgfantasy.bsky.social · May 8

We have been devouring every word of the last two days of @gifcon.bsky.social We're both excited for tomorrow and sad it's the last day.

What have been your highlights so far?

#FantasyLiterature #QueeringTheFantastic #GIFCon

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UofG Fantasy @uofgfantasy.bsky.social · May 8

What a wonderful day of @gifcon.bsky.social again!

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GIFCon @gifcon.bsky.social · May 6

Have you reserved your spot?

GIFCon 2025: Qeering the Fantastic starts TOMORROW at 12:30 BST

Don’t miss a moment: fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk/index.php/20...

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UofG Fantasy @uofgfantasy.bsky.social · May 6

It's GIFCon week!!! Who's going to be there?

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Prof. Dimitra Fimi @dimitrafimi.bsky.social · May 1

Did you hear about the new Gruffalo story coming out in September? I was live on BBC Radio Scotland’s #Drivetime programme this evening to chat about this. Link to listen again here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (I am on from 2:02:59)
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Anna McFarlane @mariettarosetta.bsky.social · May 2

I'm honoured to be taking part in the annual @uofgfantasy.bsky.social conference, @gifcon.bsky.social, with a keynote on queer pregnancy in fantastika. It's completely online next week, registration is still open #medicalhumanities #sciencefiction #cfp

fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk/index.php/20...

GIFCon 2025: Queering the Fantastic – Programme – Centre for Fantasy and the Fantastic

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UofG Fantasy @uofgfantasy.bsky.social · Apr 30

Today's the day! Get those applications in! #SummerSchoolHereWeCome
Sign up here: www.gla.ac.uk/study/visiti...

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#FantasyLiterature #SciFiLiterature #BookLover #SummerSchool #InternationalCourses

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Rob Maslen @profrmaslen.bsky.social · Apr 30

There's a new blog post at The City of Lost Books, on Patricia Lynch's The Grey Goose of Kilnevin (1939). This is a lovely book, and worth reading in the first edition (or an early one published by J M Dent)! @uofgfantasy.bsky.social
thecityoflostbooks.glasgow.ac.uk/fantasy-1939...

Fantasy 1939: Patricia Lynch, The Grey Goose of Kilnevin

[This post continues a discussion that began in my February post, Fantasy 1939: Patricia Lynch, The Turf-Cutter’s Donkey Kicks Up His Heels, which you can find here. However, it can also be r…

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UofG Fantasy @uofgfantasy.bsky.social · Apr 29

Tomorrow! The deadline is tomorrow!
www.gla.ac.uk/study/visiti...
#summerschool #fantasyliterature

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UofG Fantasy @uofgfantasy.bsky.social · Apr 27

'"Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”, J. R. R. Tolkien’s 1953 W. P. Ker Memorial Lecture: An Updated Chronology and Related Findings' in English Studies 105, #6⬇️

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#TolkienScholar #Tolkien #Glasgow #FantasyLit #MiddleEarth #TolkienSociety

“Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”, J. R. R. Tolkien’s 1953 W. P. Ker Memorial Lecture: An Updated Chronology and Related Findings

On 15 April 1953, J. R. R. Tolkien was at the University of Glasgow to deliver the W. P. Ker Memorial Lecture on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, later published in The Monsters and the Critics, an...

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UofG Fantasy @uofgfantasy.bsky.social · Apr 27

Congratulations to @dimitrafimi.bsky.social and Dr Andoni Cossio for winning Best Article at the @tolkiensociety.org 2025 Awards!
Access their article below⬇️

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Prof. Dimitra Fimi @dimitrafimi.bsky.social · Apr 27

We won! Many congratulations to all other winners and shortlisted #Tolkien scholars too! Here’s the full list: www.tolkiensociety.org/2025/04/winn...

@tolkiensociety.org @uofgfantasy.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social

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UofG Fantasy @uofgfantasy.bsky.social · Apr 25

Who? What? When? Where? See below for our International Summer School info and let us know if you have any questions!
www.gla.ac.uk/study/visiti...
#FantasyBooks #literature #Glasgow