William Hughes (professor)
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William Hughes is Professor of Gothic Studies at Bath Spa University
, England: he has specialised in the study of Bram Stoker
. He was educated at the Liverpool Collegiate School Liverpool Collegiate Institution
and the University of East Anglia Norwich, and also holds a PGCE from Christ Church, Canterbury. He has presented radio programmes for the BBC World Service and BBC Radio 4, and has also appeared on live television through Living TV's Most Haunted Live!
, most recently during the 2009 broadcast from St George's Hall, Liverpool.
. His new book, Bram Stoker: Dracula: a reader's guide to essential criticism was published by Palgrave on 21 November 2009 and Bram Stoker: a reader's guide was published by Continuum in the same year.
With Prof Andrew Smith (University of Glamorgan), he was elected joint chair of the International Gothic Association at the biannual conference held at the University of Lancaster UK in July 2009.
, J. S. Le Fanu
or Algernon Blackwood
, and has an interest in nineteenth century medicine, pathology and criminal psychology
.
Bath Spa University
Bath Spa University is a university based in, and around, Bath, England. The institution was previously known as Bath College of Higher Education, and later Bath Spa University College...
, England: he has specialised in the study of Bram Stoker
Bram Stoker
Abraham "Bram" Stoker was an Irish novelist and short story writer, best known today for his 1897 Gothic novel Dracula...
. He was educated at the Liverpool Collegiate School Liverpool Collegiate Institution
Liverpool Collegiate Institution
The Liverpool Collegiate Institution is a former school in Liverpool, England.It opened its doors to pupils on 6 January 1843. The Institution was a day school for boys, sons of middle class Liverpudlians, and aimed to provide them with a suitable education encompassing instruction in the...
and the University of East Anglia Norwich, and also holds a PGCE from Christ Church, Canterbury. He has presented radio programmes for the BBC World Service and BBC Radio 4, and has also appeared on live television through Living TV's Most Haunted Live!
Most Haunted Live!
Most Haunted Live was a spin-off of the paranormal reality television series Most Haunted and was also produced by Antix Productions. The show consists of paranormal investigations broadcast live over a period of one or more nights, usually with interactive sections that involve the...
, most recently during the 2009 broadcast from St George's Hall, Liverpool.
Publications
Hughes is author, co-author or editor of a number of publications connected with the subject, notably Beyond Dracula, the collections Contemporary Writing and National Identity (with Tracey Hill), Bram Stoker: history, psychoanalysis and the Gothic (with Andrew Smith), Fictions of Unease: the Gothic from Otranto to "The X-Files" (with Andrew Smith and Diane Mason), Empire and the Gothic: the politics of genre (with Andrew Smith) and Queering the Gothic (also with Andrew Smith). He has also produced scholarly editions of Stoker's The Lady of the Shroud and Dracula with Diane Mason. He is also editor of Gothic Studies, the refereed journal of the International Gothic Association, published by Manchester University PressManchester University Press
Manchester University Press is the university press of the University of Manchester, England and a publisher of academic books and journals. Manchester University Press has developed into an international publisher...
. His new book, Bram Stoker: Dracula: a reader's guide to essential criticism was published by Palgrave on 21 November 2009 and Bram Stoker: a reader's guide was published by Continuum in the same year.
With Prof Andrew Smith (University of Glamorgan), he was elected joint chair of the International Gothic Association at the biannual conference held at the University of Lancaster UK in July 2009.
Academic activities
He is interested in supervising dissertations on all periods of the Gothic, particularly where these touch upon Bram StokerBram Stoker
Abraham "Bram" Stoker was an Irish novelist and short story writer, best known today for his 1897 Gothic novel Dracula...
, J. S. Le Fanu
Sheridan Le Fanu
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the leading ghost-story writer of the nineteenth century and was central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era....
or Algernon Blackwood
Algernon Blackwood
Algernon Henry Blackwood, CBE was an English short story writer and novelist, one of the most prolific writers of ghost stories in the history of the genre. He was also a journalist and a broadcasting narrator. S. T...
, and has an interest in nineteenth century medicine, pathology and criminal psychology
Criminal psychology
Criminal psychology is the study of the wills, thoughts, intentions and reactions of criminals. It is related to the field of criminal anthropology. The study goes deeply into what makes someone commit crime, but also the reactions after the crime, on the run or in court...
.