Madeline Potter
@madelinepotter.bsky.social
ECR Teaching & Research Fellow 19th century @LLCatEdinburgh | @CN_CSI |Theological Monsters (UWP), The Roma (The Bodley Head/Harper Collins, 2025) | 19thC Gothic
‘The Roma’ in Cărtureşti Verona in Bucharest! Thank you @encyclopaediac.bsky.social
for sharing ☺️
for sharing ☺️
November 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
‘The Roma’ in Cărtureşti Verona in Bucharest! Thank you @encyclopaediac.bsky.social
for sharing ☺️
for sharing ☺️
My dark stars have somehow aligned: teaching Paradise Lost and MR James on Halloween day!
October 31, 2025 at 10:52 AM
My dark stars have somehow aligned: teaching Paradise Lost and MR James on Halloween day!
My dark stars have somehow aligned: teaching Paradise Lost and MR James on Halloween day!
October 31, 2025 at 10:52 AM
My dark stars have somehow aligned: teaching Paradise Lost and MR James on Halloween day!
It was an absolute pleasure to talk to Pierce on the latest episode of ‘O Verda Darano’. We chatted about spooky Romani folklore, vampires, and sorts of revenants in Roma culture, as well as interacting with gothic media as a Roma person. Tune in here
www.deadscaredentertainment.com/overdadarano...
www.deadscaredentertainment.com/overdadarano...
O Verda Darano — Dead Scared Entertainment
www.deadscaredentertainment.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:08 PM
It was an absolute pleasure to talk to Pierce on the latest episode of ‘O Verda Darano’. We chatted about spooky Romani folklore, vampires, and sorts of revenants in Roma culture, as well as interacting with gothic media as a Roma person. Tune in here
www.deadscaredentertainment.com/overdadarano...
www.deadscaredentertainment.com/overdadarano...
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I was looking up the Cliff Richard Wuthering Heights and found some clips. I laughed so hard I cried and have not stopped laughing. A clip. I really tried not to laugh. The boat remains a mystery.
October 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I was looking up the Cliff Richard Wuthering Heights and found some clips. I laughed so hard I cried and have not stopped laughing. A clip. I really tried not to laugh. The boat remains a mystery.
Delighted to have been interviewed by one of my outstanding students for The Tab about my book ‘The Roma’. To me, meaningful student engagement with this project has been one of the most rewarding parts of the book journey. 🙏 Read it here:
thetab.com/2025/10/20/i...
thetab.com/2025/10/20/i...
Interview: Edinburgh academic Madeline Potter tells the Roma's untold stories in new book
The Tab sat down with Edinburgh University's very own Madeline Potter, to discuss her new book, 'The Roma: A Travelling History'
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October 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Delighted to have been interviewed by one of my outstanding students for The Tab about my book ‘The Roma’. To me, meaningful student engagement with this project has been one of the most rewarding parts of the book journey. 🙏 Read it here:
thetab.com/2025/10/20/i...
thetab.com/2025/10/20/i...
Oh my goodness the example for the @merriam-webster.com word of the day (‘veritable’) in context is taken from my book, ‘The Roma’ 😳and yes, the Roma are a veritable mosaic 😅
www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-...
www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-...
Word of the Day: Veritable
Veritable, like its close relative verity ('truth'), came to English through Anglo-French from Latin, ultimately the adjective vērus, meaning 'true,' which also gave English verify, aver, and verdict.
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October 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Oh my goodness the example for the @merriam-webster.com word of the day (‘veritable’) in context is taken from my book, ‘The Roma’ 😳and yes, the Roma are a veritable mosaic 😅
www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-...
www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-...
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The conference takes accessibility seriously. This means all our conferences are online and they are free to speakers. We offer accessibility training. We provide slides ahead of time with alt-text, encourage written copies of papers, provide a code of conduct and clear guidelines on the day 1/
What's that I see before me? A new Romancing the Gothic conference! Celebrating the 200th anniversary of Radcliffe's last publications with a conference on the work of women and people of marginalised genders in the Gothic and horror...
romancingthegothic.com/2025/10/15/r...
romancingthegothic.com/2025/10/15/r...
Romancing the Gothic 2026 Conference CFP
More Terrors than her Reason Could Justify A 200th Anniversary Celebration of Ann Radcliffe’s Posthumous Publications 2026 marks the 200th anniversary of the publication of Ann Radcliffe’s final po…
romancingthegothic.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The conference takes accessibility seriously. This means all our conferences are online and they are free to speakers. We offer accessibility training. We provide slides ahead of time with alt-text, encourage written copies of papers, provide a code of conduct and clear guidelines on the day 1/
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What's that I see before me? A new Romancing the Gothic conference! Celebrating the 200th anniversary of Radcliffe's last publications with a conference on the work of women and people of marginalised genders in the Gothic and horror...
romancingthegothic.com/2025/10/15/r...
romancingthegothic.com/2025/10/15/r...
Romancing the Gothic 2026 Conference CFP
More Terrors than her Reason Could Justify A 200th Anniversary Celebration of Ann Radcliffe’s Posthumous Publications 2026 marks the 200th anniversary of the publication of Ann Radcliffe’s final po…
romancingthegothic.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:27 PM
What's that I see before me? A new Romancing the Gothic conference! Celebrating the 200th anniversary of Radcliffe's last publications with a conference on the work of women and people of marginalised genders in the Gothic and horror...
romancingthegothic.com/2025/10/15/r...
romancingthegothic.com/2025/10/15/r...
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Story time with Tom Waits.
Stop motion animation of Frank’s Wild Years.
#art #artsky #tomwaits #animation #illustration
Stop motion animation of Frank’s Wild Years.
#art #artsky #tomwaits #animation #illustration
October 3, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Story time with Tom Waits.
Stop motion animation of Frank’s Wild Years.
#art #artsky #tomwaits #animation #illustration
Stop motion animation of Frank’s Wild Years.
#art #artsky #tomwaits #animation #illustration
Tune in to listen to a podcast made live at the Bradford Lit Festival, with me discussing my book, ‘The Roma’, with the brilliant Damian Le Bas:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxq9...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxq9...
S4: E7 - The Roma: A Travelling History
YouTube video by Bradford Literature Festival
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October 3, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Tune in to listen to a podcast made live at the Bradford Lit Festival, with me discussing my book, ‘The Roma’, with the brilliant Damian Le Bas:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxq9...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxq9...
In 1893, Bram Stoker hiked up to Slains Castle in Aberdeenshire - it became a partial inspiration for Castle Dracula. Today I was thrilled to be able to see hike up there too and see the ruined castle in all its Gothic glory. Thanks @romgothsam.bsky.social for such a fun day!!
October 1, 2025 at 7:46 PM
In 1893, Bram Stoker hiked up to Slains Castle in Aberdeenshire - it became a partial inspiration for Castle Dracula. Today I was thrilled to be able to see hike up there too and see the ruined castle in all its Gothic glory. Thanks @romgothsam.bsky.social for such a fun day!!
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What are you doing this October? Reading a spooky short story or poem a day with us? I should hope so!
Join the #AScareADay challenge (or just pick a few stories to read and get some new authors to be a fan of!)
romancingthegothic.com/2025/09/21/t...
Join the #AScareADay challenge (or just pick a few stories to read and get some new authors to be a fan of!)
romancingthegothic.com/2025/09/21/t...
The ‘Scare a Day’ Challenge – October 2025
It’s almost October, which means it’s almost time for the #AScareADay challenge! One poem or scary short-story a day for a whole month. You can read along with us using the links below.…
romancingthegothic.com
September 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
What are you doing this October? Reading a spooky short story or poem a day with us? I should hope so!
Join the #AScareADay challenge (or just pick a few stories to read and get some new authors to be a fan of!)
romancingthegothic.com/2025/09/21/t...
Join the #AScareADay challenge (or just pick a few stories to read and get some new authors to be a fan of!)
romancingthegothic.com/2025/09/21/t...
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If you can only imagine Heathcliff as sexy if he's white, if you don't question move to a white actor in your creation of your fantasy version of Wuthering Heights, if you think 'he's sexy' is an excuse for whitewashing and not a red flag... you're ignoring some pretty obvious problems. 4/
October 1, 2025 at 9:21 AM
If you can only imagine Heathcliff as sexy if he's white, if you don't question move to a white actor in your creation of your fantasy version of Wuthering Heights, if you think 'he's sexy' is an excuse for whitewashing and not a red flag... you're ignoring some pretty obvious problems. 4/
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Reading an article this morning on the Elordi casting where Fennell defends the Elordi casting on questions of age and race as 'he looked like the Heathcliff ilustration'in her teenage copy. Her response to the book, she says, was 'primal, sexual' 1/
I'll be here! Talking about adapting Wuthering Heights and the ongoing issues of anti-Romani racism in Gothic studies.
Come join us! (Online)
Come join us! (Online)
October is the best month for some monstrously fun entertainment. On Halloween @cncsi.bsky.social will be hosting a chillingly-good online workshop: Nineteenth-Century Gothic Afterlives. I hope you can join us. It will be a real screamer! 👻
Details👇
cn-csi.com/event/hallow...
Details👇
cn-csi.com/event/hallow...
October 1, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Reading an article this morning on the Elordi casting where Fennell defends the Elordi casting on questions of age and race as 'he looked like the Heathcliff ilustration'in her teenage copy. Her response to the book, she says, was 'primal, sexual' 1/
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🧵 🙏💔Hi lovelies, I don't know if you've seen my posts about Roma charity Dihk he na Bister and the amazing work they do for Roma Youth around the Roma Holocaust memorial? One of their amazing team - Safet Dimiri - has had a terrible accident... 1/2
September 23, 2025 at 8:49 AM
🧵 🙏💔Hi lovelies, I don't know if you've seen my posts about Roma charity Dihk he na Bister and the amazing work they do for Roma Youth around the Roma Holocaust memorial? One of their amazing team - Safet Dimiri - has had a terrible accident... 1/2
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2/2 his family are now struggling to pay for medical bills and basic needs. Please, if you are able to, donate or share their campaign www.gofundme.com/f/safet-and-...
Donate to Safet and His Family After a Serious Accident, organized by Mihai Oancea
Our friend Safet Demiri, a former participant of Dikh He Na Bister, was re… Mihai Oancea needs your support for Safet and His Family After a Serious Accident
www.gofundme.com
September 23, 2025 at 8:49 AM
2/2 his family are now struggling to pay for medical bills and basic needs. Please, if you are able to, donate or share their campaign www.gofundme.com/f/safet-and-...
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Heads up @igagoths.bsky.social - delighted to announce the CFP for IGA 2026: 'Gothic Selves/Artificial Others' hosted at the University of Hull 28-31 July! hullgothic.wordpress.com
Gothic Selves/Artificial Others
18th Biennual Conference of the International Gothic Association: 28-31 July, 2026. Hull, UK
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September 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Heads up @igagoths.bsky.social - delighted to announce the CFP for IGA 2026: 'Gothic Selves/Artificial Others' hosted at the University of Hull 28-31 July! hullgothic.wordpress.com
At Ando Glaso Roma crafts fair in Glasgow
September 13, 2025 at 1:14 PM
At Ando Glaso Roma crafts fair in Glasgow
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Hey folks,
I'm making my book group read 'Venoni' by Matthew Lewis and I wondered if any of my Gothic and Romanticism friends would be interested in doing a live reading/dramatic performance. The more drama, the better!
Give me a shout if you could be into it!
I'm making my book group read 'Venoni' by Matthew Lewis and I wondered if any of my Gothic and Romanticism friends would be interested in doing a live reading/dramatic performance. The more drama, the better!
Give me a shout if you could be into it!
September 9, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Hey folks,
I'm making my book group read 'Venoni' by Matthew Lewis and I wondered if any of my Gothic and Romanticism friends would be interested in doing a live reading/dramatic performance. The more drama, the better!
Give me a shout if you could be into it!
I'm making my book group read 'Venoni' by Matthew Lewis and I wondered if any of my Gothic and Romanticism friends would be interested in doing a live reading/dramatic performance. The more drama, the better!
Give me a shout if you could be into it!
For my Romanian speaking friends on here, sharing this little interview I did for ‘Libertatea’.
www.libertatea.ro/stiri/madeli...
www.libertatea.ro/stiri/madeli...
Povestea emoționantă a Madelinei Potter, tânăra de etnie romă ajunsă profesoară la Universitatea din Edinburgh
Născută în 1989 într-o familie de romi din România, Madeline Potter s-a lovit de mai multe ori de discriminare în copilărie și adolescență, însă piedicile ivite au călit-o și mai mult. Și-a luat doctoratul la Universitatea din York în 2020, predă la Universitatea din Edinburgh, iar în acest an a lansat în Marea Britanie o […]
www.libertatea.ro
September 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
For my Romanian speaking friends on here, sharing this little interview I did for ‘Libertatea’.
www.libertatea.ro/stiri/madeli...
www.libertatea.ro/stiri/madeli...
So excited to see and share the cover design for the German edition of ‘The Roma’!
September 4, 2025 at 9:44 AM
So excited to see and share the cover design for the German edition of ‘The Roma’!
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@apnews.com’s Anita Snow reviews Madeline Potter’s The Roma: A Travelling History (2025), “a fascinating look at a marginalized and misunderstood group.” Potter blends memoir and research to trace Romani persecution, resilience and culture across Europe.
Read more:
📖 apnews.com/article/roma...
Read more:
📖 apnews.com/article/roma...
September 2, 2025 at 9:48 AM
@apnews.com’s Anita Snow reviews Madeline Potter’s The Roma: A Travelling History (2025), “a fascinating look at a marginalized and misunderstood group.” Potter blends memoir and research to trace Romani persecution, resilience and culture across Europe.
Read more:
📖 apnews.com/article/roma...
Read more:
📖 apnews.com/article/roma...
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Discover Romanian Romani author Madeline Potter’s excerpt from her newest book, The Roma: A Travelling History (2025), a moving reflection on Romani memory and identity challenging erasure and reclaiming the power of storytelling.
Read via @literaryhub.bsky.social:
#Roma #Amreading #Booksky
Read via @literaryhub.bsky.social:
#Roma #Amreading #Booksky
In From the Margins: On Letting the Roma Narrate Their Own Story
From a very young age I was drawn to the world of fiction. Every day my grandfather would walk me home from nursery and tell me a story as we walked along the lifeless streets. I wish I could remem…
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September 2, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Discover Romanian Romani author Madeline Potter’s excerpt from her newest book, The Roma: A Travelling History (2025), a moving reflection on Romani memory and identity challenging erasure and reclaiming the power of storytelling.
Read via @literaryhub.bsky.social:
#Roma #Amreading #Booksky
Read via @literaryhub.bsky.social:
#Roma #Amreading #Booksky