Ann Davies
@anndavies.bsky.social
Emeritus Professor of Spanish at Stirling University, Scotland, researches on Spanish film, TV, culture and landscape, Spanish Gothic and horror. Amateur clarinet player and fan of crime fiction and tortoiseshell cats.
If you have an account with academia.edu, please read their new terms and conditions in the post below. Scandalous terms. I’ve deleted my account.
More Gothic adjacent than actually Gothic, but if you have an academia.edu account, you may want to delete it. (I just deleted mine). Their new service terms say they own and can sell anything you post there.
September 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Just received my personal copies of my new book The Nightmares of Presence.
August 2, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Just received my personal copies of my new book The Nightmares of Presence.
Out in July: my book on space and place in Spanish horror and Gothic. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/nightmare...
The Nightmares of Presence
From haunted houses to sandy beaches, The Nightmares of Presence explores the role of setting in inspiring fear and wonder through audiovisual media. With an em…
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April 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Out in July: my book on space and place in Spanish horror and Gothic. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/nightmare...
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April 3, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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April 3, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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Tomorrow the Society of Authors asks for a social media blitz if your work is in LibGen, pirated material used by Meta for its AI models. Check if your material is on LibGen via the Atlantic magazine. I’ve just checked the database and I’m horrified how much of my work appears on LibGen.
April 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Tomorrow the Society of Authors asks for a social media blitz if your work is in LibGen, pirated material used by Meta for its AI models. Check if your material is on LibGen via the Atlantic magazine. I’ve just checked the database and I’m horrified how much of my work appears on LibGen.
Intriguing programme for the annual conference of the Association of Hispanists of Great Britain and Ireland. Family matters mean I’m unlikely to make it but it should be a rewarding occasion for participants. llc.ed.ac.uk/delc/news-an...
70th AHGBI Annual Conference 2025
A three-day hybrid conference hosted by the Association of Hispanists of Great Britain and Ireland and featuring keynote talks, panel discussions, and a Spanish classical concert. In association with ...
llc.ed.ac.uk
March 21, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Intriguing programme for the annual conference of the Association of Hispanists of Great Britain and Ireland. Family matters mean I’m unlikely to make it but it should be a rewarding occasion for participants. llc.ed.ac.uk/delc/news-an...
Reposted by Ann Davies
Just published in our ‘Elements in the Gothic’ series: Xavier Aldana Reyes’s splendid new book on contemporary body horror. Available to download for free for the next 2 weeks: www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Contemporary Body Horror
Cambridge Core - English Literature 1700-1830 - Contemporary Body Horror
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November 14, 2024 at 9:29 AM
Just published in our ‘Elements in the Gothic’ series: Xavier Aldana Reyes’s splendid new book on contemporary body horror. Available to download for free for the next 2 weeks: www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Getting to the final stages of pre-publication for my book on landscape, space and place in Spanish horror and Gothic film.
November 15, 2024 at 12:14 PM
Getting to the final stages of pre-publication for my book on landscape, space and place in Spanish horror and Gothic film.