Events

November 13, 2026 (10-11am, online)

GOTH Friday PGR Forum

Performative Reading of Lady Audley’s Secret adapted by C. H. Hazlewood from the novel by Mary Elizabeth Braddon with introduction by Karen Paine, Postgraduate Research Student, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, The Open University.

November 27, 2026 (4-5pm, online)

Kim Emmerson Pratt Memorial Lecture

Speaker: Professor Genevieve Liveley (University of Bristol)
Title: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and the 'Defence of Polypheme'
Registration: via Eventbrite, FREE OF CHARGE AND OPEN TO ALL
Dr Kim Pratt, who brought exceptional energy, dedication, generosity and warmth to the many OU activities she was involved in, contributed fundamentally to GOTH from its founding in 2019. A valued member of the OU family from 2007, Kim was awarded her BA (Hons, First Class) in 2013, MA (Distinction) in 2014 and PhD (posthumous) in 2026.

December 4, 2026 (3 events)

GOTH 1st Friday PGR Forum (10-11am, online): “Cloath’d in her Rags and Folly”: Mad Characters’ Marginalisation and (Self) Care in Seventeenth-Century English Songs | Jeanne Dufresne, Postgraduate Research Student, Centre for the Study of the Renaissance, University of Warwick

Committee Meeting (11-11.30, online)

GOTH Teabreak (11.30-12.15pm, online): All welcome to join this informal online meeting to share their own research interests and wish list for future GOTH events.

January 8, 2027 (3 events)

GOTH 1st Friday PGR Forum IV (10-11am, online): New Year Research Exchange

Committee Meeting (2.30-3pm, online) Details TBC

GOTH Reading Group (3-4pm, online) Lead: Jennie Owen; CW topic TBC. All welcome to join.

February 5, 2027 (10-11am, online)

GOTH 1st Friday PGR Forum

“Meaning is Made Not Added” Workshop | Katie Robinson-Sherlock, Postgraduate Research Student, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and GOTH PGR Co-Convenor.

March 5, 2027 (2 events)

GOTH 1st Friday PGR Forum IV (10-11am, online): Research Paper TBC

GOTH Writing Retreat (10am-4.30pm, MK campus Library SR7) All welcome to join, 5-minute mini-presentation: TBC

April 2, 2027 (10-11am, online)

GOTH 1st Friday PGR Forum

“Unequal Marriage in Capetian France, 1150-1250” | Dr Charlotte Pickard, Associate Lecturer, The Open University; Convenor of the Noblewomen Network, Tutor, Continuing and Professional Education, University of Cardiff.

May 7, 2027 (3 events)

GOTH 1st Friday PGR Forum (10-11am, online): Book Club | Reading for Leisure Beyond Research

Committee Meeting Committee Meeting (11-11.30, online)

GOTH Teabreak (11.30-12.15pm, online): All welcome to join this informal online meeting to share their own research interests and wish list for future GOTH events.

May 13, 2027

7th GOTH Research Symposium

Evening welcome for Presenters, Chairs & GOTH Committee @Kents Hill Park.

May 14, 2027 (10am-5pm, hybrid)

7th GOTH Research Symposium

on campus (OU Library SR7, MK campus) and online

7th GOTH Research Symposium: Gender & otherness in drama, literature & visual culture. Registration: via Eventbrite, FREE OF CHARGE AND OPEN TO ALL.

June 4, 2027 (10-11am)

GOTH 1st Friday PGR Forum

Brainstorming Session and Research Exchange.