Halloween Conference

Keynote Speaker
Jack Santino (Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA): Flexible Halloween: Longevity, Appropriation, and Contestation

Session 1: Halloween - Origins and Transformations (1)

Dan Perry (Glasgow Caledonian University) and Jenny Perry (University of Wales , Bangor): Samhain/Celtic New Year/Calan: 31 st October

Jenny Butler (University College Cork , Ireland): Neo-Pagan Celebrations of the Festival of Samhain

Doug Sandle (Leeds Metropolitan University): Jinny the Witch, Micky Mouse and Hop Tu Naa - a personal and cultural exploration of the Manx 'Halloween'.

Session 2: Halloween - Origins and Transformations (2)

Rev. Fran Ota (Glen Ayr United Church, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada): Hallowe'en and the Church: Great Pumpkins! or How to Take All the Fun out of Life

Bob Davis (University of Glasgow) Halloween and the Spirituality of Childhood

Tony Eccles (Royal Albert Memorial Museum , Exeter): Halloween: One Night Many Uses

Keynote Speaker

Lothar Mikos (Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen Konrad Wolf, Potsdam, Germany): How the Pumpkins Conquered Germany. Halloween and the Commercialization of German Folklore

Session 3: Halloween in Literature and the Media (1)

Valentina Bold (University of Glasgow , Crichton University Campus, Dumfries): "The Apple at the Glass": Halloween and Scottish Poetry

Richard J. Hand (University of Glamorgan, Pontypridd, Wales): "Stay Tuned for Tricks, Treats and Terror": Halloween and Horror Radio in the Golden Age of American Live Broadcasting

Session 4: Halloween in Literature and the Media (2)

Paul Carr and Richard J. Hand (University of Glamorgan, Pontypridd, Wales): "Stuff That Is Not Normal": Frank Zappa, Halloween and Horror

Enric Castelló (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain): Between postmodernity and tradition on Halloween: discourse modulation in situation comedy

'The Cauldron' by Roy Pugh, performed by the Port Seton Dramatic Society

Glasgow Caledonian University , George Moore Building , M001

Halloween Conference Dinner (guising encouraged)

Glasgow Caledonian University, Hamish Wood Building, W013

Keynote Speaker

Jonas Frykman (Lunds Universitet, Sweden): Tradition without history

Session 5: Celebrating Halloween

Stephen Sayers (Leeds Metropolitan University): The Halloween Feast

Tabitha Cadbury: Feasting with the Dead: an Early Mexican Collection in Cambridge

Session 6: Halloween - Some Local Views

Parallel Session A (Lecture Room)

Malcolm Foley and Gayle McPherson (Glasgow Caledonian University): Hallowe'en and Social Cohesion in Urban Scotland

Anthea Irwin (Glasgow Caledonian University): 'Trick or treat?': Competing constructions of Halloween festivities in public discourse

Parallel Session B (Glencadam Lounge)

Catriona Miller (Glasgow Caledonian University): Dracula Was A Woman: Science Fiction, "Walpurgis Night" and Lexx

Hugh O'Donnell (Glasgow Caledonian University): Celtic Twilight and the American Other on TF1

Session 7: Halloween and Tourism (1)

Des Brogan (Mercat Tours Ltd): Halloween and Dark Tourism in Scotland

Duncan Light (Liverpool Hope University): Halloween in Transylvania : tourism, fantasy and play in a liminal space

Session 8: Halloween and Tourism (2)

Annemarie Allan, Andrew Crummy & Gordon Prestoungrange (Prestoungrange Arts Festival): Cultural Propriety at Hallowe'en and the Avoidance of Mass Tourism

Alison D'Amario (The Salem Witch Museum, Massachusets, USA): Halloween and Tourism in Salem

Keynote Speaker

Salvador Cardús (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain): Halloween: Tradition as Snobbery

Session 9: Halloween in Europe

Larisa Prokhorova (Kemerovo State University, Russia): Halloween in Russia : What Makes an Unwelcome Guest Stay?

Dejan Jontes (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia): Media representations of Halloween in a post-socialist country: A case of anti-Americanism?

John Helsloot (Meertens Instituut, Amsterdam, the Netherlands): The fun of fear. Performing Halloween in the Netherlands