Wednesday July 13th
12:30 – 13:30: Registration: Arts Block Foyer, Trinity College, Dublin.
13:45 - 14:00: Opening Words and Conference Welcome
14:00 – 15:30: Panel 1: Demons to Some
(Chair: Russell Cherrington)
Dr. Darryl Jones, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
The Books of Blood (final title TBC)
Michael O’Rourke, Independent Colleges, Dublin, Ireland.
“Inorganic Demons, Vibrant Materialisms”
Richard M. Caputo, Stony Brook University, USA.
“Pleasurable Pain and Ordered Chaos: Reconciling Opposites in the works of Clive Barker”
15:30 – 16:00: Tea Break
16:00 – 17:30: Panel 2: Cinematic Hell
(Chair: Dr. Sorcha Ní Fhlainn)
Dr. Gareth James, Exeter University, UK.
“A far more physical experience than the cinema affords’: Clive Barker’s Halloween Horror Nights (1998-2000)”
Prof. Bernard Perron, University of Montreal, Canada.
“Drawing (to) Fear and Horror: Into the Frame of the Midnight Meat Train and Dread Comic and Film Adaptation.”
Dr. Harvey O’Brien , University College Dublin, Ireland.
“The Joyless Magic of Lord of Illusions”17:30- 18:00: Coffee Break
18:00 – 19:00: Plenary I*: In Conversation with Clive Barker: A Life Lived in the Imagination.
21:00 – 22:45 ** Irish Film Institute /Horrorthon Screening of Salomé and The Forbidden followed by a Q&A with Clive Barker facilitated by Ed King of Horrorthon.With thanks to Clive Barker, the Irish Film Institute, and Horrorthon.
Tickets can booked here: Irish Film Institute Clive Barker Event
Tickets can booked here: Irish Film Institute Clive Barker Event
Thursday July 14th
11:15 – 12:30: Panel 3: Sex and the Body
(Chair: Prof. Bernard Perron)
(Arts Block room 5052)***
Dr. Daragh Downes, Trinity College, Dublin. Ireland.
“A response, simply, to normality’: Clive Barker and the Spectre of Realism”
Mark Richard Adams, Brunel University, UK.
“Clive Barker's Queer Monsters: Problematising Masculinity, Sexuality and the Body”
12:30 – 14:00: Lunch Break (lunch not provided)
14:00 – 15:30 Panel 4: Kingdom of the Cuckoo
(Chair: Dr. Kevin Corstorphine)
Dr. Sorcha Ní Fhlainn, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
"'Noon-day visions and Midnight glory': Faust, Gothic Heritage and the Dreamscapes of Clive Barker
Dr. Jacob Huntley, University of East Anglia, UK.
“Multiplicity, Vitality & Flow in Weaveworld.”
Timothy Wallington, Florida International University, USA
“Clive Barker’s Weaveworld: a happy marriage of heaven and hell?”
15:30-16:00: Tea Break
16:00 – 17:30: Panel 5: Imaginer
(Chair: Dr. Darryl Jones)
Russell Cherrington, University of Derby, UK
“The Art of Imagination, stories told in Images and Words”
Dr. Kevin Corstorphine, University of Hull, UK.
“Marks of Weakness, Marks of Woe’: Clive Barker and Contemporary British Urban Gothic.”
Tony. M Vinci, Southern Illinois University, USA
“Breaking Through the Canvas: Towards a Definition of (Meta)Cultural Blackness in the Fantasies of Clive Barker”
17:30-18:00: Coffee Break
18:00 – 19:00: Plenary II*: In Conversation with Clive Barker: Once Upon a World....
Conference Close
Please Note:
*Those who register for the conference and attend each day of the conference in full may attend the plenary talks, out of respect for the conference delegates and scholars. Please be aware that this conference is an academic space, not a 'fan' space and should be fully respected as such. We wish to foster an environment of discussion and academic development - public signings, meet and greets and other such endeavours will neither be fostered nor possible.
For public appearances, please see the Irish Film Institute's screening of Salomé and The Forbidden on July 13th @ 9pm. This will be a public event and will include a Q&A.
*Those who register for the conference and attend each day of the conference in full may attend the plenary talks, out of respect for the conference delegates and scholars. Please be aware that this conference is an academic space, not a 'fan' space and should be fully respected as such. We wish to foster an environment of discussion and academic development - public signings, meet and greets and other such endeavours will neither be fostered nor possible.
For public appearances, please see the Irish Film Institute's screening of Salomé and The Forbidden on July 13th @ 9pm. This will be a public event and will include a Q&A.
**The screening at the IFI is optional and separate from the conference schedule. We invite all delegates, attendees and the public to attend the screening of Salomé and The Forbidden, and Clive Barker's Q&A with Edward King. The fee for this event is €10 and is payable to the Irish Film Institute only. Tickets can be pre-booked at the IFI website www.ifi.ie or purchased at the IFI box office prior to or on the day of the event. Tickets are available to the general public so it is advised to book in advance to secure your ticket should you wish to attend.
***All conference panels (excluding panel 3) will be held in The Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin.
Panel 3 (Thursday July 14th, 11:00 - 12:30) will be held in the Arts Block (adjacent to the Long Room Hub) Room 5052 (this room is located on the fifth floor and will be clearly signposted).
