More noting of the titles of papers given at recent academic conferences:

James Machin (Birkbeck College, UK), “Music Against Horror: H.P. Lovecraft and Schopenhauer’s aesthetics”. Given at the May 2011 academic conference on Literature and Music.

Jonathan Paquette (Community College of R.I./University of R.I, USA), “H.P. Lovecraft and the Quebecois”. Given at the New England Historical Association Spring Conference 2012.

Christos Callow (University of Lincoln, UK), “The Key to the Gate of Dreams: searching for utopia in H.P. Lovecraft’s Dreamlands”. Video available. Given at the 13th Conference of the Utopian Studies Society, July 2012.

Fred Botting (Kingston University, UK), “More Things: horror, materialism and speculative realism” (said to be “a discussion of speculative realist philosophy and H.P. Lovecraft”). Given at Current Research in Speculative Fiction 2012, June 2012.

Benjamin Mitchell (York University, UK), “The Synthetic Folklore of H.P. Lovecraft: scientific mythology, the Necronomicon and the fetishization of the occult grimoire”. Given at ‘Generative Figurations’ conference, University Toronto, Canada, June 2012.

The summary ‘abstracts’ of papers delivered at the recent Zurich conference “Transitions and Dissolving Boundaries in the Fantastic”, 13th to 16th September 2012. Two of the papers on Lovecraft have abstracts…

“Cosmic Fear. H.P. Lovecraft, die Poetik des Unaussprechlichen und der Horrorfilm” (In German. Translates as: “Cosmic Fear: H.P. Lovecraft, the poetics of the unspeakable, and the horror film”).

“Hybrids as the monstrous in H.P. Lovecraft’s writing” (In English. Examines… “the question of hybridity in three of his short stories”).

A classroom-based education day at City Lit in London, Anthropology: H.P. Lovecraft, esotericism and popular culture. 6th October 2012. Cost is £38. It…

“explores the extensive cultural influence of the work of author Howard Phillips Lovecraft and his fictional ‘Cthulhu Mythos’ upon a range of contemporary ‘alternative’ beliefs such as ufology, cryptozoology and esotericism.”

Those who have paywall access to the prestigious science publication Nature may like to have a look at the two page article in the latest issue, “Science Fiction: the radium age” [1903-1934]… Nature 489, 13th September 2012, pp.204–205…

“Joshua Glenn explores the dark, fascinating, largely forgotten science fiction of the early twentieth century”

The Bodley Head / Financial Times Essay Prize aims to…

“attract the best young talent in long-form essay writing. Open to writers aged 18 to 35, the competition prize is £1,000. Plus an e-publication with Bodley Head, and a mentoring session with a Bodley Head or a FT writer.”