About
My name is Hayley Louise Charlesworth and I am a PhD candidate in Gothic Studies at Manchester Metropolitan University. I completed a BA Hons in Creative Writing and Film Studies at Roehampton University between 2007 and 2010, where I achieved a first class honours. After a five year break to work in 16-19 education, I returned to my own study by completing an MA in English Studies at Manchester Metropolitan University. Here, I was awarded a Masters with Distinction and the Programme Leader’s Prize for Outstanding Achievement.
I am currently working towards a PhD in Gothic Studies at Manchester Metropolitan University. My research is focused on depictions of bisexuality in post-millennial Gothic television, although I also research other elements of contemporary Gothic and queer theory. Education
PhD at Manchester Metropolitan University (ongoing)
- PhD Provisional Title: Depraved Bisexuals: contesting depictions of bisexual villainy in post-millennial television
MA English Studies at Manchester Metropolitan University (2015-2017)
- Masters Dissertation: ‘Murder Husbands’: Queer Desire and Homosociality in NBC’s Hannibal
BA Creative Writing/Film Studies at Roehampton University (2007 – 2010)
Work Shared in CORE
Essays
Conference papers
Projects
PhD: Depraved Bisexuals: contesting depictions of bisexual villainy in post-millennial television
Conference organisational committee: Absent Presences: shifting the core and peripheries of the Gothic mode Upcoming Talks and Conferences
Glitches and Ghosts: Lancaster University – 17th April 2019 Memberships
International Gothic Association
Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies
