Dr Sylvia Sagolsem is an Independent Researcher and former Assistant Professor of English Literature at Kamala Nehru College, University of Delhi. She holds a Ph.D. from Centre for English Studies, School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India (2019). Her research interests include Folktale and Fairy Tale Studies, Folklore and Digital Cultures, Oral Literatures, Literatures of Northeast India, and Hallyu Studies. Her forthcoming publications include two book chapters, “Hallyu 2.0 and social media in Manipur: Examining Cultural Formation through User Generated Content” (Palgrave/Springer) and “Phungawari in the Digital Age: Folkloric expressions and new media” (Routledge).

Aqsa Eram is a doctoral research scholar at the Department of English and Modern European Languages, University of Lucknow, India. Her research focuses on a postcolonial approach to Gothic in colonial writings. Her areas of interest also include contemporary horror, Indian literature in English and studies in Popular fiction.

Suleyman Bolukbas is a second year dual-title Ph.D. student in Comparative Literature and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at The Pennsylvania State University, USA. Originally from Turkey, his research focuses on comparative analysis of Turkish literature, gender and sexuality studies in literature and culture, and queer and gothic studies. In 2022, he became the Assistant Editor of Women, Gender, and Families of Color (WGFC). He is interested in queer readings of the gothic as an international and global phenomenon. His research particularly revolves around the global circulation of gothic narratives in relation to local identities, cultures, nations and how gothic\’s queerness is reshaped by them.