Dr Justin Woodman
Justin’s interests are in speculative fiction, popular culture and racism and extremism within cultures of conspiracy.
Staff details
Position
Senior Lecturer in Anthropology
School
Subject
Dr Justin Woodman studied at 牛牛资源 where he completed his doctoral research on concept and the politics of the 鈥榙emonic鈥� within contemporary occultures in the UK. Current research interests include: esotericism, speculative fiction and popular culture; racism and political extremism within cultures of conspiracy; religion, cognition and the 鈥楴ew Atheism鈥�.
Teaching
Dr Justin Woodman convenes the foundation year of the Integrated Degree in Anthropology.
He teaches the following courses:
Publications and research outputs
Book Section
- Woodman, Justin. 2021. 鈥淐thulhu Gnosis鈥�: Monstrosity, Selfhood, and Secular Re-Enchantment in Lovecraftian Occultural Practice. In: Bernd-Christian Otto and Dirk Johannsen, eds. Fictional Practice: Magic, Narration, and the Power of Imagination. Leiden: Brill, pp. 289-313. ISBN 9789004465992
- Woodman, Justin. 2019. Encyclopedia entries: 鈥淐haos Magic鈥�; 鈥淟ovecraftian Magic鈥�; "Illuminates of Thanateros"; 鈥淭OPY鈥�; 鈥淪herwin, Ray鈥�; 鈥淐arroll, Peter鈥�; 鈥淗ine, Phil鈥�; 鈥淪nell, Lionel鈥�. In: UNSPECIFIED, ed. The Dictionary of Contemporary Esotericism. Stockholm: Brill.
- Woodman, Justin. 2019. 'Becoming a Part of the Lurking Evil': Occultural Accelerationism,, Lovecraftian Modernity, and the Interiorization of Monstrosity. In: UNSPECIFIED, ed. Dark Glamor: Accelerationism and the Occult. Goleta, California, USA: Punctum Books.
Article
- Weston, Gavin; Woodman, Justin; Cornish, Helen and Djohari, Natalie. 2019. Spectral cities: Death and living memories in the dark tourism of British ghost walks. Urbanities, 9(2), pp. 36-51. ISSN 2239-5725
Thesis
- Woodman, Justin. 2003. Modernity, Selfhood, and the Demonic: Anthropological Perspectives on "Chaos Magick" in the United Kingdom. Doctoral thesis, 牛牛资源
Research Interests
Anthropology of religion; contemporary esotericism and paganism; speculative literature and popular culture; the anthropology of evil; moral panics; cognition and the supernatural.