Maria Fleischhack lectures at Leipzig University with a focus on Victorian and Postmodern fiction and Shakespearean drama; special interest: Sherlock Holmes.Elmar Schenkel teaches English Literature at the University of Leipzig. He has published on Wells, Conrad and Tolkien and the relations between science and literature.

• Literary ghosts – Ghosts in different cultures – Interpretations of ghostly occurrences – Ghosts as metaphors – Ghostly places – Supernatural phenomena

Maria Fleischhack lectures at Leipzig University with a focus on Victorian and Postmodern fiction and Shakespearean drama; special interest: Sherlock Holmes.Elmar Schenkel teaches English Literature at the University of Leipzig. He has published on Wells, Conrad and Tolkien and the relations between science and literature.

• Literary ghosts – Ghosts in different cultures – Interpretations of ghostly occurrences – Ghosts as metaphors – Ghostly places – Supernatural phenomena

Maria Fleischhack lectures at Leipzig University with a focus on Victorian and Postmodern fiction and Shakespearean drama; special interest: Sherlock Holmes.Elmar Schenkel teaches English Literature at the University of Leipzig. He has published on Wells, Conrad and Tolkien and the relations between science and literature.

• Literary ghosts – Ghosts in different cultures – Interpretations of ghostly occurrences – Ghosts as metaphors – Ghostly places – Supernatural phenomena