Lecture on Dracula and the College of Psychiatrists

This lecture takes the form of a discussion between Fiona Subotsky, author of ‘Dracula for Doctors’, and Claire Hilton, psychiatrist and Resident Historian at the College.
The topics to be covered will include: the ‘back-story’ - what else led to this interest in gothic literature? Is the bat story true? Bram Stoker and his family - what were their medical connections and how did these connect with the Medico-Psychological Society? How did ‘Dracula’ and other Victorian novels represent psychiatrists and asylums? Is there a feminist angle? How does Henry Maudsley fit in? And how did the Antiquarian Books of the College help?