The Transylvanian Society of Dracula

This is an international association (U.S.A., Canada, Japan, Romania and Italy) which brings together"more than about a thousand of university lecturers, writers and lovers of the 'myth of vampire' worldwide", organizing public conventions and promoting studies in The Transylvanian Journal: Dracula and Vampire Studies. Here at the CESNUR Critical Page, we occasionally get messages from young vampires who are desperate to join the TSD and have taken us to be part of Introvigne's and Melton's outfit.

The American chapter of the organization is run by the Reverend J. Gordon Melton; the Italian one by Massimo Introvigne (see this "secret page", from CESNUR's internet site) - respectively the American and Italian directors of The Center for Studies on New Religions (both have written books on vampires).

The Canadian chapter has an interesting (and funny) homepage.

Click on the images below to get full size.

Massimo Introvigne at a convention on Vampires in Transylvania
From Sodalitium n. 42, page 47

J. Gordon Melton Dracula '97

From left to right, J. Gordon Melton and Elizabeth Miller (Canadian president of The Transylvanian Society of Dracula), two of the promoters of Dracula '97, with Elvira, Princess of The Dark (official photo)

J. Gordon Melton Dracula '97

From left to right, Elvira, Elizabeth Miller and J. Gordon Melton, president of the American chapter of The Transylvanian Society of Dracula (official photo).

Massimo Introvigne on a television talkshow
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