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Vampires, Parasites, and Environmental Extraction: Gothic Figures of Resource Exploitation in the Long Nineteenth Century – Deadline 12/15/2025
The long nineteenth century was a period marked by industrial revolution, scattered religious beliefs and technological advancements. The Gothic tradition recorded these significant changes through a language of monstrosity, excess, and horror as the Industrial Revolution gained momentum, coal and steam power
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Horror Studies Now – Deadline 1/30/2026
The Horror Studies Research Group at Northumbria University invites researchers working in the multidisciplinary field of “Horror Studies” to submit abstracts about their research for the 2026 edition of the major, in-person, annual conference, Horror Studies Now, taking place on 28-29 May
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Peter Straub: New Critical Perspectives – Deadline 11/30/2025
In his introduction to John C. Tibbetts’s The Gothic Worlds of Peter Straub (2016)—the only academic, book-length study of Straub’s fiction currently in print—Gary K. Wolfe argues that “[p]erhaps more than any author of his generation—Stephen King included—Straub extended the literary possibilities of horror
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Romancing the Gothic 2026 Talk Series – Deadline 12/20/2026
In 2026, Romancing the Gothic’s annual conference will be celebrating the 200th anniversary of Ann Radcliffe’s final, posthumous, publications. An early Gothic writer, Radcliffe was known to some as the ‘Great Enchantress’, to others as the ‘Shakespeare of Romance writers’. She was
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IGA Conference: Gothic Selves/Artificial Others – Deadline 1/30/2026
July 28-30, 2026. University of Hull, Hull, UK.Abstract deadline: January 30, 2026. Once speculative, artificial intelligence now haunts contemporary society, with public discourse around its application and scope ranging from the utopian to the apocalyptic. The Gothic’s fascination with doubles, simulacra, uncanny
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The Everyday Horror of American Life: The Rhetorical Vision of Stephen King – Deadline 1/1/2026
Stephen King is one of America’s most prolific authors, with 65 novels, 12 collections, and numerous other writings from non-fiction to screen plays; he is master of the short story, the horror novel, and the epic fantasy. While literary critics have debated
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Mediterranean Antiquity in the Work of H. P. Lovecraft – Deadline 11/26/2025
Mediterranean Antiquity in the Work of H. P. LovecraftApril 10-11, 2026Virtual, via Zoom Given the findings of the Pharos Project and other anti-racist scholarly endeavors, it is perhaps not surprising that H. P. Lovecraft, a man as famous for his white supremacy
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To Be Loved by Death: Afterlives of Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles – Deadline 10/15/2025
With the recent and highly acclaimed AMC adaptation of Interview with the Vampire and AMC’s broader acquisition of Anne Rice’s literary corpus, The Vampire Chronicles have found renewed cultural relevance. As Season 3 enters production, we invite reexaminations of the legacy and transformation of Rice’s vampiric
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Spectral Panels: Gothic Traditions in Comics and Graphic Novels (NeMLA Panel) – Deadline 9/30/2025
Deadline for Submissions is September 30, 2025 Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA) March 5-8, 2026, Pittsburgh, PA Gothic literature, art, and film have long trafficked in the uncanny, the monstrous, and the psychologically fractured—motifs that unsettle boundaries between self and other, life
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Double Special Issue: Gothic Literature: Creative Activity, Research, and Pedagogy – Deadline 9/1/25
Interdisciplinary HumanitiesSpecial Double Issue Gothic Literature: Creative Activity, Research, and Pedagogy Interdisciplinary Humanities announces a special double issue dedicated to exploring Gothic literature’s rich and diverse world. This special issue will feature creative works, scholarly research, and pedagogy with a particular focus