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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Uniquely rooted in the tensions and the hauntings—both literal and figurative—of the American South, the Southern Gothic shares DNA with the broader Gothic genre, but situates itself geotemporally within the social, political, and personal concerns of the region loosely stretching from the […]
Inviting 300-word proposals that consider specific folk gothic media (film, television, literature) presented in a minority language for a majority-language audience and how the folk gothic tradition intersects with minority-language sustainability initiatives. Include short CV. Deadline for submissions: Friday, 14 March 2025 Leah […]
A conference exploring and celebrating the multi and interdisciplinary crossings of Gothic and Horror Studies. Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies,Manchester Metropolitan University, 25th-27th June, 2025 Plenary Speakers Prof Rosario Arias (University of Malaga, Spain) Dr Maisha Wester (Global Professor, University of Sheffield, […]
Following on from the success and international acclaim of Richard Eggers’ (2025) cinematic revisioning of Nosferatu, there has also been a great deal of consternation and uncertainty regarding this reframing of the classic original. Running through the online barrage of comments and […]
Dracula: A Companion is intended to both be an essential guide to interpreting Bram Stoker’s Dracula and a collection of new perspectives supporting a reshaping of the way the text is taught and engaged with by students. Fundamental to the approach of […]
For this edited collection, we invite proposals for essays that focus on and engage with petrogothic and petrohorror, emerging fields that examine the textual artifacts of hydrocarbon cultures through the lens of gothic and horror studies. Petrogothic and petrohorror scholarship serves to […]