We are accepting proposals for our allied session at the Festival of Monsters Conference (10/14-10/18, 2026, Santa Cruz, CA). In keeping with the annual theme of “Language,” we are proposing a panel on Monstrous Dialects. Modern adaptations of the zombie myth have […]
Shirley Jackson Studies invites proposals exploring the role of the body and embodiment in the works of Shirley Jackson. The bodily experience—fear, appetite, illness, gendered expectations, and the social regulation of bodies—shapes both the psychological and supernatural dimensions of Jackson’s work, which frequently […]
The Southern Gothic is not merely a regional offshoot of the Gothic tradition—it is a dynamic cultural mode shaped by the histories, violences, mythologies, and contradictions of the American South. Rooted in hauntings both literal and structural, the Southern Gothic interrogates race, […]
[email protected] Call for abstracts for proposed articles To Be Forever Known: The Brontës and Poetry “When we are harassed by sorrows or anxieties, or long oppressed by any powerful feelings which we must keep to ourselves, for which we can obtain and […]
More Terrors than her Reason Could Justify: A 200th Anniversary Celebration of Ann Radcliffe’s Posthumous Publications 22nd/23rd August 2026 (Online) 2026 marks the 200th anniversary of the publication of Ann Radcliffe’s final posthumous works. Often paid scant attention in critical writing on Radcliffe, they […]
Popular Culture Review welcomes compelling, well-argued, and well-researched articles on popular culture both past and present. We seek to publish research on traditional as well as on emerging forms of popular culture and encourage submissions on underrepresented areas within our field. We publish […]
Preternature provides an interdisciplinary, inclusive forum for the study of topics that stand in the liminal space between the known world and the inexplicable. The journal embraces a broad and dynamic definition of the preternatural that encompasses the weird and uncanny—magic, witchcraft, spiritualism, […]
First Conference on Hispanic Noir in Literature, Television, and CinemaMay 19–21, 2026Salem State UniversitySalem, Massachusetts, USA Salem Meets the Noir 2026 is the first U.S. conference dedicated to Hispanic Noir across literature, TV, and film. This interdisciplinary conference aims to bring together scholars, […]
Since the early days of gothic writing in Europe, journeying has been at the heart of the genre. Ann Radcliffe’s heroines were transported to faraway castles and abbeys, while Melmoth wandered the earth an outcast and Victor Frankenstein travelled to the Arctic […]
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 […]