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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]