Have you booked your place on Gothic Futures: A Sheffield Summer Institute yet? See all the details in the quoted thread below.

We're also delighted to announce several bursary places - you can see more information about the bursary and how to apply here: gothiccentre.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/events/gothic-…

What are you doing on 11 April? Why not join us for a BARS Digital Events session on Gothic monstrosity & Romanticism? We’ll attempt to theorise the monstrous, and chat about vampires, Ann Radcliffe, Frankenstein, and even Poor Things. It’s free and online. eventbrite.co.uk/e/bars-digital…

The 4th annual Romancing the Gothic conference is in August and we're celebrating the 200th anniversary of James Hogg's Confessions of a Justified Sinner. We're looking for speakers on Scottish Gothic and Horror Theology and Gothic/horror Demons!

romancingthegothic.com/2023/09/04/dev…

Free abstract-writing workshop!

If you're thinking of submitting to the Romancing the Gothic conference or just want some extra practice and support for abstract writing, we're running a free workshop on 20th January.

eventbrite.co.uk/e/abstract-wri…

If you're not spending your weekend downloading everything you want from Gothic Studies, which is normally paywalled, best get on it! Everything is #OpenAccess thru January. (Thanks for the tip, Catherine Spooner!) International Gothic Association
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What Happened When Zora Neale Hurston Studied Voodoo in Haiti? | Kirstin Butler

The renowned author and anthropologist went to the island nation in search of its religion—and its zombies
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Gothic scholars at #MLA24 are invited to Fergie's Pub, near the conference hotels, for an informal gathering at 9 pm Friday 1/5! We look forward to seeing you. #GothsAssemble #Gothic scholars #Gothic

End of #MLA24 day one, and the Gothic Forum's paired panels, Gothic Pain & Gothic Pleasure, offered engaging, fresh scholarship in our field. Thank you to all presenters and attendees! #Gothic Forum #GothsAssemble #Gothic #Gothic Scholarship

So it’s 2024….and time to be looking at new projects…so (Aca-horror-colleagues) here’s a few collections I’m working on that are looking for abstracts:

— Colonial/reverse-colonial Folk Horror: when folk horror is brought back to the city/civilisation

— Zombie Media….

Drac-Community Bat Signal!

Flavia, a masters student at the University of Groningen, has a survey for readers of Dracula. Only 12 questions!

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'In 2018, Bauhaus bassist David J reflected that, “We were very influenced by reggae, especially dub. I mean, basically, Bela was our interpretation of dub.”'
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CfP: THE INAUGURAL SYMPOSIUM OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF THE AMERICAN GOTHIC

March 21-23, 2024
Salem, Massachusetts

Proposals welcome on all aspects of the American Gothic: individual papers, 3- or 4-person paper sessions, and 5-person roundtable sessions.

My wonderful partner Dan has made a video game partly inspired by 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘪𝘯, and I'd like to celebrate it! If you thought all intertextual responses to 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘪𝘯 were done,think again...
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🚨 Calling all Gothicists! The CfP for the 17th Biennial Conference of the International #Gothic Association (July 30-August 2, 2024, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada), ‘Gothic Trans/Iterations’, is out. Please help us spread the word! igahalifax2024.ca/call-for-paper… #gothicstudies