The Society for the Study of the American Gothic is now enrolling members! SSAG is a professional scholarly organization established in 2023 to promote and advance the study of the American Gothic through research, teaching, and publication. It is the…
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By Rebecca Alaise. For over ten years I worked in a building located mere metres away from the Gladstone statue that graces Manchester’s Albert square, seeing ‘him’ every time I popped out for coffee. There is a bust of him…
Gothic Crossroads 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…
‘Why Can’t We See the Shrunken Head?’: Discussing the cultural ethics of displaying body remains with Nicholas Crowe and the Whitaker Museum By Eleanor Beal Organisers and Speakers: Nicholas Crowe (The Wellcome Trust), Gina Warburton and The Whitaker Museum, The…
Dale Townshend’s contributions to the the three-year AHRC project with Michael Gamer (University of Pennsylvania), Angela Wright (University of Sheffield) and numerous other Gothic researchers is here: Ann Radcliffe, Then and Now A major editorial undertaking, the project will develop…
Congratulations to Sarah Dutson on her recent peer reviewed publication for Hive, Man Met’s Faculty of Arts and Humanities Postgraduate journal. You can read the full article here: Taking Up Space: Tracing the Representation of Female Medium Emma Hardinge Britten…