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Society for the Study of the American Gothic
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Established in 2023 to promote and advance the study of the American Gothic through research, teaching, and publication.
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Check out Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock's The Horror Theory Reader (2025), released just last week!

www.upress.umn.edu/978151791782...

#SSAG #HorrorLit
The Horror Theory Reader
A comprehensive guide to the timeless, paradoxical appeal of horror Why do we enjoy horror? The emotional responses the genre provokes—fear, dread, and dis...
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December 31, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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Reminder that the deadline for these is January 15, 2026! #SSAG #CFP
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SSAG solicits papers for two sessions at the American Literature Association in Chicago, May 20-23, 2026. 1) “Gothic Intersections —Black and Indigenous Themes in Literature” paper session and 2) “The American Gothic and Revolution” roundtable. Details below. Deadlines are January 15th, 2026.

#CFP
December 31, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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Be sure to keep an eye on the SSAG website and our mailing list for a variety of gothic and horror-related cfps and other announcements!

CFPS: americangothicsociety.com/calls-for-pa...

Listserv: www.freelists.org/list/america...

#SSAG #GothicLit #Horror #cfp
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December 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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If your solstice felt a little gloomy, check out our very own president's Dark Solstice 2025 radio show!

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December 22, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Our Gothic Reading Group Resurrects for the New Year!!

Join us Jan. 23 @ 2 PM EST for Jessica John's Bad Cree

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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Gothic Reading Group: BAD CREE. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Gothic Reading Group: BAD CREE. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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December 20, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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Study abroad opportunity!
"Haunted Tourism in Scotland"
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Dates: June 2 - 13, 2026

Dr. Susan Weidman and Chelsea Wilson Thayer are leading a course on haunted history from historical and business perspectives. Details in the link!

#StudyAbroad #SSAG
Brochure | Program Overview
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December 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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SSAG solicits papers for two sessions at the American Literature Association in Chicago, May 20-23, 2026. 1) “Gothic Intersections —Black and Indigenous Themes in Literature” paper session and 2) “The American Gothic and Revolution” roundtable. Details below. Deadlines are January 15th, 2026.

#CFP
December 16, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Issue 1.2 of American Gothic Studies has released. If you are a member, simply log into our website to check it out! If not, consider applying for membership, which is tiered on income!

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American Gothic Studies Journal – Society for the Study of the American Gothic
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December 16, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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Registration is now open for March SSAG Symposium participants using this link: americangothicsociety.com/symposium-re.... Please register (and be an SSAG member in good standing) by February 1st to avoid being dropped from the program.
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December 1, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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CFP for Folk Horror on Television. Details in the image.

We are currently seeking proposals of 500 words. Proposals should be emailed to derek.johnston@qub.ac.uk AND d.rodgers@shu.ac.uk. Closing date for proposals is 15 January 2026, and we intend to respond by 23 February 2026.

#CFP #SSAG
November 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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CFP deadline reminder: Please submit your proposals for Peter Straub: New Critical Perspectives no later than November 30, 2025.

Details below.

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Peter Straub: New Critical Perspectives CFP (November 30 deadline reminder)
Proposal Submission Details Mike Thorn seeks proposals of no more than 500 words for essays (5000-7000 words) on or related to the topics listed below. He is especially interested in essays address…
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November 17, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Futures of the Southern Gothic (Dec 4, 11AM-1 PM CST)

What is the Southern Gothic? Why is it so popular? What will Southern Gothic look like as we move deeper into the 21st century? What cultural work will it do for us?
Link: lsu.zoom.us/j/3747973363...

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Poster for the Futures of the Southern Gothic Symposium on December 4th, 2025, 11 AM-1PM Central. Speakers featured include Joanna Davis-McElligatt (U North Texas), Sheri-Marie Harrison (U Mizzou), Lisa Henrichsen (U Ark.), Monica Carol Miller, (Mid GA State U), and Scott Romine (UNC Greensboro).
November 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Please join our Gothic Reading Group on November 7 @ 2:30PM EST for a discussion of Maryse Condé's I, TITUBA, BLACK WITCH OF SALEM.
Here's the Zoom registration link:
gmu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#SSAG #GothicLiterature #ReadingGroup
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Gothic Reading Group: I, TITUBA, BLACK WITCH OF SALEM. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Gothic Reading Group: I, TITUBA, BLACK WITCH OF SALEM. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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Please join our Gothic Reading Group on November 7 @ 2:30PM EST for a discussion of Maryse Condé's I, TITUBA, BLACK WITCH OF SALEM.
Here's the Zoom registration link:
gmu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#SSAG #GothicLiterature #ReadingGroup
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Gothic Reading Group: I, TITUBA, BLACK WITCH OF SALEM. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Gothic Reading Group: I, TITUBA, BLACK WITCH OF SALEM. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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October 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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What's that I see before me? A new Romancing the Gothic conference! Celebrating the 200th anniversary of Radcliffe's last publications with a conference on the work of women and people of marginalised genders in the Gothic and horror...

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Romancing the Gothic 2026 Conference CFP
More Terrors than her Reason Could Justify A 200th Anniversary Celebration of Ann Radcliffe’s Posthumous Publications 2026 marks the 200th anniversary of the publication of Ann Radcliffe’s final po…
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October 15, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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The University of Minnesota Press is offering 30% off Jeffrey Weinstock's forthcoming Horror Theory Reader if you order by October 31st. Order at z.umn.edu/ajp2 and use the code MN93850.

The book will be out early January.

#SSAG #NewBook #AmericanGothic #GothicLiterature #HorrorLiterature #Horror
The Horror Theory Reader
A comprehensive guide to the timeless, paradoxical appeal of horror Why do we enjoy horror? The emotional responses the genre provokes—fear, dread, and dis...
z.umn.edu
October 13, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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The Everyday Horror of American Life: The Rhetorical Vision of Stephen King

This collection explores King’s work through a various rhetorical lenses to examine
the exigencies in the popular/political culture that his writing addresses across rhetorical theories and methodologies.
October 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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American Gothic Studies, the official peer-reviewed scholarly journal of the Society for the Study of the American Gothic, seeks your contributions! If you research and write about the Am. Gothic, we hope you will consider us as a venue for your scholarship. Info at www.psupress.org/journals/jnl...
American Gothic Studies
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October 7, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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American Gothic Studies, the peer-reviewed journal of the Society for the Study of the American Gothic, seeks your contributions! If you research and write about the American Gothic, we hope you will consider us as a venue for your scholarship. Info at www.psupress.org/journals/jnl...
#SSAG #CFPl
American Gothic Studies
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October 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Please join our Gothic Reading Group on November 7 @ 2:30PM EST for a discussion of Maryse Condé's I, TITUBA, BLACK WITCH OF SALEM.
Here's the Zoom registration link:
gmu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#SSAG #GothicLiterature #ReadingGroup
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Gothic Reading Group: I, TITUBA, BLACK WITCH OF SALEM. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Gothic Reading Group: I, TITUBA, BLACK WITCH OF SALEM. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
gmu.zoom.us
October 6, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Tomorrow is the deadline!
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Proposals for our Biannual conference in Salem, MA, "American Nightmares II: Return to Salem" are due Oct. 1st, 2025. Please check our website for details:

americangothicsociety.com/symposium/
#SSAG #CFP #Conference #GothicLiterature
American Nightmares II: Return to Salem – Society for the Study of the American Gothic
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September 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Proposals for our Biannual conference in Salem, MA, "American Nightmares II: Return to Salem" are due Oct. 1st, 2025. Please check our website for details:

americangothicsociety.com/symposium/
#SSAG #CFP #Conference #GothicLiterature
American Nightmares II: Return to Salem – Society for the Study of the American Gothic
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September 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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For the 50th anniversary of Stephen King’s The Shining, eds. Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock and Tony Magistrale solicit chapter proposals for an edited collection Fifty Years of The Shining: New Essays. Proposals are welcome on any aspects of the novel, adaptations, paratexts, and cultural influence.
September 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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American Gothic Studies is seeking contributions for our "EXHUMATIONS" section.

Exhumations present new editions of American Gothic texts (max 12K words) that have been lost, forgotten, overlooked, or otherwise unavailable to contemporary readers.
September 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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It's Alive!!

Our Gothic Reading Group Returns September 26th at 2:30 PM EDT with The Ballad of Black Tom.

Zoom Registration Link: gmu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#SSAG #ReadingGroup #GothicLiterature
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