International Gothic Association

Image of a shrouded figure with a skull on their knee and a skeletal hand over theirs. Text reads: The Australasian Horror Studies Network presents Apocalypse A Halloween Symposium Free | Online | October 26 2025 Abstracts due August 1 Send 200-250 words + short bio to australasian.horror.network@gmail.com

The CFP the annual Halloween Symposium of the Australasian Horror Studies Network closes on 1 August.

Potential topics include religious fervour, dystopia, planetary or human annihilation, cataclysms, AI takeovers, posthumanism, and ecological nightmares.

See below for more details!

Many congratulations, Sam!

Super pleased to be the recipient of the @igagoths.bsky.social essay prize this year, and extremely excited to share this paper via the amazing @gothicstudies.bsky.social journal!

It’s lovely to see so many photos from #GothicCrossroads at @manmetuni.bsky.social!

Our next conference will be next year at the University of Hull. You can become a member for as little as £6 for more information and to join us there: www.globalgoth.org/join/

Hello! You can join the IGA to be added to the map here: www.globalgoth.org/join/

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Join me on Wednesday next week for two short, sharp ghost stories live-streamed...

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To get your own listing on our Goth Map, you can join the IGA for as little as £6 per year, with other benefits including the opportunity to attend the biannual IGA conference and a monthly newsletter of CFPs, new publications, conferences, events, and more: www.globalgoth.org/join/

We now have hundreds of Gothicists on our Goth Map!

If you are looking for researchers to collaborate with, you can filter members by location or by research interests, including gender, period, approach, media, creatures, and more: www.globalgoth.org/goth-map/

Thank you!

Yes! The IGA is an amazing organisation! 🖤

Thank you!

One of my favourite things about academia is being a part of this group. Check them out.

The IGA is an Amazing organisation - I highly recommend it.

The IGA has arrived! #GothsAssemble

I’ve been attending IGA conferences since <gulp> the previous century. One of the best associations, conferences, and journals going!

Proud member since 2011. The one conference I never miss.

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Become a member of our exciting international community today! Benefits include access to the IGA newsletter, prizes and bursaries, a personal listing in our searchable Goth Map, subscription to Gothic Studies and 30% discount on Edinburgh University Press publications (full membership only).

From the literary ghosts and vampires of the past, to the most contemporary representations of the strange, the horrific, and the uncanny, our members have pioneered new research in Gothic Studies across disciplinary boundaries, genres, media, geographical locations and time periods.

The International Gothic Association is a large family of academic researchers, students, artists and writers with a shared interest in all things Gothic.

www.globalgoth.org

Thank you so much!

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Because I ought to promote this more: my edited collection Nigel Kneale and Horror is now available from @livunipress.bsky.social ! Tell your libraries! www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....

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We're pleased to announce that @tobyhadoke.bsky.social's long-awaited history of the The Quatermass Experiment will be published in May in trade paperback, along with a limited edition hardback with special cover artwork by @roberthack.bsky.social. Order now from tenacrefilms.bigcartel.com

I put together this starter pack for Ghost Story, Horror and Gothic Creatives. Lots of gaps and omissions, I'm sure! But it's a start(er)! Do follow and share :)

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My starter pack needs more space than the 150 allotted so I’ll make a part two of horror folk, creatives, and evil doers. Also, why does Bluesky allow me to change the title of the pack but the graphic still says “horror writers”. Anyways, go celebrate these artists go.bsky.app/QBuj23L

If you would like to be added to a list of all things horror studies, please pop your name below :) go.bsky.app/Jc9mRp6

Hi Lynn! If you're still updating this list, it would be great to be added. Thank you! 👻

Hi Janine! If you're still updating this list, it would be great to be added. Thank you! 👻

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Hello! We are the publishers of Gothic Studies. If you're still updating this list, it would be great to be added. Thank you! 👻