Society for the Study of the American Gothic
@ssag.bsky.social
Established in 2023 to promote and advance the study of the American Gothic through research, teaching, and publication.
If you have any questions, please contact Michael Bibler at [email protected] or Luke Anderson at [email protected].
This symposium is made possible by the generous support of LSU's Provost Fund for Innovation in Research “Big Ideas” Grant and by the Department of English.
This symposium is made possible by the generous support of LSU's Provost Fund for Innovation in Research “Big Ideas” Grant and by the Department of English.
November 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
If you have any questions, please contact Michael Bibler at [email protected] or Luke Anderson at [email protected].
This symposium is made possible by the generous support of LSU's Provost Fund for Innovation in Research “Big Ideas” Grant and by the Department of English.
This symposium is made possible by the generous support of LSU's Provost Fund for Innovation in Research “Big Ideas” Grant and by the Department of English.
Contributors to the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of the Southern Gothic explore new ways to think about Southern Gothic’s uncanny pasts, present, and futures in relation to a range of themes, including race, sex, gender identity, violence, surrealism, art, comics, music, journalism, and more.
November 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Contributors to the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of the Southern Gothic explore new ways to think about Southern Gothic’s uncanny pasts, present, and futures in relation to a range of themes, including race, sex, gender identity, violence, surrealism, art, comics, music, journalism, and more.
Likewise, if you have questions about the collection, please
contact either of us.
Jeanie Wills is Associate Professor and D.K. Seaman Chair of Professional and Technical
Communication in the Graham School of Professional Development, College of
Engineering, University of Saskatchewan.
contact either of us.
Jeanie Wills is Associate Professor and D.K. Seaman Chair of Professional and Technical
Communication in the Graham School of Professional Development, College of
Engineering, University of Saskatchewan.
October 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Likewise, if you have questions about the collection, please
contact either of us.
Jeanie Wills is Associate Professor and D.K. Seaman Chair of Professional and Technical
Communication in the Graham School of Professional Development, College of
Engineering, University of Saskatchewan.
contact either of us.
Jeanie Wills is Associate Professor and D.K. Seaman Chair of Professional and Technical
Communication in the Graham School of Professional Development, College of
Engineering, University of Saskatchewan.
Contributors are encouraged to build upon these themes. Chapters have a 7000-word limit, due by 1 January 2026 with MLA formatting. Authors will be notified by 15 January 2026.
Please send your completed paper to Jeanie Wills, [email protected] and Roxanne
Harde [email protected].
Please send your completed paper to Jeanie Wills, [email protected] and Roxanne
Harde [email protected].
October 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Contributors are encouraged to build upon these themes. Chapters have a 7000-word limit, due by 1 January 2026 with MLA formatting. Authors will be notified by 15 January 2026.
Please send your completed paper to Jeanie Wills, [email protected] and Roxanne
Harde [email protected].
Please send your completed paper to Jeanie Wills, [email protected] and Roxanne
Harde [email protected].
• Depictions of spiritual leaders
• Depiction of evil embodied
• Depictions of faith
• Rhetoric of transformation | transubstantiation
• Rhetoric of Resurrection
• Depiction of evil embodied
• Depictions of faith
• Rhetoric of transformation | transubstantiation
• Rhetoric of Resurrection
October 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
• Depictions of spiritual leaders
• Depiction of evil embodied
• Depictions of faith
• Rhetoric of transformation | transubstantiation
• Rhetoric of Resurrection
• Depiction of evil embodied
• Depictions of faith
• Rhetoric of transformation | transubstantiation
• Rhetoric of Resurrection
• The unlikely hero
Material rhetoric
• Technology
• Music
• Consumer rhetoric
• Environments
Public health
• Contagion and infection
• Addiction & recovery
• Cannibalism
Spiritual rhetoric
Material rhetoric
• Technology
• Music
• Consumer rhetoric
• Environments
Public health
• Contagion and infection
• Addiction & recovery
• Cannibalism
Spiritual rhetoric
October 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
• The unlikely hero
Material rhetoric
• Technology
• Music
• Consumer rhetoric
• Environments
Public health
• Contagion and infection
• Addiction & recovery
• Cannibalism
Spiritual rhetoric
Material rhetoric
• Technology
• Music
• Consumer rhetoric
• Environments
Public health
• Contagion and infection
• Addiction & recovery
• Cannibalism
Spiritual rhetoric
Topics might include but are not limited to the following:
• Public Address, Public Arena, and Public Character
• Political rhetoric
• The Rhetoric of Leadership
• Equity & social justice
• Failure of systems of civilization
• Writers and writing
• Adolescent lives / King’s YA readership
• Public Address, Public Arena, and Public Character
• Political rhetoric
• The Rhetoric of Leadership
• Equity & social justice
• Failure of systems of civilization
• Writers and writing
• Adolescent lives / King’s YA readership
October 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Topics might include but are not limited to the following:
• Public Address, Public Arena, and Public Character
• Political rhetoric
• The Rhetoric of Leadership
• Equity & social justice
• Failure of systems of civilization
• Writers and writing
• Adolescent lives / King’s YA readership
• Public Address, Public Arena, and Public Character
• Political rhetoric
• The Rhetoric of Leadership
• Equity & social justice
• Failure of systems of civilization
• Writers and writing
• Adolescent lives / King’s YA readership