American Studies to be axed at @uniofnottingham.bsky.social and staff threatened with redundancy. Unconscionable managerial idiocy. It's been key to the field outside the US and must be defended www.change.org/p/save-ameri...

'Two homes, two versions of an American ideal, each stained by the acts they hosted.' Mark Storey: Dark tourist guides to America

My bit on American gothic in this week's @thetls.bsky.social Dark tourist guides to America | Book review | The TLS share.google/2mWXcoCbpTnd... - and I got to chat about the same on their podcast Scare Stories | TLS share.google/aEIfPwQLSfZh.... Not a trick, a treat.

The University of Warwick has come under fire after a senior executive appeared in a Vogue Singapore advertorial promoting the institution’s new branding strategy, with academics calling it “tone-deaf” and a “self-inflicted embarrassment”, reports @tashmosheim.bsky.social #AcademicSky #branding

The funniest thing is that the profile Warwick seems to have paid for in Vogue of an SMT member is just AI word slop that says nothing. Zero. My dogs could produce more meaningful prose. During a university funding crisis.

Self-inflicted embarrassment for the University of Warwick — first it rebrands hyper-generically, then someone totally unhinged decides the *front page of the uni website* should say ‘Learn more about our Brand’.

Very nice to make into the very first issue of a new journal, and American Gothic Studies looks like it'll be a great new venue for the field. Lucky to be amongst some terrific essays. My bit is a trip down the Funhole with Kathe Koja.... www.psupress.org/Journals/jnl...

Had a fab time at @iaswarwick.bsky.social The Fear Network’s inaugural conference, presenting headline ideas on what we can take away from examining 18th c. familial letters. Thanks to @multistorey.bsky.social and the group for organising #skystorians #18c

Colleagues from Linnaeus University in Sweden kicking off with a great panel on world gothic. #fearstudies

The fearful day has arrived: looking forward to the conversations and exchanges today at 'Fear Studies in an Age of Fear' as we welcome colleagues across the UK, Europe, and online to Warwick. #fear #fearstudies warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...

not Lynch's movie, I know, but god, what a sendoff

A brilliant and welcome project -- a rare bit of positive news in the arts world

CLOSES TOMORROW: a final call to register for FEAR STUDIES IN AN AGE OF FEAR at Warwick University, 31 January 2025. For a fearless start to a frightening new year. warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...

Exciting things happening on the 'Women in World-Literature' conference "hub" front! What is the "hub" model? Well, we noticed last time that participants valued the interactive elements, so now we want to take networking opportunities to as many people as possible!

Just two weeks until registration closes for FEAR STUDIES IN AN AGE OF FEAR. Join us in January for a programme that includes literary critics, criminologists, historians, psychologists, lawyers, sociologists, philosophers, and more. warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/…

Join us at Warwick or online for what looks to be a fabulous conference on 31st Jan. Registration closes on 23rd Dec so if you are interested in anxiety/fear please sign up! #skystorians

Forgot to add that registration closes *23rd December*. Spaces are limited!

With Haigh's departure from the cabinet, for the first time in our political history, the cabinet is 100% state educated. Quite the moment.

Very pleased to be sharing the programme for 'Fear Studies in an Age of Fear', a one-day interdisciplinary conference being held at Uni. of Warwick on 31 January 2025. Join us! warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa....

Very pleased to be sharing the programme for 'Fear Studies in an Age of Fear', a one-day interdisciplinary conference being held at Uni. of Warwick on 31 January 2025. Join us! warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa....

Baptising this new place with a shameless plug: a bit from a couple of weeks ago that I wrote for @thetls.bsky.social on the dubious delights of 70s/80s paperback horror. For my fellow weirdos. www.the-tls.co.uk/literature/f...

The best (and funniest) news since...well, the 5th November.

Wait a minute, wait a minute, you ain't heard nothin' yet!