Contemporary Gothic Reading Group 2022 - Session 4

Please join us for this year's Modern and Contemporary Gothic reading group! The fourth and last session will take place on the 13th of July, when we will be discussing Gretchen Felker-Martin's gory and thought-provoking horror novel Manhunt (2022).

Rationale: These free sessions, which we run in the summer months, give us a chance to explore the prominent role of the Gothic in modern and contemporary culture. Come along for a relaxed conversation among enthusiasts and avid readers. You can find out more about what we have read in previous years here.

Format: The session will be led by one of our postgraduate Gothic researchers and will take place online over Teams (the link will be visible after you sign up). There is no need to prepare anything in advance. Just turn up on the day ready to chat about the book.

Audience: This reading group is open to everyone, but please note that regular attendees tend to be postgraduate researchers and members of staff. For this reason, the group might not suit total beginners.

You can find out more about the novel here.

The Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies

The mission of the Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies at Manchester Metropolitan University is to promote the study of the Gothic both nationally and internationally, and to work across age ranges and levels of study, from sixth form to PhD and beyond. To do this we have run conferences and symposia, Sixth Form Gothic Study Days, creative writing workshops and Continuing Professional Development courses that are of particular interest to those who teach the Gothic, or those who simply wish to take a university-level course for personal enrichment. To date, we have run seven Gothic Manchester Festivals and multiple Gothic networking days, as well as numerous public research lectures and seminars, often in collaboration with our extensive network of partners and stakeholders across Greater Manchester. This has helped us not only to showcase our research but also to bring theoretically and historically informed understandings of Gothic culture to a wider non-specialist audience. In 2018 we hosted the 14th conference of the International Gothic Association, the most significant gathering of Gothic academics in the world.