Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies

The mission of the Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies 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.