Aeternum: The Journal of Contemporary Gothic Studies (ISSN2324-4895) is an open-access biannual on-line journal. It offers peer-reviewed academic articles. The purpose of the Journal is to provide an emphasis on contemporary Gothic scholarship, bringing together innovative perspectives from different areas of study.

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Aeternum welcomes contributions from the breadth of contemporary Gothic Studies, with a focus on:

• contemporary issues within Gothic scholarship, such as technology, digitality, geo-cultural politics, food studies, and global communication;

• varied and multi-faceted readings of the Gothic, recognising the importance and impact of cultural differences on the genre;

• innovative and fresh perspectives on the Gothic within traditional areas such as literature, television and film; 

• areas of research which go beyond disciplines and subjects traditionally associated with Gothic research;

• under-represented areas and disciplines which nonetheless have a strong Gothic focus and have built influential portfolios, such as animation, design, digital humanities, dramaturgy, cultural history, food studies, music, and pedagogy;

• international scholarship which considers perspectives and topics originating not only from North America and Europe, but also other prolific areas of Gothic scholarship such as Australasia.

• over-looked regional incarnations of the Gothic and how they interact with issues of a global nature.

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Prospective contributors are welcome to discuss ideas for articles with the Editor prior to submission (Dr Lorna Piatti-Farnell: lorna.piatti-farnell@aut.ac.nz ).