From the Slender Man to Candle Cove, creepypastas have an undeniable influence on pop culture. Internet urban legends and fictions have recently been the object of numerous films, tv series and podcasts. Such phenomenon deserves not an analysis, but an exploration, in order to understand why they fascinate us (and why they keep us in front of our computer late at night). For those with global passes and Los Angeles branch passes, your registration link for the original December lecture will work for this replacement class. We hope to present REGRESSION OBSESSION in 2022.

Thank you to all who attended the Miskatonic New York Lecture on October 19th: THE AMERICAN NIGHTMARE: HOMEOWNERSHIP AND THE HAUNTED HOUSE, with the amazing Leila Taylor! She has kindly given us her bibliography and filmography, for those who wish to dive deeper into the subject.

Sunday October 10th, 2:30pm EDT: The Miskatonic Institute is excited to once again team up with the collaborative virtual event NIGHTSTREAM, to present a special lecture on that very contemporary horror phenomenon, the Creepypasta. The event can be watched from anywhere in the world, with the purchase of a Panel badge

The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies is delighted to present its roster of classes for the fall semester, 2021. All three city branches – London, New York, and Los Angeles – will remain online for the semester, now on Tuesday nights, and we welcome students from around the world. We have twelve classes on a wide range of topics, delving into all corners of horror studies, from the sublime to the strange to the terrifying.

As we head into the second (and hopefully last) pandemic summer, The Miskatonic Institute will be releasing some of the most popular online classes on our Vimeo channel. For those who might have missed a class, or are just learning about our organization, this is chance to spend some quality time with horror. Available from July 1st – August 31st, you can watch this sampling from each branch, which includes the lecture and the q&a session.

Thank you to our audience and lecturers for our Spring 2021 semester. Your response has lifted our spirits in these dark times, and we hope you were enlightened and entertained. While we may have been physically separated, we were together in horror spirit. Keep an eye on our social media and website for upcoming announcements on our plans for the summer and autumn. Stay safe! Get vaccinated! Wear a mask! Wash your hands! Watch & Read more horror!

Thank you all who attended the Miskatonic New York lecture “Concrete Maternality: On Late Capitalism and High Rise Horror” with Émilie von Garan. Please find below a list of reading materials for your further edification. Agrest, Diana, Patricia Conway, and Leslie Weisman. The Sex of Architecture. New York: Harry N. Abrams. 1996. Bakhtin, Mikhail. Rabelais […]

Greetings Miskatonic students! Please be aware that North American is now on daylights savings time. If you are outside North America and plan to attend our lectures on March 18th and/or March 25th , be sure to check the time difference with your location so you don’t miss out. We look forward to seeing you […]

Thank you to all who attended the Miskatonic New York lecture “Spanish Horror Towards the 21st Century” with Vicente Rodríguez Ortega. Professor Rodríguez Ortega has been kind enough to provided us with his list of references, for our further edification. List of References for “Spanish Horror Towards the 21st Century” Lecture Aldana Reyes, Xavier. 2015. […]