Events

2027

April

April 16: Online symposium of works-in-progress for the “Digital Decadence” special issue of Volupté: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Decadence Studies

January

January 15: Abstract Submission Deadline for “Digital Decadence,” a special issue of Volputé: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Decadence Studies. The CFP is below (click here for the plain-text version).

Archive of Past Events

2025

April 25, “Artificialising the Atmosphere: Joris-Karl Huysman’s Decadent Globe,” with Sebastian Lund.

Register here to receive the Zoom Link on the day of the event. It is free and open to all, but registration will close one day prior to the event, so make sure you register early. Event starts at 9:00am EST / 2:00pm GMT / 6:30pm IST (India) / 9:00pm UTC+8 (China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Indonesia, Brunei, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Western Australia) / 11:00pm JST (Japan).

February 28: Neo-Decadence Creative Writing Roundtable with Justin Isis, Arturo Calderon, Brendan Connell, and Golnoosh Nour.

Register here to receive the Zoom link on the day of the event. It is free and open to all, but registration will close one day prior to the event so make sure you register early. Event starts at 9:00am EST / 2:00pm GMT / 11:00pm JST (Japan).

2023

March 2023: “Global Decadence, Race, and the Futures of Decadence Studies Conference.”

A conference focused on scholarship and creative writing about decadence, with invited speakers such as poet Thuy On (Decadence, 2022), novelist Shola Von Reinhold (LOTE, 2021), and academic Robert Stilling (Beginning at the End: Decadence, Modernism, and Postcolonial Poetry (2018). Read a review about the event here.