A series of four panels I’ve co-organized with Dana Medoro, Sean Moreland, Cristina Pérez, and John Tresch on “Poe in the Maelstrom of Nineteenth-Century Science” has been accepted for inclusion in the programme of the 5th International Edgar Allan Poe Conference sponsored by the Poe Studies Association. The conference will be held at Omni Parker House Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts, April 7-10, 2022.

I’ll be giving a paper on „Monstrous Vision: Poe and the Optical Culture of Monstrosity“ and chairing the session on „Vortices of Aesthetic Judgement.“ Hopefully, the pandemic situation will allow the conference to go forward as planned – especially, since it’s already been postponed for a year!