If you become a paid subscriber of The Dark Academicals Book Club during Summer School (16-27th June) you’ll get a 20% discount for the first year of your subscription whether you pay monthly or annually. Welcome to class!
Sharpen your pencils, refill your ink pots and get your note cards ready. Class is in session.
If this is your first time here, welcome. We’re going to be giving you the rundown on our beloved sub-genre of dark academia, fresh for 2025. The high highs, and the lowest of lows; the breaches into immorality, and maybe even immortality; and the questions that arise when living and studying in the upper echelons of society and academia.
Welcome to Summer School.
In this re-introduction to dark academia we give you all of the books and movies that you need to consume to get a handle on dark academia, and how we define and explore it on our podcast, The Dark Academicals, and right here on Substack.
From ‘The Secret History’ to ‘Ninth House’, ‘Saltburn’ to ‘Dead Poets Society’, we break down everything you need to know about dark academia. We discuss it as an aesthetic and it’s evolution into a sub-genre and a marketing tool.
If you’re new to us and new to dark academia, this is the perfect place to join us and we’re happy to welcome you to Summer School.
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