As we enter full autumn and All Hallows’ Eve, the moment is right for dark academia. Some notes for the uninitiated: Dark academia is a subculture devoted to spaces like stony Oxford libraries, long, ...

At the heart of dark academia is a simple premise: when knowledge becomes obsession, something – or someone – must break. Once a niche literary aesthetic, dark academia has evolved into a ...

Gothic architecture. Candlelit study sessions. Finding a body belonging to one of the student body. This is dark academia, the high school experience that we all secretly wish we had. While not all of ...