The dark academia aesthetic is a subculture derived from the idealisation of knowledge, classical studies, and literature. The 19th and early 20th-century scholarly styles influence the outfit.

Anchored in nostalgia for classic collegiate and prep school culture, dark academia is a TikTok subculture that embraces scholarly pursuits with a gothic, somber flair.It’s all about cultivating ...

While dark academia’s popularity among paradigm interior aesthetics—many that have been around for decades—could be seen as surprising, those that have fallen for the look don’t think so.

Poverty, alas, doesn’t quite capture the romantic ideal of dark academia, but it is a reality for many in higher education. Around a third of adjunct professors earn less than $25,000 a year ...

Many expressions of dark academia on social media are, as Hilless puts it, “un-critical,” but dark academia-inspired media which has repurposed its defining imagery to reclaim a space with a ...