The May 2021 report of The German Lovecraft Society (DLG) states they have nearly reached 300 paid-up members, and that the next two issues of The Lovecrafter journal are approaching publication. These are themed “Witches and Witchcraft” and “Crossover”. After these, #9 and #10 will be on “Lovecraft’s Geographies” and “The Dreamlands” respectively. The report also notes…

the DLG’s literary team has posted a call-for-papers for our essay book H.P. Lovecraft and Germany: Cultural Reflections.

Proposals for chapters are welcome in German, until 1st July 2021. Translated, some of the suggested themes:

* Influences of German-speaking intellectuals on Lovecraft (Freud, Einstein are suggested).

* Lovecraft’s responses to right-wing radicalism in early Nazi Germany. (“right-wing radicalism” is Google’s translation).

* Germany’s ideas about Lovecraft and his works.

* Cosmic horror and contemporary German literature.

* Lovecraft adaptations in German-language media.

To which I’d add that there could also be interesting historical survey-essays in the following…

* Lovecraft’s responses to the First World War and German militarism.

* Lovecraft’s early responses to Nietzsche, and his later understanding of Oswald Spengler. (Far more important to his intellectual development than Freud or Einstein, and equally important contributors to his cultural pessimism).

* Lovecraft’s responses to German-led world exploration, archaeology and ethnography.

* Lovecraft and German science, 1897-1937, perhaps with special focus on the Moon.