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What does English poet John Keats have to do with Harry Potter?
Katy and Emily are joined by Beatrice Groves (Oxford University) to discuss echoes of John Keats in Harry Potter. Bea is particularly interested in Keats's poem "The Eve of St. Agnes" - namely, the medievalisms present in the poem and the medieval vibe of Hogwarts.
We consider why t...
Sirius Black wasn't the only prisoner of Azkaban—or the only victim of a deeply flawed penal system.
Our guest for this episode is Marjolaine Martin, host of our French counterpart podcast at La Gazette du Sorcier, ASPIC, as well as their new Multiplettes podcast. She has also worked for the French Ministry of Justice at the Research Office of the Dir...
Harry Potter is a global phenomenon - but how has it been received in Russia?
Katy and Emily are joined Dr. Eliot Borenstein, professor of Russian and Slavic studies at New York University, to discuss his recent book The Politics of Fantasy: Magic, Children's Literature, and Fandom in Putin's Russia. Eliot tells us about how Harry Potter came...
Why is it important to read Harry Potter critically?
Katy and Emily talk about bridging the academic and fan worlds with Dr. Julian Wamble, who teaches a course called Harry Potter and Social Identity at George Washington University. Julian's class allows students to approach complex political issues through the lens of Harry Potter, such as prison abolition...
We're going back to school, and specifically Latin class, on this episode.
Dr. Mitchell Parks (Knox College) joins us once again to connect classical studies to Harry Potter, but this time, we're not looking as far back as ancient times. Inspired by Mitchell's presentation at the last Harry Potter Academic Conference, we're going to the 1950s to explore the sa...