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Laughing Kamala: A Medievalist's Perspective
Some weeks ago, I encountered two apparently unrelated cultural moments within the same hour: The first one was a news report that...

Medievalitas
Oct 13, 20241 min read


The Black Monk in The Name of the Rose
Happy to contribute a short piece in Poiema on an exceptional presence, a black actor in a feature film situated in the Middle Ages, in...

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Sep 25, 20241 min read
Flannery O'Connor Conference @ Georgia College
Had a relapse into literary and cultural studies by attending the NEH sponsored conference, "Flannery O'Connor's Second Century: Looking...

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Sep 12, 20241 min read


Medievally Speaking reviews: The Decameron (Netflix)
Please find Kevin J. Harty's, "Oh, Giovanni, where are you, Giovanni?” A Review of Netflix’s Eight-part Adaption of Giovanni Boccaccio’s...

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Sep 4, 20241 min read


"(Re)Creating Camelot," for Kzoo
Thanks to Michael A. Torregrossa, Joseph M. Sullivan, and Carl Sell for organizing and chairing a great roundtable on "Re-Creating...

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May 17, 20241 min read


Georgia Tech Medievalist carries Mace at graduation, sine effusione sanguinis
While President Cabrera wielded the light saber on May Fourth, Georgia Tech's medievalist got to carry the mace (a very techy kind of...

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May 5, 20241 min read


Romanticism, Nationalism, and Medievalism
An article by Rebecca Zani on the heritage and tradition of the historical roots of medievalism in romanticism and nationalism: “Tra gli...

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Feb 15, 20242 min read


Medievally Speaking reviews: Once Upon a Mattress
We begin our New Year at Medievally Speaking with Kevin J. Harty's take on a recent performance of the medievalist stage musical Once...

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Feb 7, 20241 min read


REEL Middle Ages, impending
Looks like Kevin J. Harty and Scott Manning have edited into shape their new collection of articles, a reevaluation of some of the...

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Feb 3, 20241 min read


Grupo de Estudos em História Medieval (GEHM): A Post-Mortem Analysis
A statement that clarifies the difficult professional choices faced by a highly successful student-led organization in medieval studies. ...

Medievalitas
Aug 3, 20231 min read


Mrs. Davis and the Search for the Holy Grail
Mrs. Davis and the Search for the Holy Grail; or, Спасибо meiner Herr vamános toute de suite fel y gwynt. An eight-part miniseries...

Medievalitas
Jun 5, 20238 min read


Bad job news for medievalists
Medieval Academy shares devastating outlook for North American medieval studies jobs, for example: “History jobs are now at the lowest...

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May 30, 20231 min read


Reading the Juggler of Notre Dame
Happy to have had the chance to review this new volume for The Medieval Review: Ziolkowski, Jan M. Reading the Juggler of Notre Dame:...

Medievalitas
May 25, 20236 min read


En(gender)ing Medievalism CFP
CALL FOR PAPERS STUDIES IN MEDIEVALISM XXXIII: EN(GENDER)ING MEDIEVALISM From Sir Walter Scott's chivalrous knights and damsels in...

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Apr 1, 20231 min read


Georgia Medievalist Group Spring Mtg
Georgia Medieval Group Spring 2023 Meeting Saturday April 15, 2023 All sessions will be held in Frank Brown Hall,1127 Broadway, Columbus,...

Medievalitas
Mar 30, 20231 min read


Review: Dictionnaire du Moyen Age Imaginaire
Medievalism Studies has its first comprehensive dictionary. Reviewed the Dictionnaire due Moyen Âge Imaginaire: Le médiévalisme, hier et...

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Feb 17, 20231 min read


Medievally Speaking reviews: Pentiment
Please find Clint Morrison, Jr.'s review of the medievalist videogame, Pentiment (Obsidian Entertainment, 2022), at Medievally Speaking. ...

Medievalitas
Feb 11, 20231 min read


Medievally Speaking reviews: Barbarians, season 1
I am pleased to share with you Katrin Thier's review of season 1 of the Netflix series, Barbarians (Barbaren), for Medievally Speaking,...

Medievalitas
Nov 27, 20221 min read


Chaucer, Chaumpaigne & DALL·E 2
I started some experiments to see what DALL·E 2 would do with Geoffrey Chaucer & Cecily Chaumpaigne, and here are the results with...

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Oct 26, 20221 min read


Medievally Speaking reviews: Medieval
In this fall full of medievalist TV shows and movies, here is Kevin J. Harty's take on Petr Jákl's movie, Medieval, for Medievally...

Medievalitas
Sep 17, 20221 min read
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