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Michael Evans: "Distortions of the past for ideological reasons tend to be dangerous": An Interview with Tom O'Neill. Kevin J. Harty: ...

Medievalitas
Feb 16, 20191 min read


Got street creds in food studies now...
Cited in a recent article on the Medieval Times entertainment chain for seriouseats.com, and together with the venerable Marty Shichtman!...

Medievalitas
Feb 6, 20191 min read


Super Bowl, Medievally Speaking
We Want Wall. We Want Knight. Not. Medievalism and the Atlanta Super Bowl Richard Utz In December, 2018, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary...

Medievalitas
Feb 3, 20192 min read


SPONGE ARTHUR ROUND PANTS?
Kevin J. Harty, La Salle University, reviews Aquaman for Medievally Speaking Cinema arthuriana is not a film genre. Rather, it is a form...

Medievalitas
Jan 19, 20192 min read


Medieval Islam's Virgin Mary
Another great essay in the Public Medievalist's series on Gender, Sexism, and The Middle Ages, this one by Kathleen Crowther.

Medievalitas
Jan 3, 20191 min read
Dina Khapaeva on Antihumanism in JK Rowling’s Wizarding World
Many revelations on Rowling's medievalist narrative world. DK writes: In keeping with JK Rowling’s promise to write five more books and...

Medievalitas
Jan 1, 20191 min read


Robbing the Hood
Otto Bathurst's 2018 movie, Robin Hood, from the perspective of Kevin J. Harty, author of The Reel Middle Ages, at Medievally Speaking.

Medievalitas
Dec 26, 20181 min read


Benign medievalisms: The Juggling the Middle Ages exhibit at Dumbarton Oaks
North American lovers of medieval culture had a rude awakening in August 2017, when they realized how “Unite the Right” demonstrators ...

Medievalitas
Dec 21, 20181 min read


My Fair Lady? How We Think About Medieval Women
Yvonne Seale tells us: “Lady” is a simple word. But it can be used to mean very different things. It’s a standard way to refer to a...

Medievalitas
Dec 14, 20181 min read


Berit Kjærulff on "Medievalism and the post-medieval Middle Ages"
Berit Kjærulff (U of Aarhus) recently published a review article "Medievalism and the post-medieval Middle Ages" in Orbis Litterarum (73...

Medievalitas
Dec 13, 20183 min read


Recent review of Cambridge Companion to Medievalism
Juan Manuel Lacalle recently reviewed Louise D'Arcens' handbook for Revista Exlibris. Glad to read a detailed engagement with my short...

Medievalitas
Dec 10, 20182 min read


The Politics of the Past: Democratic Practice and Populist Challenges
November 29, 2018, 5 p.m. Swann Building 115, 613, Cherry Street, Atlanta GA 30332, Georgia Tech Chair: John Krige (Georgia Tech)...

Medievalitas
Nov 27, 20181 min read


Kevin J. Harty reviews Outlaw King
Others will cast more tenderly in bronze / Their breathing figures, I can well believe, / And bring more lifelike portraits out of...

Medievalitas
Nov 12, 20181 min read


Assistant editor position, YWiM
The Year’s Work in Medievalism is seeking applications for the position of Assistant Editor. The selected individual will work alongside...

Medievalitas
Nov 11, 20181 min read


Call for papers, YWiM 33 (2018)
Call for Papers: The Year's Work in Medievalims, Issue 33 (2018) YWiM is a peer-reviewed annual academic journal that provides a...

Medievalitas
Nov 11, 20181 min read


Chivalry, again
Jamie Kennedy on the moment "In Which Sarah Sanders Weaponizes the Meaning of 'Chivalry.'"

Medievalitas
Nov 11, 20181 min read


Georgia Medievalists' Group Fall Meeting at Georgia Tech
The Schools of Literature, Media, and Communication and Modern Languages, represented by Kelly Ann Fitzpatrick, Dina Khapaeva, and yours...

Medievalitas
Oct 31, 20181 min read


Whose Middle Ages? Remembering Early African-American Efforts to Claim the Past
Read the article by Matthew Vernon at The Public Medievalist: Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther was a cultural landmark. Countless articles...

Medievalitas
Oct 26, 20181 min read


What, in the world, is medievalism?
This was the cadre for my lecture on "What, in the World, is Medievalism?", the magnificent music room at Harvard University's Dumbarton...

Medievalitas
Oct 26, 20181 min read


Wedding, the Old Norse way
Interestingly, the couple considers Christianity a contemporary tradition, and Viking paganism one that has to be revived after a 1000...

Medievalitas
Oct 17, 20181 min read
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