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Branton Memorial Lecture
Wonderful experience while giving the Branton Memorial Lecture at Washington & Jefferson College, on "Survival of the Fittest: The...

Medievalitas
Feb 12, 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


Why Does Memory Matter?
ICLAST Seminar Thursday, February 7, 2019 3:45pm – 5:30pm Stephen C. Hall Building, Room 102 with refreshments Coordinator: Dina...

Medievalitas
Feb 4, 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


Blake Butler LMC's choice for 2018-2019 Distinguished Alumnus
The School of Literature, Media, and Communication recently picked author and editor Blake Butler (Science Technology, and Culture,...

Medievalitas
Jan 13, 20191 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


Rosa Parks sculpture(s)
One of the best artistic investments on Georgia Tech's campus

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Dec 20, 20181 min read



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Dec 18, 20180 min read


Nettrice Gaskins joins LMC advisory board
Recently, I had the pleasure of welcoming Gene Kansas to the School of Literature, Media, and Communication advisory board. Today, I am...

Medievalitas
Dec 15, 20182 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


End of the year staff lunch
Good cheer with the great LMC staff team members at the end of a 'long' semester. These folks are the reason I love going to work every...

Medievalitas
Dec 13, 20181 min read


LMC Alumna's film included in national film registry annual list
School of Literature, Media, and Communication Distinguished Alumna, Ayoka Chenzira's film Hair Piece: A Film for Nappy-Headed...

Medievalitas
Dec 13, 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


What our science fiction says about us
Afro-Futurism expert Susana Morris from the School of Literature, Media, and Communication was recently featured by the BBC on how...

Medievalitas
Dec 12, 20181 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


Cultural developer Gene Kansas joins LMC advisory board
Exciting news: Atlanta cultural developer and alumnus Gene Kansas recently agreed to joining Kathy Goonan and Lester Tate on our School...

Medievalitas
Dec 8, 20182 min read
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