Potterversity Episode 33: Love and Wonder
Whether it’s love for Hogwarts or love at Hogwarts, this episode will satisfy your wizard school Valentine’s cravings. What theme is more central to the Harry Potter series than love? On this special...
27 Feb 202348min
Potterversity Episode 32: Death Eaters
This episode grapples with two omnipresent themes in Harry Potter: death and immortality. Although the series has sometimes been deemed too dark for children, death can happen to anyone at any time, ...
13 Feb 20231h 4min
Potterversity Episode 31: Calling In from the Harry Potter Academic Conference - Part 2
For the second part of our discussion about the 2022 Harry Potter Academic Conference, we discuss current themes in Potter scholarship, including the special section on the transgender community. Kat...
23 Jan 202355min
Potterversity Episode 30: Calling In from the Harry Potter Academic Conference
Join us as we reflect on one of our favorite annual events, the 2022 Harry Potter Academic Conference at Chestnut Hill College. Katy and Emily talk with attendees and presenters from the 11th annual ...
9 Jan 202345min
Potterversity Episode 29: Pondering Pumpkin Pasties: Food in the Wizarding World
It’s the holiday season, so it’s time for the magic of food on this month’s episode. Food has a special role at this time of year . . . and in the Harry Potter series. Katy, Emily, and Louise Freeman...
12 Des 20221h 13min
Potterversity Episode 28: Literary Takes on Harry Potter
For all its growth into a global media franchise, Harry Potter is first and foremost a work of literature. Katy and Emily talk to Dr. Cecilia Konchar Farr, Professor of English and Dean of the Colleg...
14 Nov 20221h 3min
Potterversity Episode 27: Jim Kay's Illustrated Harry Potter Editions
Explore the whimsical, fantastical, compelling images in Jim Kay’s illustrated Harry Potter editions. On this episode, Katy and Emily talk with artist and fantasy scholar Emily Austin (Signum Univers...
10 Okt 20221h 12min
Potterversity Episode 26: Learning Defense Against the Dark Arts
Discover how politics can be both Dark Arts and the defense against them in Harry Potter. Katy and Emily talk to Dr. John S. Nelson, Professor of Political Theory and Communication at the University ...
12 Sep 20221h 2min
