Potterversity Episode 17: Potter and the Pig
Looking to recover lost love? Discover the connections between the Harry Potter stories and The Christmas Pig. Designed for younger readers, The Christmas Pig features a young boy going on a perilo...
10 Jan 202259min
Potterversity Episode 16: You Can't Over-Nerd Here
Tune in for the latest Potter Studies insights from the tenth annual Harry Potter Academic Conference! In this special episode, Emily and Katy have an in-person roundtable with Laurie Beckoff, Kat M...
13 Des 20211h 4min
Potterversity Episode 15: Film, Fandom, and Podcasting in Academia
Get a little "meta" in this episode about Harry Potter fandom and pop culture podcasting! Emily and Katy talk with film and fandom scholar - and fellow podcaster - Michael Boyce, Professor of Engli...
8 Nov 202156min
Potterversity Episode 14: Hogwarts Bullies
Investigate bullying at Hogwarts on this month’s episode. In this episode, Emily and Katy talk with Ithaca College’s Katharine Kittredge and Carolyn Rennie about the history of bullying and how it ...
11 Okt 20211h 18min
Potterversity Episode 13: Don't Know Much About . . . Arithmancy
Decode magical numbers on this month's episode! Katy and Emily talk with Dr. Lana Whited (Ferrum College) about one of the more mysterious of the magical subjects at Hogwarts: Arithmancy. We discuss ...
13 Sep 20211h 12min
Potterversity Episode 12: Harry and Aeneas in the Underworld
Harry’s explorations of loss, grief, and the nature of death borrow heavily from classical visions of the underworld, especially Virgil's Aeneid. In this episode, Katy and Emily talk to Dr. Vassiliki...
9 Aug 20211h 10min
Potterversity Episode 11: Reading the Signs
On this episode, we're reading Harry Potter through trauma theory, Fat Studies, and semiotics - and from the perspective of a nonbinary trans scholar of young adult literature. What does it meant to...
12 Jul 20211h 9min
Potterversity Episode 10: William Shakespeare's History of Hogwarts?
Universes collide as we imagine the story of the founding of Hogwarts in the form of a Shakespeare play. In this episode, we're joined by Ian Doescher, author of William Shakespeare's Star Wars as w...
14 Jun 202149min
