#Potterversity

Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 📖drahsturgis@universeodon.com
2024-12-28

2024 Wrap-Up: Podcasts

Thanks to all of the #podcasts that invited me on this year!

My "Looking Back on Genre History" #ScienceFiction segment ran each month on #StarShipSofa.

I talked to #Potterversity about my book chapter "Dark Arts & Secret Histories: Investigating #DarkAcademia"; to #TrashCompactor & #NewBooksNetwork about my book #StarWars: Essays Exploring a Galaxy Far, Far Away; & to #NewBooksNetwork about my book #StarTrek: Essays Exploring the Final Frontier.

I also talked #Tocqueville with the #VitalRemnants podcast & #MaryShelley twice with #TheMcConnellCenter podcast.

Links to all of these: amyhsturgis.com/?page_id=9

The logo for "Looking Back on Genre History" with Amy H. Sturgis on StarShipSofa, with retrofuturist artwork of a rocket in space.The chapter title "Dark Arts and Secret Histories: Investigating Dark Academia" by Amy H. Sturgis, from the 2023 academic anthology Potterversity.Pictured is the cover of Star Wars: Essays Exploring a Galaxy Far, Far Away, with artwork (painted by Emily Austin) of a planet.
Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 📖drahsturgis@universeodon.com
2023-11-09

I'm delighted to say that my essay "Dark Arts and Secret Histories: Investigating Dark Academia" has just been published in the new academic anthology #Potterversity from McFarland.

In the piece I define #DarkAcademia, distinguish the storytelling genre & its history from the aesthetic, & consider why there is an explosion of new DA storytelling happening now.

(One reason of many, I argue, is that authors such as Sarah Gailey, Naomi Novik, Victoria Lee, & others were both inspired by the Harry Potter series & moved to push back against J.K. Rowling's positions through their own works, which offer fresh, diverse perspectives & insightful, timely critiques.)

mcfarlandbooks.com/product/pot

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The text reads "Dark Arts and Secret Histories: Investigating Dark Academia" by Amy H. Sturgis.

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