Potterversity

13/12/2024

Call for papers potentially of interest to our listeners! Take a look and considering submitting an abstract!

: Potions, Powers, and Prejudice
Co-edited collection Potions, Powers, and Prejudice: Reassessing Harry Potter
Deadline for abstracts: 6 January 2025
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://litwinbooks.com/cfp-potions-powers-and-prejudice/
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CFP: Potions, Powers, and Prejudice

For a generation, J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter franchise was emblematic of heroism, fighting against adversity, and inclusion of outsiders. This is why Rowling’s arguable alignment of herself, in 2020 and since, with transphobic and trans-exclusionary rhetoric felt like such a betrayal to many of her readers, prompting a revaluation of her work and what it means to them now. With the co-edited collection Potions, Powers, and Prejudice: Reassessing Harry Potter, we intend for contributors to explore the matter of what we collectively do with Harry Potter in the wake of its creator’s very public turn. Some readers have favored a careful delineation between author and work; others have regretfully concluded that no such delineation is possible.

This collection is deliberately interdisciplinary in scope, and we welcome contributions from across the disciplines. Topics under consideration might include:

- Discussions of how, or whether, libraries ought to handle HP-oriented programming and acquisition of HP materials
- Examinations of the series’ role in curricula
- Reflections on the distinction between creator and work
- Retrospective (re)evaluations of other controversial elements of HP (body-shaming, tokenism, racism, classism)
- Readers’ own narratives of their experiences with the work in light of JKR’s turn
- Discussions of analogous franchises/works (Diana Wynne Jones, Roald Dahl) as substitutes or interesting points of comparison
- Examinations of the impact of the series’ convergence across media platforms
- Other reflections on the complex interaction between JKR’s avowed ideology, the work, and personal/institutional experience


All contributions are welcome, and we particularly invite contributions from those in the trans community. The word limit for chapters is approximately 5,000 words, and we ask you to use APA style.



Deadlines for submission:

January 6: Abstracts due
February 17: Notification of acceptance
June 16: 1st draft due
September 15: Final revisions due
November 3: Final submission of manuscript


If you’re interested in contributing, please submit a proposal/abstract (approximately 500 words) via our submission form: https://tinyurl.com/potionspowers. If you have questions, please feel free to ask the editors: [email protected]

13/12/2024

Episode 59 recaps the 13th annual Chestnut Hill College Harry Potter Academic Conference and the latest in "Potter" scholarship.

"Potterversity" Episode 59: "Holding Space for Harry" - Potterversity

13/11/2024

On Episode 58, featuring Elizabeth Baird Hardy, step into a whole new world and look beyond the surface into wizarding spaces that are bigger on the inside.

"Potterversity" Episode 58: "More than Meets the Eye" - Potterversity

30/10/2024

'Tis the season for spookiness. Get in the spirit with Episode 57 on the ghosts and spirits of Hogwarts. 👻

"Potterversity" Episode 57: "The Ghosts of Our Past" -

27/09/2024

Dame Maggie Smith brought all of Professor McGonagall's poise, warmth, and attitude to life. Raise your wand and "have a biscuit, Potter," in her honor.

Dame Maggie Smith, Who Portrayed Professor McGonagall, Has Passed Away at 89 - News

25/09/2024

Our journey to the past continues as we delve deeper into the magic of memory in "Harry Potter" with Louise Freeman on Episode 56. Listen for more on Memory Charms, plus wizarding portraits, Horcruxes, and how memory is connected to the soul.

"Potterversity" Episode 56: "The Murky Marshes of Memory - Part 2" - Potterversity

21/09/2024

Check out host Katy's article in Asterisks Anomalies, "Harry Potter and Historical Witness: The Pensieve and the Time-Turner"!

Complex ideas, simply stated

11/09/2024

An intriguing Potterversity episode this month in memory in the Harry Potter series, with our expert guest psychologist Dr. Louise Freeman. We had such a wonderful discussion that we broke it into two parts. Part One has much to say about the Pensieve and Obliviate. Join us!

"Potterversity" Episode 55: "The Murky Marshes of Memory - Part 1" - Potterversity

05/09/2024

We can't wait for another year at the Chestnut Hill College Harry Potter Academic Conference! Listen to our past episodes about the conference for inspiration, and then submit your abstract and join us!

27/08/2024

Be part of Potter studies research! Scholars are looking to hear from Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, and Sherlock/Enola Holmes fans for a survey about fiction preferences and personality traits. Takes 10 minutes and poses some interesting questions!

https://forms.gle/wpEKVeVDnzXMT1C98

This research survey investigates the relationship between fiction preferences and personality traits. By completing the survey you are helping our research that looks into differences between fans of different story worlds. This survey consists of 3 parts: personal information, fiction preferences,...

13/08/2024

On this episode, we dive right into a key question in the Potter fandom with our discussion of Claire Dederer's book, Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma, joined by our guest, the amazing Lorrie Kim! How should we understand and interact with the art produced by very flawed human beings?

"Potterversity" Episode 54: "Monsters and the Monstrous" - Potterversity

11/07/2024

Our July episode of Potterversity is up! We talk with Dr. Mitchell Parks about connections between Harry Potter and Aeneas, and how both serve as cultural foundational texts. Lots of unexpected treasures in this one!

"Potterversity" Episode 53: "Harry, Aeneas, and the Foundational Text" - Potterversity

11/06/2024

Our latest podcast episode features Dr. Lana Whited, the first editor of a Harry Potter anthology, who has just edited another one some 20 years later, The Ivory Tower, Harry Potter, and Beyond. Some things in Potter scholarship have very definitely changed, but some have remained consistent. Join us for a frank, wide-ranging discussion about the field, and also some great individual essays whose authors will be featured on later episodes.

"Potterversity" Episode 52: "The Ivory Tower, Harry Potter, and Beyond" - Potterversity

14/05/2024

If you're like us, when you hear those gently discordant, whimsical tones, you are transported into the Potterverse. Join us as we talk with Dr. Dan White about how Harry Potter music achieves this auditory magic, the changes various composers made, and why it all matters.

"Potterversity" Episode 51: "Music and Fantasy in the 'Harry Potter' Franchise" - Potterversity

12/04/2024

We are so pleased to present you the last of our podcast conversations based on the Potterversity book, "Teaching, the Hogwarts Way," with amazing educators Brent Satterly and M'Balia Thomas. This episode is for everyone! But for all the teachers out there: you especially will thoroughly enjoy this conversation. Balm to a teacher's soul!

"Potterversity" Episode 50: "Teaching, the Hogwarts Way" - Potterversity

12/03/2024

Our Potterversity episode to start off the month is on "Playing Potter"--looking at sports and games in the series and for use in classrooms--with guests Laurie Beckoff (so you can count on connections to medieval games!) and Tison Pugh. Enjoy!

"Potterversity" Episode 49: "Playing Potter" - Potterversity

27/02/2024

How does the wizarding world deal with those who are "other"? From Muggles to werewolves, house-elves, and giants, we talk about the challenges of relating to others, not just in the wizarding world but in our own, on this episode of Potterversity. Our guests are Mark-Anthony Lewis and Travis Prinzi who are talking about their chapters in the Potterversity book. Join us for this thought-provoking, relevant, and challenging conversation.

"Potterversity" Episode 48: "Self and Others" - Potterversity

16/02/2024

Check out this podcast about three chapters in the Potterversity book that explore some of our favorite characters! Emma Nicholson reveals the true Sirius Black in a fascinating deep dive; Louise Freeman shows how Molly and Ginny Weasley represent female archetypes; and Katy McDaniel ponders whether Arthur Weasley's bewitching of the Ford Anglia is an act of cultural appropriation.

"Potterversity" Episode 47: "A Question of Character" - Potterversity