This talk was delivered at the Harry Potter Academic Conference at Chestnut Hill College, October 20, 2023. “The Wandmaker,” Chapter 24 of Deathly Hallows, is a chapter of extraordinary range and eloquence. The writing is unapologetically mysterious, almost inscrutable but worth re-reading together. It starts with Dobby’s death. Harry pulls an all-nighter to dig Dobby
In October 2020, Dr. Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny, gave the plenary address at the Harry Potter Conference held at Chestnut Hill College. The following is a transcript of the video from that address. The Deathly Hallows: How Literature Helps Us To See the Evil in Politics *BEGINS AT 00:03:13* Timothy Snyder: Thank you very
Delivered on October 16, 2020 at the Harry Potter Conference of Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia, PA. On September 25, 2018, Korean actress Claudia Kim was announced in the role of Nagini for Fantastic Beasts: Crimes of Grindelwald. Here is my five-item tweet from the moment I found out: That was a fun morning. I
Note: Dear good people, do not do what I did. Do not throw out everything you prepared for writing a 20-minute talk on the day before the talk is scheduled because you’ve just realized that there’s something you really have to write about, so you have to scrap everything and start over. That was not a
Further reflections spurred by reading The Life and Lies of Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore by Irvin Khaytman. In his Chamber of Secrets chapter, Irvin goes over what it means for Dumbledore that he first realizes during this volume that Voldemort’s Dark Magic included making a Horcrux, and in fact, perhaps more than one Horcrux, “which I do
Just two weeks remaining until the Harry Potter Conference at Chestnut Hill College, Friday, October 19, 2018! Come see Irvin Khaytman talk about his new book, The Life and Lies of Percival Albus Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, which I wrote about when it was published in July. He and I will also be doing book signings on
Delivered at the Harry Potter Conference at Chestnut Hill College, October 21, 2016. It is incomplete, designed to fit into a 20-minute conference slot, but there will be plenty more to discuss along these lines, including Ron’s characterization as a Jungian trickster and the way Draco’s love for Astoria continues to strengthen him, as Snape
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