Text of a talk delivered at the Chestnut Hill College Harry Potter Academic Conference on October 17, 2025. For today, I wasn’t sure if it was the right move to do a basic-level textual read. In the current political climate, especially in U.S. fandom circles, some argue that it’s not the time to delve back
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
Partial transcript from episode 328 of Alohomora podcast. 00:00:00 – 00:01:00 – AD BREAK 00:01:01 – START OF SHOW Katy: This is Episode 328 of Alohomora! for August 14, 2021. Welcome to another episode of Alohomora, MuggleNet.com’s in-depth exploration of the Harry Potter series. I’m Katy Cartee Haile. Tracy: I’m Tracy Dunstan. Alison: And I’m
On this reread, various thoughts on: “A stench of guilt.” Why Voldemort went to the trouble of rigging the Triwizard Tournament. Hallows vs. Horcruxes. The line “I smell guilt. There is a stench of guilt upon the air” from Voldemort in the graveyard scene of Goblet of Fire struck me as deliciously terrifying the first few times
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