Blair Apgar
@blairapgar.bsky.social
Asst. Prof @ Kutztown, Art History | Mixed bag Medievalist obsessed w/Matilda of Canossa, video games, virtual reality & 3D models. PhD @ UofYork 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 (They/Them)
My article in Speculum went live today! Thrilled to be thinking about where/how VR might be used next in medieval studies!
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Thinking (and Feeling) in Virtual Reality: Prospective Uses in Medieval Studies | Speculum: Vol 101, No 1
www.journals.uchicago.edu
December 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
My article in Speculum went live today! Thrilled to be thinking about where/how VR might be used next in medieval studies!
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Today's the last day I have access to my Elon account--idk why but it's making me all teary!
September 1, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Today's the last day I have access to my Elon account--idk why but it's making me all teary!
What a lovely bunch @midagesmodgames.bsky.social
July 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
What a lovely bunch @midagesmodgames.bsky.social
Reposted by Blair Apgar
Even if you have a tangential interest in game studies, this review is well-worth your time. Any emerging field is going to have some sloppy scholarship (that's certainly true of game studies). But, what makes this review worthwhile is how it reckons with the costs of that behavior.
I wrote something new for History Respawned today. It's a review of a new book about Red Dead, but it's really about academic writing and historical game studies as a field. Please read, but also know, I really really really really REALLY didn't want to write this review.
Reviewer 2's Review of Red Dead's History — History Respawned
I promised myself I would never write a negative book review. I promised my PhD advisor I would never write a negative book review. I promised I would always find a silver lining in any piece of aca...
www.historyrespawned.com
July 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Even if you have a tangential interest in game studies, this review is well-worth your time. Any emerging field is going to have some sloppy scholarship (that's certainly true of game studies). But, what makes this review worthwhile is how it reckons with the costs of that behavior.
Reposted by Blair Apgar
A twist on the 'Sonic Pasts' book in the wild 😜 If anyone is interested in sound heritage work including sound in museums, the book is currently at a reduced rate www.routledge.com/Sonic-Pasts-...
July 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
A twist on the 'Sonic Pasts' book in the wild 😜 If anyone is interested in sound heritage work including sound in museums, the book is currently at a reduced rate www.routledge.com/Sonic-Pasts-...
Seems fitting that I crack @robehoughton.bsky.social's 'The Middle Ages in Compiter Games' on the train to the airport from @imc-leeds.bsky.social
July 11, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Seems fitting that I crack @robehoughton.bsky.social's 'The Middle Ages in Compiter Games' on the train to the airport from @imc-leeds.bsky.social
Here you go @marianajlopez.bsky.social -- not as good as a picture with your actual book but still pretty cool!
July 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Here you go @marianajlopez.bsky.social -- not as good as a picture with your actual book but still pretty cool!
Antonia diNardo (UNC Chapel Hill) is killing this presentation tbh
July 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Antonia diNardo (UNC Chapel Hill) is killing this presentation tbh
The two genders: Gandaolf or Gandalf
July 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The two genders: Gandaolf or Gandalf
BEST end slide today tbh
July 9, 2025 at 3:56 PM
BEST end slide today tbh
Wonderful turnout for our Middle Ages in Modern Games strand! We'll be in Maurice Keyworth 1.09 all day and tomorrow @imc-leeds.bsky.social
July 9, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Wonderful turnout for our Middle Ages in Modern Games strand! We'll be in Maurice Keyworth 1.09 all day and tomorrow @imc-leeds.bsky.social
Rare Matilda sighting!! So excited to meet Francesca Guerri (I'm a fan, obvi)
July 8, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Rare Matilda sighting!! So excited to meet Francesca Guerri (I'm a fan, obvi)
i love tiktok comments @charlottebowyer.bsky.social
July 8, 2025 at 8:40 AM
i love tiktok comments @charlottebowyer.bsky.social
@charlottebowyer.bsky.social is starting off where @aspencerhall.bsky.social left off re: #medievaltwitter to #medievalbluesky -- sad realities of being unable to recreate the apex of #medievaltwitter post Elon takeover
July 8, 2025 at 8:31 AM
@charlottebowyer.bsky.social is starting off where @aspencerhall.bsky.social left off re: #medievaltwitter to #medievalbluesky -- sad realities of being unable to recreate the apex of #medievaltwitter post Elon takeover
@aspencerhall.bsky.social is giving such a wonderfully incisive look at the way #medievaltwitter has largely replicated the ills of the academy it largely purports to subvert
July 8, 2025 at 8:19 AM
@aspencerhall.bsky.social is giving such a wonderfully incisive look at the way #medievaltwitter has largely replicated the ills of the academy it largely purports to subvert
I feel like @aspencerhall.bsky.social is directly calling me out re: #medievaltwitter being dominated by phd candidates...
July 8, 2025 at 8:10 AM
I feel like @aspencerhall.bsky.social is directly calling me out re: #medievaltwitter being dominated by phd candidates...
@aspencerhall.bsky.social starting the morning off talking about #medievaltwitter
🚬 I havent heard that name in years...
🚬 I havent heard that name in years...
July 8, 2025 at 8:06 AM
@aspencerhall.bsky.social starting the morning off talking about #medievaltwitter
🚬 I havent heard that name in years...
🚬 I havent heard that name in years...
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Tomorrow evening at #IMC2025 come to our roundtable discussion with @chillrike.bsky.social @blairapgar.bsky.social “Let’s Continue to Get Uncomfortable!: Doing Intersectionality". You can also attend online. If you can't attend in person but you want to work with us, drop us a line here! 💕
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July 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Tomorrow evening at #IMC2025 come to our roundtable discussion with @chillrike.bsky.social @blairapgar.bsky.social “Let’s Continue to Get Uncomfortable!: Doing Intersectionality". You can also attend online. If you can't attend in person but you want to work with us, drop us a line here! 💕
@nominiel.bsky.social you've been summoned in Aska Mayer's presentation!
July 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
@nominiel.bsky.social you've been summoned in Aska Mayer's presentation!
Feels fitting I'm starting Skyrim* en route to Leeds IMC.
*yes i've never played!
*yes i've never played!
July 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Feels fitting I'm starting Skyrim* en route to Leeds IMC.
*yes i've never played!
*yes i've never played!
OMG -- YES. I know I'll be looking for a copy at Leeds either way!"
June 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
OMG -- YES. I know I'll be looking for a copy at Leeds either way!"
If youre interested, hit me up! Happy to tell you all about the role :)
@arthistoryelon.bsky.social is seeking someone to teach ARH 2100: Art History of the Ancient World in 25-26 AY. If you are interested in working with my amazing colleagues (or have colleagues or students who might be), please reach out via email (www.elon.edu/u/directory/...). Review begins now!
Faculty & Staff Profile
www.elon.edu
June 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
If youre interested, hit me up! Happy to tell you all about the role :)
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Thank you for your paper Simone. Our final paper of this panel is by Blair Apgar (@BlairApgar , @blairapgar.bsky.social )and titled “Framing the Other Within: Sebhat of Sadai, Narrative Legibility, and Ethiopian Manuscript Aesthetics in Pentiment” #MAMG25
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middleagesinmoderngames.net
June 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Thank you for your paper Simone. Our final paper of this panel is by Blair Apgar (@BlairApgar , @blairapgar.bsky.social )and titled “Framing the Other Within: Sebhat of Sadai, Narrative Legibility, and Ethiopian Manuscript Aesthetics in Pentiment” #MAMG25
middleagesinmoderngames.net/mamg25/frami...
middleagesinmoderngames.net/mamg25/frami...