UofG Fantasy
@uofgfantasy.bsky.social
@uofglasgow.bsky.social Centre for Fantasy + the Fantastic + Masters in Fantasy (https://gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/fantasy/). Co-directors: @tattersdill.bsky.social and @mjrsangster.bsky.social. Website: https://fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk/
Have you ever wanted to discover more about the mythological, legendary history of snakes? Well here's your chance! Join the University of Glasgow at The Hunterian for a series of evening events this summer! More details below 👇
June 18, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Have you ever wanted to discover more about the mythological, legendary history of snakes? Well here's your chance! Join the University of Glasgow at The Hunterian for a series of evening events this summer! More details below 👇
A very big thank you to the @gifcon.bsky.social team for their dedication and hard work in giving us all a fantastical GifCon conference year after year, and to all of the speakers and attendees for being a part of it!
Catch up on some of the talks on YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Catch up on some of the talks on YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
May 12, 2025 at 9:53 AM
A very big thank you to the @gifcon.bsky.social team for their dedication and hard work in giving us all a fantastical GifCon conference year after year, and to all of the speakers and attendees for being a part of it!
Catch up on some of the talks on YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Catch up on some of the talks on YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
We have been devouring every word of the last two days of @gifcon.bsky.social We're both excited for tomorrow and sad it's the last day.
What have been your highlights so far?
#FantasyLiterature #QueeringTheFantastic #GIFCon
What have been your highlights so far?
#FantasyLiterature #QueeringTheFantastic #GIFCon
May 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
We have been devouring every word of the last two days of @gifcon.bsky.social We're both excited for tomorrow and sad it's the last day.
What have been your highlights so far?
#FantasyLiterature #QueeringTheFantastic #GIFCon
What have been your highlights so far?
#FantasyLiterature #QueeringTheFantastic #GIFCon
Today's the day! Get those applications in! #SummerSchoolHereWeCome
Sign up here: www.gla.ac.uk/study/visiti...
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#FantasyLiterature #SciFiLiterature #BookLover #SummerSchool #InternationalCourses
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#FantasyLiterature #SciFiLiterature #BookLover #SummerSchool #InternationalCourses
April 30, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Today's the day! Get those applications in! #SummerSchoolHereWeCome
Sign up here: www.gla.ac.uk/study/visiti...
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#FantasyLiterature #SciFiLiterature #BookLover #SummerSchool #InternationalCourses
Sign up here: www.gla.ac.uk/study/visiti...
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#FantasyLiterature #SciFiLiterature #BookLover #SummerSchool #InternationalCourses
Congratulations to @dimitrafimi.bsky.social and Dr Andoni Cossio for winning Best Article at the @tolkiensociety.org 2025 Awards!
Access their article below⬇️
Access their article below⬇️
April 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Congratulations to @dimitrafimi.bsky.social and Dr Andoni Cossio for winning Best Article at the @tolkiensociety.org 2025 Awards!
Access their article below⬇️
Access their article below⬇️
Who? What? When? Where? See below for our International Summer School info and let us know if you have any questions!
www.gla.ac.uk/study/visiti...
#FantasyBooks #literature #Glasgow
www.gla.ac.uk/study/visiti...
#FantasyBooks #literature #Glasgow
April 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Who? What? When? Where? See below for our International Summer School info and let us know if you have any questions!
www.gla.ac.uk/study/visiti...
#FantasyBooks #literature #Glasgow
www.gla.ac.uk/study/visiti...
#FantasyBooks #literature #Glasgow
The APPLICATION DEADLINE for our International Summer School is coming up! Don't miss out! www.gla.ac.uk/study/visiti...
April 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The APPLICATION DEADLINE for our International Summer School is coming up! Don't miss out! www.gla.ac.uk/study/visiti...
Can you guess which fantasy series each map belongs to? We're surveying these texts and more across different media while exploring critical approaches and recent theoretical debates. You will also have an opportunity to try your hand at writing fantasy in a Creative Writing workshop!
April 23, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Can you guess which fantasy series each map belongs to? We're surveying these texts and more across different media while exploring critical approaches and recent theoretical debates. You will also have an opportunity to try your hand at writing fantasy in a Creative Writing workshop!
What's on our reading list for our fantasy summer school?
Explore these and more in "Fantastic Texts and Where to Find Them" this summer in Glasgow:
Apply here: www.gla.ac.uk/study/visiti...
#FantasyLiterature #InternationalSummerSchool #shortcourse #UofG #Glasgow #ScottishUniversity
Explore these and more in "Fantastic Texts and Where to Find Them" this summer in Glasgow:
Apply here: www.gla.ac.uk/study/visiti...
#FantasyLiterature #InternationalSummerSchool #shortcourse #UofG #Glasgow #ScottishUniversity
April 22, 2025 at 7:57 PM
What's on our reading list for our fantasy summer school?
Explore these and more in "Fantastic Texts and Where to Find Them" this summer in Glasgow:
Apply here: www.gla.ac.uk/study/visiti...
#FantasyLiterature #InternationalSummerSchool #shortcourse #UofG #Glasgow #ScottishUniversity
Explore these and more in "Fantastic Texts and Where to Find Them" this summer in Glasgow:
Apply here: www.gla.ac.uk/study/visiti...
#FantasyLiterature #InternationalSummerSchool #shortcourse #UofG #Glasgow #ScottishUniversity
A fantastical summer of fantasy books await you.
Apply here: www.gla.ac.uk/study/visiti...
#FantasyLiterature #InternationalSummerSchool University short course, summer school, fantasy books #UofG #Glasgow #ScottishUniversity
Apply here: www.gla.ac.uk/study/visiti...
#FantasyLiterature #InternationalSummerSchool University short course, summer school, fantasy books #UofG #Glasgow #ScottishUniversity
April 22, 2025 at 7:52 PM
A fantastical summer of fantasy books await you.
Apply here: www.gla.ac.uk/study/visiti...
#FantasyLiterature #InternationalSummerSchool University short course, summer school, fantasy books #UofG #Glasgow #ScottishUniversity
Apply here: www.gla.ac.uk/study/visiti...
#FantasyLiterature #InternationalSummerSchool University short course, summer school, fantasy books #UofG #Glasgow #ScottishUniversity
'Eucharistic Eroticism and Homonationalism in Diane Duane's The Tale of the Five' argues that Duane’s series articulates eroticism in a manner comparable to Linn Marie Tonstad’s (2016) queer re-visioning of transubstantiation and bodily and spiritual transformation through the Eucharist.
April 18, 2025 at 2:19 PM
'Eucharistic Eroticism and Homonationalism in Diane Duane's The Tale of the Five' argues that Duane’s series articulates eroticism in a manner comparable to Linn Marie Tonstad’s (2016) queer re-visioning of transubstantiation and bodily and spiritual transformation through the Eucharist.
'An Aspirational Cultus? Tolkien Fandom at the Borders of Belief' draws upon fan studies, sociology of religion, and Tolkien’s theory of sub-creation to theorize the religious implications of Enyalië, the graveside memorial which closes the @tolkiensociety.org annual gathering in Oxford.
April 18, 2025 at 2:19 PM
'An Aspirational Cultus? Tolkien Fandom at the Borders of Belief' draws upon fan studies, sociology of religion, and Tolkien’s theory of sub-creation to theorize the religious implications of Enyalië, the graveside memorial which closes the @tolkiensociety.org annual gathering in Oxford.
We would also like to extend our congratulations to Professor Nick Groom whose chapter on 'Tolkien, Geology, and Romantic Lithology' featured in @willsherwood.bsky.social 'The Romantic Spirit in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien' and has been shortlisted for Best Article!
April 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
We would also like to extend our congratulations to Professor Nick Groom whose chapter on 'Tolkien, Geology, and Romantic Lithology' featured in @willsherwood.bsky.social 'The Romantic Spirit in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien' and has been shortlisted for Best Article!
We would also like to extend our congratulations to Anahit Behrooz whose book 'Mapping Middle-earth: Environmental and Political Narratives in J.R.R. Tolkien's Cartographies' has been shortlisted for Best Book!
April 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
We would also like to extend our congratulations to Anahit Behrooz whose book 'Mapping Middle-earth: Environmental and Political Narratives in J.R.R. Tolkien's Cartographies' has been shortlisted for Best Book!
Congratulations also to our affiliate, Dr Andoni Cossio, and our co-director, @dimitrafimi.bsky.social, whose article on Tolkien's 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight' 1953 W. P. Kerr Memorial Lecture has been shortlisted for the Best Article category 😍
April 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Congratulations also to our affiliate, Dr Andoni Cossio, and our co-director, @dimitrafimi.bsky.social, whose article on Tolkien's 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight' 1953 W. P. Kerr Memorial Lecture has been shortlisted for the Best Article category 😍
Congratulations to @willsherwood.bsky.social (one of our PhD students) whose co-edited collection 'The Romantic Spirit in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien' has been shortlisted for the Best Book category 🥳
April 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Congratulations to @willsherwood.bsky.social (one of our PhD students) whose co-edited collection 'The Romantic Spirit in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien' has been shortlisted for the Best Book category 🥳
As the sky clouds over, look forward to joining us in Glasgow for this year's summer school (19.6-5.7)! 'Fantastic Texts and Where to Find Them' covers a variety of Fantasy texts while introducing you to new media that will swiftly become lifelong favourites!
www.gla.ac.uk/study/visiti...
www.gla.ac.uk/study/visiti...
April 16, 2025 at 9:32 AM
As the sky clouds over, look forward to joining us in Glasgow for this year's summer school (19.6-5.7)! 'Fantastic Texts and Where to Find Them' covers a variety of Fantasy texts while introducing you to new media that will swiftly become lifelong favourites!
www.gla.ac.uk/study/visiti...
www.gla.ac.uk/study/visiti...
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#PublishingEvent #Publishing Publishing for young readers, childrens books and YA, University of Glasgow, #YABooks #Romantasy #ChildrensBooks #UofG #Glasgow
#PublishingEvent #Publishing Publishing for young readers, childrens books and YA, University of Glasgow, #YABooks #Romantasy #ChildrensBooks #UofG #Glasgow
April 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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#PublishingEvent #Publishing Publishing for young readers, childrens books and YA, University of Glasgow, #YABooks #Romantasy #ChildrensBooks #UofG #Glasgow
Thank you to everyone who came to our PFYR Symposium! We are grateful to our speakers and participants for a wonderful day of presentations, insights, critical reflections, practical advice, and conversation.
See you at @gifcon.bsky.social in May?
See you at @gifcon.bsky.social in May?
April 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Thank you to everyone who came to our PFYR Symposium! We are grateful to our speakers and participants for a wonderful day of presentations, insights, critical reflections, practical advice, and conversation.
See you at @gifcon.bsky.social in May?
See you at @gifcon.bsky.social in May?
Such interesting points, argument and stories (gossip) from the publishing and editing worlds from each of our speakers today 📚
April 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Such interesting points, argument and stories (gossip) from the publishing and editing worlds from each of our speakers today 📚
We are ready for a second round of panels 😎
April 3, 2025 at 12:45 PM
We are ready for a second round of panels 😎
Getting to hear from a published author about their research and writing process is one of our favourite things (and magical exploding cheeses) @franceshardinge.bsky.social 🤩
April 3, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Getting to hear from a published author about their research and writing process is one of our favourite things (and magical exploding cheeses) @franceshardinge.bsky.social 🤩
Who wants cupcakes? 😋
April 3, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Who wants cupcakes? 😋
We're here and talks have commenced!
April 3, 2025 at 9:11 AM
We're here and talks have commenced!
Tomorrow! Who is coming??
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#PublishingFantasy #YoungReaders #Symposium #Publishing #GlasgowEvents #UofG Academic Events, Fantasy Academia, University of Glasgow, Ursula K. le Guin, #UrsulaLeGuin #BookRecs
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April 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Tomorrow! Who is coming??
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#PublishingFantasy #YoungReaders #Symposium #Publishing #GlasgowEvents #UofG Academic Events, Fantasy Academia, University of Glasgow, Ursula K. le Guin, #UrsulaLeGuin #BookRecs
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#PublishingFantasy #YoungReaders #Symposium #Publishing #GlasgowEvents #UofG Academic Events, Fantasy Academia, University of Glasgow, Ursula K. le Guin, #UrsulaLeGuin #BookRecs