It's a great day to say "Thank you!" to all in the #StarWars & #SFF community who have helped spread the word about our new #VernonPress anthology, Star Wars: Essays Exploring a Galaxy Far, Far Away.
Many thanks to #BradBrowne & #JasonKaufman of #DiceInMind, #EliseCedeño of #TeachingWithMagic, #JonnyMayner of #StarWarsBookCommunityPodcast, #MegDowell of #NowThisIsLit, #JoshBernard of #TrashComPod, @sparrow of #MythgardMiscellany's #PubNight, & the #DigitalCulturalStudiesCooperative for their wonderful conversations, reviews, interviews, & support!
Book info:
https://vernonpress.com/book/1751
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Star Wars: Essays Exploring a Galaxy Far, Far Away
'Star Wars' is a global phenomenon that in 2022 celebrated its 45th year of transmedia storytelling, and it has never been more successful than it is today. More 'Star Wars' works than ever are currently available or in simultaneous development, including live-action and animated series, novels, comics, and merchandise, as well as the feature films for which the franchise is best known. 'Star Wars' fandom is worldwide, time-tested, and growing; academic interest in the franchise, both inside and outside of the classroom, is high. This accessible and multidisciplinary anthology covers topics across the full history of the franchise.
With a range of essays by authors whose disciplines run from culture and religious studies to film, feminism, and philology, 'Star Wars: Essays Exploring a Galaxy Far, Far Away' speaks to academics in the field, students in the classroom, and anyone looking to broaden their understanding and deepen their appreciation for 'Star Wars'.
Qui-Gon Jinn- with Dr. Amy Sturgis by Teaching With Magic
We're flying off into the Star Wars Universe in today's episode: all about Qui-Gon Jinn, the Jedi Master we all know and love. What qualities, attitudes, and actions make Qui-Gon the cool teacher-I mean Jedi Master- that every Padawan wants? How does the Master/Apprentice relationship work in Star Wars, and what can we teachers on Earth learn from Qui-Gon and emulate in our own classrooms?
My cohost today is Dr. Amy H. Sturgis, genre history and fandom studies expert. Amy H. Sturgis holds a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University and focuses on the intellectual history of speculative fiction. Sturgis, who teaches at Lenoir-Rhyne University and Signum University, has authored four books, edited/co-edited ten others, and published more than sixty essays, many on topics related to the intersection of science fiction and history. Her most recent works include the newly-published 2023 academic anthologies Star Trek: Essays Exploring the Final Frontier and Star Wars: Essays Exploring a Galaxy Far, Far Away, both of which she co-edited, and soon-to-be-published scholarly essays on Dark Academia and the work of Lois McMaster Bujold. She has taught either an undergraduate or graduate class on Star Wars every year since 2015. In addition, she has been interviewed as a genre expert by LIFE Magazine, The Huffington Post, and NPR’s “Talk of the Nation,” among other media outlets. Sturgis also contributes the “Looking Back on Genre History” segment to the Hugo Award-winning podcast StarShipSofa.
New #podcast alert! The first episode of the #TeachingWithMagic podcast is now available.
Are you a teacher who enjoys teaching and using fantasy texts in the classroom? This podcast is meant for you.
#Teaching #Fantasy #ScienceFiction #SFF #Pedagogy #SpeculativeFiction #Tolkien #StarWars
https://open.spotify.com/show/1T9wwXK2PzTvM9c9cqa1Lw
Teaching With Magic
Listen to Teaching With Magic on Spotify. Teaching with Magic explores fantasy literature, pop culture, literacy, and teaching. This audio blog researches how fictional and real-life teachers make magic in the classroom. We uses narrative inquiry to explore teachers in fantasy literature, as well as conducting interviews with other educators and researchers in the fantasy field.
Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 📖