The Game of Thrones Course

The Game of Thrones Course will begin August 6th! If you missed it last time, this is a fantastic course taking you through Game of Thrones and the medievalisms it is grounded in. Dr. Mikayla Hunter will show you the medieval precedents and antecedents for events and themes in Game of Thrones and the novel series A Song of Ice and Fire, and you’ll end up understanding the show and the books and their popularity in a new way!

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King Arthur Part Three: The Quest For The Holy

On July 30 the third King Arthur Course will begin! This one is focused on the Holy Grail, and all the mysteries surrounding it.
All three King Arthur Courses function as standalone courses, and you do not have to take parts one and two to take this third course and enjoy it. So sign up and join us on this eight-week exploration of holiness, redemption, piety, confession, mysticism, and much more!

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Zombies Are Coming!

The Zombies Course from Clockworks Academy is coming soon! Starting in June I’m offering an eight-week course on zombies in fiction, focusing on film, graphic novels, and prose.

Don’t let the zombies in. I know it’s tempting.

Don’t let the zombies in. I know it’s tempting.

This course will look at the pre-history of the modern zombie, zombies as metaphors for infection, prejudice, consumerism, the meaning of the zombie apocalypse, and much more!

Join me, Dr. Paul Moffett as I guide you through some of the zombie stories of the 20th and 21st centuries!

Welcome Sam Lehman

I'm very excited to welcome a new instructor to Clockworks Academy!

Sam Lehman is a PhD student at Memorial University of Newfoundland. She studies adaptation theory, Arthurian literature, and popular culture, with a focus on the landmark fantasy novel The Mists of Avalon. Beyond academia, Sam has worked as a writer, editor, social media manager, and community manager for various publications and organisations. She has a Master of Arts in English Literature from Dalhousie University and a Bachelor of Humanities and English from Carleton University.

Sam Lehman well be teaching a new course on Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron, beginning April 10. Registration is open now, and it's going to be an absolutely fascinating course!

Welcome Dr. Lauren Chochinov

I am very excited to welcome Dr. Lauren Chochinov to teach a new course at Clockworks Academy!

Dr. Chochinov holds a PhD in English Literature from the University of Edinburgh. Her dissertation focused on the representation of Sir Gawain in the Middle English and Middle Scots literature of the late medieval period. She currently resides in Toronto, Canada and teachers courses in communications and literature. In addition to medieval studies, Dr. Chochinov has also presented work on queer identity in comics and graphic novels and has a particular interest in LGBTQ+ representation in popular culture.

Dr. Chochinov will be teaching a new course on the 14th century poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, beginning in July, 2020, and registration is now open! This is going to be a fantastic course, and you don't want to miss it!

Frankenstein and Werewolves Begin Again in March

I’ve announced here that the new Robin Hood Course is beginning on March 16th. I’m very excited about it, and I hope you’ll sign up.

What I don’t think I have mentioned is that both the Frankenstein Course and the Medieval Werewolves Course will also begin again in mid-March. I’ll confirm the exact date soon, but expect them the both to begin the week of the 16th.

Frankenstein is one of my most popular courses, and I’m looking forward to teaching it again! And the Werewolves Course is full of surprises and I think it’s enormously fascinating.

I hope to see you in one of these three courses!

Welcome Dr. Mikayla Hunter

I'm very pleased to welcome Dr. Mikayla Hunter to teach a new course at Clockworks Academy!

Dr. Hunter completed her doctorate in medieval literature at the University of Oxford. She earned her M.A. in medieval studies at the University of Bristol and her B.A. in English literature at Whitman College. She is SEDA-accredited as an instructor of higher education. Her doctoral research focused on outlaw ballads and Middle English romance literature, and she has published academic work in the fields of both medieval literature and modern medievalism, including a chapter in the recently-published Queenship and the Women of Westeros.

Dr. Hunter will be teaching a new course on Robin Hood, beginning March 16, 2020, and you can sign up now. I can't wait to see what Dr. Hunter brings to this course!