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The Beowulf Course
The Beowulf course begins on August 6th! Sign up, read the oldest surviving epic in the English language with Dr. Paul Moffett, and find out why this ancient story of monster-slaying still matters to us today!
The Beowulf course begins on August 6th! Sign up, read the oldest surviving epic in the English language with Dr. Paul Moffett, and find out why this ancient story of monster-slaying still matters to us today!
In the Old English epic Beowulf, the title character fights three monsters: Grendel, Grendel’s mother, and a dragon. Together, we will explore the symbolic meaning of each of these monsters, show what they each have to do with each other, and in the process grapple with the oldest epic in the English language.
The Robin Hood Course
The Robin Hood Course is beginning on August 6th! Sign up, read some of the original Robin Hood stories, and learn about how England’s most popular dashing outlaw has changed throughout the centuries!
The Robin Hood Course is beginning on August 6th! Sign up, read some of the original Robin Hood stories, and learn about how England’s most popular dashing outlaw has changed throughout the centuries!
Few figures, historical, legendary, or fictional have captured the imagination as profoundly or as lastingly as Robin Hood. Outlaw, trickster, hero, Robin Hood is a character full of contradiction, complexity, and charm. In this course you’ll learn about the origin of Robin Hood stories, interrogate the myth and the history, and learn why centuries later we keep listening to stories about Robin Hood.
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!
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!
This course assumes you have seen the HBO series, but does not assume that you have read the novels upon which it is based.
Game of Thrones is one of the most popular, and hotly debated, tv series of the decade, based on one of the most popular, and hotly debated, fantasy series ever written. Join Dr. Mikayla Hunter for a course exploring the medievalisms of Game of Thrones, from politics to magic, from medieval disability to trial by combat, in this course you’ll unravel of the most delightful complexities and nuances of Game of Thrones.
This course will will assume students have watched the TV series, but will not assume that they have read the books, though differences between the tv series and the novels will be discussed.
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!
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!
Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte Darthur is the only work of medieval literature still commonly read by laypeople for pleasure. It represents an inflection point for Arthurian literature: it is the primary source to which virtually all adaptation or expansions of Arthurian legend return, and it is the lens through which scholars and amateurs alike have viewed older Arthurian legend for centuries. Come read Le Morte Darthur with me, and discover the adventure, the pathos, the mystery, an the humour of this amazing work.
The King Arthur Course will be divided in three parts, which will not depend on one another. Part Three: The Quest For the Holy will focus on the quest for the Holy Grail, piety, confession, and redemption.
Game of Thrones Course!
The Game Of Thrones Course, with Dr. Mikayla Hunter, begins on May 7!
King Arthur Courses!
Clockworks Academy is very pleased to have three new King Arthur courses coming very soon!
The first, King Arthur: A Fine Romance, is beginning on March 5th! This course will focus on romance, both as a medieval literary genre and in the more general sense of kissing and hugging.
The second King Arthur course, King Arthur: Fight for Right! will be focused on chivalry, kingship, and martial ethics. That course will begin this Spring.
The third course is King Arthur: The Quest For The Holy, which will focus on the Quest for the Holy Grail, and themes of piety, confession, and redemption.
Each course is a stand-alone, but if you take all three you'll end up reading all of Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte Darthur, and have a full picture of the central text of English Arthurian literature.
Students can take the courses in any order, either individually or by purchasing the King Arthur Package.
Coming soon!
The Frankenstein Course is beginning in January!
So is the Zombies Course!
The Decameron Course begins in February!
So does the Robin Hood Course!
So does the Werewolves Course!
New Poetry Chapbook Available
Paul's latest poetry chapbook is available now! You can buy it, in either physical or e-book form!
Find both of Paul's chapbooks here!
Decameron Course Begins October 5th!
Hi everyone! The Decameron Course with Sam Lehman is beginning again soon, and I hope you'll consider joining! It's a fascinating look at a hilarious, thought-provoking, and particularly relevant medieval text! Sign up!
Beowulf Course Begins Soon!
The Beowulf Course at Clockworks Academy is a part of both the Monsters Package and the Medieval Package. Spend eight weeks with Dr. Paul Moffett reading Beowulf , with a particular emphasis on exploring the symbolic meaning of the three central monsters.
Join the Beowulf Course, beginning on July 17th, and find out why this poem has captured its readers’ imaginations for centuries!
Gawain Course Begins Today
The Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Course begins today! I’m so happy to see this new course begin, and I can’t wait to see what the next eight weeks will bring!
GOOSE Scholarship
The GOOSE Scholarship is open to anyone, and can apply to any Clockworks Academy course. Simply go to the scholarship page here at Clockworks Academy to apply!
I’m very excited to tell you all about the GOOSE (Giving Opportunities Of Scholarly Experiences) Scholarship at Clockworks Academy!
This scholarship is open to anyone, and can apply to any Clockworks Academy course. Simply go to the scholarship page here at Clockworks Academy to apply! The GOOSE Scholarship will provide five students with full funding, and five more students with partial funding to a Clockworks Academy course of their choosing.
Take a look at the course inventory to see what courses are coming up soon!
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.
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!
Only Fourteen Days Left To Get 2019 Prices!
The Frankenstein Course and the Medieval Werewolves Course are both starting again in mid-March, but if you register in February you get 2019 prices! February is passing fast away, so act now!
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!