Inaugural 'Game of Thrones' Academic Conference Is Calling All Maesters
Get your Samwell Tarly on.
Game of Thrones season 7 has officially concluded this past weekend with fans clamoring for the release of the next and final installment. Sources online have already reported that it may take 18 months until we get the first look at season 8 of the cult HBO franchise. To help ease the waiting process, the University of Hertfordshire’s de Havilland will host the first-ever academic conference in Hatfield, England. From a lecture on Jon Snow fan theories to a discourse on the show’s filming locations, would-be maesters can learn a variety of topics.
According to Business Insider, “institutions such as Harvard College and Boston College have created medieval classes inspired by the HBO series, but Hertfordshire’s convention will be the first scholarly conference dedicated to the TV show itself.” Additionally, the seminar will coincide with the debut of the George R. R. Martin Society -— a scholastic collective committed to the works of the acclaimed GoT novelist.
Nonetheless, find a snippet of the full list of lectures below and head to the University of Hertfordshire’s official website to purchase tickets -— approximately $97 for one day and $180 USD for both days. The conference is scheduled to run September 6-7.
Game of Thrones Academic Conference
• Jon Snow vs Laura Roslin: The demise of democracy’s representation in Game of Thrones.
• Fan Theories and Aesthetic Consciousness: On Jon Snow’s death and resurrection.
• Legitimacy and being female: Character arcs and storyline convergence in Season 6 of Game of Thrones.
• “We’re going to need a bigger box of red crayons” — Adapting Game of Thrones for the adult colouring book market.
• From fantasy to reality: Representations of Northern Ireland and Ireland in media coverage of Game of Thrones.
• Game of Thrones and Journalism: The emergence of feminist collectives in Brazilian digital pop culture.
