Professor Kim READ FIRST: Why Dorothy Kim Hates Me , The Color of the House of the Lord It’s back to class for those of us who teach in medieval studies, and my medievalist colleague Dorothy Kim , Assistant Professor of English at Vassar College ( pictured in 2014 ), wants to make sure you understand the stakes . The medieval western European Christian past is being weaponized by white supremacist/white nationalist/KKK/nazi extremist groups who also frequently happen to be college students. That does sound bad. But, wait, it gets worse! Don’t think western European medieval studies is exceptional.... ISIS/ISIL also weaponizes the idea of the pure medieval Islamic past in their recruiting rhetoric for young male Muslims. If the medieval past (globally) is being weaponized for the aims of extreme, violent supremacist groups, what are you doing, medievalists, in your classrooms? Because you are the authorities teaching medieval subjects in the classroom, you are, in fact, ide
Enjoying the U.tv course, prof! And First Things just published:
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IN THE ACADEMIC SANDBOX
A SKIRMISH IN MEDIEVAL STUDIES.
by Charlotte Allen
June 2019
Congrats Prof. I'm looking forward to it and to see your work grow along with Unauthorized.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your upload on unauthorized.tv . It has given me many points to reflect on and given me new reading material. Well done!
ReplyDeleteSaw this, thought of you. Might you teach a future Tolkien course after the Medieval course at U.tv?
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Tolkien and Reality
JUL 5, 2019 CHARLES A. COULOMBE
I would love to! Have you checked out the blog for the course I teach at Chicago? https://tolkienmedievalandmodern.blogspot.com
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ReplyDeleteI resubscribed to UA.tv and I just finished the first episode of your Medieval History series. Thank you so much, it was a delightful hour and I look forward to the rest of the series.
I must confess, having experienced things in my own life far more "marvelous" than what you cited, I'm open to the possibility that the marvelous events recorded in primary sources were faithful accounts of real events. Of course, no reasonable person can believe anything that hasn't been authorized.
To misquote the Bard, "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are verified in your newspaper."
Episode 3 and the reports of monks going out into the wildernesd to seek God... I found that very intetesting.
DeleteI am so happy you are enjoying the videos! Be sure to check out the study guides, if you want to read further: https://unauthorizedmedievalhistory.blogspot.com/
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