Also available on YouTube, take your pick. We had a nice, low-key conversation with a local Olomouc political science podcast. We considered what has led the USA to a second Trump presidency and looked into our crystal balls about what…
(Photo credit: Barbora Sochorová, Seznam Zpravy) As part of the holiday celebrations for the 17th of November, I was honored to join moderator Kateřina Šafaříková and journalist Tomáš Klvaňa to talk about the current state of the States. We had a…
I enjoyed working on this book so much, and it was a massive learning experience for me! I can’t wait to get started on the next one. Please check out the book at the publisher’s website here. Book review editors…
Happy to announce that Kremena Dimitrova will be joining us in Olomouc on Friday the 11th of October for a double feature – the lecture takes place at 9am CET (KAA 2.40), and the workshop will start at 3pm…
What’s the best way to review a graphic novel? In comics form! I’m clearly not the first one to try this – for other examples, check out Davies, P., (2018) “Enacting Graphic Mark-Making: A Review of A Theory of Narrative…
(Comic by Ken Nash at FAMU’s Comics and Film conference, interesting to see what he took away from the paper.) It was a busy conference season! 59th International Congress on Medieval Studies 10 May 2024, Western Michigan…
Really chuffed to get to go into an actual TV studio – the very helpful and friendly tech (thank you, Roman!) made this late night appearance more manageable. The moderator, Martin Řezníček, has excellent experience covering the USA, so the…
The conference was two days of AMAZING presentations! Thank you to all the participants and our enthusiastic audience members! See more information about the conference here.
For someone tasked with teaching American history and contemporary issues, it’s been a pleasure to offer some context around current events in American culture and society! While I don’t accept every invitation to comment (certainly declining topics which I am…
A new chapter just got published, officially out in July! “The Medievalist Simulacra of Kafka’s The Castle in Graphic Adaptations”, in Medievalisms in a Global Age. Edited by Angela Jane Weisl and Robert Squillace Boydell & Brewer, 2024. Here’s a short excerpt: Through their…