An Era Too Far? Capturing the Ancient World on Film Post author By Bryan Caswell Post date July 29, 2019
Scholar of Many Worlds: Reading Fiction Like an Historian Post author By Bryan Caswell Post date June 17, 2019
Harry Potter and the Mysteriously Lacking Curriculum The crest of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry: note the school's motto, "Never Tickle a Sleeping Dragon," another light-hearted product of the early novels. Post author By Ryan Nadeau Post date January 28, 2019
Civilization: Withstanding the Test of Time (With A Few Dark Ages) In Civilization, your goal is to build an empire to withstand the test of time. Post author By Ryan Nadeau Post date March 12, 2018
Not all Fantasy: Game of Thrones and its Historical Inspiration Heinrich Leutemann's "Hannibal Crossing the Alps." George R. R. Martin wrote that the armies of Old Ghis also used war elephants in battle, just as Hannibal Barca did when he invaded Italy during the Second Punic War. Post author By Francis Butler Post date February 12, 2018
Theory made Literal: Star Wars and Concepts of Empire Post author By Bryan Caswell Post date December 18, 2017
Imperial (Mis)Adventures: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Post author By Bryan Caswell Post date November 6, 2017
Echoes of History: Tolkien’s Timeless Appeal Post author By Bryan Caswell Post date September 18, 2017
More Myths than Greek Myths: Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman (2017) Post author By Francis Butler Post date June 30, 2017