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Author: Rowe Georgina

Pop Culture Theory Group (5pm, Wed 23rd July)

Pop Culture Theory Group (5pm, Wed 23rd July)

As July is Disability Pride Month, the next session of PCTG centres on disability in pop culture.

16 July 2025 by Rowe Georgina
Pop Culture Theory Group (5pm, Tues 8th July)

Pop Culture Theory Group (5pm, Tues 8th July)

The next session of PCTG focuses on queerness in fantasy literature.

2 July 2025 by Rowe Georgina
Pop Culture Theory Group (5pm, Wed 21st/28th May)

Pop Culture Theory Group (5pm, Wed 21st/28th May)

The next two sessions of PCTG will focus on the relationship between fantasy and revolution, and whether classical lit counts as fanfiction.

15 May 2025 by Rowe Georgina
Pop Culture Theory Group (5pm, Wed 7th May)

Pop Culture Theory Group (5pm, Wed 7th May)

In next session of PCTG we’ll be discussing portrayals of ancient Egypt in science fiction.

1 May 2025 by Rowe Georgina
Pop Culture Theory Group (5pm, Wed 23rd April)

Pop Culture Theory Group (5pm, Wed 23rd April)

The next session of PCTG will mark Earth Day with a discussion of Ecocriticism in pop culture.

21 April 2025 by Rowe Georgina
Pop Culture Theory Group (5pm, Wed 26th March)

Pop Culture Theory Group (5pm, Wed 26th March)

For the next session of PCTG we’re discussing neurodiversity and music.

26 March 2025 by Rowe Georgina
Pop Culture Theory Group (5pm, Wed 12th March)

Pop Culture Theory Group (5pm, Wed 12th March)

In the next session of PCTG, we’re discussing worldbuilding, the process of constructing an imaginary world or setting, particularly from the perspective of geography.

5 March 2025 by Rowe Georgina
Pop Culture Theory Group (5pm, Wed 26th Feb)

Pop Culture Theory Group (5pm, Wed 26th Feb)

The next session of PCTG focuses on queer activism, and we’ll be watching the second episode of ‘Visible: Out on Television’.

19 February 2025 by Rowe Georgina
Pop Culture Theory Group (5pm, Wed 12th Feb)

Pop Culture Theory Group (5pm, Wed 12th Feb)

For the next session of PCTG, we’re remembering the late, great David Lynch through a discussion of the “Television Gothic”.

2 February 2025 by Rowe Georgina
Pop Culture Theory Group (5pm, Wed 29th Jan)

Pop Culture Theory Group (5pm, Wed 29th Jan)

The next session of PCTG focuses on medievalism in popular culture, reading two short texts by Helen Young and Robert Utz.

21 January 2025 by Rowe Georgina

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