Although the universe of "Game of Thrones" evokes the medieval era, several key figures in the series are directly inspired by characters from Roman antiquity.
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From the Joker to a Game of Thrones prequel, origin stories are increasingly common in film and TV – perhaps at the expense of originality in popular culture.
It's tempting to go along with the notion of Daenerys as Mad Queen in Game of Thrones, but what if, instead Dany was the real heroine of the series, and Jon Snow the real heel?
Some lessons from leadership theory for anyone aspiring to sit on the Iron Throne.
Fan culture is thriving in Westeros. Although HBO's Game of Thrones has ended, fans will ensure that the show lives on (and changes) across multimedia platforms, long into the future.
Even in this fantasy world, geological processes like tectonic plate movement, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions would have built the mountains, carved the rivers, and created vast oceans.
Vudu, Apple TV+, Disney +, NBC Universal: there's going to be a lot of blood on the carpet.
There's a big difference between rehoming and abandonment.
The young assassin and wannabe knight stand in the background but if their medieval influences are anything to go by, they could end up leading the final battle.
The original origins of some key characters names might give hints to their fates in Game of Thrones.
We've watched the youngest Stark daughter grow from a tomboy to a trained killer. Now she's come into her own.
For HBO, online piracy is not the huge issue it represents for the platforms that screen its content.
Human civilisation is threatened by long-dead organisms, whether as White Walkers or petrol.
For all its queer characters, Westeros is a gender binary world.
The vast majority of stories told in movies, in books and on television conclude with happy endings – and this has real-world political consequences.
Facial recognition is a crucial skill, but difficult to test accurately. Researchers are taking advantage of the popularity of Game of Thrones to test the limits of our ability to identify a familiar face.
Our current golden age of TV storytelling is influenced by comic books, in particular, one writer: Chris Claremont pushed boundaries and gave audiences strong female leads and deeply involved dramas.
Films can be used to help understand international relations concepts.
The HBO series can tell us a lot about how we view the Medieval world.
Expectations were high for the latest project from the creator of The Simpsons.
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Senior Teaching Fellow, Management Science & Innovation, UCL
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Senior lecturer in Screen Media, Victoria University
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Associate Professor of Narratology, University of Sydney
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Professor of Medieval Literature and English Literature, Bangor University
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Senior Lecturer in Medieval History, Nottingham Trent University
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PhD Candidate, Early Modern History, The University of Queensland
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Professor and Tutorial Fellow in English, University of Oxford
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Teaching Fellow in Medieval Studies, University of Leeds
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Senior Lecturer, University of Melbourne
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Head of the School of Philosophy, Australian National University
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Professor of Classics, University of Newcastle
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Vice Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Global Systems, University of Exeter
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Associate Dean, Research and Development, Swinburne University of Technology
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Adjunct Associate Professor, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
