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Ursula le Guin gave us an anarchist society on another world; we brought it back to Earth.
Busloads of people rubber-necking their favourite movie location can be a pest, but fan tourism is a growing business.
A scholar argues that like many sacred books, the popular television show encourages men and women to reflect on their lives and choices.
All men must die, so the young women have grown up to take control.
They are too well-behaved on Westeros – real-life queens often resorted to tears, temper tantrums and toilet humour.
Who has the biggest map – and what are they plotting on it?
Classic conflict analysis can tell us whether there’s a chance that the warring factions can reach a peaceful resolution. Probably not, is the answer.
In history, as in historical fantasy, women have an uneasy and dangerous path to power.
The problems some people had trying to watch Game of Thrones via the internet shows we still have a long way to go before we can live-stream major events to a mass online audience.
Game of Thrones is brutal, shocking and great fun for fashion experts. Not confined to historical accuracy, its influences stretch from medieval northern Europe to 20th-century high fashion.
It’s gritty and gripping in equal measure, but the swords and snowstorm narrative also answers a number of basic human needs.
The new series will bring several strong women into conflict with each other – just like the Wars of the Roses.
A unique set of circumstances allowed HBO to beat Netflix to the punch.
‘Winter is Coming’ and ‘All Men Must Die’ are Game of Thrones’ watchwords. But do they offer clues to an ending for the show – and the books?
An Australian VFX company has won an Emmy for its work on season six of Game of Thrones. Over eight months a team of 120 pulled out every trick in the book to create the visceral ‘Battle of the Bastards’.
Much of academic philosophy, even on the African continent, is openly and unashamedly in love with the idea of the West as destiny.
Scientists have discovered two new types of ants in the rainforests of New Guinea thanks to an advanced X-ray imaging technique.
Have some much needed non-Brexit news.
Physics says Game of Thrones dragons can fly. Whoever said maths was useless?
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Professor of Medieval Literature and English Literature, Bangor University
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Professor and Tutorial Fellow in English, University of Oxford
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Senior Teaching Fellow, Management Science & Innovation, UCL
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Teaching Fellow in Medieval Studies, University of Leeds
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Senior Lecturer in English and Cultural Studies, University of Canterbury
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Deputy Associate Dean of Learning & Teaching, Senior Lecturer in Screen Media, Victoria University
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Senior Lecturer in Medieval History, Nottingham Trent University
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Associate Professor of Narratology, University of Sydney
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PhD Candidate, Early Modern History, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer: Director MSc Animation and VFX MDes Comics & Graphic Novels, University of Dundee
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Professor of Philosophy at the ANU, Australian National University
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Senior Teaching Fellow in the History of the Middle East and Central Asia, SOAS, University of London
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Research Associate in Climatology, University of Bristol
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Postdoctoral Fellow in History, University of Oxford
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