Signum University — Blackberry

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Fantasy Studies

Precepted by Dr. Anna Milon

Fantasy Studies

Precepted by Dr. Julian Barr

Current and Upcoming Modules in the Magic Portal

December 2025

The Dark is Rising Sequence: Silver on the Tree

Precepted by Dr. Sara Brown and Dr. Maggie Parke

January 2026

The Witch in Fact and Fiction

Precepted by Dr. Anna Milon

February 2026

Harry Potter - The Films Candidate

Precepted by Dr. Julian Barr

All Modules in Magic Portal

Module	Preceptor	Sector	Portals
An Intensive Reading of the Tao Te Ching/Daode jing 道德經 Part II	Dr. Robert Steed	General Humanities Sector	China Classical Literature Cultural Studies East Asian Studies Ecocriticism History Japan Le Guin Magic Metaphysics Philosophy Poetry Religious Studies The Middle Ages
Book Club: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 1	Dr. Julian Barr	Fantasy Studies Sector	British Literature Children’s Literature Fantasy Magic
Book Club: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2	Dr. Julian Barr	Fantasy Studies Sector	British Literature Children’s Literature Fantasy Magic
Book Club: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 1	Dr. Julian Barr	Fantasy Studies Sector	British Literature Children’s Literature Fantasy Magic
Book Club: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2	Dr. Julian Barr	Fantasy Studies Sector	British Literature Children’s Literature Fantasy Magic
Book Club: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	Dr. Julian Barr	Fantasy Studies Sector	British Literature Children’s Literature Fantasy Magic Monsters
Creative Writing: A Flash of Brilliance Writing Flash Fiction	Christopher Bartlett	Creative Writing Sector	Collaborative Feedback Composition Creative Writing Epic Fantasy Fairy Tales Fantasy Magic Metaphysics Monsters Science Fiction Time Travel Weird Fiction Workshops Worldbuilding
Discovering the Discworld: Aching and Growing	Dr. Sara Brown	Fantasy Studies Sector	British Literature Children’s Literature Fantasy Magic Terry Pratchett
Discovering the Discworld: Quis Custodiet Custard?	Dr. Sara Brown	Fantasy Studies Sector	British Literature Fantasy Magic Terry Pratchett
Discovering the Discworld: The Existential Angst of Death	Dr. Sara Brown	Fantasy Studies Sector	British Literature Fantasy Magic Terry Pratchett
Egyptian Book of the Dead	Shawn Gaffney	Language Sector	Ancient Middle East Comparative Mythology History Magic Religious Studies
Exploring Pu Songling's Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio 聊齋誌異	Pilar Barrera Dr. Robert Steed	Fantasy Studies Sector	China Classical Literature East Asian Studies Fairy Tales Fantasy History Magic Monsters Religious Studies
Fairy Tales Studies: Exploring Fairy Tales from Around the World and from Different Authors	Pilar Barrera	Fantasy Studies Sector	Adaptation Theory British Literature Children’s Literature Comparative Mythology Cultural Studies East Asian Studies Fairy Tales Fantasy Japan Magic Monsters Worldbuilding
Harry Potter - The Films	Dr. Julian Barr	Fantasy Studies Sector	Adaptation Theory British Literature Children’s Literature Fantasy Film Studies Magic Monsters
In the Age of Wonder: The Many Themes of Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal	Kerra Fletcher Jay Moses	Fantasy Studies Sector	Anthropocene Comparative Mythology Drama Ecocriticism Epic Fantasy Ethics Fairy Tales Fantasy Film Studies Magic Metaphysics Monsters Weird Fiction Worldbuilding
Introduction to Ancient Magic Non-Sequential Series	Shawn Gaffney	General Humanities Sector	Ancient Middle East Magic
Introduction to Ancient Magic: Magic from Late Antiquity to the Early Modern World	Shawn Gaffney	General Humanities Sector	Ancient Middle East Comparative Mythology Magic Religious Studies
Introduction to Ancient Magic: Magic in the Greco-Roman World	Shawn Gaffney	General Humanities Sector	Ancient Middle East Comparative Mythology Magic Religious Studies The Greco-Roman World
Introduction to Ancient Magic: The Earliest Magic	Shawn Gaffney	General Humanities Sector	Ancient Middle East Comparative Mythology Magic Religious Studies
Introduction to Japanese Religions Series	Dr. Robert Steed	General Humanities Sector	Anime Classical Literature Cultural Studies East Asian Studies Ethics History Japan Magic Metaphysics Philosophy Poetry Religious Studies The Middle Ages
Reading L.M. Montgomery as Fantasy: Part 1: Anne of Green Gables	Dr. Brenton Dickieson	General Humanities Sector	Canada Children’s Literature Creative Writing Fairy Tales Fantasy Lucy Maud Montgomery Magic Modernism Romanticism Speculative Fiction Women's Studies Worldbuilding Young Adult Fiction
Shakespeare's Epic Fairy Tales: Pericles and Cymbeline	Dr. Liam Daley	General Humanities Sector	British Literature Drama Epic Fantasy Fairy Tales Fantasy History Magic Renaissance Shakespeare The Middle Ages
Susan Cooper: Ghost Hawk	Dr. Maggie Parke	Fantasy Studies Sector	Children’s Literature Early American/Indigenous Literature Fantasy Magic
Susan Cooper: King of Shadows	Dr. Maggie Parke	Fantasy Studies Sector	British Literature Children’s Literature Fantasy Magic Shakespeare
The Dark is Rising Sequence Non-Sequential Series	Dr. Sara Brown	Fantasy Studies Sector	British Literature Children’s Literature Epic Fantasy Fantasy Magic
The Dark is Rising Sequence: Greenwitch	Dr. Sara Brown	Fantasy Studies Sector	British Literature Children’s Literature Epic Fantasy Fantasy Magic
The Dark is Rising Sequence: Over Sea, Under Stone	Dr. Sara Brown	Fantasy Studies Sector	British Literature Children’s Literature Epic Fantasy Fantasy Magic
The Dark is Rising Sequence: Silver on the Tree	Dr. Sara Brown Dr. Maggie Parke	Fantasy Studies Sector	British Literature Children’s Literature Epic Fantasy Fantasy Magic
The Dark is Rising Sequence: The Dark Is Rising	Dr. Sara Brown	Fantasy Studies Sector	British Literature Children’s Literature Epic Fantasy Fantasy Magic
The Dark is Rising Sequence: The Grey King	Dr. Sara Brown Dr. Maggie Parke	Fantasy Studies Sector	British Literature Children’s Literature Epic Fantasy Fantasy Magic
The Witch in Fact and Fiction	Dr. Anna Milon	Fantasy Studies Sector	Children’s Literature Fantasy History Magic
Tolkien and the Romantics: Dark Romanticism and the Gothic Literary Tradition	Will Sherwood	General Humanities Sector	Anthropocene British Literature Classical Literature Ecocriticism Epic Fantasy Fantasy Gothic Literature JRR Tolkien Literacy Magic Metaphysics Monsters Philosophy Poetry Romanticism The Middle Ages
Tolkien and the Romantics: Forging Myth and History	Will Sherwood	General Humanities Sector	Anthropocene Arthurian Literature British Literature Classical Literature Epic Fantasy Fantasy Gothic Literature History JRR Tolkien Literacy Magic Metaphysics Monsters Philosophy Poetry Romanticism The Middle Ages Time Travel Travel Literature Worldbuilding
Tolkien and the Romantics: Imagining and Dreaming	Will Sherwood	General Humanities Sector	British Literature Classical Literature Epic Fantasy Fantasy Gothic Literature JRR Tolkien Literacy Magic Metaphysics Owen Barfield Poetry Romanticism The Inklings The Middle Ages Time Travel
Viking Hogwarts: A Guide to Old Norse Magic	Dr. Irina Manea	General Humanities Sector	Comparative Mythology Cultural Studies Fantasy Germanic Studies History Magic Religious Studies The Middle Ages Viking Age
Viking Hogwarts: Battle Magic and Mythology	Dr. Irina Manea	General Humanities Sector	Comparative Mythology Cultural Studies Fantasy Germanic Studies History Magic Monsters Religious Studies The Middle Ages Viking Age
Viking Hogwarts: Shamanistic World Views in Norse Magic	Dr. Irina Manea	General Humanities Sector	Comparative Mythology Cultural Studies Fantasy Germanic Studies History Magic Religious Studies The Middle Ages Viking Age
Viking Hogwarts: The World Of Old Norse Sorcery Non-Sequential Series	Dr. Irina Manea	General Humanities Sector	Comparative Mythology Cultural Studies Fantasy Germanic Studies History Magic Religious Studies The Middle Ages Viking Age

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