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Fantasy Studies

Precepted by Dr. Julian Barr

Current and Upcoming Modules in the Monsters Portal

February 2026

Harry Potter - The Films Candidate

Precepted by Dr. Julian Barr

All Modules in Monsters Portal

Module	Preceptor	Sector	Portals
Big Bold Beowulf: A Study of the Poem	Dr. Larry Swain	General Humanities Sector	Germanic Studies JRR Tolkien Monsters Poetry The Middle Ages
Book Club: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Ha! Ha! You’re Mine!	Pilar Barrera	Fantasy Studies Sector	British Literature Classical Literature Gothic Literature Monsters Romanticism Science Fiction
Book Club: Chapterhouse Dune 1	Dr. Julian Barr	Fantasy Studies Sector	Dune Fantasy Frank Herbert Monsters Science Fiction Worldbuilding
Book Club: Chapterhouse Dune 2	Dr. Julian Barr	Fantasy Studies Sector	Dune Fantasy Frank Herbert Monsters Science Fiction Worldbuilding
Book Club: Chapterhouse Dune Non-Sequential Series	Dr. Julian Barr	Fantasy Studies Sector	Dune Fantasy Frank Herbert Monsters Science Fiction Worldbuilding
Book Club: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Dr. Julian Barr	Fantasy Studies Sector	Children’s Literature Fairy Tales Fantasy Monsters
Book Club: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 1	Dr. Julian Barr	Fantasy Studies Sector	British Literature Children’s Literature Fantasy Monsters
Book Club: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 2	Dr. Julian Barr	Fantasy Studies Sector	British Literature Children’s Literature Fantasy Monsters
Book Club: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Non-Sequential Series	Dr. Julian Barr	Fantasy Studies Sector	British Literature Children’s Literature Fantasy Monsters
Book Club: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Dr. Julian Barr	Fantasy Studies Sector	British Literature Children’s Literature Fantasy Monsters
Book Club: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	Dr. Julian Barr	Fantasy Studies Sector	British Literature Children’s Literature Fantasy Magic Monsters
Book Club: Heretics of Dune 1	Dr. Julian Barr	Fantasy Studies Sector	Dune Fantasy Frank Herbert Monsters Science Fiction Worldbuilding
Book Club: Heretics of Dune 2	Dr. Julian Barr	Fantasy Studies Sector	Dune Fantasy Frank Herbert Monsters Science Fiction Worldbuilding
Book Club: Heretics of Dune Non-Sequential Series	Dr. Julian Barr	Fantasy Studies Sector	Dune Fantasy Frank Herbert Monsters Science Fiction Worldbuilding
Book Club: This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone	Laurel Stevens	Fantasy Studies Sector	Monsters Science Fiction Time Travel
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
Exploring Journey to the West 西遊記	Dr. Robert Steed	Fantasy Studies Sector	China East Asian Studies Monsters The Middle Ages Travel Literature
Exploring Natsume’s Book of Friends Non-Sequential Series	Nancy "Anni" Foasberg	Fantasy Studies Sector	Anime East Asian Studies Fairy Tales Fantasy Japan Monsters
Exploring Natsume’s Book of Friends: Part 1	Nancy "Anni" Foasberg	Fantasy Studies Sector	Anime East Asian Studies Fairy Tales Fantasy Japan Monsters
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
Exploring Tolkien’s “Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics”	Dr. Chris Vaccaro	Fantasy Studies Sector	British Literature Epic Fantasy Fantasy Germanic Studies JRR Tolkien Monsters The Middle Ages
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
Midst: Adventures in Unusual Storytelling	Christopher Bartlett	General Humanities Sector	Adaptation Theory Creative Writing Fantasy Metaphysics Monsters Music Science Fiction Worldbuilding
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
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Text, Translation, Film	Dr. Liam Daley	General Humanities Sector	Adaptation Theory Fairy Tales Film Studies JRR Tolkien Monsters The Middle Ages
Muppet Adaptations: LoTR Edition	Kerra Fletcher Trenton Olds	Creative Writing Sector	Adaptation Theory Children’s Literature Collaborative Feedback Composition Creative Writing Epic Fantasy Fairy Tales Fantasy Film Studies JRR Tolkien Monsters Muppets Weird Fiction Workshops Worldbuilding
Saga Club: The People of Eyri	Dr. Irina Manea	General Humanities Sector	Fairy Tales Monsters The Middle Ages
The Minoans and Modernity: Minotaurs, Labyrinths, and Other Myths	Dr. Hamish Williams	General Humanities Sector	Ancient Middle East Archaeology British Literature Children’s Literature Classical Literature Comparative Mythology Cultural Studies Fantasy Film Studies History Modernism Monsters Science Fiction The Greco-Roman World Travel Literature Utopias
The Women of Beowulf	Dr. Chris Vaccaro	Fantasy Studies Sector	Beginning Languages Fairy Tales JRR Tolkien Monsters Poetry The Middle Ages Women's Studies
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
Video Game Studies	Wesley Schantz	General Humanities Sector	Adaptation Theory Anime Children’s Literature Digital Humanities Film Studies History Japan Monsters Music Philosophy Poetry Science Fiction Video Games
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
Wayward Children Novellas: Part 2	Laurel Stevens	Fantasy Studies Sector	Book series Fantasy Gothic Literature Monsters Novellas Weird Fiction
Wayward Children Novellas: Part 3	Laurel Stevens	Fantasy Studies Sector	Book series Fairy Tales Fantasy Literacy Monsters Novellas Weird Fiction
Writers' Workshop Writing the Other: The Different Body Problem	Christopher Bartlett	Creative Writing Sector	Children’s Literature Collaborative Feedback Creative Writing Monsters Science Fiction Weird Fiction Workshops

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