You can say that I’ve been working on this post for quite awhile…
@VictoriaAveyard I’ve thought about Fictional History classes lol! The Targaryen Dynasty, Middle Earth in the Second Age, etc. #epicnerd
— Morgan M. (@morganameridius) March 10, 2013
Remember that fictional history blog post I was going to work on for someday, @soobsessedblog? Preliminary notes 😏 pic.twitter.com/KMoC40hy9O
— Morgan M. (@morganameridius) November 12, 2014
I think I had the first true germ of this idea when I was getting particularly obsessed with A Song of Ice and Fire a few years ago, and all the history that universe has to offer. But I’ve always been interested in the (fictional) history of my favorite media; I think it’s a combination of my love of real history with the what if factor related to all the tantalizing tidbits not found in the main storylines. Not many people wish they were back in class but the idea of studying fascinating fictional topics in an academic setting is really cool to me! So. I decided to make a syllabus of “upcoming classes”, based on the history syllabi I used to find on the UC San Diego History Department website.
History of Magic
HIM 112: The Founding of Hogwarts
Colloqium- HIM 174/274: Horcruxes and Their Power (prerequisite: HIM 128)
History of Ooo
HIO 120: The Great Mushroom War
HIO 125: Princess Politics- Monarchy And Feminism in the Land of Ooo
HIO 130: Heroes and Villains
HIO 142: Fionna and Cake: The Power of Storytelling
HIO 152: The Four Elements
Colloqium- HIO 166/266: Graybles and the Cosmic Owl
History of The Galaxy Far Far Away
HITG 120: The Birth of the Jedi Order and the First Sith
HITG 148: The Mandalorian Wars
History of the UNSC
HISC 111: History of the Halo Rings
HISC 132: The Banished
History of Tyme
HITY 102: The Shattering
History of Westeros
HIWE 106: From Children of the Forest to the Andals: Migration Across Westeros
History of Middle Earth
HIME 115: War of the One Ring
History of the Four Londons
HIFL 103: Introduction to the Four Londons
Colloquium- HIFL 160: The Correspondence Between the Monarchs of Red and Grey London (prerequisite: HIFL 103)
What concentration would you choose to study? Which of these classes sounds most interesting to you? And what other fictional worlds would you want to study? Let me know!
This is such a cool post, Morgan! I especially loved the Halo courses. I would love fictional courses for A Daughter of Smoke and Bone or maybe even Six of Crows. I love the idea of thinking of the books for these fictional courses as course materials. It feels much more academic haha
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I had a feeling you would! There were so many other ideas but I had to start somewhere hehe. Those would be great courses! Oh my gosh me too, I almost added a required materials section for that reason 😀
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MORGAN YOU GENIUS, SIGN ME UP
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DONE, SIGNED UP FOR EVERY CLASS. You’re going to have a very full semester hahah.
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OMG THESE ARE SO COOL! I’ve done similar posts but I think they were about contemporary novels and what my high school courses might look like. I love this so much.
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Thank youuuu! Oh that sounds really cool too! I’ll have to look for them!
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Omg this post is awesome! I was a history major in college so this is 10000% up my alley! I would be signing up for so many of these classes!
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Thank you!!! Yay history majors! Hahah I know, I’d have to stay in school for years because I’d want to take them all.
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I’ll take Star Wars, Middle Earth, and the Four Londons! I’ve read the Silmarillion, and I know there are a billion prequel and sequel books out there in the Lucas universe, but I’d like a class that sums it all up nicely in one semester. Great post!
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Excellent choices!! They’d be so fascinating! Oh definitely, plus I figure every year would offer different courses, so you never know what would be covered in the future 🙂
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This is such an awesome idea! I’d totally take all the History of Magic and History of Westeros classes, but The Dance of the Dragons sounds the most interesting!
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Thank you!! I would too, I’m dying to learn more in depth about Westeros in particular!
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This post is amazing 💕😊👍 I wish they were actually offered hahaha so I could go take an advanced class of history of magic and quidditch lessons 👍😊 what a great idea
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Thank you!! Gosh, I wish that too. It would make school seem extra interesting!
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I have actually recently saw somewhere that J.K. Rowling is coming up with 2 more HP books and one is going to be ‘The History of Magic’ hahaha isn’t that amazing 🙂
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Much as I love Harry Potter, I would love to take the classes in History of Westeros. I’m afraid I’m not familiar with the others to have an opinion on them.
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Wouldn’t Westeros be so interesting? I’d love to take those classes too! Maybe some Potter ones as an elective 🙂
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This is freaking amazing! When I saw History of the Four Londons it was game over seeing as how Shades of Magic is my favorite series of all time! 😍
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Thank youuuu! That’s awesome! I loved it so much, want to reread soon.
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I’m hoping to reread it soon too!
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Love how original this post is! Schwab’s worldbuilding is superb, but that’s definitely a universe I’d like to study in depth. Great post!
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Thank you!! Oh me too, there seems like there would be so much to explore.
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This post is AMAZING! I was a double major in college (English Literature and World Religion) so this SPEAKS to me. I would give anything to be back in a classroom studying these things!!! I was lucky enough to get to take a Harry Potter course and Disney course in college so I have hope that MAYBE more classes like this will become a thing one day. Phenomenal post!
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Thank you so much!! Oh what great majors! I was a history major but took lit classes and love learning about religion. OMG HP AND DISNEY COURSES! I am so jealous!! Really glad you enjoyed the post.
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Ooooh, I love this!!! I wish this was a real thing because I would definitely enroll myself in History of Magic AND History of the Galaxy Far Far Away. I don’t know too much about Star Wars, but the world is so interesting to me. I love learning details (although when I was actually in school, I didn’t pay any attention in history classes! How I wish I could go back to high school and re-learn all that …)
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Thank you so much!! God, me too. Good choices, I’d want to take everything haha! I know, I loved history but I wish I could go back and pay better attention in my classes too. I guess the good thing is now I can pick whatever interesting thing I want to learn about 🙂
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There is so much love in this post 😀 I would totally take the history of Ooo! But how about the history of Gallifrey? 😀
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Good choice!! I have to admit, I had to google Gallifrey- I’ve never watched Doctor Who! But it seems like it would be an excellent course idea 🙂
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