[HPFGU-OTChatter] HP on Sparknotes.com

[heiditandy]

> Has anyone actually, seriously, studied Harry Potter in a class?

Seriously, and the programming team can address this better than I can
(as I'm just on the Sponsor/Exhibitor side of things) but hundreds of
people are gathering in Orlando in July for a four-day conference on
Harry Potter, and there are a number of presentations focusing on it as
"literature". Included among the presenters are professors from over a
dozen universities, colleges and graduate schools. 

This fall, the Modern Language Association is also convening a multiday
session on Harry Potter, with a slightly more academic focus (Nimbus -
2003 will have presentations geared towards librarians, teachers and
attorneys, but as I understand it, the MLA will not). 

And there have been classes over the past few years where the HP books
were part of the curriculum - and not just education classes either. 

So yes, there is serious academic study of Harry Potter - come to Nimbus
- 2003 and see some of it!

Heidi Tandy

PS - the Nimbus - 2003 informational url is http://www.hp2003.org