Muggle studies, alternate studies, grownups, Javert

[heathernmoore]

No: HPFGUIDX 31124

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Elizabeth Dalton <Elizabeth.Dalton at E...> 
wrote:
> Scot (from Minneapolis) wrote:
> 
> > I would love to find out the the Muggle Studies 
> > prof is an honest to goodness Muggle who landed a sweet job.
> 
> Wouldn't we all. Aren't we all wishing we could have that job? 
Given that we're
> too old to get the invitation letter... We're also waiting to find 
out who the
> "late bloomer" is that JKR mentioned in the interview. At least, I 
am. :)
> 
> Actually, I'd also like to see a "Comparative Magic" class. 
Something that
> covers how magical traditions vary in different parts of the world. 
JKR touches
> on this briefly in QTA and FB, but doesn't say much about it in the 
books. If I
> had time to write fanfic, I'd write about a visiting professor from 
Asia (for
> talking purposes) who would do a two-week rotation in each class, 
to give the
> kids an alternate perspective. I think that could really help the 
next
> generation find some creative solutions for fighting Voldemort, who 
seems to
> have stayed largely within the confines of Europe. It would be fun 
to write,
> too. Chinese medicine in potions class, ofuda in DADA, shinto fire-
reading in
> divinations, flying carpets vs. brooms (they'd need a special 
import license for
> that one)... I can't think of a good equivalent for Charms, though. 
Anyway, as
> all this has nothing to do with canon, I suppose it's OT. Or is it? 
Can we
> discuss what new mythological traditions JKR might pull in, and how?
> 
>

  Heh... I'm in development on a schnoogle exploring a very similar 
approach: an expatriate, fugitive Turkish witch who was raised within 
the vicious struggles of the tribal Djinn Nation in Turkey. She is in 
hiding for several years and becomes a well-known poet and social 
rights writer. Hermione discovers her writings, and eventually she 
ends up at Hogwarts teaching History of Magic, Comparative Magical 
Systems and Ethics, and Basic Summoning.

And then....  ;>

 -- Heather (uma)