Reading

Brooke Askey “ ‘I’d Rather Have No Brains and Two Balls’: Eunuchs, Masculinity, and Power in Game of Thrones”, Journal of Popular Culture 51.1 (2018): 50-67. https://doi-org.prxy.lib.unbc.ca/10.1111/jpcu.12647

Kathyrn Ringrose, “Eunuchs in Historical Perspective”, History Compass 5.2 (February 2007): 495-506. https://onlinelibrary-wiley-com.prxy.lib.unbc.ca/doi/full/10.1111/j.1478-0542.2006.00379.x

Jes Battis, “How Medieval are the Eunuchs in Game of Thrones?”, The Public Medievalist (November 14, 2019) https://www.publicmedievalist.com/got-eunuchs/

Game of Thrones Episodes

Episodes 7-11

Focus on Episode 12 “The Night Lands”

Podcast

“The Eunuch” In Our Time with Melvyn Bragg (26 February 2015) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b053bsf9

Assignment

Submit your proposal on February 2nd. Details here:

Major Research Project