Dr. Sabrina Mittermeier: I can proudly say that even if I leave academia eventually, I left my mark with scholarship I wrote or edited on Disney parks, Star Trek, and Ted Lasso, so officially, I turned my hyperfixations into a career, and what more can a weird only child ask for, really

I can proudly say that even if I leave academia eventually, I left my mark with scholarship I wrote or edited on Disney parks, Star Trek, and Ted Lasso, so officially, I turned my hyperfixations into a career, and what more can a weird only child ask for, really

Forthcoming Fall 2025, I salute your weirdness...

Fall 2024, I mean! The years go by fast.

Nice, I used to work with him. And thanks I’m happy to share it but I wouldn’t have anything to say there myself.

Haha amazing is that Filippo‘s book series? 👀

Indeed! Well, Filippo and Martin. Also, there’s a current CFP for papers about Star Trek and the ancient world, if you’re interested…

I am delighted that this will be a thing!

I got Jimmy Buffet’s “Why Don’t We Get Drunk and Screw” into a footnote in a book on ecclesiology once. Hoping that counts for something.

🤝 I rickrolled in a footnote of my dissertation that also made it into the published book.

👏 👏 👏

Awesome

That's a win!

Uhm...what's the possibility you could share your Star Trek scholarship with us?

Uh it‘s published in two very big books: academic.oup.com/liverpool-sc... www.routledge.com/The-Routledg... And one paper: opus.bibliothek.uni-augsburg.de/opus4/frontd...

The Routledge Handbook of Star Trekwww.routledge.com The Routledge Handbook of Star Trek offers a synoptic overview of Star Trek, its history, its influence, and the scholarly response to the franchise, as well as possibilities for further study. This v...

So cool. And what a great cover!

Thanks!!

Sorry if you meant would I come talk about it, sure!

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