A (S)HERO'S JOURNEY: Mythic Frontiers in Star Wars

A (S)HERO'S JOURNEY:
Mythic Frontiers in Star Wars

A PhD Works in Progress Talk

by Federica Gianielli

January 21

2:30 - 3:30 PM

via Zoom

PhD candidate Federica Giannelli discusses what makes the Star Wars franchise so compelling, including myth, merchandising, and The Mandalorian.

Federica is a doctoral candidate from Italy. She has received a M.A. from the University of Saskatchewan for her work on vampires in contemporary forms of popular culture, and a M.A. in foreign languages from an Italian university. Co-supervised by Dr. Allison Muri and Dr. Lindsey Banco, Federica's doctoral project focuses on the Star Wars franchise. By combining cultural studies and game studies, the purpose of her work is to better understand how culture and cultural production are changing through the advent of new media such as videogames.