{"593725":{"#nid":"593725","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Utz Feted by University of Bamberg during Johann von Spix Professorship","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERichard Utz held the 2017\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.uni-bamberg.de\/international\/uni-bamberg-international\/internationale-gastprofessur\/\u0022\u003EJohann von Spix Professorship\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;at the University of Bamberg, Germany, this summer and was honored by the university for his achievements in international research in medievalism.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EProfessor and chair of School of Literature, Media, and Communication in the Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, Utz is president of the International Society for the Study of Medievalism. He was invited\u0026nbsp;to Bamberg as a guest professor\u0026nbsp;at the invitation of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.uni-bamberg.de\/germ-philma\/\u0022\u003EChair of German Philology of the Middle Ages\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.uni-bamberg.de\/englit\/\u0022\u003EChair of English Literature\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;in cooperation with the Bamberger\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.uni-bamberg.de\/zemas\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Medieval Studies (ZeMas)\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;and the Graduate School of the ZeMas for the summer semester 2017.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EUtz held mini-seminars at Bamberg on \u0026ldquo;Medievalism in Film.\u0026rdquo; His perspectives on the worldwide television phenomenon Game of Thrones and its impact in higher education were published in July in\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/views\/2017\/07\/14\/why-game-thrones-shouldnt-be-used-effort-recruit-future-medievalists-essay\u0022 target=\u0022external\u0022\u003EInside Higher Ed\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/time.com\/4837351\/game-of-thrones-real-medieval-history\/\u0022\u003ETime\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBamberg President Godehard Ruppert and the English Literature department feted Utz for his achievements in the international research. He is regarded as one of the leading specialists in \u200bmedievalism.\u0026nbsp;In his book\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EMedievalism:\u0026nbsp;A Manifesto\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E(Arc Humanities Press), he builds a bridge between scientific medieval studies and the public.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Johann von Spix Professorship was\u0026nbsp;awarded for the first time\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.uni-bamberg.de\/rz\/cip-service\/news\/artikel\/spix-camacho-cuena\/\u0022 target=\u0022external\u0022\u003Ein 2015\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;It is named after\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.uni-bamberg.de\/universitaet\/profil\/geschichte-und-tradition\/persoenlichkeiten\/bedeutende-persoenlichkeiten\/spix\/\u0022\u003EJohann Baptist von Spix\u003C\/a\u003E, who from 1799 studied philosophy at the Universitas Ottoniano-Fridericiana, a forerunner institution of today\u0026rsquo;s University of Bamberg, and also promoted there.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERichard Utz held the 2017 \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.uni-bamberg.de\/international\/uni-bamberg-international\/internationale-gastprofessur\/\u0022\u003EJohann von Spix Professorship\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;at the University of Bamberg, Germany, this summer and was honored by the university for his achievements in international research in medievalism.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Utz Feted by University of Bamberg during Johann von Spix Professorship"}],"uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2017-07-25 15:57:57","changed_gmt":"2017-09-01 18:50:20","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-07-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-07-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"593726":{"id":"593726","type":"image","title":"Richard Utz Honored by University of Bamberg","body":null,"created":"1500998448","gmt_created":"2017-07-25 16:00:48","changed":"1539021513","gmt_changed":"2018-10-08 17:58:33","alt":"Richard Utz with Bamberg University dignitaries and holding up certificate of honor","file":{"fid":"226335","name":"csm_2017-07-12_Spix-Professur_Utz__6__bearbeitet_009d4f2ba6.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/csm_2017-07-12_Spix-Professur_Utz__6__bearbeitet_009d4f2ba6.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/csm_2017-07-12_Spix-Professur_Utz__6__bearbeitet_009d4f2ba6.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":136794,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/csm_2017-07-12_Spix-Professur_Utz__6__bearbeitet_009d4f2ba6.jpg?itok=9lSPwwve"}}},"media_ids":["593726"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39511","name":"Public Service, Leadership, and Policy"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDirector of Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nrebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n404.874.1720\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}