Scott Manning
@scottmanning.com
Author of Joan of Arc: A Reference Guide to Her Life and Works (2023). Co-editor Cinema Medievalia (2024).
Medievalism 🏰, film 🎥, astronomy 🪐, comics, Transformers 🤖, books 📚, antiquing, 🖊️, Star Wars 🚀. he/him
https://linktr.ee/scottmanning
Medievalism 🏰, film 🎥, astronomy 🪐, comics, Transformers 🤖, books 📚, antiquing, 🖊️, Star Wars 🚀. he/him
https://linktr.ee/scottmanning
i wasn’t ready for the morbidity of this roger rabbit dip flip game from 1988
November 30, 2025 at 12:38 AM
i wasn’t ready for the morbidity of this roger rabbit dip flip game from 1988
just got the proofs for my forthcoming essay in Studies in Medievalism!
November 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
just got the proofs for my forthcoming essay in Studies in Medievalism!
just got the proofs for my forthcoming essay in Arthuriana! @arthurianajrnl.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 10:16 PM
just got the proofs for my forthcoming essay in Arthuriana! @arthurianajrnl.bsky.social
Fortunate to meet Donato Giancola this last weekend at the IX sci-fi/fantasy art show in Reading. He graciously signed my Lord of the Rings book.
October 30, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Fortunate to meet Donato Giancola this last weekend at the IX sci-fi/fantasy art show in Reading. He graciously signed my Lord of the Rings book.
As a teenager I watched Monty Python and the Holy Grail in daily 30-min chunks over and over until I memorized every line. Today I’ve had an essay on the 13th-century Queste del saint Graal accepted for publication in a peer reviewed journal.
October 11, 2025 at 1:19 AM
As a teenager I watched Monty Python and the Holy Grail in daily 30-min chunks over and over until I memorized every line. Today I’ve had an essay on the 13th-century Queste del saint Graal accepted for publication in a peer reviewed journal.
#cfp from the International Joan of Arc Society for Kalamazoo 2026. There are 2 panels and 1 roundtable. #medievalsky
www.joanofarcsociety.org/call-for-pap...
www.joanofarcsociety.org/call-for-pap...
Call for Papers
Call for Papers sponsored byThe International Joan of Arc Society / Société Internationale de l’étude de Jeanne d’Arc 61st International Congress on Medieval Studies (ICMS 2026)May 14 to 16, 2026Weste...
www.joanofarcsociety.org
September 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
#cfp from the International Joan of Arc Society for Kalamazoo 2026. There are 2 panels and 1 roundtable. #medievalsky
www.joanofarcsociety.org/call-for-pap...
www.joanofarcsociety.org/call-for-pap...
#cfp (Re)Visiting the Reel/Un-Reel Middle Ages: Pathways to Furthering Research on Medievalisms on Screen (Roundtable) (Virtual) at Kalamazoo 2026
www.academia.edu/143834155/20...
www.academia.edu/143834155/20...
2025: CFP (Re)Visiting the Reel/Un-Reel Middle Ages: Pathways to Furthering Research on Medievalisms on Screen (Roundtable) (Virtual) (9/15/2025; ICMS Kalamazoo/Online 5/14-16/2026)
(Re)Visiting the Reel/Un-Reel Middle Ages: Pathways to Furthering Research on Medievalisms on Screen (Roundtable) (Virtual) 61st International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University...
www.academia.edu
September 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
#cfp (Re)Visiting the Reel/Un-Reel Middle Ages: Pathways to Furthering Research on Medievalisms on Screen (Roundtable) (Virtual) at Kalamazoo 2026
www.academia.edu/143834155/20...
www.academia.edu/143834155/20...
strongly considering stopping at staples to get some staples
August 26, 2025 at 11:16 AM
strongly considering stopping at staples to get some staples
My fountain pens match Helen Slater’s wetsuit on The Legend of Billie Jean
August 21, 2025 at 11:29 AM
My fountain pens match Helen Slater’s wetsuit on The Legend of Billie Jean
commute reading
🪐 📚 🛸
🪐 📚 🛸
August 19, 2025 at 12:52 PM
commute reading
🪐 📚 🛸
🪐 📚 🛸
A coworker suffers from gout. A friend is in West Africa battling malaria and typhoid. What century is this?
August 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
A coworker suffers from gout. A friend is in West Africa battling malaria and typhoid. What century is this?
I need an honest assessment. Are these stamps creepy?
August 4, 2025 at 11:33 AM
I need an honest assessment. Are these stamps creepy?
I was chillin outside and this little guy walked right up to me. He was startled when I talked to him, but he didn’t scamper off. We’ve left carrots for him.
July 8, 2025 at 11:17 AM
I was chillin outside and this little guy walked right up to me. He was startled when I talked to him, but he didn’t scamper off. We’ve left carrots for him.
This is the second snapping turtle I’ve helped across the road in as many weeks.
July 4, 2025 at 10:29 AM
This is the second snapping turtle I’ve helped across the road in as many weeks.
mrw my friend asks me to read their essay and not hold back
June 23, 2025 at 12:59 PM
mrw my friend asks me to read their essay and not hold back
Arthurian images at the Morgan Library from the Julia Margaret Cameron exhibit. Lancelot and Guinevere, and Vivien and Merlin.
Albumen silver print, 1874
Albumen silver print, 1874
June 20, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Arthurian images at the Morgan Library from the Julia Margaret Cameron exhibit. Lancelot and Guinevere, and Vivien and Merlin.
Albumen silver print, 1874
Albumen silver print, 1874
I encountered a ferocious beast near my house. Barely escaped with my life.
June 18, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I encountered a ferocious beast near my house. Barely escaped with my life.
Anna Hyatt Huntington’s Joan of Arc bronze statue is still standing tall and proud in NYC 🗽. It is now 110 years old.
📷 mine
📷 mine
June 12, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Anna Hyatt Huntington’s Joan of Arc bronze statue is still standing tall and proud in NYC 🗽. It is now 110 years old.
📷 mine
📷 mine
This is the proper text to footnote ratio. Some may disagree but they would be wrong.
June 8, 2025 at 7:44 PM
This is the proper text to footnote ratio. Some may disagree but they would be wrong.
In a hallway that connects Terminal A East and West at the Philly International Airport, there is a series of giant black and white photos of the city. Among them is Emmanuel Frémiet’s Joan of Arc equestrian statue.
June 4, 2025 at 11:03 AM
In a hallway that connects Terminal A East and West at the Philly International Airport, there is a series of giant black and white photos of the city. Among them is Emmanuel Frémiet’s Joan of Arc equestrian statue.
Joan of Arc stands sentinel with banner after the yard has had a mow
June 2, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Joan of Arc stands sentinel with banner after the yard has had a mow
new joan of arc book just dropped
June 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
new joan of arc book just dropped
I chromed the base of my Matrix stand and I’m quite happy with the results. #transformers
May 25, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I chromed the base of my Matrix stand and I’m quite happy with the results. #transformers
Reposted by Scott Manning
Lovely to see Scott Manning, who contributed “Arthurian Legend and the Death of Optimus Prime in Transformers: The Movie (1986)" to the latest vol of Studies in Medievalism, at this year's Kalamazoo conference! #ICMS #kzoo2025 @scottmanning.com
May 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Lovely to see Scott Manning, who contributed “Arthurian Legend and the Death of Optimus Prime in Transformers: The Movie (1986)" to the latest vol of Studies in Medievalism, at this year's Kalamazoo conference! #ICMS #kzoo2025 @scottmanning.com
Finishing up the last of my #MaytheFourth greetings this year. #starwars
April 30, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Finishing up the last of my #MaytheFourth greetings this year. #starwars