Publications
Digital books and the far right
Geoff Boucher, Helen Young
(2023), pp. 1-13, Continuum, London, Eng., C1
Teaching the Global Middle Ages through Popular Culture
Kavita Finn, Helen Young
(2022), pp. 412-429, Teaching the Global Middle Ages, New York, N.Y., B1
Political Fictions: The 'Aryan' Medievalisms of Harold A. Covington
Helen Young
(2022), Vol. 31, pp. 45-52, Politics and Medievalism (Studies) III, Martlesham, Eng., B1
Authoritarian politics and conspiracy fictions: the case of QAnon
Helen Young, Geoff Boucher
(2022), Vol. 11, pp. 61-61, Humanities, Basel, Switzerland, C1
Popular fiction and white extremism: Neo-Nazi ideology and medievalist crime fiction
Helen Young, Stephanie Downes
(2022), Vol. 19, pp. 1-11, Literature Compass, London, Eng., C1
Race and historical authenticity: Kingdom Come: Deliverance
Helen Young
(2021), pp. 28-39, The Middle Ages in Modern Culture: History and Authenticity in Contemporary Medievalism, London, Eng., B1
Video Games as Public History: Archives, Empathy and Affinity
Helen Young, Abbie Hartman, Rowan Tulloch
(2021), Vol. 21, pp. 1-15, Game Studies: the international journal of computer game research, C1
Mums, dads and the kids: Representations of rainbow families in children's picture books
L Hedberg, P Venzo, H Young
(2020), Vol. 19, pp. 198-216, Journal of LGBT Youth, C1
A decolonizing medieval studies?: Temporality and sovereignty
H Young
(2020), Vol. 58, pp. 50-63, English Language Notes, C1
Race, medievalism and the eighteenth-century Gothic turn
H Young
(2020), Vol. 11, pp. 468-475, Postmedieval, C1
White-washing the 'Real' Middle Ages in popular media
Helen Young
(2019), pp. 233-242, Whose Middle Ages?: Teachable moments for an ill-used past, New York, N.Y., B1
Helen Young
(2019), Vol. 28, pp. 3-12, Medievalism and discrimination, Suffolk, Eng., B1
Riot grrrl gaming: gender, sexuality, race, and the politics of choice in Gone Home
Rowan Tulloch, Catherine Hoad, H Young
(2019), Vol. 33, pp. 337-350, Continuum: journal of media & cultural studies, Abingdon, Eng., C1
S Downes, H Young
(2019), Vol. 10, pp. 219-235, Postmedieval, C1
Thomas Percy's racialization of the European Middle Ages
H Young
(2019), Vol. 16, Literature Compass, C1
What future can the Middle ages have? Choices and connections
H Young
(2019), Vol. 36, pp. 173-178, Parergon, Canberra, A.C.T., C1
Racial logics, franchising, and video game genres: The lord of the rings
H Young
(2016), Vol. 11, pp. 343-364, Games and Culture, C1
Digital gaming and Tolkien, 1975-2015
H Young
(2016), Vol. 3, pp. 1-21, Journal of Tolkien research, Valparaiso, Ind., C1
Fantasy and science fiction medievalisms: From Isaac Asimov to A game of thrones
Helen Young
(2015), New York, N.Y., A1
Whiteness and time: the once, present, and future race
Helen Young
(2015), pp. 39-49, Studies in Medievalism, Cambridge, Eng., B1
Race in online fantasy fandom: whiteness on Westeros.org
Helen Young
(2014), Vol. 28, pp. 737-747, Continuum journal of media & cultural studies, Abingdon, Eng., C1
Critiques of colonialism in Robin Hobb's Soldier Son trilogy
Helen Young
(2014), Vol. 55, pp. 33-50, Extrapolation, Liverpool, Eng., C1
Anglo-Norman in exile: the early critical reception of Piers Langtoft's chronicle
Helen Young, Stephanie Downes
(2014), Vol. 4, pp. 103-122, Mediaeval journal, Begijnhof, Belgium, C1
Professional identity in medical students: pedagogical challenges to medical education
Ian Wilson, Leanne Cowin, Maree Johnson, Helen Young
(2013), Vol. 25, pp. 369-373, Teaching and learning in medicine, London, Eng., C1
Place and time: medievalism and making race
H Young
(2013), Vol. 28, pp. 1-6, Year's work in medievalism, Atlanta, Ga., C1
M Johnson, L Cowin, I Wilson, H Young
(2012), Vol. 59, pp. 562-569, International nursing review, Chichester, England, C1
Carol Reid, Helen Young
(2012), Vol. 27, pp. 795-814, Journal of education policy, Abingdon, Eng., C1
It's the Middle Ages, Yo!: Race, Neo/medievalisms, and the World of Dragon Age
Helen Young
(2012), Vol. 27, The Year’s Work in Medievalism, [Illinois], C1
Developing risk management behaviours for nurses through medication incident analysis
Maree Johnson, Thuy Duong, Helen Young
(2011), Vol. 17, pp. 548-555, International journal of nursing practice, Chichester, Eng., C1
The application of Aronson's Taxonomy to medication errors in nursing
Maree Johnson, Helen Young
(2011), Vol. 26, pp. 128-135, Journal of nursing care quality, Philadelphia, Pa., C1
Approaches to medievalism: a consideration of taxonomy and methodology through fantasy fiction
Helen Young
(2010), Vol. 27, pp. 163-179, Parergon: Journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association for medieval and early modern studies, Crawley, W.A., C1-1
Diversity and difference: cosmopolitanism and The Lord of the Rings
Helen Young
(2010), Vol. 21, pp. 351-365, Journal of the fantastic in the arts, Pocatello, Id., C1-1
Athelston and English Law: Plantagenet Practice and Anglo-Saxon Precedent
Helen Young
(2005), Vol. 22, pp. 95-118, Parergon: Journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, Crawley, WA, C1-1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Australian Competitive Grants
The politics of medievalism: persuasive narratives
Dr Helen Young
ARC Fellowships - Future Fellowships
- 2023: $100,966
Industry and Other Funding
Popularizing the Past: History, Myth and Literature of the Middle Ages in Contemporary Fantasy and History Media.
Dr Helen Young
University of Siegen
- 2023: $8,076
Supervisions
Samantha Stephens
Thesis entitled: From Conflict to Kinship: Renegotiating Age in Youth Fantasy Fiction
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Communication and Creative Arts
Samantha Phillips
Thesis entitled: False Gods and Faultlines: Reading Great Recession Fiction
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Communication and Creative Arts