The Once and Future Rewrite

The Hang Theory. A lecture series by Hang Dallas.

One speaker. One big idea. One good room.

Where · 2700 SWISS Event Space.

King Arthur has been dying and returning for fifteen hundred years. The legend began in fragmented Welsh poems, became a French courtly romance, survived into English epic, and now lives in films, novels, and video games. Each era rewrites the story to fit its own concerns, and that endless revision is why the myth endures. Dr. Jennifer Boulanger examines how Arthurian literature has adapted across centuries, and what those changes reveal about the cultures that claimed him. She traces the shifts in character, tone, and meaning that allowed a medieval warlord to become a Victorian gentleman, a Cold War symbol, and a modern fantasy hero. The talk considers what makes a story durable enough to survive constant rewriting, and what gets lost or gained each time a generation makes Arthur its own.

How the night goes

Doors at 6:00 PM. Come early, grab a drink and something to eat, settle in.

Dr. Boulanger takes the floor at 7:00 PM.

Questions from the room near 7:45 PM.

Afterward, stay for a glass of wine with Dr. Boulanger. The best conversations happen then.