<p>We have heard from no less a person than J. K. Rowling herself that Hogwarts is, by and large, the same as it was in Harry Potter's time as a student, although naturally the faculty would consist of different people. Indeed, people like Snape, will not be born before several decades have passed. I for one would be very interested to hear more about who teaches in 1927. </p><p>
</p><p>Will we perchance catch a glimpse of a young Horace Slughorn? Professor Galatea Merrythought will one day assume Dumbledore's current position of Defence Against the Dark Arts instructor, yet she should by my calculations already teach at the school. So what e exactly is she up to? Professor Duppet, the Headmaster of Hogwarts immediately before Dumbledore, is said to have confided only in a select few of his fellow staff members. As a still relatively young teacher, (though not so much so as he was at the time of Newt's expulsion), have Dumbledore earned his confidence yet? </p><p>
</p><p>Born in 1637 and as such pretty ancient even by wizarding standards, yet still entrusted the stewardship of one of the most magical educational institutions known to wizardkind and charged with assuring the safety of all within it, he even became a recipient of a Famous Witches and Wizards Card for his tenure. From this, we may assume that he was a well-known and well respected member of the magical community. As someone who was around fifty at the time the International Confederation of Wizard' Statute of Secrecy and was present when the Ministry of Magic was first established in 1707, one would think he by 1927 would long since have become someone whose counsel the Ministry would value greatly. Maybe as a Wizengamot Elder?</p><p>
</p><p>Regardless, I wonder what kind of weight his word would carry should he be heading the school and I decide to come to Dumbledore's defence. I am, of course, well aware of the fact that The Crimes of Grindelwald is not a film about the life at Hogwarts, but as have been pointed out by both Rowling, David Yates, Jude Law, among others, Hogwarts is a place of great nostalgia. I, at least, will be crossing my fingers for some sort of insight into the place throughout the remaining four upcoming movies. </p>