Transfiguration Today
Periodical information
Format	Magazine
Focus	Transfiguration
Known subscribers	Albus Dumbledore Bathilda Bagshot Minerva McGonagall

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Transfiguration Today was a scholarly journal focusing on the latest news on developments in the field of Transfiguration.^[1] It published articles^[2] as well as papers submitted by proeminent and knowledgeable figures in the subject.^[3] The magazine was also known for awarding the Transfiguration Today Most Promising Newcomer award to accomplished Hogwarts School students who extraordinarily excelled in Transfiguration.^[4]

HistoryEdit

During his student years at Hogwarts School in the 1890s, Albus Dumbledore wrote some papers to the magazine,^[1] at least one of which on Trans-Species Transformation.^[3] Bathilda Bagshot was favourably impressed with the paper, leading to her acquaintance with him and the Dumbledore family.^[3] Almost a century later, in 1991, Dumbledore was still an attentive reader of this periodical.^[5]

In the summer of 1993, during Harry Potter's stay at the Leaky Cauldron in London, he noticed some venerable-looking wizards arguing over the latest article in Transfiguration Today over breakfast.^[2]

In her student years, in the 1950s, Minerva McGonagall was awarded with the Transfiguration Today Most Promising Newcomer award.^[4] In her adult years, McGonagall became Transfiguration teacher at Hogwarts School, and in her spare time she made the scientifical revision of the articles in the magazine.^[6]

In 1999, the magazine ran an advertisement on the Daily Prophet, which included a coupon entitling the bearer to a free Muggle Guard with the December, 1999 issue.^[7]

AppearancesEdit

• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (First appearance)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
• Daily Prophet Newsletters
• Pottermore (Mentioned only)

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