Thursday (May12) 1:30pm
Seducing the Students through Neomedievalism (A Roundtable)
Organizer: Lauryn S. Mayer
(Washington and Jefferson College)
Presider: Lauryn S. Mayer
(Washington and Jefferson College)
~~ Pamela Clements (Siena College)
~~ Keith Russo (Western Michigan University)
~~ Robin Michelle Blanchard (Medieval Institute, Western Michigan University)
~~ Jason P. Pitruzzello (University of Houston)
~~ Carol L. Robinson (Kent State University Trumbull)
Thursday (May 12) 3:30pm
Fantastic Histories
Organizer: Lauryn S. Mayer
(Washington and Jefferson College)
Presider: Lauryn S. Mayer
(Washington and Jefferson College)
~~The Science of Digital Magic: Curing the Plague in Neverwinter Nights
Matthew M. Feehley
(Youngstown State Univ.)
~~The Mechano-Medieval versus Industrial Apocalypse in World of Warcraft
N.M. Heckel
(American Military Univ.)
~~Templars and Transnational Corporations: Dreaming the Third Crusade in Assassin's Creed
Harry J. Brown
(Depauw Univ.)
~~Revisiting the Great World of Warcraft Kerfuffle of 2006: Space Goats, Outlandish History, and Narrative Authority in Contemporary Neomedievalist Productions
Kevin A. Moberly
(Old Dominion Univ.)
Brent A. Moberly
(Indiana Univ.--Bloomington)
~~Gentlemen of the Road: Fantastic History in Progress
Pamela Clements
(Siena College)
Thursday (May 12) 7:30pm
Festive Video Game Workshop
Organizer: Lauryn S. Mayer
(Washington and Jefferson College)
Presider: Lauryn S. Mayer
(Washington and Jefferson College)
~~Neomedieval Linux: Open Source/Free Software Medievalist Video Games
Carol L. Robinson
(Kent State Univ.--Trumbull)
~~A Narrative of One's Own: Finding a Spot for Player Heroes in Tolkien's Lord of the Rings
N.M. Heckel
(American Military Univ.)
~~What if the Middle Ages Never Ended? Or Ended Early? The Middle Ages as a Springboard for Renaissance Imperialism and Religious War in Europa Universalis III
Jason P. Pitruzzello
(Univ. of Houston)
~~Digital Magic
Matthew M. Feehley
(Youngstown State Univ.)
~~So That We May Experience Them: the Cultural and Educational Value of Medieval Video Games
Robin Michelle Blanchard
(Medieval Institute, Western Michigan Univ.)
~~Assessing Student-Created Games
Lesley A. Coote
(Univ. of Hull)
~~Playing Around with the Neomedieval
Pamela Clements
(Siena College)
