Conference Program

THE GAMES OF MEDIEVALISM PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Final program as PDF

All sessions are synchronous and combine in-person and virtual participants.

TUESDAY, JULY 9, 2024

Montclair State University

Montclair, NJ

REGISTRATION 2:00-5:00pm (EST: Eastern Standard Time)

THE DAY OF UNICORNS

SESSION 1: 3:00-4:15pm (EST)

Medievalish Learning in a Digital Environment 

SESSION 2: 4:15-5:00pm (EST)

Now You Try!  Playing the Unicorn Castle Game

5:00-6:00pm RECEPTION 

DINNER (on your own)

WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 2024

Montclair State University

Montclair, NJ

REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST: 8:00-9:00am (EST)

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

SESSION 3: 9:00-10:15am (Eastern Standard Time)

Session 3A:  The Politics of Medievalist Identities

Session 3B: Getting Medieval in Video Games I 

SESSION 4: 10:30-11:45am (Eastern Standard Time)

Session 4A: Games and History

Session 4B: Medievalisms You Know and Love

CATERED LUNCH: 12:00-1:00 (EST)

SESSION 5: 1:15-2:45pm (Eastern Standard Time)

Session 5A: North Atlantic Medievalisms

Session 5B: Medievalizing Dante and Everyman

SESSION 6: 3:00-4:15pm (Eastern Standard Time)

 Session 6A: Medievalism and Sports

Session 6B: Textuality, Textures, and Textiles

DINNER/OPTIONAL TRIP TO MEDIEVAL TIMES

THURSDAY, JULY 11, 2024

Seton Hall University

South Orange, NJ

9:00-10:00 BREAKFAST

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

SESSION 7: 10:00-11:15 am (Eastern Standard Time)

Session 7A:  Identity, History, and Video Games

Session 7B:  Medievalism in Media II 

Session 7C:  Highbrow Medievalisms

SESSION 8: 11:30-12:45pm (Eastern Standard Time)

Session 8A: Multiple Medievalisms

Session 8B: Reality and Fiction in Medieval Games

Session 8C: Getting Medieval in Video Games II   

1:00-2:30pm LUNCH ON YOUR OWN IN SOUTH ORANGE

SESSION 9: 2:45-4:00pm  (Eastern Standard Time)

Session 9A: Medievalism in Novels and at the Movies 

Session 9B: Romancing Medievalism 

Session 9C:  Making the Medieval in the Modern 

KEYNOTE LECTURE: 4:15-5:30pm (Eastern Standard Time)

A “Carnival of Architecture”: Race, Place, and Play in Oblivion and the Elder Scrolls Franchise

Brent Moberly, Indiana University

Kevin Moberly, Old Dominion University

5:30 AFTERNOON TEA RECEPTION

6:45 Bus Returns to Montclair State University 

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