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Friday, June 25, 2021
Schedule subject to change. All times Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
Breakfast
6:30 am – 8 am in the NCC Dining Hall
Gentle Yoga with Sørina
8:00 am – 9:00 am via Zoom (*not a certified yoga instructor)
Official Welcome and Orientation: Dr. Corey Olsen
9:30 am – 10:30 am in Earthsea
Break
10:30 am – 11:00am
Keynote: Dr. Ebony Elizabeth Thomas
10:30 am – 12:00 pm in Earthsea
Dr. Thomas will be speaking on “Beyond The Dark Fantastic – Imagining Inclusive Myths”
Lunch and Book Promotion with Dr. Brenton Dickieson and Sørina Higgins
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Hosted via Zoom
Keynote: Carl Hostetter
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm in Earthsea
Mr. Hostetter will be speaking on “Well, How Did I Get Here?”
Guest of Honor Panel
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm in Earthsea
Break
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Thesis Theater Panel
3:30 – 4:30 pm in Earthsea
Signum MA students must complete a thesis project in order to graduate. Join Sørina Higgins as she interviews students and alumni who recently completed their theses.
Presentations
4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Earthsea
Enterprise
Lyonesse
Dune for the 21st Century
Dominic J. Nardi, N. Trevor Brierly, Ted Royston, Kara Kennedy
The Dystopian Looking Glass: Propaganda in Harry Potter and the Hunger Games
Taylor Johnson Guinan
The Alchemy of the Rings of Power
Tony Meade
Utopian Ideals and Dystopian Realities: Finding Comfort in the Unfinished Story of the Dark Crystal
Kerra Fletcher
Going in for Ringlore: What was the nature of the Three Elven Rings?
Brandon Minich
Deciding Without Knowing: Learning to Trust Intuition in an Age of Uncertainty
Jason Troutman
Many Paths to Tread: Modeling the Multiple Dimensions of Time in Tolkien’s Legendarium
James Tauber
Presentations
4:30 – 6:00 pm
Earthsea
- Dune for the 21st Century – Dominic J. Nardi, N. Trevor Brierly, Ted Royston, Kara Kennedy
Enterprise
- The Dystopian Looking Glass: Propaganda in Harry Potter and the Hunger Games – Taylor Johnson Guinan
- Utopian Ideals and Dystopian Realities: Finding Comfort in the Unfinished Story of the Dark Crystal – Kerra Fletcher
- Deciding Without Knowing: Learning to Trust Intuition in an Age of Uncertainty – Jason Troutman
Lyonesse
- The Alchemy of the Rings of Power – Tony Meade
- Going in for Ringlore: What was the nature of the Three Elven Rings? – Brandon Minich
- Many Paths to Tread: Modeling the Multiple Dimensions of Time in Tolkien’s Legendarium – James Tauber
Dinner
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Lord of the Rings Online with Corey Olsen
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
This event will be streamed live on Signum University’s Twitch channel
Silm Film Casting
7:00 – 8:00 pm
Q&A with Dr. Brenton Dickieson
7:00 – 8:00 pm
Birds of a Feather with Dom Nardi
7:30 – 8:30 pm
Join us in discussing, “Was Roger Ebert wrong? Are video games capable of great storytelling?”.
Birds of a Feather with Sørina Higgins & Mark Lachniet
9:00 – 10:00 pm
Join us in discussing, “How does magic in literature work, and what does it mean?”
The One Ring Roleplaying Game with Richard Rohlin
9:00pm – ??
This event will be streamed live on Signum University’s Twitch channel
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