Mythmoot Schedule: Friday (2021)

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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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