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Thursday ~ May 13th ~ 10:00am
Continuity and Difference: What distinguishes Medievalism from Neomedievalism (A Roundtable)
Organizer: N. M . Heckel, Univ. of Rochester
Presider: Karl William Fugelso, Towson Univ.
Participants: Carol L. Robinson (Kent State Univ. Trumbull), Amy S. Kaufman (Wesleyan College), Harry Brown (DePauw Univ.), Brent Addison Moberly (Indiana Univ. --Bloomington), Kevin A. Moberly (Old Dominion Univ.), Cory Lowell Grewell (Thiel College), and Nils Holger Petersen (Københavns Univ.)

Thursday ~ May 13th ~ 1:30pm
Time, Space, Place I: Internal Geographries in Neomedieval Electronic Media
Organizer: N. M . Heckel, Univ. of Rochester
Presider: Ryan T. Harper, Univ. of Rochester
~~Taking the Long Road: Transportation and Shrinking Geographies in Vitural Neomedieval Worlds
Thomas Rowland (St. Louis Univ.)
~~(Re)Mapping Geography and Dynasty: Culture, Religion, and Cartography in Crusader Kings: Deus Vult
Jason Pitruzzello (Univ. of Huston)
~~Neomedieval Heoric spaces: Vermin-Infested Cellars and Beyond
Chad Simpson (Univ. of Michigan--Ann Arbor)

Thursday ~ May 13th ~ 3:30pm
Time, Space, Place II: Neomedieval Electronic Media and the Construction of Community
Organizer: N. M . Heckel, Univ. of Rochester
Presider: Carol L. Robinson (Kent State Univ. Trumbull)
~~Navigating the Labyrinth and Ascending to the Shadow Council: The Mapping and Discourse of Vampire Communities in Online Application Games
Vanessa M. Bosley (Cincinnati State Technical and Community College)
~~"My Friends and Allies": Medieval Games, Interactivity, and Social Play in Social Network Applications
Serina Patterson (Univ. of Victoria)
~~Mapping the Medieval Outlaw as Media Creature: Robin Hood and Electronic Fan Productions
Valerie B. Johnson (Univ. of Rochester)

Friday ~ May 14th ~ 7:00pm
Gaming Neomedievally: A Festive Video Game Workshop and Poster Session
Organizer: N. M . Heckel, Univ. of Rochester
Presider: N. M. Heckel, Univ. of Rochester
~~Dungeon Siege and World of Warcraft: Apple-Friendly Neomedieval Video Games
Carol L. Robinson (Kent State Univ. Trumbull)
~~Vampire Wars: Networking Nobles and Bloodsucker Battles
Vanessa M. Bosley (Cincinnati State Technical and Community College)
~~The World of Camelot after Arthur: The Presence and Absence of the Knights of the Round Table in Dark Age of Camelot
Keith Russo (Western Michigan Univ.)
~~Fiscal Physics: Representations of Medieval Cavalry in Mount and Blade
Jason Pitruzzello (Univ. of Houston)
~~Eruptions of History: Monsters and Ruins in the Landscapes of Lord of the Rings Online
Ryan T. Harper (Univ. of Rochester)
~~A Festive Assortment of Neomedieval Video Games
Brent Addison Moberly (Indiana Univ.--Bloomington) and Kevin A. Moberly (Old Dominion Univ.)
~~Bridging the Past and the Present: Medieval Anachronism in Vampire: The Masquerade--Redemption
Robin Michelle Blanchard (Medieval Institute, Western Michigan Univ.)