Nimbus announces programming!

Tue Feb 18 19:15:50 UTC 2003

Hello, everyone!

We at Nimbus - 2003 wish once again to tell you how
much we've appreciated your patience while we
assembled our daytime programming schedule. We had a
large number of choices, and some were quite difficult
to make. There are still some potential changes, and
of course, our final schedule is subject to change at
any time, but at this time, we are proud to bring you:

The Programming List (by track):

Legal track

- Will Cease and Desist Ceast to Exist?  The Effects
of Eldred v. Ashcroft on Harry Potter Fansites	
	Sarah Kelman, University of Georgia Law School

- Justice in the Wizarding World
	Susan Hall, Cobbetts Solicitors (United Kingdom)

- Censorship, Book Banning, and the First Amendment
	Judith Krug, American Library Association
	Eliza Dresang, Florida State University

- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban:  A Case
Against the Death Penalty
	Joy Morgenstern

- Parseltongue for Non-Native Speakers
	Amy Tenbrink, Oppenheimer, Wolff &Donnelly
	Meredith McCardle, Boston College Law School
Rebecca Tushnet, New York University Law School
	Heidi Tandy, Esq.

- Harry Potter Sex Change
	Mark Hooker, Indiana University Russian and Eastern
Europe Institute

Education and Library Science

- Perceptions of Childhood and Adult-Child Relations
in HP
	Liz O'Reilly       

- Are the Harry Potter Books For Just Children?
	Carlisle Elizabeth Kraft

- Introducing Harry Potter to the Retirement Community
	Charlotte Rabbit

- The Geography of Harry Potter
	Kimberly McCutcheon
	Erin Jaudon

- Harry Potter Library Events Workshop
	Nancy Carstensen

- Pottermania Brag and Sweet Meet
	Mary Shearer

- Education at Hogwarts:  A Closer Look
	Peter Gow

- Online Writing Workshops: Fanfiction as a
Springboard into Improving Technique & Original
Creative Writing
	Catherine Schaff-Stump

- Examining Writing Style: Learning from J.K. Rowling
	Kimberly Lowe

- Ophelia's Quill Pen: How Writing Fanfiction Empowers
Women and Girls
	Catherine Danielson

Mythology and  Magical Systems

- Harry Potter: A Universal Hero?
	Michele Fry 

- Within the Pantheon: Harry Potter and the Epic
Question
	Mary Pharr, Florida Southern College

- Harry Potter and the Great Tradition
	Paige Byam, Northern Kentucky University

- The Heroic Quest: Harry Potter & Myth
	Jeff Morgan, Lynn University       

- Harry Potter and the Heroic Journey
Antoinette Winstead, Our Lady of the Lake University

- The Hero's Progress: Harry Potter's Discovery of
Identity in JK Rowling's Hierarchical World  
	Alice Trupe, Bridgewater College

- Harry Potter vs. Other Fantasy Tales  
	Andrew Seeger

- Harry Potter as Popular Culture Icon
	Anne Frances Sangil

- Harry Potter & Popular Culture: From the Italian
Renaissance to Star Wars
	James Inman             E. Stone Shiflet             
 Kathleen Robinson         
              University of South Florida

- The Danger of Dynamics: Transport in the Harry
Potter Series
	Steven J. Gores, Northern Kentucky University

- Technology Meets Magic
	Diana Patterson, Mount Royal College

- Also a featured presentation by:
	Roger Highfield, Science Editor, London, Daily
Telegraph   
	Author, "The Science of Harry Potter: How Magic
Really Works"

Gender

- Hermione Granger and Issues of Gender in the Harry
Potter Books and Films
	Eliza Dresang, Florida State University

- Emeric Switch on Gender: Harry and Hermione's
Transgendered Heroism  
	Emily Katherine Anderson,  Susquehanna University

- It's Not Easy Being Hermione: Harry Potter and the
Paradox of Girl Power
	Meghan Mercier, George Washington University

- Greenhouses are for Girls, Beasts are for Boys?:
Gender Characterization in Harry Potter
	Sarah Goff, Baruch College (CUNY)

- Celluloid Polyjuice: The Filmic Transfiguration of
Harry Potter into Infallible Hero
	Suzanne Scott, University of Southern California 

- HP's Exciting Life: Structuralist Potentials for the
Postmodern, Posthuman Adolescent Boy   
	Jill Reading

- Deconstructing Harry: Identifying with Whiteness in
Harry Potter
	Laurie Barth Walczak , University of Wisconsin 

- Imperial Harry:  Race, J.K. Rowling, and the
Postcolonial Context
	Ebony Thomas, Wayne State University 

- But That's the Title on the Manifesto!" Labor and
Class Concerns in Harry Potter
	Wendy Stengel, Georgetown University 

- When Harry Met Jane: The Legacy of Austen in
Rowling's Harry Potter
	Karin Westman, Kansas State University

- S.P.E.W./spew Or Hermione Spews A Badge
    	Bharati Kasibhatla, University of Florida

Moral DevelopmentPhilosophy and Religious Studies

- Featured Presentation: Alchemy & Doppelgangers: The
Irony of Harry Potter
	John Granger, Author of "The Hidden Key to Harry
Potter"

- Harry Potter: Witchcraft? Pagan Perspectives
	Lee Hillman, John Walton, moderators	   

- Harry Potter: Can Any Wisdom Come From Wizardry?
	David Isaacs, Dawnellen Jacobs and Helen Huntley
(California Baptist University)
Cheri Langdell, Biola University
Anita Helmbold, Taylor University College
Emily Bytheway, Brigham Young University

- The Seven Deadly Sins/Seven Heavenly Virtues: Moral
Development in Harry Potter
	Peg Kerr, Author of "Emerald House Rising" and "The
Wild Swans"

- Lord Voldemort's Gift for Spreading Discord &
Enmity: The Rise of Evil in Harry Potter
	Richard C. Burke, Lynchburg College

- Jewish Perspectives On Harry Potter
	Amy Miller

Also a featured presentation by:
	Connie Neal, Author of What's a Christian To Do With
Harry Potter and The Gospel According 
To Harry Potter

Muggle Studies:  Where Fandom Culture and Academia
Intersect

- Canon, Interpretation and the Alternate Universe:
Navigating the Fandom Safely
	Debra Duncan, moderator

- Featured speaker: What Makes a Professor Behave like
Snape?: Literature, Marketing and the Critical
Backlash against Harry Potter
	Philip Nel, Kansas State University    
Author of "J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter Novels: A
Reader's Guide" (Continuum Contemporaries series)

- Harry Potter and the Derridean Nightmare
	Bonnie May

-Publishing on Potter: Dodging the Bludgers
	Lana A. Whited      Philip Nel    Giselle Anatole    
 Elizabeth Schafer        
Connie Neal        John Granger      Katherine Grimes

Fandom Culture

- Once Upon a Time-Turner: A History of the Harry
Potter Fandom
	Mai Pucik, moderator

- The Importance of Being Ron
Catherine Tosenberger, moderator

- Coming out of the Cupboard: Slash in Harry Potter
Fandom
	John Walton, moderator

- Resolved--Can Draco Malfoy Be Redeemed?
	Aja Romano, moderator

- Slytherins, Smoke and Shadows: The Secret Life of
Severus Snape
	Madeline Klink, moderator           

- Sail on, Good Ship: Shipping Debate
	Moderator TBA

- The Wizarding World: Past, Present and Future
	Ebony Thomas, moderator

- Round Table: Other Voices, Other Common Rooms
	Meghan Mercier, moderator

- Keeping it in the Family: The Weasleys, the Malfoys
and Canon and its Dis(mal)contents
	Catherine Tosenberger

- Fanwords: The Evolution of Fandom Vernacular in the
Harry Potter Fandom
	Mai Pucik

- Affinity & Lexical Choice in the Fan Community
	Evelyn Browne

- Don't Tell the Grownups: Subversion in Harry Potter
Text and Fandom
	Catherine Tosenberger

- Prisoner of Azkaban Redux:  Harry Potter and the
Dance with Depression
	Jessica Daggett

Also, don't forget to sign up for our Keynote
Luncheons:

Friday: Judith Krug, Director, Office for Intellecutal
Freedom

Saturday: Cheryl Klein, Assistant Editor, Arthur A.
Levine Books (Scholastic)

And don't miss our special kick-off session on Moony,
Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs, Thursday night after
the Welcome Reception. 

In the next few weeks, we will post the tentative
schedule on the website (http://www.hp2003.org).
Please remember that it is *very* early for a final
lineup. In addition, there may be a few art workshops
in the gallery, provided by the Nimbus - 2003 art
team. More information on art and other activities at
Nimbus coming soon.

Remember that if you have not registered or made your
hotel reservations yet, you might want to do so now
that you've seen the amazing programming we'll offer
at Nimbus - 2003! If you have already registered, but
want to add a luncheon or let us know which Night(sic)
Bus runs you'd like tickets for, please do not
hesitate to contact our registrar:

registrar @ hp2003.org

Magically Yours,

Gwendolyn Grace
on behalf of the Nimbus - 2003 Programming Team

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