Boston Park Plaza - Stuart, 4th Floor

Sessions

Friday 22 May, 2009

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:30 AM
9:30 AM
The Deathly Hallows is the New Yin Yang: A Symbol of Gender Balance In The Wizarding World
1 hour, 9:30 AM EDT - 10:30 AM EDT

Boston Park Plaza - Stuart, 4th Floor

Debi Baron (Participant)

There are many parallels between the classic Yin Yang symbol and the sign of the Deathly Hallows. Both can be viewed as graphic representations of ...
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
Filk Workshop
1 hour, 10:30 AM EDT - 11:30 AM EDT

Boston Park Plaza - Stuart, 4th Floor

Nina de Boo (Participant)

MJ Harper (Participant)

Ann Skinner (Participant)

Join the co-creators of SwishAndFilk.com, Ann, Nina and MJ, as they explain the mysteries of the filk-writing and recording process! Audience parti...
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Fawkes as a Symbol of Faith and Resurrection
1 hour, 2:00 PM EDT - 3:00 PM EDT

Boston Park Plaza - Stuart, 4th Floor

Julia Katz (Participant)

Jo Rowling knew exactly what she was doing when she invented Fawkes the Phoenix. She cleverly uses the Egyptian and Christian cultural history of a...
3:30 PM
3:30 PM
Demonization of Wealth, Power and Prestige in the Wizarding World
1 hour, 3:30 PM EDT - 4:30 PM EDT

Boston Park Plaza - Stuart, 4th Floor

Jennifer Gentile (Participant)

Amanda Martinez (Participant)

Can't stop talking about Severus? Want to spend more time dissecting what makes your favorite good guys and the greatest bad guys tick? How about o...

Saturday 23 May, 2009

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
Dissecting the Distortion: What Mature Readers Bring to the (Library) Table
1 hour, 10:00 AM EDT - 11:00 AM EDT

Boston Park Plaza - Stuart, 4th Floor

Elisabeth Carnell (Participant)

As readers, we have traveled through the Harry Potter series via the point of view of an eleven (+) year old. Given that anyone who has been (or wh...
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
Unique Inventions of the Wizarding World
1 hour, 11:00 AM EDT - 12:00 PM EDT

Boston Park Plaza - Stuart, 4th Floor

Debi Baron (Participant)

There are many references throughout the canon of unusually brilliant wizarding inventions like time-turners, sneakoscopes and spell-checking ...
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Career Advice: Re-Imagining the School Story
1 hour 30 minutes, 2:00 PM EDT - 3:30 PM EDT

Boston Park Plaza - Stuart, 4th Floor

Karin Westman (Participant)

What kind of school story does Rowling write? In considering the Harry Potter series within this genre, we need to move beyond conventional represe...
2:30 PM
2:30 PM
Snape Rehabilitation
1 hour, 2:30 PM EDT - 3:30 PM EDT

Boston Park Plaza - Stuart, 4th Floor

Nina de Boo (Participant)

Snapeaholics Anonymous. Are you Snape-addicted? Do you know someone who is? Dr. Cynthia Cynycal is here to help!Dr. Cynycal is a clinical p...
3:30 PM
3:30 PM
Literary Value in the HP Series
1 hour, 3:30 PM EDT - 4:30 PM EDT

Boston Park Plaza - Stuart, 4th Floor

Lisa Pikaard (Participant)

Harry Potter had a vital role in prompting youth, as well as every age group to pick up a book and read! POpular literature changed overnight with ...