Loews Royal Pacific Resort - South China Sea
Sessions
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- To Beta or not to Beta - Workshop/Discussion Loews Royal Pacific Resort - South China Sea
- 9:00 AM EDT - 9:50 AM EDT | 50 minutes
- This will be an hour long discussion of how to be a bet...
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Why Fred? Loews Royal Pacific Resort - South China Sea
- 10:00 AM EDT - 10:50 AM EDT | 50 minutes
- From the moment he first uttered “honestly woman and you call yourself our mother”, Fred Weasley was marked to die by the end of the Harry Potter s...
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
- Death Eater Recruitment and Training Loews Royal Pacific Resort - South China Sea
- 11:00 AM EDT - 11:50 AM EDT | 50 minutes
- This informational training session is for those who identify as Death Eaters and/or those who identify as “other” but still want a piece of the a...
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
- The Harry Potter Experience in South Africa Loews Royal Pacific Resort - South China Sea
- 12:00 PM EDT - 12:50 PM EDT | 50 minutes
- The Harry Potter fandom in South Africa was in some ways tied to the wider fan frenzy surrounding the books. But Tara Weinberg argues that her "exp...
- Lecture
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
- What Imprinting, Attachment, Learning and Magic Teach Us About Survival in Harry Potter Loews Royal Pacific Resort - South China Sea
- 1:00 PM EDT - 1:50 PM EDT | 50 minutes
- The paths that Harry and Lord Voldemort take in their struggles for survival are so very different from each other. Both were orphans and both had ...
- Lecture
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- The Books vs The Movies: What Was Left Out and Why It's Important Loews Royal Pacific Resort - South China Sea
- 2:00 PM EDT - 3:50 PM EDT | 1 hour 50 minutes
- In this panel, academics within film studies, professionals in the field of film production and adaptation, and a few die-hard fans, will use the H...
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- A Writer's Guide to Harry Potter – Workshop and Lecture Loews Royal Pacific Resort - South China Sea
- 4:00 PM EDT - 4:50 PM EDT | 50 minutes
- Using Ms Rowling’s phenomenally popular series as a base, we will delve below the surface of her prose to determine what made her writing so magica...
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
- The Sorting Process - How the Sorting Hat Works Loews Royal Pacific Resort - South China Sea
- 11:00 AM EDT - 11:50 AM EDT | 50 minutes
- We all know what the Sorting Hat does. He perpetuates the spirit and strengths of each house. How does the Sorting Hat make the decisions that plac...
- Lecture
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
- Rowling's Not So Flawed Plan: The Elder Wand as a Symbol of Masculine Power and the Importance of Love Between Its Masters Loews Royal Pacific Resort - South China Sea
- 12:00 PM EDT - 12:50 PM EDT | 50 minutes
- This lecture will examine the phallic nature of The Elder Wand, and its use as a symbol of masculine power, and identity. Essie will discuss the fa...
- Lecture
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
- Sirius-ly Celibate? Loews Royal Pacific Resort - South China Sea
- 1:00 PM EDT - 1:50 PM EDT | 50 minutes
- Many people find Sirius Black to be the sexiest character in the Harry Potter series, though no one knows if Sirius ever had a date! His love life ...
- Discussion
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- Harry Potter in the Classroom Loews Royal Pacific Resort - South China Sea
- 2:00 PM EDT - 2:50 PM EDT | 50 minutes
- To reach students teachers have to think outside of the box more than ever. Educators need to look to pop culture to help their students gain inter...
- Workshop
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
- All About the Harry Potter Alliance, Introduction to the Deathly Hallows Campaign Loews Royal Pacific Resort - South China Sea
- 3:00 PM EDT - 4:50 PM EDT | 1 hour 50 minutes
- The Harry Potter Alliance is a nonprofit organization dedicated to using the messages of Harry Potter to inspire activism in the community. In the ...
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
- Imagine Better: The Future of the Harry Potter Alliance Loews Royal Pacific Resort - South China Sea
- 5:00 PM EDT - 5:50 PM EDT | 50 minutes
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- That’s How We Do it in Gryffindor, Bitches: Sorting in the Harry Potter Fandom Loews Royal Pacific Resort - South China Sea
- 9:00 AM EDT - 9:50 AM EDT | 50 minutes
- In this presentation, Heather explores how fans sort themselves and others into Hogwarts houses, what membership to a house communicates to other f...
- Lecture
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Parenting Styles of Teachers at Hogwarts Loews Royal Pacific Resort - South China Sea
- 10:00 AM EDT - 10:50 AM EDT | 50 minutes
- In this discussion, we will explore how the parenting styles of the teachers shaped the behavior of the students. Although parents and teachers ma...
- Lecture
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
- Muggle-Made Magic: The Real Science of Invisibility Cloaks and Everlasting Fire Loews Royal Pacific Resort - South China Sea
- 11:00 AM EDT - 11:50 AM EDT | 50 minutes
- This lecture will discuss Muggle achievements in replicating magic, focusing on the development of real-life Invisibility Cloaks and Everlasting Fi...
- Lecture
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
- Bring Hogwarts to You! Loews Royal Pacific Resort - South China Sea
- 1:00 PM EDT - 1:50 PM EDT | 50 minutes
- Have you ever wanted to have a Hogwarts inspired event? In the classroom or at camp? Didn't know how to do it? Come to this proposal where you will...
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- Creating a Hogwarts Vacation Bible School Loews Royal Pacific Resort - South China Sea
- 2:00 PM EDT - 2:50 PM EDT | 50 minutes
- Through this round table discussion, Barnhart will share her ideas on how to connect Harry Potter to a child’s spirituality, the logistics of how t...
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
- Lumos and Avada Kedavra: The Magical Power of Language Loews Royal Pacific Resort - South China Sea
- 3:00 PM EDT - 3:50 PM EDT | 50 minutes
- “Fear of a name only increases fear of the thing itself.” Hermione Granger wisely points this out as an oddly mature second year. She is teaching o...
- Lecture
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- Transmedia Storytelling and the Potterverse: Fandom Legitimized At Last! Loews Royal Pacific Resort - South China Sea
- 4:00 PM EDT - 4:50 PM EDT | 50 minutes
- This session explores the work of Henry Jenkins on the creative power of fans and the value of their addition to many aspects of popular culture. T...