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Sessions

Friday 11 October, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
10:15 AM
10:15 AM
You CAN Choose Your Own House
1 hour, 10:15 AM EDT - 11:15 AM EDT

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Panel

Jessi Dickinson (Participant)

Sam Harris (Participant)

With the rise of Pottermore, some fans view Pottermore’s sorting quiz as an unimpeachable authority on which house you belong in…but what if it did...
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
Ridiculous Harry Potter Fan Theories That Ended Up Being True
1 hour, 11:30 AM EDT - 12:30 PM EDT

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Roundtable

Margaux Herrera, Mischief Management (Participant)

Proma Khosla, Mashable (Participant)

Hannah Hosking (Participant)

We talk a lot about all of the fan theories that were wrong...but what about the ones that were right? Ren Hen’s soul splitting theory haunts us to...
12:45 PM
12:45 PM
#WizardTeam Live: Snakes in a Historian and Other Nightmare Fuel
1 hour, 12:45 PM EDT - 1:45 PM EDT

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Podcast

Maggie Brevig (Participant)

Bayana Davis, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Constance Gibbs, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Robyn Jordan, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Delia Gallegos, Black Girls Create (Participant)

#WizardTeam is a weekly Harry Potter podcast for true Potterheads. Each week Bayana Davis and Robyn Jordan do a close reread of the books ch...
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
The Vastly Misunderstood Plight of Marietta Edgecombe
1 hour, 2:00 PM EDT - 3:00 PM EDT

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Panel

Olivia Dolphin, Wizards in Space Literary Magazine (Participant)

In Order of the Phoenix, we see Marietta Edgecombe make her choice to report the D.A., and ultimately pay the price. Was her punishment just...
3:15 PM
3:15 PM
Wait and See: Gatekeeping in the Wizarding World and Beyond
1 hour, 3:15 PM EDT - 4:15 PM EDT

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Panel

Maggie Brevig (Participant)

Bayana Davis, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Constance Gibbs, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Robyn Jordan, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Delia Gallegos, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Abby Ritter, Mischief Management (Participant)

At a time where most media has broadly recognized that representation matters, new Harry Potter properties seem to be lagging behind, leavin...

Saturday 12 October, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
10:15 AM
10:15 AM
J.K. Rowling, Giftedness, and the Ghost of Ravenclaw
1 hour, 10:15 AM EDT - 11:15 AM EDT

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Lecture

Lorrie Kim (Participant)

Of the four Houses, Rowling writes the least about Ravenclaw. Harry Potter is a Gryffindor story, Cursed Child explores Slytherin, a...
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
An Excess of "Phlegm" and the Lack of Femme
1 hour, 11:30 AM EDT - 12:30 PM EDT

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Panel

Delia Gallegos, Black Girls Create (Moderator)

Bayana Davis, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Porshéa Patterson-Hurst, The Harry Potter Alliance (Participant)

Jasmine Rose Schmitt, University of Texas at Austin (Participant)

Heroines of Harry Potter are often presented as and praised for not being classically feminine, while "feminine" characters are seen as inhe...
12:45 PM
12:45 PM
Harry Potter and the Sacred Text Class
1 hour, 12:45 PM EDT - 1:45 PM EDT

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Podcast

Ariana Nedelman, Harry Potter and the Sacred Text (Participant)

Vanessa Zoltan, Not-Sorry productions and Harry Potter & the Sacred Text (Participant)

Join the team of Harry Potter and the Sacred Text in sacred reading the first chapter of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Together we’...
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Hogwarts As A Home 2.0
1 hour, 2:00 PM EDT - 3:00 PM EDT

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Panel

Becki Osborne (Participant)

Kevin R. (Moderator)

Courtney Conway (Participant)

Bethany McQuiston (Participant)

Amanda Brooke (Participant)

"For home is not where you live, but where they understand you."Many of us live challenging lives, and we have found solace and wi...
3:15 PM
3:15 PM
We Really Really Want to Discuss Cursed Child
1 hour, 3:15 PM EDT - 4:15 PM EDT

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Discussion

Sierra Fox (Participant)

Brian Acunis (Participant)

Leah Cornish, Mischief Management (Participant)

Margaux Herrera, Mischief Management (Participant)

Whether you want to discuss plot points or suggest fanfic, this is your chance to share your feels about Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. ...
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
Hufflepuff Guide to Self-Care: Recharging your Badger Batteries When Being the Loyal Friend is Exhausting
1 hour, 4:30 PM EDT - 5:30 PM EDT

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Panel

Jenae Williams (Participant)

Aliza Weinberger (Participant)

Abby Ritter, Mischief Management (Participant)

Lizzie Keiper (Participant)

Hufflepuffs pride ourselves on being the loyal and hardworking friend, always there to give support and labor (both physical and emotional). But th...

Sunday 13 October, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
10:15 AM
10:15 AM
Managing The Hogwarts Houses
1 hour, 10:15 AM EDT - 11:15 AM EDT

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Panel

Lizzie Keiper (Participant)

Jackson Bird, Sorted: Growing Up (Participant)

Sierra Fox (Participant)

Shanyce Lora, Mischief Management (Participant)

Taekia Blackwell, Mischief Management (Moderator)

Are you a Ravenclaw who has a lot of trouble communicating with your Slytherin boss? Ever wonder why your industry seems overrun by Hufflepuffs?
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
And My Soul, Dumbledore? The Snape-Dumbledore Relationship
1 hour, 11:30 AM EDT - 12:30 PM EDT

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Lecture

Lorrie Kim (Participant)

"You disgust me." "You have used me." "Severus...please..." Did Dumbledore use Snape, or save him? What was his plan for Snape and...
12:45 PM
12:45 PM
Swish & Flick Podcast Live: The Language of J.K. Rowling
1 hour, 12:45 PM EDT - 1:45 PM EDT

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Podcast

Katie Petras (Participant)

Megan Petras (Participant)

Sarah O'Malley (Participant)

Tiffany O’Malley, Swish and Flick Podcast (Participant)

Join Megan, Katie, Tiffany, and Sarah as they dive into the details of language and spells withing Harry Potter. J.K. Rowling used inspirati...
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Let's Talk About Bodies
1 hour, 2:00 PM EDT - 3:00 PM EDT

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Panel

Mark Oshiro, Anger is a Gift (Participant)

Julia Rittenberg, Mischief Management (Moderator)

Kacen Callender, Hurricane Child (Participant)

Jackson Bird, Sorted: Growing Up (Participant)

Mason Deaver, I Wish You All The Best (Participant)

Not all bodies are treated the same way, in life or in literature. Race, sex, gender, ability, and size all play into the way characters are writte...
3:15 PM
3:15 PM
Obscurus and Patronus: Expressions of the Soul in the Wizarding World
1 hour, 3:15 PM EDT - 4:15 PM EDT

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Discussion

Dag Currier (Participant)

Is an Obscurusthe Dark equivalent of a Patronus? These embodiments of magic aren't universal: both are protectors derived from the caster's magic, ...
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
Using Our Magic to Make the World Awesome
1 hour, 4:30 PM EDT - 5:30 PM EDT

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Panel

Jennifer Dorsey, Uplift: Online Communities Against Sexual Violence (Participant)

Michelle Joy, This Star Won't Go Out (Participant)

Brian Biggs, Potterhead Running Club (Participant)

Katie Bowers, The Harry Potter Alliance (Participant)

Olivia Dolphin, Wizards in Space Literary Magazine (Participant)

Lori Earl, This Star Won't Go Out (Participant)

Join us for a panel with nonprofits & other projects for good, and get inspired about the many ways to use your wand and magic to increase awesome ...