April 29 - May 1, 2021
Technological advancements in audiovisual production that took place in the first two decades of the 21st century have accentuated multiple representations of the Middle Ages in popular media. However, the ways in which media affects our perception of the past have real-world ramifications. This interdisciplinary PhD conference explored the characteristics and implications of calling an audiovisual product “medieval” in the 21st century.
Panels:
Opening Keynote: England Found and Made: The Saxon Period in the Brexit Era
Procedural Rhetoric in Medieval-Themed Video Games
Medieval Ideas, Practices and Attitudes On-Screen
Imagining Non-Western Medieval Worlds
On-Screen Uses of the Middle Ages
On-Screen Abuses of the Middle Ages
Medievalism and National Symbolism