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SUMMARY:Learning and Researching Medieval Language and Culture in an Imme
 rsive Environment - Digital Humanities @ Manchester visiting seminars
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DESCRIPTION:"Study abroad is a time-tested and popular solution for learn
 ing language and culture.  Unfortunately for those of us studying the pa
 st\, immersion is no longer an option.  My work looks at the precedents 
 for and advantages of creating historical immersive environments using a
  video game engine.  With the Anglo-Norman tale of St. Brendan's Voyage 
 as a setting\, our game investigates the research question of representi
 ng time and space in way that may allow us to better understand the diff
 erent perception of these concepts in the pre-Modern era.  In addition\,
  we look at the ways that Anglo-Norman can be learned more effectively i
 n context in an immersive environment".\n\nLynn Ramey is Associate Profe
 ssor of French at Vanderbilt University\, USA.  Her research centres on 
 premodern cultural interactions between the Christian and Muslims worlds
 . She is the author of Black Legacies: “Race” and the European Middle Ag
 es (Gainesville: University Press of Florida\, 2014\; paperback edn 2016
 )\, which investigates at the development of racial consciousness in med
 ieval European literature and the importance of the Middle Ages to moder
 n notions of race. As a former computer programmer\, she is fascinated b
 y computing applications for the humanities. She is currently working on
  a series of video games in Unity that will allow users to play through 
 moments of cultural interaction as medieval travellers encountered other
  peoples for the first time.\n\nRegister via EventBrite: https://www.eve
 ntbrite.co.uk/e/dhmanchester-visiting-seminars-prof-lynn-ramey-vanderbil
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LOCATION:The Boardroom (A4)\, Samuel Alexander Building\, Manchester
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