The Nimbus 2003 symposium was a huge success, but now the board put their collective papers and seminars in a book that you can buy this weekend from Amazon.com! It's your chance to relive, or in my case, experience the magic!
HPEF is committed to producing high-quality events that combine a professional and academic focus with the light-hearted spirit of the Harry Potter series for scholar and fan alike. By bringing these two seemingly disparate groups together, HPEF fosters learning and exploration of the Harry Potter novels and phenomenon from the perspectives of a broad spectrum of disciplines. HPEF produced its first event, Nimbus - 2003, in July of 2003, at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin hotel. Six hundred people from 12 countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Germany, Luxembourg, Malaysia, and Japan, attended two and a half days of programming, including approximately sixty-five formal presentations, a Quidditch tournament, an interactive two-day Quest, and a charity auction.
The eighty presenters spoke on topics that ranged from legal issues that impact fans, to class and gender issues in the books, examination of the books from a variety of religious perspectives, and much more. Keynote Speaker Judith Krug, Director of the American Library Association's Office of Intellectual Freedom, delivered an address on the topic of Book-Banning and the First Amendment. Other Featured Speakers included John Granger, author of The Hidden Key to Harry Potter, Roger Highfield, author of The Science of Harry Potter, and Connie Neal, author of What's a Christian to do with Harry Potter? and The Gospel According to Harry Potter. Fan presenters included Catherine Danielson (AKA Anise Leinen), Vicki Dolenga (AKA Morrigan), Susan Faust (AKA Angua), and Bonnie May (AKA Dicentra Spectabilis). Quoted from the Amazon Review.
You can read more about it here
Posted by rockygirl at August 19, 2005 08:21 PM