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<p class="elementToProof" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Join the Center for
Medieval and Renaissance Studies for our bi-annual “Popular Culture and the Deep Past” event on February 16 -17 in the Ohio Union and via Zoom. This year will feature the exploration of sports and pastimes in the Medieval and Renaissance worlds, including
Viking ballgames, chess, jousting, archery, boar hunting and more. This conference and mini-fair will offer lectures, live demonstrations of falconry, fencing, early board games, courtly dances and hands-on activities. Fun for all ages! Costumes are welcome. </span></p>
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event will feature a scholarly conference with papers, round tables and keynote lectures by prominent scholars who will discuss a range of entertainments in their cultural and social contexts, nested within a Renaissance-faire-like carnival featuring exhibits,
gaming, performances and more.</span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400;">Medieval and Renaissance games are alive in our world in unmissable and
unseen ways. Many of us enjoy attending a medieval-style joust or playing video games with Renaissance storyworlds, while many of the most popular "modern" games, like chess and baseball, have pre-modern roots. By actively discussing and experiencing what
they did (and we do) for pleasure and competition, we can get closer to these cultures and the lived, embodied experiences of their members, while reassessing their place in our contemporary popular imagination. </span></p>
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