The Plenary Scientia & Artes... The plenary setting An official greeting word... Chairman Marius Crisan (Romania): Welcome word Chairman Marius Crisan (Romania): Welcome word Welcome word by Roxana-Andreea Costea Keynote speaker Craig Anderson (Iowa, US): Violent Video Games Effects on Physical Aggression and Violence Press release of the RSNA, 2006 Keynote speake Bill Hughes (UK): Mythical Space and Mythicized Author: Bram Stoker as a Mythical Protagonist in Modern Fiction Illustration from City Scouter: Bram Stoker as a vampire - from an article about The Bram Stoker Dracula Experience, West Wood Club, Clontarf Road in Dublin. Question time... Question time; in the foreground: Brad Bushman Question time: Zuzanah Podracka (UK/Slovakia) Chairman Marius Crisan (Romania) Keynote speake Brad Bushman (Ohio/Holland): Does Venting Anger Extinguish or Feed the Flame? Desktop with Anger Management file Question time... Keynote speaker Andre Krauss (Romania): High Culture, Pop Culture: Observations Regarding the Media Effects Debate Question time: Andre Krauss (Romania) Keynote speaker Tullio Scrimali (Italy): Applied neuroscience and Biofeedback in educational Environments Keynote speaker Tullio Scrimali (Italy) Keynote speaker Donatella Badin (Italy): The Discourse of Italy in Nineteenth Century Irish Gothic Romances Illustration from Venexia, a virtual city in Second Life that is a gothic interpration of Venice, Italy. It is tailored to vampire role play. Question time: Kaja Franck (UK) Illustration from Venexia, a virtual city in Second Life: a gothic interpration of Venice, Italy Keynote speaker Donatella Badin (Italy) Chairman Marius Crisan (Romania) and keynote speake Duncan Light Keynote speaker Duncan Light (UK): Myth, Media and Place - Dracula and Transylvania in the British Popular Imagination Keynote speaker Duncan Light (UK) British newspapers: Romanian immigrants take advantage of our Social Welfare system Presentation Duncan Light Zuzanah Podracka (UK/Slovakia) and Ignasi Zols Balcells (Spain) Nancy Schumann (UK) and her companion. In the background: Arianna Giuliani (Italy) and Kristin Bone (California, US) The Dracula Workshop Worksop: Where is the Place of Dracula? Presentation Marius Crisan: (De)constructing the Transylvanian Stereotype Sam George (UK): Spirited Away: The Representation of Transylvania in the Pied Piper and Dracula myth The Pied Piper of Hameln - scenes on an old postcard Sam George (UK): Spirited Away: The Representation of Transylvania in the Pied Piper and Dracula myth Kaja Franck (UK): Dracula, the Big Bad Wolf, and the Myth of Gothic Transylvania Werewolf fantasy representation Wily Werewolf, Ubuntu Game Hans de Roos (Holland/Germany): Count Dracula's Address Kristin Bone: Location and the Vampire: The Impact of Fictional Stories upon Associated Locations Forks, Washington - a small town overrun by Twilight fans Dorota Babila (Poland): Papa Dracula - Vampires for Family Values? Hotel Transylvania movie: Vampires as loving fathers Nancy Schumann (UK): Emotion and Identity in Vampire Literature The emotional vampire: Scene from Interview with the Vampire Mark Benecke (Germany): Large Subculture Study into a Central European Contemporary Vampyre Group Vampire lifestyle event: Endless Night, Berlin Vampire lifestyle: Illustration by Victoria Frances The so-called Vampire of Venice: In 2006, a team excavated a mass grave from the 16th century in Venice. They discovered a skeleton with a brick jammed between it’s teeth. Ines Fischer (Germany): Large Subculture Study into a Central European Contemporary Vampyre Group Real-life vampires... or Twilight fans drinking raspberry juice? Magdalena Grabias (Poland): Gothic and Horror in Contemporary Cinema and Television Twilight movie poster Underworld: The Awakening (2012) movie poster Magdalena Grabias (Poland): Gothic and Horror in Contemporary Cinema and Television Raphael de Boer (Brazil): Gendered vampires - Lecter and Bill in The Silence of the Lambs? Billy character, in Silence of the Lambs Raphael de Boer (Brazil) Workshop group photo