2025 Loew Lecture – Brendan's Voyage: New Approaches to Medieval Language Learning

Join us for the 2025 Loew Lecture with Lynn Ramey, Professor of French at Vanderbilt and Jake Abell, Assistant Professor of French at Baylor. The title of their lecture is Brendan's Voyage: New Approaches to Medieval Language Learning. 

Professors Ramey and Abell, both scholars of medieval French Literature, collaborate to create digital pedagogy resources. They are working to create environments using video game engines to allow users to learn medieval languages and cultures in authentic, immersive contexts. They will be discussing their current project, Brendan’s Voyage, a serious game prototype for teaching medieval cultures and Anglo-Norman grammar and vocabulary in a narrative context, placing users in an environment inspired by the art, architecture, and literature of twelfth-century England and older Irish legends of St. Brendan.

This lecture will be held in Brown 1028 on Thursday, March 27 at 3:00pm.