{"id":13074,"date":"2015-10-11T12:15:33","date_gmt":"2015-10-11T16:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/?p=13074"},"modified":"2024-07-03T19:53:47","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T23:53:47","slug":"shannon-lecture-from-dreams-to-realities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/2015\/shannon-lecture-from-dreams-to-realities\/","title":{"rendered":"Shannon Lecture&#8211;&#8220;From Dreams to Realities&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Maxime Durand, will present &#8220;From Dreams to Realities: Performing History in the Assassin&#8217;s Creed\u00ae video game series,&#8221; as part of the 2015 Shannon Lecture series, 1:30 PM, Friday, October 23, 2015, in the Multi-Media Lab, Discovery Centre, MacOdrum Library.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12827\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"239\" src=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/assassins_creed_big_ben-240x239.jpeg\" alt=\"image of big ben from rooftop\" class=\"wp-image-12827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/assassins_creed_big_ben-240x239.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/assassins_creed_big_ben-600x600.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/assassins_creed_big_ben-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/assassins_creed_big_ben-160x159.jpeg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/assassins_creed_big_ben-768x766.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/assassins_creed_big_ben-400x399.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/assassins_creed_big_ben-200x200.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/assassins_creed_big_ben-360x359.jpeg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Scene from Assassin&#8217;s Creed Victory<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This lecture will discuss the methods applied at Ubisoft to interpret the past through breathtaking digital environments. Mr. Durand will also address the issues of recreating the past in a world leading digital gaming environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/MaximeDurand-240x360.jpeg\" alt=\"Maxime Durand\" class=\"wp-image-13060\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/MaximeDurand-240x360.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/MaximeDurand-160x240.jpeg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/MaximeDurand-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/MaximeDurand-400x600.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/MaximeDurand-360x540.jpeg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Maxime Durand is the Assassin&#8217;s Creed franchise historian since 2010, weeks after graduating from Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Durand will be hosting a workshop for graduate students on Thursday, October 22, from 6-9 PM. Click <a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/news\/shannon-lecture\/seminar-and-shannon-workshop-with-maxime-durand-ubisoft\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> for more information on the workshop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See <a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/news\/shannon-lecture\/\">here&nbsp;<\/a>for further details on the entire 2015 Shannon Lecture series, &#8220;Performing History: Re-staging the Past.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maxime Durand, will present &#8220;From Dreams to Realities: Performing History in the Assassin&#8217;s Creed\u00ae video game series,&#8221; as part of the 2015 Shannon Lecture series, 1:30 PM, Friday, October 23, 2015, in the Multi-Media Lab, Discovery Centre, MacOdrum Library. 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