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ANR Reading in Europe, EnJeu[x] and Cost action E-READ organise a joint workshop about Gaming and Reading. This workshop, interdisciplinary and european,  will focus on Young  reading practices.November 12th and 13th 2015Université du Maine, Le Mans (Salle Belon-BU)Le Mans workshop will provide a venue for fostering research interest in gaming and playing, providing another approach to deeper understanding of some aspects of contemporary traditional and digital reading.Contact and information: delphine.huet[at]univ-lemans.frProgramThursday, November 12th14:00 Brigitte Ouvry-Vial: brief welcome and workshop tasks/purpose14:15 Participants introduce themselves14:25 Adam Sofronijevic: Cfp, introduction to the topic, strands of research14:40 Matthew Grenby - Keynote speech: The Gaping Wide-Mouthed Waddling Frog: the game in the book in the long eighteenth century15:05 Session 1 Social aspectsElisa Marazzi: Reading/playing in the history of pedagogy- Brief State of knowledgeGustavo Gomez-Mejia: Reading and “social media”; Ludic possibilities on screen15:45Discussion and Coffee break16:30 Session 2 Similarities and dissimilaritiesKatrin Tiidenberg: Text interpretation and gamification of readingKjell Ivar Skjerdingstad: Reading experience as dance17:10 Interactive session 1 - Possibilities for book chapters and uncovered topics:Epistemology of games and textual materials: to do and to reflect upon;Epics in gaming and reading: from Homer to Sid Meier;Short term satisfaction in reading and gaming: shoot to kill and click to inform18:15 Day Sessions endFriday, November 13th09:00 Session 3 Empathy and interactionNiels Bakker: Reading as gaming: new possibilities for hypertextMarina Kotrla Topic: Do gaming and reading have a common relationship to theory of mind?09:40 Session 4 Author, authority and immersion in fictionFrancesca Orestano: Evolution of reading: gaming the author, the case of Dungeons and dragonsLaurent Bazin: Theory of fiction: which models for immersion?Xavier Minguez-Lopez: Playing for Reading, Reading for playing10:40 Coffee break11:00 Interactive session 2- Potential co-authored book chapters and articles12:30 Lunch by host13:30-15:00 Wrap-up and discussing timeframes, research possibilities and resources available