Dothraki language and culture, from HBO's Game of Thrones

For those attending BayCon this year, David Peterson will be on two panels there. Please note that the schedule below is subject to change:

• Game of Thrones & George R. R. Martin: Sunday 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in Ballroom D. Panelists: Kay Pannell, David Peterson, Ryn Serenity.
• World Building Basics: Sunday 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. in Ballroom E-F-G. Panelists: Paula Butler, Eytan Kollin, Pat MacEwan, David Peterson, Brandon Sanderson, Juliette Wade

David Peterson will be appearing on the live streaming show Stupid For Game of Thrones. To watch, all you need is an internet connection and this link. The show will begin at 8 p.m. PDT this Sunday, an hour after Episode 4 of Season 2 of Game of Thrones.

CNN’s The Next List will be airing a show on Dothraki at 2 p.m. EDT / 11 a.m. PDT. The show will feature interviews with David Peterson, David Benioff, Dan Weiss, Emilia Clarke, John Quijada (creator of Ithkuil) and more. Their blog will be featuring posts and related to the show all this week leading up to the airing on Sunday.

David Peterson is doing an AMA with Reddit today. Drop by to ask questions or leave a comment.

David’s going to be profiled on CNN’s The Next List on April 8th at 2 p.m. EDT. In addition, for those who are redditors, David will be doing an AMA this Thursday on Reddit (he’ll get on to answer questions around 6 p.m. PDT).

David talks Dothraki and conlanging on The Jeff Rubin Jeff Rubin Show. You can listen to the podcast episode using iTunes or not using iTunes.

David’s public talk (“Thinking Dothraki”) for Southwest Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Associations 33rd Annual Conference will be held at the Albuquerque Hyatt at 7:00 p.m. Mountain Time on Friday, February 10th. Admission for the general public is $5, and all proceeds go to the American Cancer Society of Albuquerque. After the talk, there will be a screening of Episode 6 from Season 1 of Game of Thrones, “A Crown of Gold”.

David will be making two presentations at the Southwest Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Associations 33rd Annual Conference being held in Albuquerque, New Mexico February 8th-11th. If you’re available and in the area, one of his talks will be open to the public (Friday, February 10th; more information forthcoming). You can download the conference program here (.pdf).

There are a couple stories on Dothraki in today’s New York Times. Check out the main article by Amy Chozick here (“Concocted Languages to Make Other Worlds Feel Real”), and check out this supplement in the ArtsBeat blog by Jeremy Egner (“Rosetta Throne: Learn to Speak Dothraki”).

There’s a new blog about the Dothraki language over at Dothraki.com. This blog will focus exclusively on news and press about Dothraki in Game of Thrones, and will be updated somewhat infrequently; the blog at Dothraki.com will be about the language itself, and will be updated more frequently. Thanks for reading!