Just a quick reminder to Ringers in England – this weekend is “Monsters at the Mill” at Tolkien’s beloved Sarehole mill near Birmingham. Read More The Tolkien Society seminar, “Freedom, Fate and Choice in Middle-earth” takes place on June 28 in London – they are calling for papers now.
Category: Lectures & Education
Our friend Ian at the Tolkien Society writes in that this year, Oxonmoot is longer! Oxonmoot has been extended one day and will run from Thursday, September 25th to Sunday, September 28th. Oxonmoot: or a Moot in Oxford is a long-running weekend event and features a number of activities including an art show, sales room, hospitality room, two days of events and the party on the Saturday evening in the “Harry Potter” dining hall. On Sunday morning there will be the remembrance ceremony, Enyalië, at Professor Tolkien’s grave in Wolvercote Cemetery. For booking enquiries, email bookings@tolkiensociety.org, and those interested in giving a paper can email osc.dte@tolkiensociety.org. Read More
Message board member Modtheow has this alert: Unlike the Tolkien conference in Vermont that some of us attended a few weeks ago, which is a small conference concentrated into one day and focused on one major theme, the Tolkien at Kalamazoo sessions are part of a huge academic conference of about 3,000 participants, mostly medievalists, who swarm the University of Western Michigan every year at this time for the International Congress on Medieval Studies. Out of the 602 sessions ( and that’s not including open bars, the Saturday night dance, lunch meetings, and entertainments), there’s plenty of stuff for those interested in Tolkien. Read More
Gloria sends in this reminder about Fantasy Festival 2008 to be held this Saturday on the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City: Programming includes classes on knitted chain mail, corsets for the well-dressed elf, Beowulf presentation, foam prosthetics, wizard rock music, costume contests, children’s activities, vendor room, evening dance and much, much more. Featured speaker will be Dr. Michael Drout, editor of J. R. R. Tolkien’s “Beowulf and the Critics.” Proceeds benefit Ballet West’s Community Share program, allowing disadvantaged children to attend the Nutcracker ballet, and Reading for the Future, providing books to children. Registration begins at 8 a.m. $25.00 for adults and $15.00 for students and children. Find Out More
The fifth annual J.R.R. Tolkien Conference will be held April 11-13 at the University of Vermont in Burlington. The theme of this year’s conference is Celtic and Norse influence on the work of J.R.R. Tolkien. The keynote speaker is Marjorie J. Burns, author of “Perilous Realms: Celtic and Norse in Tolkien’s Middle-earth.” There is no charge to attend the conference so if you’re in the area, drop on by. Follow the “Discuss” links for more information. Thanks to board member N.E. Brigand for the alert.
Our friends from The Tolkien Society send along a call for papers and news about their latest seminar:
The theme for this year’s seminar is “Freedom, Fate and Choice in the Middle-earth writings of J. R. R. Tolkien”. Papers are sought on a wide range of topics related to this theme, including concepts such as free will and doom. The Middle-earth material ranges from The Silmarillion and The Children of Hurin through the twelve volumes of the History of Middle-earth and Tolkien’s Letters to The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.
For complete details and how to submit your paper, please visit the official Tolkien Society website. [Tolkien Society]