10 May 2021 18:00 utc — view in local time
№ 43: Tolkien and manuscript studies
William M. Fliss, organizer; and William M. Fliss, presider
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International Congress on Medieval Studies
2021
56th International Congress on Medieval Studies
Tolkien-related sessions
10 May 2021 22:00 utc — view in local time
№ 77: Deadscapes: Wastelands, necropoli, and other Tolkien-inspired places of death, decay, and corruption: A panel discussion
Geoffrey B. Elliott, organizer; and Luke Shelton, presider
Participants include Brian J. McFadden, Associate Professor of Literature, Texas Tech University; Geoffrey B. Elliott; and Sean R. Mock, Umpqua Community College.
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11 May 2021 14:00 utc — view in local time
№ 94: Christopher Tolkien, Medievalist (1924–2020): A roundtable
Kristine A. Swank, organizer; and Douglas A. Anderson, presider
Participants include Miriam Mayburd, Háskóli Íslands; Eileen Marie Moore, Cleveland State University; Erik Mueller-Harder, independent scholar; and Perry Neil Harrison, Assistant Professor and Graduate Advisor, Fort Hays State University.
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11 May 2021 20:00 utc — view in local time
№ 145: Tolkien’s Chaucer
Christopher T. Vaccaro, organizer; and Christopher T. Vaccaro, presider
- Curtis Gruenler: Tolkien, Chaucer, and Girard’s mimetic theory: Desire, rivalry, and fairy-story endings
- Yvette Kisor: Romance and Sexuality in Tolkien’s Lost Chaucer
- Victoria Holtz Wodzak: Travel, redemption, and pilgrimage redux
- Stephen Yandell: Gender and the besieged city: Chaucer’s Troy reimagined
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13 May 2021 16:00 utc — view in local time
№ 266: Tolkien and Se Wyrm
Christopher T. Vaccaro, organizer; and Yvette Kisor, presider
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13 May 2021 20:00 utc — view in local time
№ 283: Tolkien’s medicinal Medieval world: Illness and Healing in Middle-earth
Annie Brust, organizer; and Annie Brust, presider
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14 May 2021 18:00 utc — view in local time
№ 344: Medieval world-building
Kristine A. Swank, organizer; and Kristine A. Swank, presider
- John D. Rateliff: Valinor in America: Faerian drama and the disenchantment of Middle-earth
- Jeremy Byrum: Infinity War of the Ring: Parallels between the conflict within Sauron and Thanos
- Perry Neil Harrison: Tolkien, Robin Hood, and the matter of the greenwood
- Luke Shelton: Tolkien’s golden trees and silver leaves
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15 May 2021 16:00 utc — view in local time
№ 402: Tolkien’s paratexts, appendices, annals, and marginalia: A roundtable
Christopher T. Vaccaro, organizer; and Kristine Larsen, presider
Participants include Kristine A. Swank, Preceptor, lecturer, & library coordinator, Signum University; Luke Shelton; Bradford Lee Eden, Director, Scholarly Connections, Drexel University; and Eileen Marie Moore, Cleveland State University.
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