51st annual Mythcon ❧ Cami D. Agan, Professor of Language and Literature, Oklahoma Christian University; Birgitte Breemerkamp; Nicholas B. Birns, Adjunct Instructor, Center for Applied Liberal Arts, New York University; Marie Bretagnolle; and Robin Anne Reid, independent scholar The Cities and Strongholds of Middle-earth panels bring together seven of the chapters to appear in the upcoming volume of the same name from MythPress. The volume explores the habitations of Middle-earth across the ages, as well as the cultures responsible for those built structures. Presenters will briefly explain their chapters in order to leave plenty of room for discussion. ❧ Dennis Wilson Wise, Lecturer, University of Arizona; James Gifford; Theodora Goss; and Yoon Ha Lee Steward of Mythopoeic Awards Dennis Wise will lead conversation and Q&A with some of last year’s Mythopoeic Society Award winners: James Gifford, Theodora Goss, and Yoon Ha Lee. ❧Session 1
31 July 2021 17:00 utc — view in local time
Papers
№ 1: Philology and the lived imagination: Vico, Collingwood, and Tolkien
№ 2: Cities and strongholds of Middle-earth I: A panel
№ 3: Q&A with Mythopoeic award winners: A roundtable