Month: November 2016

  • CFP: Romances in Middle-earth

    This call for papers comes from Chris Vaccaro, one of the organizers of the annual Tolkien at UVM Conference in Burlington, Vermont. 14th Annual Tolkien at University of Vermont Conference Saturday April 8th, 8:30am-5:30 p.m. Theme: Romances in Middle-earth Organizers of the Tolkien at UVM Conference are now accepting abstracts for the 2017 conference until…

  • New! Tolkien Symposium in Kalamazoo

    Something new is coming to Kalamazoo, the site of the annual International Congress on Medieval Studies, which usually includes a number of sessions related to Tolkien. Every year the Congress organizers have been whittling down the sessions sponsored by the Tolkien at Kalamazoo group (and others) so that what was once a conference with around…

  • Feed me!

    My starving blog is crying for food! It seems incredible to me that the flow of posts has completely dried up since August. But piles of work this semester combined with increasing eldercare responsibilities have taken all the time that I could stay awake every day. Luckily, there’s a lull in the action — a…