Anna Smol: A Single Leaf

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A Single Leaf

Tolkien drawing of a flowering tree

“He used to spend a long time on a single leaf, trying to catch its shape, and its sheen, and the glistening of dewdrops on its edges.”

J.R.R. Tolkien, “Leaf by Niggle”

  • Addition of another conference to my list

    Adaptations of The Lord of the Rings: the 10th DTG Tolkien Seminar to be held in April 2013, with a submissions deadline of November 30, 2012. See the list of Tolkien conferences I’m compiling in my previous post on Upcoming Tolkien Conferences 2012-13.

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    August 26, 2012
  • Upcoming Tolkien conferences 2012-13

    Having missed the Mythopoeic Society’s conference that just wrapped up in California last week – one of these days I’ll get there! – and thinking about the Return of the Ring conference that will begin in Loughborough UK in a few days – where  I had been hoping to go but had to cancel in the […]

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    August 13, 2012
  • CFP: Atlantic Universities’ Teaching Showcase 2012

    The annual Teaching Showcase sponsored by the Association of Atlantic Universities is scheduled to take place in Fredericton, New Brunswick on October 13.  The theme is “Conversations,” with a variety of presentation modes available. The deadline for submissions is July 31. The AAU Teaching Showcase is an event that brings faculty and grad students together […]

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    July 28, 2012
  • New from Nodens Books

    Nodens Books (managed by Douglas A. Anderson) has just released a translation of The Saga of Hrolf Kraki by Stella Marie Mills (1903-1989). Mills studied with J.R.R. Tolkien and E.V. Gordon at Leeds University in the 1920s.  More details here.

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    July 28, 2012
  • Tolkien’s Fall of Arthur

    Rippling through the Tolkien studies community this past week has been the announcement that Tolkien’s poem The Fall of Arthur might be published in May 2013. The news has been spreading ever since the announcement was first spotted on the Amazon site in France and reported on the Mythopoeic Society’s discussion list. The listing has […]

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    July 21, 2012
  • CFPs: Tolkien and / or Medievalisms, Kalamazoo 2013

    Because the International Congress on Medieval Studies publishes calls for so many different topics, I like to sort out the general areas I’m working in right now to see what will potentially be on offer next year as well as to think about what I might want to submit as a paper. The attached pdf […]

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    June 29, 2012
  • CFP: Canadian Society of Medievalists at Kalamazoo

    The call for papers for the International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo  (affectionately known as “Kzoo” to the thousands who attend each year) has now been published. Among the hundreds of proposed sessions, you will find one sponsored by the Canadian Society of Medievalists: Canadian Society of Medievalists/La Société canadienne des médiévistes: Bilingual England: […]

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    June 28, 2012
  • Atlantic Mediaeval Association meeting in September

    I’ve just received the announcement and call for papers for the Atlantic Mediaeval Association conference, which will be held September 14-15 at Acadia University in the lovely town of Wolfville, Nova Scotia. The announcement is copied below: Call for Papers Fifth Annual Conference of the Atlantic Mediaeval Association 14-15 September 2012 Acadia University, Wolfville, NS […]

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    June 26, 2012
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