Anna Smol: A Single Leaf

Tag: Kalamazoo

  • Calls for papers on Tolkien

    It’s never too early to start thinking about next year’s conferences! Here are two calls for papers for those who are engaged in the scholarly study of Tolkien’s works. Proposals are due this fall. Tolkien at Kalamazoo 2014 The Tolkien at Kalamazoo group is sponsoring four sessions for the 2014 International Congress on Medieval Studies.…

  • “Wild blow the winds of war”: Tolkien’s Fall of Arthur

    [Can there be spoilers in an Arthurian tale? I don’t know if my review would count as a spoiler, but if you’re worried about such things, you might want to proceed with caution.] In a darkening world, tides are flowing fast and winds sweeping into the west while ghostly apparitions ride through the skies. Tolkien’s…

  • Tolkien at Kalamazoo Facebook group

    “Tolkien at Kalamazoo” is a fairly informal group that sponsors conference sessions every year at the International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo. A newly formed Facebook group, Tolkien at Kalamazoo, is open to anyone interested in Tolkien studies: https://www.facebook.com/groups/119241118286629/ Please note, though, that the group does not represent the Congress…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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:…