Anna Smol: A Single Leaf

Tag: PCA/ ACA

  • Tolkien conference season 2015

    It’s time to start organizing my travel to various conferences this spring and summer. I wish I could attend all of these meetings, but I’ll be fortunate enough to go to a couple of them at least. My list focuses on North American conferences because I know those best, but please let me know in…

  • Tolkien Studies at Popular Culture Association 2015 meeting

    After a successful trial run last April at the Popular Culture / American Culture Association conference, a regular Tolkien Studies stream has been approved for the annual conference. The organizer of the Tolkien Studies area, Robin Reid, has issued a general call for papers for the 2015 conference to be held in New Orleans, April…

  • Tolkien Studies at PCA 2014, part two

    In my previous post, I wrote about one of the roundtable discussions in the Tolkien Studies special area introduced this year at the national Popular Culture / American Culture Association conference, which was held in Chicago in April. Today I have a summary of another roundtable discussion, this one on doing research in the Tolkien…

  • Tolkien Studies at PCA 2014, part one

    A couple of weeks ago, I attended my first Popular Culture / American Culture Association national conference, held in Chicago April 16-19. It was also the first year in which the PCA was undertaking a trial run of Tolkien Studies as a special topic. After next year, the organization will decide whether Tolkien Studies should…

  • Tolkien Studies at PCA: sessions announced

    Here is the list of Tolkien Studies sessions that have been approved for the 2014 Popular Culture Association / American Culture Association conference in Chicago in April. The dates and times of the sessions will be posted on the PCA/ACA website in February. As you can see, there was an excellent response to this year’s…

  • Tolkien Conference Season in the US: Spring & Summer 2014

    This coming spring and summer will see a number of Tolkien conference sessions in the US: you might have to pace yourself carefully! I’m focusing on American conferences, since those are the ones I know best — let me know if there are others I’ve missed.  I would also love to hear about upcoming Tolkien…

  • Popular Culture Association: Tolkien Studies — deadline Nov. 1st

    The Popular Culture Association has designated a new special topic of Tolkien Studies, which may become a permanent area in the conference if enough interest is shown.  Currently, I know of roundtables being proposed on the state of Tolkien Studies and on the Marquette Tolkien Archive, and I’ve also heard of individual papers likely to…

  • 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.…