Rings of Power 1.1: Corey Olsen and Knewbettadobetta
Corey Olsen, Willie Jenkins
FanTracks
Rings of Power 1.1: Corey Olsen and Maggie Parke
Corey Olsen, Maggie Parke
FanTracks
Join the hosts of Rings and Realms for some commentary on episode 1 of Season 1 of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.
Rings of Power 1.2: Corey Olsen and Maggie Parke
Corey Olsen, Maggie Parke
FanTracks
Series Theory: Examining the Structure of the Modern Fantasy Epic
Elise Trudel Cedeño
Academic Production Hall
Series Theory is a new, critical approach to examining Modern Fantasy in a serial context. There are two disparate methods when analyzing fant...
"She Was Not Conquered: Morwen and Motherhood"
Ilana Mushin
Presentations Hall
Ilana Mushin gives a fantastic deep dive on the concept of motherhood in Tolkien's works but also focuses on Morwen's intricacies and motivati...
Tenar the Triple Goddess of Earthsea
Susan Dillon
Academic Production Hall
“The strength of fantasy is the strength of the Self.” – Ursula K. Le Guin, Do-it-Yourself-Cosmology
In 1948, Robert Graves argued that ancien...
The Flower of the Cedar
Kay ben-Avraham
Signum Press
In The Flower of the Cedar, Kay ben-Avraham brings to life the enchanting tale of a young dryad who must journey through perilous lands and fa...
The Khazad-dum Igneous Complex: A Potential Geologic Model for a Mithril Deposit
Alec Martin
Presentations Hall
What is the geology of the Mithril deposit of Khazad-dûm? Alec Martin’s paper explores the physical properties of Mithril and where it could e...
The Meaning of 'Star Wars'
Amy H. Sturgis
Lectures
As the Star Wars franchise thrives in its fifth decade, speaking to audiences across the globe and generations, we should consider the causes ...
The Nature of the Rings of Power
Tony Meade
Presentations Hall
Using the vocabulary of real-world alchemy and ancient elemental lore, this presentation dives into the deep end of Tolkien’s world-building t...
The New Adventures of Space Commander Buzz Williams: New Beginnings
Matthew DeForrest
Fiction Production Hall
A novel by Matthew Deforrest. This is a classic space opera story involving heroic characters, multiple races, intrigue and, of course, space...
The Old Guard: Sparrow Alden and Maggie Parke
L.F.S. Alden, Maggie Parke
FanTracks
The Return of King Arthur
Gabriel Schenk
Lectures
After King Arthur is seemingly killed by Mordred at the end of Le Morte Darthur, the fifteenth-century author Sir Thomas Malory reports, “somm...
The Silmarillion Primer
Jeff LaSala
Signum Press
Join Jeff LaSala for an exploration of The Silmarillion!
The Silmarillion Primer guides readers through The Silmarillion, a challenging book ...
The Story of 'The Hobbit'
Corey Olsen
Lectures
What were the literary precursors to The Hobbit? What inspired Tolkien to write The Hobbit?
This course examines the life of J.R.R. Tolkien’s...
To Enter the Perilous Realm or Not to Enter? That is the Question
Trudy Shannon
Presentations Hall
The Unknown is calling – will you heed it? Trudy Shannon compares Smith from Smith of Wootton-Major with the tale of Aldarion and Erendis from...
Tolkien and Textiles: Feminine Agency and Power
Jackie Sheppard
Presentations Hall
How does Tolkien’s construction of textile arts relate to feminine agency and power? Jackie Sheppard examines Tolkien’s attitudes toward texti...
Tolkien and the Legacy of World War I
Robbie Park
Presentations Hall
‘An author cannot of course remain wholly unaffected by his experience…’ – J.R.R. Tolkien
How did Tolkien’s wartime experiences affect his wri...
Tolkien and the Tasks of Grief
Karen Pollock
Presentations Hall
How does Tolkien depict the tasks of grief? Karen Pollock discusses the processes of acceptance, processing, adjusting and finding connection ...
Tolkien and the Use of Words
Ruth Barratt
Presentations Hall
Fool, smile, torture and torment: where and why does Tolkien use these words? In this fascinating paper, Ruth Baratt presents a quantitative a...