Medieval History
Every year about 3,000 medievalists descend on Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, MI for the International Congress on Medieval Studies, but tucked into the over 600 sessions on every medieval topic imaginable, you can find 6 or 7 sessions on Tolkien, often referred to as ?Tolkien at Kalamazoo.? You don?t have to be a medieval scholar to attend this conference, though I should say that it is meant to be a scholarly event ? still, there?s lots of fun to be had, especially in the Friday night ?Tolkien Unbound? entertainment, or the Saturday night dance, or in some of the gaming sessions, or dinner at Bilbo?s Restaurant.
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- Medieval Congress Free To Local Residents Registering Now
Kalamazoo County residents and members of the Western Michigan University community may attend the 47th International Congress on Medieval Studies for free if they register online or in person by the Wednesday, April 25, deadline for early registration....
- New Book Examines The Influence Of Medieval Welsh On Tolkien
J.R.R. Tolkien once wrote: ?I love Wales?and especially the Welsh language?. Now, a Cardiff University academic has explored Wales? influence on Tolkien in the first book-length study of his debts to Welsh language and literature. Tolkien and Wales: Language,...
- Smol Reviews Ferré, Dictionnaire Tolkien
Anna Smol recently reviewed: Dictionnaire Tolkien. Ed. Vincent Ferré. Paris: CNRS Éditions, 2012. J.R.R. Tolkien?s fiction is read around the world, having been translated into dozens of languages, from Vietnamese and Korean to Slovak and Catalan to...
- Middle-earth Minstrel
McFarland recently published Bradford Lee Eden, ed., Middle-earth Minstrel Essays on Music in Tolkien. The publisher's description reads: "The twentieth century witnessed a dramatic rise in fantasy writing and few works became as popular...
- March 25: Tolkien Reading Day
25th March is Tolkien Reading Day! Tolkien Reading Day was set up to encourage people to get together and explore some of Tolkien?s stories at school, university, in reading groups, or as a family; the theme for 2010 is ?Tolkien?s Seafarers? Reading...
Medieval History
Kalamazoo, and Tolkien Too
Click here to read this article from The One Ring
- Medieval Congress Free To Local Residents Registering Now
Kalamazoo County residents and members of the Western Michigan University community may attend the 47th International Congress on Medieval Studies for free if they register online or in person by the Wednesday, April 25, deadline for early registration....
- New Book Examines The Influence Of Medieval Welsh On Tolkien
J.R.R. Tolkien once wrote: ?I love Wales?and especially the Welsh language?. Now, a Cardiff University academic has explored Wales? influence on Tolkien in the first book-length study of his debts to Welsh language and literature. Tolkien and Wales: Language,...
- Smol Reviews Ferré, Dictionnaire Tolkien
Anna Smol recently reviewed: Dictionnaire Tolkien. Ed. Vincent Ferré. Paris: CNRS Éditions, 2012. J.R.R. Tolkien?s fiction is read around the world, having been translated into dozens of languages, from Vietnamese and Korean to Slovak and Catalan to...
- Middle-earth Minstrel
McFarland recently published Bradford Lee Eden, ed., Middle-earth Minstrel Essays on Music in Tolkien. The publisher's description reads: "The twentieth century witnessed a dramatic rise in fantasy writing and few works became as popular...
- March 25: Tolkien Reading Day
25th March is Tolkien Reading Day! Tolkien Reading Day was set up to encourage people to get together and explore some of Tolkien?s stories at school, university, in reading groups, or as a family; the theme for 2010 is ?Tolkien?s Seafarers? Reading...