Eglerio! Here is the full schedule of 2022 Tolkien at Leeds Sessions for this summer's conference.
Thanks to our founder Dr. Dimitra Fimi the 2022 Tolkien at Leeds sessions are being sponsored by The Center for Fantasy and the Fantastic at the University of Glasgow
Before the IMC Conference Starts - The Tolkien Society will be hosting a one day seminar on Tolkien and the Gothic on Sunday 3rd July in Leeds - more information here
Monday 4th July 11:15-12:45 GMT (Session 141)
J.R.R. Tolkien: Medieval Roots and Modern Branches
Moderator: Dr. Kristine Larsen, Central Connecticut State University
'An Attempt to Re-Examine the Dialectic of the East and the West in Tolkien’s Selected Works' - Andrzej Wicher, Uniwersytet Łódzki
"Of Dust Motes, Trees, and Golden Flowers: Tolkien and Duns Scotus’ Haeccitas- Victoria-Holtz Wodzak, Viterbo University, Wisconsin
"Epistolary Glossopoesis: The Role of Early Reader and Author Responses in the Development of the Elvish Languages" Dr. Andrew Higgins
Monday 4th July 14:15-15:45 GMT (Session 241)
Tolkien and Medieval Poets: A Session in Memory of Richard C. West
Moderator: Dr. Andrew Higgins
"The Revivalist Critic and the Alliterative Poet: An Unexpected Collaboration" Dr. Andoni Cossio, Universidad del País Vasco
"Computing the Interlace Structure of The Lord of the Rings" James Tauber Lancaster University
‘Pearls’ of Pearl: Medieval Appropriations in Tolkien’s Mythology - Dr. Kristine Larsen, Central Connecticut State University
Monday 4 July 19:00-20:00 GMT (Session 441)
Round Table Discussion: Tolkien As A Gateway to Interdisciplinary Teaching
Moderator: Dr Andrew Higgins
This round table discussion will feature talks by teachers on how they have used the works of Tolkien to introduce and engage students with new fields of study and disciplines. Short papers and discussions will explore how teachers have used the works of Tolkien as a gateway for students to explore and become passionate about other areas of study.
Scheduled participants: Deirdre Dawson, Dr. Jane Beal, Gaëlle Abaléa, Brian Egede-Pedersen, Dr. Dimitra Fimi
Wednesday 6th July 9:00-10:30 GMT (Session 1033)
Borders Between Life and Death in Tolkien's Legendarium
Moderator: Dr. Sara Brown
'Memories on Borders: On the Borders of Memory - Beleriand as Elegiac Landscape" Cami Agan Department of Language & Literature, Oklahoma Christian University
"Beyond the Circle of the World" Amy Amendt-Raduege Department of English, Western Washington University
Undead or Undying: Limited of Immortality in Tolkien's Work' Gaëlle Abaléa, Independent Scholar, Orléans
Wednesday 6th July 11:15-12:45 GMT (Session 1131)
Family, Orientation, Transgression and Crossing Borders of Middle-earth
Moderator: Dr. Andrew Higgins
'Tolkien’s Orphaned Heroes' - Deidre Dawson, Residential College in the Arts & Humanities, Michigan State University
'Chrononormativity and Queer Time: Crossing Temporal Borders in Tolkien’s Middle-Earth' Yvette Kisor, Humanities & Global Studies, Ramapo College of New Jersey
‘Finding out what lies beyond the borders of the Shire’: Applying Tolkien’s Fantastic Texts in and to Madness - The Transgressive Experience of Psychotic Thinking' Alke Haarsma-Wisselink, Independent Scholar, Zwolle
‘Lay your head in my lap’: Homoerotic Tension and Possibility on Mordor’s Border in The Lord of the Rings' Olivia-Kate Burgham, Independent Scholar, Ottawa
Thursday 7 July 2022 11:15-12:45 (GMT) Session 1641
Crossing Borders in Middle-earth
Moderator: Dr. Andrew Higgins
"Light: The Key to Cross the Spatiotemporal Borders in J. R. R. Tolkien's Secondary World" Aslı Bülbül Candaş, School of Critical Studies, University of Glasgow
"Interrogating the Liminal Space: Vampires and Werewolves in Middle-earth" Dr. Sara Brown, Signum University
"Time Travel, Astronomy, and Magic Mirrors: How the Borders between Reality and the Otherworld in Middle- Earth Are Influenced by Celtic Mythology and Science (Fiction)' Aurelie Bremont, Centre d’Etudes Médiévales Anglaises (CEMA), Sorbonne Université, Paris
Tolkien at Leeds IMC 2022 Business Meeting - TBD
SODOM fellowship and meading throughout!
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