{"id":55218,"date":"2012-04-21T09:48:52","date_gmt":"2012-04-21T14:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=55218"},"modified":"2012-04-21T10:10:40","modified_gmt":"2012-04-21T15:10:40","slug":"kalamazoo-and-tolkien-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2012\/04\/21\/55218-kalamazoo-and-tolkien-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Kalamazoo, and Tolkien Too"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Discussion board member Modtheow reminds us of this annual event where discussion board members N.E. Brigand, visualweasel and Indigo Istar will be among the presenters!<\/p>\n

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. You can find information about the full conference here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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In looking over the schedule, I see a few members of TORn on the program: N.E. Brigand, visualweasel, and the occasional poster Indigo Istar, who also posts here as Chris Vaccaro. Anyone else on the program from TORn that I don’t recognize? I’m looking forward to attending this year!<\/p>\n

Here are the Tolkien sessions extracted from the main program, just to give you a taste of what’s to come:<\/p>\n

Tolkien at Kalamazoo
\nWestern Michigan University
\nInternational Congress on Medieval Studies<\/a>: <\/strong>
\nMay 10, 2012<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/strong>Thursday 10 a.m.
\n<\/em><\/strong>
\n The Hobbit <\/em><\/strong>on Its Seventy-Fifth Anniversary<\/strong>
\nSponsor: Tolkien at Kalamazoo
\nOrganizer: Brad Eden, Valparaiso Univ.
\nPresider: Douglas Anderson, Independent Scholar
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Hidden War of The Hobbit<\/em><\/strong>
\nJane Beal, Colorado Christian Univ.
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Mythology of Magic in The Hobbit<\/em>: Tolkien and Andrew Lang\u2019s Red FairyBook <\/em>\u201cStory of Sigurd\u201d<\/strong>
\nJane Chance, Rice Univ.
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cA Fragment Detached\u201d: The Hobbit <\/em>and The Silmarillion<\/em><\/strong>
\nJohn D. Rateliff, Independent Scholar
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Creation from Philology: Echoes of the Voluspa in Tolkien<\/strong>
\nJason Fisher, Independent Scholar
\n <\/strong>
\n <\/strong>
\nThursday 1:30 p.m.
\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Tolkien and Ideology<\/strong>
\nSponsor: Tolkien at Kalamazoo
\nOrganizer: Brad Eden, Valparaiso Univ.
\nPresider: Brad Eden
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tolkien and the Old English Apollonius: Medieval and Modern Constructions of Masculinity<\/strong>
\nChristopher T. Vaccaro, Univ. of Vermont
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tolkien, Classical Myth, and Said\u2019s Orientalism: Othering the East and the South<\/strong>
\nEdward Risden, St. Norbert College
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Reflecting the Eternal: Medieval Origins of Tolkien\u2019s Depictions of Paradise<\/strong>
\nGina Weckwerth, Univ. of South Dakota
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Creating and Redeeming: A Look at J. R. R. Tolkien and Saint Thomas Aquinas<\/strong>
\nAmber-Lee Baker, Emmanuel Christian Seminary<\/p>\n

Thursday 3:30.
\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Tolkien\u2019s Shorter Poems and Lyrics<\/strong>
\nSponsor: Tolkien at Kalamazoo
\nOrganizer: Brad Eden, Valparaiso Univ.
\nPresider: Yvette Kisor, Ramapo College
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Metrical Variation as Characterization in Hobbit Verse<\/strong>
\nJohn R. Holmes, Franciscan Univ. of Steubenville
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Musical Allusion in Tolkien\u2019s Poetry and Its Victorian Counterparts<\/strong>
\nBrad Eden
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Songs and Stars: Celestial Motifs in Tolkien\u2019s Poetry<\/strong>
\nKristine Larsen, Central Connecticut State Univ.<\/p>\n

May 11, 2012<\/strong><\/span>
\n <\/em><\/strong>Friday 1:30 <\/em><\/strong>
\n <\/em><\/strong>
\nLegend of Sigurd and Gudrun<\/strong>
\nSponsor: Tolkien at Kalamazoo
\nOrganizer: Brad Eden, Valparaiso Univ.
\nPresider: Amy Amendt-Raduege, Whatcom Community College
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sigurd\u2019s Second Coming<\/strong>
\nGerard Hynes, Trinity College, Univ. of Dublin
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Morris, Tolkien, and the Logic of Medievalist Feminism<\/strong>
\nLarry W. Caldwell, Univ. of Evansville
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Struck in the Eyes by Sigurd and Gudrun<\/strong>
\nJanice M. Bogstad, Univ. of Wisconsin\u2013Eau Claire; Philip E. Kaveny, Univ. of
\nWisconsin\u2013Eau Claire
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tangled with Works of Old: Sigurd and Gudrun in the Web of Tolkien\u2019s Writings<\/strong>
\nMerlin DeTardo, Independent Scholar<\/p>\n

Friday 3:30 <\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em><\/strong>
\nTeaching Tolkien (A Roundtable)<\/strong>
\nSponsor: Tolkien at Kalamazoo
\nOrganizer: Brad Eden, Valparaiso Univ.
\nPresider: Robin Anne Reid, Texas A&M Univ.\u2013Commerce
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Teaching Tolkien in Another Culture: Non-English Speaking, Non-Anglo-American Students and Tolkien<\/strong>
\nGergely Nagy, Szegedi Tudom\u00e1nyegyetem
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Is There a Class for This Text?: J. R. R. Tolkien, J. K. Rowling, and Romantic Aesthetics<\/strong>
\nCraig Franson, La Salle Univ.
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lord of the Rings: Reading versus Viewing<\/strong>
\nJanice M. Bogstad, Univ. of Wisconsin\u2013Eau Claire
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

There and Back Again in the Classroom: Preparing for the Release of The Hobbit<\/em><\/strong>
\nKristine Larsen, Central Connecticut State Univ.
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tolkien and Theology for Undergraduates<\/strong>
\nJack R. Baker, Spring Arbor Univ.
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tolkien: Medieval and Modern<\/strong>
\nRachel Fulton Brown, Univ. of Chicago<\/p>\n

Friday 7:30. <\/em><\/strong>
\n <\/em><\/strong>
\nTolkien Unbound. <\/strong>
\nSponsor: Tolkien at Kalamazoo
\nOrganizer: Brad Eden, Valparaiso Univ.
\nPresider: Brad Eden
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Maidens of Middle-earth: The Silmarillion<\/em><\/strong>
\nEileen Marie Moore, Cleveland State Univ.
\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Farmer Giles of Ham <\/em><\/strong>(A Readers\u2019 Theater Presentation)<\/strong>
\nEileen Marie Moore, Cleveland State Univ.; Michael Wodzak, Viterbo Univ.; Merlin DeTardo, Independent Scholar; Keith Jensen, William Rainey Harper College; Amy Amendt-Raduege, Watcom Community College; Robert Tredray, Independent
\nScholar; Janice M. Bogstad, Univ. of Wisconsin\u2013Eau Claire; John R. Holmes, Franciscan Univ. of Steubenville<\/p>\n

May 12, 2012<\/strong><\/span>
\n <\/strong>Saturday 10 a.m. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Tolkien and Women<\/strong>
\nSponsor: Tolkien at Kalamazoo
\nOrganizer: Brad Eden, Valparaiso Univ.
\nPresider: Christopher T. Vaccaro, Univ. of Vermont
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Women and Tolkien: Amazons, Valkyries, Feminists, and Slashers<\/strong>
\nRobin Anne Reid, Texas A&M Univ.\u2013Commerce
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Constructing Lothiriel: Rewriting and Rescuing the Women of Middle-earth from the Margins<\/strong>
\nCatherine Coker, Texas A&M Univ.
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Revising Lobelia<\/strong>
\nAmy Amendt-Raduege, Whatcom Community College
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wo-man: Tolkien\u2019s Nomenclature for the Feminine in His Invented Languages<\/strong>
\nEileen Marie Moore, Cleveland State Univ.<\/p>\n

12:00 noon<\/em><\/strong> Tolkien at Kalamazoo <\/strong>
\nBusiness meeting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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