2014 Tolkien at Kalamazoo schedule

So, the tentative schedule is now out for this year's Medieval Congress at Kalamazoo. Thanks to Janice, here's a link to the whole schedule of more than 550 sessions:

http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/files/s...

There are fewer on Tolkien this year (although I see two on CSL), though still quite a range of interesting topics I'm looking forward to learning more about.  Here's a listing of the Tolkien-themed sessions for those, like me, primarily interested in their Tolkien track. There are probably a few Tolkien papers in other sessions as well that I didn't spot in a first skim through the program book. This year the Tolkien events are front-loaded towards the first day of the conf, which I suppose means more time for non-Tolkien sessions and wandering through the book room.

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Thursday, May 8th, 10 a.m.Session 38 Bernhard 208
Tolkien and His Medieval SourcesSponsor: Tolkien at Kalamazoo Organizer: Brad Eden, Valparaiso Univ. Presider:  Edward Risden, St. Norbert CollegeTolkien Grammaticus: The Influence of the Gesta Danorum on The Hobbit and The Lord of the RingsLeigh Smith, East Stroudsburg Univ.Approaching “Se Uncuthaholm”: Tolkien’s Early Study of Anglo-Saxon Poetry and Prose as a Source for the Invention of Ottor WaefreAndrew Higgins, Cardiff Metropolitan Univ.Creative Corrections: Tolkien’s Response to Beorhtnoth’s Ofermod Colin Pajda, St. Louis Univ.Tolkien’s Man in the Moon and Medieval Complaint Literature Brad Eden Hrolfr Kraki in Tolkien’s Middle-earth Brent Landon Johnson, Mythgard Institute/Signum Univ.Thursday 10:00 a.m. 


Thursday, May 8th, 1.30 p.m.Session 83 Bernhard 208
Tolkien’s The Fall of Arthur Sponsor: Tolkien at Kalamazoo Organizer: Brad Eden, Valparaiso Univ. Presider:  Brad Eden“That seems fatal to me”: Pagan and Christian in The Fall of Arthur John D. Rateliff, Independent ScholarMapping the Grammatical Margins of Middle-earth: How the Geography of The Fall of Arthur fits in Tolkien’s LegendariumRobin Anne Reid, Texas A&M Univ.–Commerce“Double-Hearted”: Psychomachia in The Fall of Arthur John R. Holmes, Franciscan Univ. of SteubenvilleTides of Time in The Fall of Arthur Robert Tredray, Independent ScholarWhere Is Avalon? Tolkien’s Otherworld in the West and The Fall of Arthur Dimitra Fimi, Cardiff Metropolitan Univ.


Thursday, May 8th, 3.30 p.m.Session 134 Bernhard 208
Tolkien’s Natural World and ScienceSponsor: Tolkien at Kalamazoo Organizer: Brad Eden, Valparaiso Univ. Presider:  Anna Smol, Mount St. Vincent Univ.The (Nearly) Discarded Image: Tolkien’s Later Tinkerings with His Medieval CosmologyKristine Larsen, Central Connecticut State Univ.You Must Remember This: Time Dilation in Middle-earthMichael Wodzak, Viterbo Univ.Litany of the Ents: Treebeard’s Priesthood and the Sacred Nature of Tolkien’s Natural WorldVictoria Holtz Wodzak, Viterbo Univ.



Friday, May 9th, 6.30 p.m.Tales after Tolkien SocietyBusiness Meeting
Friday, May 9th, 7 p.m.Tolkien Unbound (Performances)Sponsor: Tolkien at KalamazooOrganizer: Brad Eden, Valparaiso Univ. Presider:  Robin Anne Reid, Texas A&M Univ.–Commerce
Maidens of Middle-earth IVEileen Marie Moore, Cleveland State Univ.
A Dramatic Reading of Tolkien’s The Fall of Arthur John D. Rateliff, Independent Scholar; Thom Foy, Univ. of Michigan–Dearborn; John Houghton, Independent Scholar; and Brad Eden.
Songs for the PhilologistsDouglas A. Anderson, Independent Scholar; Amy Amendt-Raduege, Whatcom Community College; Jewell Morow, Independent Scholar: Deidre Dawson, Michigan State Univ.; Merlin DeTardo, Independent Scholar; and Brad Eden.


Saturday May 10th, 12 noonTolkien at KalamazooBusiness Meeting

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Hope to see some familiar faces,* as well as meet some new ones.

--John R.


*well, as familiar as faces get to someone with face blindness.