To mark the 50th anniversary of the publication of The Lord of the
Rings, The Tolkien Society announces a major international conference
and convention combining scholarship, celebration and commemoration. The
venue is Aston University, Birmingham England. Dates : 11th - 15th
August 2005. Further details and booking forms are available at :
http://www.tolkiensociety.org/2005/index.html
Tolkien 2005: The Ring Goes Ever On, will be a worldwide gathering of
Tolkien readers and enthusiasts, students of Tolkien's writings and
artists responding to those writings, performers, actors and adapters;
collectors and curators; bibliographers and philologists; established
academics, new researchers and creative writers; journalists,
publishers, biographers, commentators and film-makers.
The conference organisers now announce a first call for papers.
Lectures, seminars and panel presentations are invited on all aspects of
the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien. The conference encourages submissions
intended for a variety of audiences: academic and literary critical
contributions are welcome, as are responses aimed more broadly at the
wide diversity of Tolkien readers and filmgoers. Contributions should
combine sound scholarship with accessibility.
Emerging conference themes include:
Art and Illustration
Authors responding to Tolkien
Dramatisation and film adaptation
Publication histories
Translation
Philology & Middle-earth Languages
Ecology and Environment
Ethics, Power and Conflict
Tolkien and War
Popularity and the legacy of Tolkien
Gender and identity
Myth, Fantasy and Romance patterns
Characterisation and narrative
The Inklings
Tolkien on the Internet
Tolkien and recent fantasy literature
Tolkien in literary theory and cultural studies
Contact
Expressions of interest and proposals should be sent to the Programme
Co-ordinator, Bob Davis
c/o Faculty of Education
University of Glasgow
St Andrews Building
11 Eldon Street
GLASGOW
United Kingdom
G3 6NH
2005 DOT programme AT tolkiensociety DOT org
--
Pat Reynolds
pat@caerlas.demon.co.uk
"It might look a bit messy now,
but just you come back in 500 years time"
(T. Pratchett)
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