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N.E. Brigand
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Apr 11 2007, 3:59am
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Maybe so (full Vermont schedule).
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Below is the schedule for this weekend's conference at the University of Vermont in Burlington, possibly not final. If someone does live close by and is considering attending: it's a free event. I'll make the Friday evening and Saturday sessions, but will have to miss Sunday's activities.
Tolkien Conference
April 13th-15th 2007
Waterman Building, UVM Campus
Friday, April 13th
Fireside Tolkien Reading 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.
Peter Jackson’s The Fellowship of the Ring 9:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.
Saturday, April 14th
Session I: Tolkien’s The Silmarillion [Celebrating its 30th anniversary] 8:30 - 10:00 a.m.
By Doom Mastered: The Túrin Story in Tolkien’s Legendarium -- Nicholas Birns (New School University, New York)
(V)arda Marred: Evolution of the Queen of the Stars in Tolkien’s Legendarium -- Kristine Larsen (Central Connecticut State University)
Blasphemy and the Creation of the Orcs -- Jolanta Komornicka (Boston University)
Session II: Theorizing Tolkien 10:00 - 11:30 p.m.
Deleuzian Reflections and The Lord of the Rings -- Dyrk Ashton (University of Toledo)
Tolkien and the Location of English Identity -- Aaron Jackson (Manchester Metropolitan University)
‘The Authorized Edition’: Para-textual Elements and their Impact on Two Editions of the 1966 Text of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit -- Jennie MacDonald (University of Denver)
Break for Lunch 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Session III: Tolkien’s Literary Sources 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
William Morris, J. R. R. Tolkien, and the Archaic Style -- Michael Faletra (University of Vermont)
Tolkien’s Recurrent Image of the Elf Maiden in the Wood -- Jason Fisher (Independent Scholar)
The Hobbit Body: Sources and Symbolism -- Christopher Vaccaro (University of Vermont)
Session IV: Characters and Peoples in middle-earth 3:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Who Is Goldberry? -- Sarah Birns (Cornell University)
Arda Marred: The Song of the Ents and Entwives -- Corey Olsen (Washington College, Maryland)
The Double Identity of Eowyn -- Jamie Williamson (University of Vermont)
Afternoon Break: Coffee, tea and cookies
Keynote Speaker 4:45 - 5:45 p.m.
Roots of the Mountain: Fantasy Before Tolkien -- Douglas Anderson [Independent Scholar]
Peter Jackson’s The Two Towers 6:30 - 10:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 15th
Session V: Undergraduate Voices (University of Vermont) 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Session VI: Multi-player Middle-earth Computer Games 11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. [TBA]
Peter Jackson’s The Return of the King 12:00 - 4:00 p.m.
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 Tolkien Illustrated! Jan. 29-May 20: Visit the Reading Room to discuss art by John Howe, Alan Lee, Ted Nasmith and others, including Tolkien himself.
Apr. 9-15: Anke-Katrin Eissmann.
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Tolkien 2007 in Burlington Vermont USA?
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weaver
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Apr 2 2007, 6:34pm
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I'll be there.
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N.E. Brigand
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Apr 5 2007, 4:06am
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Glad to know you will be flying by!
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weaver
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Apr 5 2007, 4:09pm
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Wish I could go
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Modtheow
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Apr 9 2007, 5:07am
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you're here!!!
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a.s.
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Apr 9 2007, 11:32am
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Yes, back again
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Modtheow
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Apr 9 2007, 2:46pm
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It's quite a place, isn't it!
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dernwyn
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Apr 9 2007, 4:56pm
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all sparkly and new!
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Modtheow
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Apr 10 2007, 2:24am
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I've had to use
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dernwyn
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Apr 11 2007, 2:23am
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Open mike night?
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N.E. Brigand
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Apr 9 2007, 6:48pm
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maybe not?
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Modtheow
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Apr 10 2007, 2:22am
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Maybe so (full Vermont schedule).
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N.E. Brigand
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Apr 11 2007, 3:59am
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Missed it ...again.
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KmK
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Apr 16 2007, 6:58pm
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Could you fly into
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dernwyn
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Apr 9 2007, 5:06pm
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Too late.
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N.E. Brigand
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Apr 9 2007, 6:34pm
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