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IMC 2018: Sessions

Session 949: Tolkien in Context(s): A Round Table Discussion

Tuesday 3 July 2018, 19.00-20.00

Sponsor:Cardiff Metropolitan University
Organiser:Dimitra Fimi, Department of Humanities, Cardiff Metropolitan University
Moderator/Chair:Dimitra Fimi, Department of Humanities, Cardiff Metropolitan University
Abstract

This round table discussion will provide a forum to explore different approaches to Tolkien's work via various frameworks and contexts, from Tolkien's medieval scholarship and his social/historical/intellectual milieu, to worldbuilding, science, linguistics, and theory.

Participants include Yvette Kisor (Ramapo College, New Jersey), Kristine Larsen (Central Connecticut State University), Irina Metzler (Swansea University), Gergely Nagy (Independent Scholar, Budapest), and Sara L. Uckelman (Durham University).