IMC 2024: Sessions
Session 1425: Crises in Researching Tolkien: A Round Table Discussion
Wednesday 3 July 2024, 19:00-20:00
| Sponsor: | Centre for Fantasy & the Fantastic, School of Critical Studies, University of Glasgow |
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| Organiser: | Andrew Higgins, Centre for Fantasy & the Fantastic, School of Critical Studies, University of Glasgow |
| Moderator/Chair: | Andrew Higgins, Centre for Fantasy & the Fantastic, School of Critical Studies, University of Glasgow |
| Abstract | The Annual Tolkien at Leeds round table will explore the current crises facing Tolkien teachers, academics, and researchers in Tolkien and Middle-earth studies. Topics can include the various adaptions of Tolkien's works that will continue to grow with new media deals, differing thoughts on treatment of Tolkien's race, culture, and sexuality in his works, and the desire of scholars to see, analyse, and contextualise more of Tolkien's remaining unpublished papers. Participants include Andrew Higgins (University of Glasgow), Kate Natishan (University of Virginia), and Mariana Rios-Maldonado (University of Glasgow). |