IMC 2026: Sessions

Session 349: Tolkien: Medieval Roots and Modern Branches

Sponsor:	Central Connecticut State University
Organiser:	Kristine Larsen, Department of Earth & Space Sciences, Central Connecticut State University
Moderator/Chair:	Cami Agan, Department of Language & Literature, Oklahoma Christian University
Paper 349-a	Script and Story: Tolkien's Philological Imagination in On Ælfwine's Spelling (Language: English) Andrew Higgins, Independent Scholar Index terms: Language and Literature - Comparative, Medievalism and Antiquarianism
Paper 349-b	Beguines, Nuns, and Entwives: Lesbian-Identified Spaces in Tolkien's Middle-earth (Language: English) Christopher Vaccaro, Department of English, University of Vermont Index terms: Language and Literature - Comparative, Medievalism and Antiquarianism
Paper 349-c	Secondary Ecology, Tertiary World: Ecological (In)Fidelity in Middle-earth as Played by Aotearoa/New Zealand (Language: English) Rory Queripel, Independent Scholar Index terms: Language and Literature - Comparative, Medievalism and Antiquarianism
Abstract	Papers in this session cover topics and new approaches to Tolkien's medievalism, ranging from source studies and theoretical readings to comparative studies of Tolkien’s works.