Schedule
Schedule
Schedule for Spring 2009
Thurs., February 26, 7:30 p.m., University Honors Forum
"Naming the Evil One: Onomastic Strategies in Tolkien and Rowling"
Public lecture by Dr. Janet Brennan Croft, University of Oklahoma
For more info, follow this link to the event flyer.
Tues., March 25, 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m., UNM Duckpond, near Cactus Garden
International Tolkien Reading Day
Hobbit Society members will be celebrating the anniversary of the Ring's destruction with others around the world by reading aloud from Tolkien's works and having a bake sale and t-shirt sale.
For information, follow this link to the Tolkien Society website.
Fri., March 27, 3:00-5:30 p.m., University Honors Forum
Intellectual Hooliganism: Fantasy and SciFi Student Colloquium
Join us for our first colloquium of student papers and presentations on topics from any area of fantasy, science fiction, or popular culture. Six UNM students will read their work in our first annual colloquium.
For information, follow this link to the event's flyer.
Tues., April 7, 7:00 p.m., University Honors Forum
Hobbit Society Meeting
Discussion will focus on themes and ideas in "On Fairy-stories," an essay by J.R.R. Tolkien athat may be found in The Tolkien Reader, a text widely available. This discussion will prepare us for Dr. Flieger's lecture later the same week. Make sure to read it or review it before this meeting!
Thurs., April 9, 7:00 p.m., George Pearl Hall Auditorium
"When is a Fairy-story a Faërie Story?"
Public lecture by Dr. Verlyn Flieger, University of Maryland
Dr. Flieger is a widely known scholar teacher of comparative mythology and Tolkien Studies.
For information, follow this link to the event's flyer.