CFP Tolkien and War! - Tolkien at UVM Conference (2/2/2025; Hybrid 4/5/2025)

Tolkien at UVM Conference

deadline for submissions:
April 5, 2025

full name / name of organization:
The Tolkien at the University of Vermont Conference

contact email:
cvaccaro@uvm.edu

source: https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2024/10/31/tolkien-at-uvm-conference

Tolkien and War! is the theme of the 21st annual Tolkien at the University of Vermont conference on April 5th. This is a hybrid event!!

We are excited to have John Garth as our keynote speaker, and we are encouraging all abstracts but will give priority to those on the theme. Possible topics include but are not limited to:

• War in Europe
• War in Middle-earth
• War and Tolkien's poetry
• Heroic battle poetry
• War and Tolkien's English
• War in the films/Tv shows
• Gender/Sexuality and War
• Psychology and War
• Religion and War

Please submit 200 word abstracts to cvaccaro@uvm.edu by Sunday February 2nd!


Last updated November 1, 2024

CFP 18th Tolkien at University of Vermont Conference (1/15/2022; Vermont 4/2/2022)

18th Tolkien at University of Vermont Conference

deadline for submissions: January 15, 2022

full name / name of organization: 

Tolkien at University of Vermont Conference/ University of Vermont

contact email: cvaccaro@uvm.edu

source: https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2021/09/19/18th-tolkien-at-university-of-vermont-conference

This is our 18th  annual conference held on Saturday, April 2nd at the UVM campus. 

The theme is Tolkien’s Histories and the Idea of History in Middle-earth.  Possibilities include theories of history, the placement of Tolkien himself within historical discourse, the impact of European historical events, the influence of ancient and medieval histories, the play of genre, the history of sexuality, of race, of gender, of science, of religion, the histories within Tolkien's legendarium and in cinematic adaptations, and much more. 

Submitted abstracts need not be on the theme; all will be considered. 

Our keynote will be delivered by Dr. Gergely Nagy. 

There will be a virtual component to this conference, and we will accept virtual delivery. 

Please 200 word abstracts to Christopher Vaccaro at cvaccaro@uvm.edu by January 15th 2022.

 

Last updated September 23, 2021