Today on the blog: a long-ish summary in English of my PhD thesis on illustrating #Tolkien And today on my Tipeee is a first look at the talk I'll be giving on Sunday about Lothlórien as a Faerie space in #illustrations (it's a bit extra). voirtolkien.hypotheses.org/1442

What is she Tolkien about? Or a summary of my PhD thesis.

In February 2026, I defended my PhD thesis at the Paris-Créteil University. It’s a 513-page document in French entitled “Illustrer Tolkien : la Terre du Milieu du texte à l’image” ( Illustrating Tolki...

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❗It's here! The Call For Papers for MAMO 2027❗ - Seeking a broad range of proposals for papers and events, focusing on aspects of medievalism in the modern world. - Featuring some very special events and keynotes... - You can find a plaintext version of this CFP at shorturl.at/0FJjY.

Do you love J.R.R. Tolkien? Did you enjoy the poetry of the Rohirrim? There's lots more alliterative verse where it came from! Check out the current issue of Forgotten Ground Regained: Alliterative Verse in Arda (Beowulf-style Tolkien fan poems). #tolkien #fanfic alliteration.net/back-issues/...

Forgotten Ground Regained: A Quarterly Journal of Alliterative Verse, Issue 11, Summer, 2026

This issue contains alliterative fan poems set in Tolkien's Middle Earth.

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To carry 50,000 people per hour in each direction, a city needs a 175m wide road for cars. Even if those cars are electric. And then there’s all the parking. OR a city can move A LOT MORE people in a lot less space, with A LOT LESS public money, emissions, pollution, noise etc. Choices. Simple.

NEW GUEST POST 🎉 Thanks to Christian S. Trenk for this excellent post! "With Nolan’s 'Odyssey' hitting cinemas around the globe this month, one of the most influential texts of European cultural history is back in the spotlight – so why not make it about Tolkien & The Lord of the Rings?!...

“The Man, O Muse, inform, that many a way / Wound”: On Aragorn and Odysseus as Wandering Men in Tolkien and Homer - thetolkienist.com

With Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey hitting cinemas around the globe this month, one of the most influential texts of European cultural history is back in the spotlight – so why not make it about Tol...

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And my #Tolkien paper at @imc-leeds.bsky.social first Tolkien at Leeds session is now delivered - now I can listen to all the others and buy books #IMC2026

@annasmol.bsky.social examines „Multitemporal Drama in #Tolkien Fiction“, and how the #NotionClubPapers merge multiple worlds and times across Secondary (and Tertiary) Creations. A great start to Day Two of #TolkienAtLeeds. #Temporalities

Love Tolkien? Love alliterative verse? Want to put them together? The deadline for submissions to the Summer issue of Forgotten Ground Regained, "Alliterative Verse in Arda" is now July 1st. alliteration.net/call-for-sub... #submissions #opencall #submissionscall #alltiterative #poetry

Call for Submissions: Alliterative Verse in Arda

Here's a chance to publish alliterative Tolkien fan poems on Forgotten Ground Regained. Submit by July 1

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Things were said that cannot be unsaid 😶 A huge thank you to @podcast.athrabeth.com for having me on with @stef.athrabeth.com @itstoriello.bsky.social and especially my nemesis @jude.athrabeth.com for such a fun time!

Athrabeth Podcast@podcast.athrabeth.com · 2mo ago

In episode 95, we celebrate #Westmoot, with our live show, “Disasters, Downfalls, and Dives” with special guests Clare Moore and Tori Owens! Thanks for joining us @clarelmoore.bsky.social and @itstoriello.bsky.social! Thanks for having us, @westmoot.org! athrabeth.simplecast.com/episodes/epi...

📢 #CfP for the 22nd #Tolkien Seminar of the @germantolksoc.bsky.social in cooperation with the Environmental Education Centre in Augsburg and WTP 📜Environment, the World around us, and the Connatural World in Tolkien’s Works #envhum #ecocrit www.tolkiengesellschaft.de/55214/tolkie...

Tolkien Seminar 2026 – Call for Papers [EN] & Scholarship

The 22st seminar of the German Tolkien Society is supported by Walking Tree Publishers and will take place in cooperation with the Department of Book Science in a hybrid format (mainly in presence but...

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Can't get enough of Tolkien's villains? Attend this session on Saturday morning at ICMS! icms.confex.com/icms/2026/me...

“Both Russian and pro-Trump U.S. actors are amplifying and spreading misinformation about Alberta separatism in the hope of fraying Canadian unity and sowing distrust.” An overt attack on Canadian sovereignty, meant specifically to manipulate Canadians. That’s what’s fuelling Alberta separation.

Russia and U.S. amplifying Alberta separatist narratives to stoke division, distrust: report | CBC News

Moscow has long tried to meddle in foreign elections. What's newer is Canada's neighbour overtly trying to influence and fan flames of referendum bid, warns a new report on foreign interference.

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You may have encountered many weird and wonderful illustrations of Grendel's mother, but have you ever seen the East German version? #WyrdWednesday

Dr Evelyn Koch@evelynkoch.bsky.social · 3y ago

Since I'm teaching Beowulf at the moment, these are some of the most peculiar illustrations of Grendel and Grendel's mother I've ever encountered. Taken from a retelling of Beowulf by Hannes Hüttner aimed at children, illustrations by Ruth Knorr, published in the GDR in 1975. medievalsky #lit

Last night, the Big Read kicked off our read through of The Hobbit. If you joined us - thank you! If not, you can catch the recording soon. If you are not a Tolkien Society member, consider becoming one so you can join us as we read through Tolkien’s works! erikjampa.substack.com/p/narrating-...

Narrating Enchantment: Clare Moore on the Textuality of The Hobbit

The Tolkien Society 'Big Read': Session 2

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“The most sophisticated organizations I know are quietly recalibrating what they value in hiring. They are looking for thinkers who can synthesize across domains. Who can write clearly. Who can question assumptions. Who can detect hypocrisy. Who can imagine second-order effects.” #cdnpse #nspse

The Humanities: 5 Leadership Skills That Business Schools Don't Teach

We were told to hire for efficiency. Optimization. Scale. And yet the five most important skills I look for in a leader rarely come from a business background at all.

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Do check this out for a series of amazing guest lectures (and an okay one [🙋🏼‍♂️] in July), and to join an engaging and interactive international reading club of the works of #Tolkien. #BigRead #BookClub #TolkienStudies

Clare Moore@clarelmoore.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Sneak peak for our first Big Read session: Erik Jampa Andersson on Tolkien’s “On Fairy-stories”! erikjampa.substack.com/p/tolkien-on...

Join us this month for a Lesser-trod Paths episode with the amazing Dr. Kristine Larsen! We chat about the caves of Tolkien’s legendarium and explore his real-world inspirations like Cheddar Gorge. Thank you for joining us, Kristine! You rock!  athrabeth.simplecast.com/episodes/epi...

When did the tiny fairy trope begin? In today’s piece (part 1 of 2) I’m considering this question, looking at the work of Minor White Latham and Katharine Briggs in the 20th century. In my next piece I’ll bring us up to date with current research. 🧚 dimitrafimi.substack.com/p/when-did-t...

I did a thing!

Nick Polk (he/him)@tolkienpop.substack.com · 5mo ago

Latest podcast episode with @mercuryreads.bsky.social and it is a nerdy, hopeful, and fun one! 🤘🏼 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

I’m honoured to have a chapter in this volume on visualization, both on Tolkien’s visualizations as he composed his stories and on ways that viewers can imaginatively engage with his invented worlds through illustrations. I can’t wait to read the whole book!

Prof. Dimitra Fimi@dimitrafimi.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Submitted today! Following a few years of rigorous peer-review and working with my co-editor @lukebshelton.bsky.social and many Tolkienists! - 44 chapters - 46 Tolkien scholars globally - over 280K words overall Still tons of work to do as proofs arrive, but feels like a moment to celebrate. ☺️

Bill 12 misses the real cost crisis in Nova Scotia universities www.halifaxexaminer.ca/commentary/b...

Bill 12 misses the real cost crisis in Nova Scotia universities - Halifax Examiner

The bill directs its strongest tools toward academic restructuring while bypassing scrutiny of how universities are funded, governed, and managed financially. If sustainability is the objective, then ...

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I'm excited to share that you can now pre-order your copy of this forthcoming intervention in the Gothic. I have a piece on the Windigo in it! @universitypress.cambridge.org @msvuenglish.bsky.social @igagoths.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/se/universit...

The Cambridge Companion to World-Gothic Literature | Cambridge University Press & Assessment

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The #Tolkien Family Album was published 34 years ago this week. Here are a few gems from this rare book: dimitrafimi.substack.com/p/a-few-gems... Included are some thoughts about the early years of the @tolkiensociety.org and an absent friend…

#Westmoot26 is delighted to announce our keynote speaker, Dr. Sara Brown! Dr. Brown is the Director of the Graduate Program and Chair of the Language and Literature Faculty at Signum University. #intothewest #westmoot #signumuniversity @signumuniversity.bsky.social @aranelparmadil.bsky.social

Conservatives destroy public goods, privatize them to their corporate donors, then cry when citizens demand that they take responsibility for their incompetence and inability to actually run businesses without subsidies. Thank god they own enough media to distract you from their ineptitude.

**CFP** for Session at the 2026 annual conference of the Canadian Society of Medievalists, 26-29 May 2026 in beautiful Antigonish, NS! Understanding Medieval Race-Making: see attached for details or visit our webpage www.canadianmedievalists.org/Calls-for-Pa...

**CFP** for Session at the 2026 annual conference of the Canadian Society of Medievalists, 26-29 May 2026 in beautiful Antigonish NS! You are on Native Land: Understanding Medieval Studies in Turtle Island: see attached for details or visit our webpage www.canadianmedievalists.org/Calls-for-Pa...

**CFP** for Session at the 2026 annual conference of the Canadian Society of Medievalists, 26-29 May 2026 in beautiful Antigonish, NS! Medieval Engagements with Disability: see attached for details or visit our webpage www.canadianmedievalists.org/Calls-for-Pa...

#Westmoot26 invites proposals for papers related to the life & works of JRR Tolkien! The theme of 2026 is Hope/Eucatastrophe. All proposals are welcomed and will be considered. Please submit your proposal at our webpage by March 1. #tolkien #westmoot #intothewest

'Creative Medievalisms Now: Writing the Middle Ages Today and Tomorrow', forthcoming symposium at Cambridge. A two-day symposium for writer-researchers working on medieval materials to reflect on craft, research processes, and work in progress. Booking essential: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-m...

Creative Medievalisms Now: Writing the Middle Ages Today and Tomorrow

A two-day symposium on creative writing, the creative-critical seam, and the Middle Ages

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