{"id":10209,"date":"2023-02-08T11:31:53","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T11:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/?p=10209"},"modified":"2024-08-26T21:13:45","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T21:13:45","slug":"tolkien-and-fantasy-sessions-at-icms-kalamazoo-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/index.php\/2023\/02\/08\/tolkien-and-fantasy-sessions-at-icms-kalamazoo-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Tolkien and Fantasy sessions at ICMS Kalamazoo 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gla.ac.uk\/schools\/critical\/research\/researchcentresandnetworks\/fantasyatglasgow\/\" target=\"_blank\">Centre for Fantasy and the Fantastic<\/a>, Univ. of Glasgow is sponsoring two sessions at the 58<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0InternationalCongress on Medieval Studies, to be held in a hybrid format (virtual and face-to-face sessions),\u00a0May 11\u201313, 2023:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/K038833.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/K038833.jpg 333w, https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/K038833-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><figcaption><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bl.uk\/catalogues\/illuminatedmanuscripts\/ILLUMIN.ASP?Size=mid&amp;IllID=46441\" target=\"_blank\">British Library, Royal 19 D I f. 65: Saracens and Christians<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong>Friday, May 12, 2023, 1:30pm EDT (i.e., New York Time) #255\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tolkien and Medieval Constructions of Race (A Roundtable)\u00a0\u00a0(Virtual)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sponsor: Centre for Fantasy and the Fantastic, Univ. of Glasgow\u00a0<br>Presider: Kristine A. Swank, Univ. of Glasgow\u00a0Organizer: Mariana Rios Maldonado, Univ. of Glasgow\u00a0<br>A roundtable discussion with\u00a0Robin Anne Reid, Independent Scholar; Luke Shelton, Univ. of Glasgow; Mercury Natis, Signum Univ.; Toni DiNardo, Univ. of North Carolina\u2013Chapel Hill; and Lars Olaf Johnson, Cornell Univ.\u00a0<br>Respondent: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gla.ac.uk\/pgrs\/marianariosmaldonado\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mariana Rios Maldonado<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Ursula-39-small.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Ursula-39-small.jpg 400w, https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Ursula-39-small-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption><em>Ursula K. Le Guin<\/em><br><em>Photo by Eileen Gunn<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Saturday, May 13, 2023, 10:00am EDT (i.e., New York Time)<\/strong> <strong>#328\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ursula K. Le Guin\u2019s Marvelous Medievalism\u00a0\u00a0(F2F, Schneider Hall Room 1120)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sponsor: Centre for Fantasy and the Fantastic, Univ. of Glasgow\u00a0Presider: Larry Swain, Signum Univ.\u00a0Organizer: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gla.ac.uk\/schools\/critical\/postgrad\/currentpgs\/kristineswank\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kristine A. Swank<\/a>, Univ. of Glasgow\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201cGuilt within the walls\u201d: Imprisoned Characters in Le Guin\u2019s Short Stories&#8211; Lily T. Tun, Texas A&amp;M Univ.\u00a0<\/li><li>\u201cShe too is a patterner\u201d: Arachnids in Earthsea and \u201cBuffalo Gals\u201d&#8211; Kristine A. Swank\u00a0<\/li><li>World-Building and Language Invention: The Kesh Language of Ursula K. LeGuin\u2019s Always Coming Home&#8211; Andrew Higgins, Independent Scholar<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, <a href=\"https:\/\/luke-shelton.com\">Luke Shelton<\/a>, University of Glasgow, is presiding over the following session:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Friday, May 12, 2023,\u00a010:00am EDT\u00a0(i.e., New York Time)<\/strong> <strong>#204 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Virtual Religion along the Tolkienian Fantasy Tradition: New Medievalist Narratives\u00a0\u00a0(Virtual)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sponsor: Tales after Tolkien Society\u00a0Presider: Luke Shelton, Univ. of Glasgow\u00a0Organizer: Geoffrey B. Elliott, Independent Scholar\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Do You Even Pray Though? Examining the Worship of the Great Mother Goddess in Tamora Pierce\u2019s Tortall Universe&#8211; Rachel Sikorski, Independent Scholar&nbsp;<\/li><li>Playing with Medieval(ist?) Religion in Forum-Based Play-by-Post Roleplaying Games: A Case Study&#8211; Geoffrey B. Elliott<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Centre for Fantasy and the Fantastic, Univ. of Glasgow is sponsoring two sessions at the 58th\u00a0InternationalCongress on Medieval Studies, to be held in a hybrid format (virtual and face-to-face sessions),\u00a0May 11\u201313, 2023: Friday, May 12, 2023, 1:30pm EDT (i.e., New York Time) #255\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Tolkien and Medieval Constructions of Race (A Roundtable)\u00a0\u00a0(Virtual)\u00a0 Sponsor: Centre &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/index.php\/2023\/02\/08\/tolkien-and-fantasy-sessions-at-icms-kalamazoo-2023\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Tolkien and Fantasy sessions at ICMS Kalamazoo 2023&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conferences"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10209"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10210,"href":"https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10209\/revisions\/10210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}