{"id":12026,"date":"2024-08-27T21:21:38","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T21:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/?p=12026"},"modified":"2024-08-27T21:21:38","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T21:21:38","slug":"cfp-tolkien-sessions-at-imc-leeds-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/index.php\/2024\/08\/27\/cfp-tolkien-sessions-at-imc-leeds-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"CFP: Tolkien sessions at IMC Leeds 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In 2025 Tolkien at IMC Leeds (7-10 July 2025) will be celebrating our ten year anniversary<\/strong> having been started in 2015 by our founder Professor Dimitra Fimi.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The special thematic strand of this conference will be \u2018Worlds of Learning\u2019. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are very pleased that the 2025 IMC Tolkien Sessions will again be sponsored by the Centre for Fantasy and the Fantastic at the University of Glasgow<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paper submissions are being sought for the following 2025 Tolkien at Leeds sessions:  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tolkien: Medieval Roots and Modern Branches<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This session can accommodate wider topics and new approaches to Tolkien’s medievalism, ranging from source studies and theoretical readings to comparative studies of Tolkien\u2019s works.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learning, Lore and Craft in Tolkien\u2019s Medieval World <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Papers in this session can explore the role that learning, preserving lore and producing crafts in their widest sense play in Tolkien\u2019s world-building of his Middle-earth legendarium and other fictional and academic works.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oral Tradition and Medieval Transmission in Tolkien\u2019s Works <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFrom \u2018The Book of Lost Tales\u2019 to \u2018The Red Book of Westmarch\u2019 and \u2018The Notion Club Papers,\u2019 Tolkien crafted various narrative frameworks to convey the conceit of transmitting his invented secondary world into our primary reality. In this session, papers can delve into the significance of orality in Tolkien\u2019s works and explore the diverse transmission frameworks he developed. Additionally, researchers may investigate the literary works that might have influenced Tolkien\u2019s efforts to create these connections <\/p>\n\n\n\n

J.R.R. Tolkien as Teacher and Mentor at Leeds and Beyond <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this session, papers will celebrate Tolkien\u2019s pivotal role as a teacher and mentor to students at the Universities of Leeds and Oxford. Topics may encompass how Tolkien\u2019s teaching and mentorship influenced scholars, the academic work he supervised, and the establishment of academic clubs like The Viking Club at Leeds and its counterpart, Kolbitar<\/em>, at Oxford. Additionally, attendees can explore students\u2019 memories of Tolkien as both a teacher and mentor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tolkien at Leeds Annual Roundtable: Teaching Tolkien <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Annual Tolkien at Leeds Roundtable will invite educators to discuss and debate teaching methodologies and the unique challenges of bringing Tolkien\u2019s works into 21st-century classrooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please submit a paper contribution title and abstract by 31 August 2024<\/strong> to  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Andrew Higgins (asthiggins@me.com) <\/p>\n\n\n\n