Institute for Medieval Studies

Session	311
Title	'New' Tolkien: Expanding the Canon
Date/Time	Monday 2 July 2018: 16.30-18.00
Sponsor	Cardiff Metropolitan University
Organiser	Dimitra Fimi, Centre for Fantasy & the Fantastic, School of Critical Studies, University of Glasgow
Moderator/Chair	Dimitra Fimi, Centre for Fantasy & the Fantastic, School of Critical Studies, University of Glasgow
Paper 311-a	'I will give you a name': Sentient Objects in Tolkien's Fiction (Language: English) J. Patrick Pazdziora, College of Liberal Arts, Shantou University, China Index Terms: Language and Literature - Other; Medievalism and Antiquarianism
Paper 311-b	Tolkien's 'The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun' and The Lay of Leithian (Language: English) Yvette Kisor, School of Humanities & Global Studies, Ramapo College of New Jersey Index Terms: Medievalism and Antiquarianism; Sexuality
Paper 311-c	Invented Language and Invented Religion: Tolkien's Innovative Symbolic Systems and New Religious Movements (Language: English) Nathan Fredrickson, Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara Index Terms: Language and Literature - Other; Medievalism and Antiquarianism
Paper 311-d	The Grammar of Historical Memory in Tolkien's Legendarium: The Tale of Beren and Lúthien (Language: English) Christian F. Hempelmann, Department of Literature & Languages, Texas A&M University, Commerce Robin Anne Reid, Department of Literature & Languages, Texas A&M University, Commerce Index Terms: Language and Literature - Other; Medievalism and Antiquarianism
Abstract	This session focuses on recent works by J.R.R. Tolkien, posthumously published and authorized by the Tolkien Estate. Many of these volumes include Tolkien's translations or creative retellings of medieval material. Papers will focus on The Story of Kullervo (ed. Verlyn Flieger, 2015), A Secret Vice: Tolkien on Invented Languages (ed. Dimitra Fimi and Andrew Higgins, 2016), 'The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun' (ed. Verlyn Flieger, forthcoming, 2017) and The Tale of Beren and Lúthien (ed. Christopher Tolkien, 2017).