Lecture
Leiden Tolkien Talks: Interdisciplinary Approaches in Anticipation of “The War of the Rohirrim”
- Date
- Thursday 12 December 2024
- Time
- Location
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Lipsius
Cleveringaplaats 1
2311 BD Leiden
Programme
A series of short talks on various aspects of the works of J.R.R. Tolkien in anticipation of the forthcoming movie "The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim". This event is co-organised by student associations Albion Association and MSVL Floris V.
Rachel A. Fletcher: “The Medieval in Middle-Earth: Tolkien’s Life and Letters as a Medievalist”
Thijs Porck: “Genealogies, Grave Mounds, Horses and Heroines: The Anglo-Saxon Roots of the Rohirrim”
- -Short break -
Cevdet Acarsoy: “The Fear of a Cage: A Psychological Profile of Eowynn”
Lettie Dorst: “More than Rhymes and Riddles: Stylistic Analyses of Tolkien’s Fiction”