“Playing Back: LOTRO and Its Role in Deconstructing Tolkien.” Cordeliah G. “More Cannot Be Said: Using a Critical, Semi-Systematic Literature Review to Understand Academic Silence on the Queer Potential of Legolas and Gimli.” V. “Wondered at this change”: Queer potential and telling silence in the relationship of Legolas and Gimli.” Hannah Mendro “Hardly a word…unconsidered”: Un-Closeting Queer Desire in The Lord of the Rings through (Socio)linguistic Analysis: ‘Mate,’ ‘My/me Dear,’ and ‘Treasure.’” Olivia K. Thursday April 14: Queer and Critical Race Approaches to Tolkien Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings.” Sara Brown “From Mushrooms to Man-flesh: The Cultural Signficance of Food in J.R.R. “The Deep Roots Untouchable by Frost: Romanticism in J.R.R. “Point of View and In-Universe Authorship of the ‘Silmarillion.’” Dawn Walls-Thumma “Tolkien, Old English, and Identity.” Anna Smol Thursday April 14: Literary and Cultural Studies Approaches to Tolkien Wednesday April 13: Tolkien Fanfiction Live Reading. “Get-togethers” are more informal than the regular paper sessions. The following is a draft program – always check the final version on the PCA website for days and times. The late registration deadline is April 1 for anyone not presenting a paper at the conference. Kathryn Wyckoffįor more details about the schedule and registration, check out the website. “Tolkien and Nietsche’s Ubermensch.” Ali Mirzabayati “Lived Legendary War in Tolkien’s Fall of Arthur.” Brendan Anderson

“Tolkien, Cline, and the Quest for a Silmaril.” Tom Ue “The Horrors of Intimate Evil in Tolkien’s Abandoned ’Novel’ The New Shadow.” Bo Kampmann Walther Tolkien’s The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings Trilogy.” Linsay Ragle Miller Session II Tolkien and the Literary Tradition “The Forbidden Pool as a Garden of Eden Story in Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings.” Yvette Kisor

“Narrative Voice and Differing Concepts of Evil in the Published Silmarillion.” Chris Craun She will be talking about “Arda Remade: History and Twentieth-Century Cosmology.” Keynote: The theme of this conference is The Idea of History in Tolkien’s Middle-earth and features Dr. You can register and download a full program here. Check out what people will be talking about in the conference and the PCA Tolkien Studies area - or register and listen to the full sessions! The 18th Annual Tolkien at University of Vermont conference A couple of conferences are coming up in the next few weeks with lots of discussion about a wide range of topics in Tolkien studies.

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