Tolkien's Natural World and Science

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Tolkien at Kalamazoo

Organizer Name

Brad Eden

Organizer Affiliation

Valparaiso Univ.

Presider Name

Anna Smol

Presider Affiliation

Mount St. Vincent Univ.

Paper Title 1

The (Nearly) Discarded Image: Tolkien's Later Tinkerings with His Medieval Cosmology

Presenter 1 Name

Kristine Larsen

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Central Connecticut State Univ.

Paper Title 2

You Must Remember This: Time Dilation in Middle-earth

Presenter 2 Name

Michael Wodzak

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Viterbo Univ.

Paper Title 3

Litany of the Ents: Treebeard's Priesthood and the Sacred Nature of Tolkien's Natural World

Presenter 3 Name

Victoria Holtz Wodzak

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Viterbo Univ.

Start Date

8-5-2014 3:30 PM

Session Location

Bernhard 208

Description

This session will examine various aspects of Tolkien's mythology in relation to its physical and scientific constructs: plants, weather, cosmology, animals, geography, etc.

Brad Eden