The Tolkien Professor

The twenty-fifth session of the Silmarillion Seminar, covering the second part of Chapter 21 of the Quenta Silmarillion, "Of Turin Turambar"

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J.R.R. Tolkien, Smith of Wootton Major, Pages 9-34 Recorded 3/30/11.

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Today, a case study of a modulation adaptation: Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland (2010), following up on last week's Alice discussion.

Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 64,
recorded on February 19, 2024.

Join us on Mondays at 4:30 PM ET,
on this SignumU Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/SignumUnive...
and SignumU Twitch channel https://www.twitch.tv/signumu
Check the schedule here. https://www.twitch.tv/signumu/schedule
For more information https://mythgard.org/miscellany/
You can watch or listen to the recordings here.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa...
https://tolkienprof.fireside.fm/subsc...

Hosts:
Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professor
https://signumuniversity.org/director...
Dr. Maggie Parke
https://signumuniversity.org/director...

Now that RoP Season 1 has ended, here are some fun suggestions for you, whether you are new to Tolkien's world or a long-time reader/fan.
For those who want to review and reflect on the show.
Rings and Realms: https://www.youtube.com/c/RingsandRealms
Corey and Maggie did a weekly analysis of Prime Video's epic adaptation of Tolkien’s mythos. Presented by Signum University and Studio Lab.
audio-only version recordings (podcast) https://ringsandrealms.fireside.fm/

Official Prime Video Aftershow on Twitter Spaces:
Corey and Maggie hosted Official Prime Video Aftershow on Twitter Spaces on Fridays at 12:00 PM ET. You might still find the recordings on Corey's Twitter account.
https://twitter.com/tolkienprof

Follow our Twitter accounts for updates:
Corey Olsen, Tolkien Professor https://twitter.com/tolkienprof
Signum University https://twitter.com/SignumU
Mythgard Institute https://twitter.com/mythgardian

Want to dive deeper into Tolkien's world?
Corey is offering several free and open weekly and biweekly programs on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and other topics at Mythgard Institute. https://mythgard.org/
You can check the live schedule here. https://www.twitch.tv/signumu/schedule
More about the individual programs
Exploring the Lord of the Rings: a sentence-by-sentence journey through the text of Tolkien's epic fairy story (and Stephen Colbert's favorite https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2... ) https://mythgard.org/lotro/exlotr/
Mythgard Academy: in-depth seminars on fantasy, science fiction, and other speculative works https://mythgard.org/academy/
The Silmarillion Film Project/SilmFilm: a completely hypothetical discussion about what J.R.R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion would look like as a TV series https://mythgard.org/silmfilm/
Those recordings can be found on this Signum University Youtube channel as well as on our podcasts.
https://mythgard.org/listen/
Other Minds and Hands and SilmFilm recordings are on the Tolkien Professor podcast.

For those who feel reading the Silmarillion for the first time is a bit daunting.
https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures...

Corey walks you through The Lord of the Rings, Unfinished Tales, and even the volumes of History of Middle-earth series on his Mythgard Academy series.
https://mythgard.org/academy/

And here are more links if you dare.
https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures...
https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures...

Maggie and Corey return to our Openings series for a consideration of Alice in Wonderland.

Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 63,
recorded on February 12, 2024.

Join us on Mondays at 4 PM ET,
on this SignumU Youtube channel / signumuniversity
and SignumU Twitch channel / signumu
Check the schedule here. / schedule
For more information https://mythgard.org/miscellany/
You can watch or listen to the recordings here.
• Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Fr...
https://tolkienprof.fireside.fm/subsc...

Hosts:
Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professor
https://signumuniversity.org/director...
Dr. Maggie Parke
https://signumuniversity.org/director...

Now that RoP Season 1 has ended, here are some fun suggestions for you, whether you are new to Tolkien's world or a long-time reader/fan.
For those who want to review and reflect on the show.
Rings and Realms: / ringsandrealms
Corey and Maggie did a weekly analysis of Prime Video's epic adaptation of Tolkien’s mythos. Presented by Signum University and Studio Lab.
audio-only version recordings (podcast) https://ringsandrealms.fireside.fm/

Official Prime Video Aftershow on Twitter Spaces:
Corey and Maggie hosted Official Prime Video Aftershow on Twitter Spaces on Fridays at 12:00 PM ET. You might still find the recordings on Corey's Twitter account.
/ tolkienprof

Follow our Twitter accounts for updates:
Corey Olsen, Tolkien Professor / tolkienprof
Signum University / signumu
Mythgard Institute / mythgardian

Want to dive deeper into Tolkien's world?
Corey is offering several free and open weekly and biweekly programs on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and other topics at Mythgard Institute. https://mythgard.org/
You can check the live schedule here. / schedule
More about the individual programs
Exploring the Lord of the Rings: a sentence-by-sentence journey through the text of Tolkien's epic fairy story (and Stephen Colbert's favorite https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2... ) https://mythgard.org/lotro/exlotr/
Mythgard Academy: in-depth seminars on fantasy, science fiction, and other speculative works https://mythgard.org/academy/
The Silmarillion Film Project/SilmFilm: a completely hypothetical discussion about what J.R.R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion would look like as a TV series https://mythgard.org/silmfilm/
Those recordings can be found on this Signum University Youtube channel as well as on our podcasts.
https://mythgard.org/listen/
Other Minds and Hands and SilmFilm recordings are on the Tolkien Professor podcast.

For those who feel reading the Silmarillion for the first time is a bit daunting.
https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures...

Corey walks you through The Lord of the Rings, Unfinished Tales, and even the volumes of History of Middle-earth series on his Mythgard Academy series.
https://mythgard.org/academy/

And here are more links if you dare.
https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures...
https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures...
https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures...

Want more fan/fun gatherings? Check our news and events page for moots (in-person and virtual) and online events. https://signumuniversity.org/news-and...

We also provide affordable higher education and fun, engaging learning (Tolkien Studies, Imaginative Literature, Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Literature, and Germanic Philology) at Signum University. https://signumuniversity.org/
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