Tolkein Events This Week

Oct 6. 6:30 PM — Tawes 1100.  Why Bother Defending the Shire?  Graham McAleer, Loyala Univ. MD, Philosophy and  Aesthetic Disgust, Adaptation, & The Lord of the Rings, Edward Alsedek, Calvert Hall HS, English   

Oct 8.  7 PM – Anne Arundel Lounge.  Come see Ringers, a documentary about growth and history of LOTR fandom.  Discussion to follow.

Oct 9.  3-7 PM – Ellicott Community Courtyard.  Medieval Maker Faire.  Learn how people in the Middle Ages made their clothes, prepared food, entertained themselves—and fought!

Oct 9.  7:30 PM – La Plata Multipurpose Room.  Ken Mondschein analyzes (and demonstrates!) swordfighting in films in general and in the LOTR movies in particular.  

Oct 10.  9 AM. – La Plata Multipurpose Room.  Student Research Conference.  Undergraduates present their research papers about Tolkien, LOTR, and Middle-earth.

Oct 10.  3:30 PM. – La Plata Multipurpose Room.  Introduction to   Elvish.  Learn about Tolkien’s Elvish languages, including his purposes and methods for creating them, from Carl Hostetter, an —  many would say the — expert on Tolkien’s invented languages.

Oct 10.  1:30 PM. – La Plata Multipurpose Room.  Preeminent Tolkien scholar (and UMD faculty emerita) Verlyn Flieger explains why Tolkien is as much modern as medieval.

Oct 11, 9:30 AM – 10 PM – Stamp Movie Theater.  LOTR Movie Marathon.  Come watch Peter Jackson’s LOTR trilogy on the big screen.