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2009

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Date/Area	Description
30 Jan Milton Keynes, UK	The Launch of Black and White Ogre Country: The Lost Tales of Hilary Tolkien This is the official Launch Event of "Black and White Ogre Country: The Lost Tales of Hilary Tolkien", edited by Angela Gardner and illustrated by Jef Murray. Angela will talk about how the book came about and preview the Biography of HART coming out later in the year. Venue: The Crown, Market Square, Stony Stratford Contact details: angie AT stonymk DOT co DOT uk Phone: 0044 1908 266199
17 Feb Peoria, Illinois, USA	"Annotating The Hobbit & Other Adventures" J.R.R. Tolkien scholar Douglas A. Anderson will present “Annotating The Hobbit & Other Adventures” at Bradley University’s Neumiller Chapel in Bradley Hall at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17, in Peoria, Illinois. Bradley University adjunct English Prof. Mike Foster, the North American representative of the Tolkien Society since 1995, will be the moderator of the free lecture. Anderson is the award-winning author and editor of The Annotated Hobbit, Tales Before Tolkien, Tales Before Narnia, and, with Verlyn Flieger, an expanded critical edition of Tolkien’s On Fairy-stories. He is also an editor of the academic journal Tolkien Studies. Venue: Neumiller Chapel, Bradley Hall, Bradley University Contact details: mafoster AT hughes DOT net Postal Address: 743 County Road 1200N, Metamora IL, 61548, USA
25 Mar Various	Tolkien Reading Day A day given over to the reading, and appreciation, of Tolkien's works. Participate in one of the many events taking place round the world, or simply take the time to re-read your favourite Tolkien passage in the comfort of your own home. Venue: Various Web site: http://www.tolkiensociety.org/ed/tolkienreadingday.html
11 Apr - 12 Apr Vermont, USA	Tolkien at the University of Vermont 2009 Tolkien at the University of Vermont 2009, an academic conference devoted to the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, will be held at the UVM in Burlington , Vermont on Saturday, April 11th and Sunday, April 12th. The keynote address will be delivered by Professor Jane Chance of Rice University. The conference organizers seek 20-minute papers on any topic related to Tolkien or his texts, but the following topic will be given priority consideration: sex and/or gender in Middle-earth or related to Tolkien’s life or works. Venue: University of Vermont Web site: http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2008/11/08/30519-tolkien-in-vermont-april-2009-call-for-papers/ Contact details: cvaccaro AT uvm DOT edu
14 Apr - 15 Apr London, UK	Lord of the Rings Score Performed Live The Royal Albert Hall and London Philharmonic Orchestra are delighted to present the UK premiere of The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring with Howard Shore’s Academy award-winning score performed live on stage by the original soundtrack orchestra and choirs. Venue: Royal Albert Hall Web site: http://tickets.royalalberthall.com/season/production.aspx?id=13224&src=t&monthyear=4-2009&detect=yes
24 Apr - 29 Apr Hanover (Germany)	2009 DTG Tolkien Seminar Violence, Conflict and War in Tolkien The 2009 DTG Seminar invites scholars from all walks of academia to explore violence, conflict and war in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien from these and other differing angles. Possible topics include content as well as formal and structural elements of Tolkien’s writings – from imagery via narrative structures to myth, their sources and analogues, issues of Otherness (including racial and gendered differences), questions of justice and ethics, concern with technology, etc. Conference languages are English and German. Venue: Leibniz University Web site: http://www.tolkiengesellschaft.de/deutsche-tolkien-gesellschaft/tolkien-seminar-2/ Contact details: http://anfragen DOT tolkiengesellschaft DOT de/
16 May - 17 May Birmingham, UK	The Middle-earth Weekend Formerly the Tolkien Weekend, this two day event combines a village fair with a Tolkien festival, with stalls, lectures, competitions and more besides. Venue: Sarehole Mill, Sarehole Web site: http://www.tolkiensociety.org/t_wend/index.html
17 Jul - 20 Jul Los Angeles, California - USA	Mythcon 40 The 40th Annual Conference of the Mythopoeic Society; back in Southern California for the first time since 1997 and our debut appearance at the very appealing UCLA. We will occupy UCLA's DeNeve Plaza, which means great accessibility, amenities, and comfort. GOHs are James A. Owen, author and artist, and Diana Pavlac Glyer, Inklings scholar and author. Daytime programming will include excellent scholarly and amusing papers and panels; evening events run to fun. The annual presentation of the Mythopoeic Awards will take place at the banquet. Do come join us! Venue: UCLA Web site: http://www.mythsoc.org/mythcon/40/ Contact details: mythcon AT mythsoc DOT org
6 Aug - 9 Aug Cambridge, United Kingdom	Omentielva Nelya The Third International Conference on J. R. R. Tolkien's Invented Languages. Motto: "The Real Middle-earth: History behind the Myth, Real World behind the Languages". Venue: to be announced Web site: http://www.omentielva.com/next.htm Contact details: Beregond AT omentielva DOT com
25 Sep - 27 Sep Oxford, UK	Oxonmoot Three day Tolkien festival of the UK Tolkien Society. The moot usually includes talks, a quiz, an art show, a masquerade and other entertainments, a visit to Tolkien's grave in north Oxford, and last, but not least, the chance to spend a weekend in the company of other fans of Tolkien's work. Venue: Lady Margaret Hall (provisional) Web site: http://www.tolkiensociety.org/oxon/index.html

Date/Area

Description

30 Jan

Milton Keynes, UK

The Launch of Black and White Ogre Country: The Lost Tales of Hilary Tolkien

This is the official Launch Event of "Black and White Ogre Country: The Lost Tales of Hilary Tolkien", edited by Angela Gardner and illustrated by Jef Murray. Angela will talk about how the book came about and preview the Biography of HART coming out later in the year.

Venue: The Crown, Market Square, Stony Stratford

Contact details: angie AT stonymk DOT co DOT uk

Phone: 0044 1908 266199

17 Feb

Peoria, Illinois, USA

"Annotating The Hobbit & Other Adventures"

J.R.R. Tolkien scholar Douglas A. Anderson will present “Annotating The Hobbit & Other Adventures” at Bradley University’s Neumiller Chapel in Bradley Hall at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17, in Peoria, Illinois.

Bradley University adjunct English Prof. Mike Foster, the North American representative of the Tolkien Society since 1995, will be the moderator of the free lecture.

Anderson is the award-winning author and editor of The Annotated Hobbit, Tales Before Tolkien, Tales Before Narnia, and, with Verlyn Flieger, an expanded critical edition of Tolkien’s On Fairy-stories. He is also an editor of the academic journal Tolkien Studies.

Venue: Neumiller Chapel, Bradley Hall, Bradley University

Contact details: mafoster AT hughes DOT net

Postal Address: 743 County Road 1200N, Metamora IL, 61548, USA

25 Mar

Various

Tolkien Reading Day

A day given over to the reading, and appreciation, of Tolkien's works. Participate in one of the many events taking place round the world, or simply take the time to re-read your favourite Tolkien passage in the comfort of your own home.

Venue: Various

Web site: http://www.tolkiensociety.org/ed/tolkienreadingday.html

11 Apr - 12 Apr

Vermont, USA

Tolkien at the University of Vermont 2009

Tolkien at the University of Vermont 2009, an academic conference devoted to the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, will be held at the UVM in Burlington , Vermont on Saturday, April 11th and Sunday, April 12th. The keynote address will be delivered by Professor Jane Chance of Rice University. The conference organizers seek 20-minute papers on any topic related to Tolkien or his texts, but the following topic will be given priority consideration: sex and/or gender in Middle-earth or related to Tolkien’s life or works.

Venue: University of Vermont

Web site: http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2008/11/08/30519-tolkien-in-vermont-april-2009-call-for-papers/

Contact details: cvaccaro AT uvm DOT edu

14 Apr - 15 Apr

London, UK

Lord of the Rings Score Performed Live

The Royal Albert Hall and London Philharmonic Orchestra are delighted to present the UK premiere of The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring with Howard Shore’s Academy award-winning score performed live on stage by the original soundtrack orchestra and choirs.

Venue: Royal Albert Hall

Web site: http://tickets.royalalberthall.com/season/production.aspx?id=13224&src=t&monthyear=4-2009&detect=yes

24 Apr - 29 Apr

Hanover (Germany)

2009 DTG Tolkien Seminar

Violence, Conflict and War in Tolkien

The 2009 DTG Seminar invites scholars from all walks of academia to explore violence, conflict and war in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien from these and other differing angles. Possible topics include content as well as formal and structural elements of Tolkien’s writings – from imagery via narrative structures to myth, their sources and analogues, issues of Otherness (including racial and gendered differences), questions of justice and ethics, concern with technology, etc.

Conference languages are English and German.

Venue: Leibniz University

Web site: http://www.tolkiengesellschaft.de/deutsche-tolkien-gesellschaft/tolkien-seminar-2/

Contact details: http://anfragen DOT tolkiengesellschaft DOT de/

16 May - 17 May

Birmingham, UK

The Middle-earth Weekend

Formerly the Tolkien Weekend, this two day event combines a village fair with a Tolkien festival, with stalls, lectures, competitions and more besides.

Venue: Sarehole Mill, Sarehole

Web site: http://www.tolkiensociety.org/t_wend/index.html

17 Jul - 20 Jul

Los Angeles, California - USA

Mythcon 40

The 40th Annual Conference of the Mythopoeic Society; back in Southern California for the first time since 1997 and our debut appearance at the very appealing UCLA. We will occupy UCLA's DeNeve Plaza, which means great accessibility, amenities, and comfort.

GOHs are James A. Owen, author and artist, and Diana Pavlac Glyer, Inklings scholar and author. Daytime programming will include excellent scholarly and amusing papers and panels; evening events run to fun.

The annual presentation of the Mythopoeic Awards will take place at the banquet. Do come join us!

Venue: UCLA

Web site: http://www.mythsoc.org/mythcon/40/

Contact details: mythcon AT mythsoc DOT org

6 Aug - 9 Aug

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Omentielva Nelya

The Third International Conference on J. R. R. Tolkien's Invented Languages.

Motto: "The Real Middle-earth: History behind the Myth, Real World behind the Languages".

Venue: to be announced

Web site: http://www.omentielva.com/next.htm

Contact details: Beregond AT omentielva DOT com

25 Sep - 27 Sep

Oxford, UK

Oxonmoot

Three day Tolkien festival of the UK Tolkien Society. The moot usually includes talks, a quiz, an art show, a masquerade and other entertainments, a visit to Tolkien's grave in north Oxford, and last, but not least, the chance to spend a weekend in the company of other fans of Tolkien's work.

Venue: Lady Margaret Hall (provisional)

Web site: http://www.tolkiensociety.org/oxon/index.html

2012

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Date/Area	Description
16 Aug - 20 Aug Loughborough, UK	The Return of the Ring A Gathering of Friends celebrating Tolkien in 2012. Five days of lectures, workshops and other events, including a ceilidh, a costume masquerade, dealers room, art show and a banquet. Venue: Loughborough University Web site: http://www.returnofthering.org Contact details: secretary AT returnofthering DOT org

Date/Area

Description

16 Aug - 20 Aug

Loughborough, UK

The Return of the Ring

A Gathering of Friends celebrating Tolkien in 2012.

Five days of lectures, workshops and other events, including a ceilidh, a costume masquerade, dealers room, art show and a banquet.

Venue: Loughborough University

Web site: http://www.returnofthering.org

Contact details: secretary AT returnofthering DOT org

Have you an event that should be on this page? If so, you can send details to <events DOT page AT tolkiensociety DOT org>.

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