Swarthmore College Talks Tolkien

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Swarthmore College Talks Tolkien

February 6th, 2010 by xoanon

Austin writes: Swarthmore College will host two Tolkien talks, both open to the public.

Both talks take place on Feb. 16th. The first talk occurs at 04:15 PM, entitled Tolkien Book to Jackson Script: the Medium and the Message. More..

The second happens at 08:00 PM, entitled: Rediscovering Middle Earth, the Roots of Tolkien’s Myths.

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Rediscovering Middle-earth: the Roots of Tolkien’s Myths, A Talk by Professor Tom Shippey
Start Date:    2/16/2010   Start Time:    8:00 PM
End Date:    2/16/2010   End Time:    9:30 PM
Event Description
Professor Tom Shippey, noted medievalist and the world's foremost Tolkien scholar, will give a lecture titled "Rediscovering Middle-earth: the Roots of Tolkien's Myths." His talk will deal with the ways in which medieval literature and ideas helped to shape Tolkien's mythology of Middle-earth.
Location Information:
*Swarthmore College - Science Center

*Swarthmore College - Science Center
Room: Science Center 101
Contact Information:
Phone: (610) 328-8000
Email: calendar@swarthmore.edu
   
Shippey lecture
Event Sponsors
The Medieval Studies Program
Open To
The Public
Additional Information
Professor Shippey will present an earlier lecture titled "Tolkien Book to Jackson Script: the Medium and the Message," which will chart the creative reshaping of Tolkien's Middle-earth fiction, The Lord of the Rings, into Peter Jackson’s award-winning trilogy of films at 4:15 p.m. in the LPAC Cinema on 2/16/10.
http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/EventList.aspx?fromdate=2/16/2010&todate=2/16/2010&display=Day&type=public&eventidn=5501&view=EventDetails&information_id=18241