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Registration

Online Registration has closed for the full conference. However, you can still register for the Saturday Evening Lecture at 7:30 pm . If you have any questions, please email wolterscentre@redeemer.ca.

This two-day academic conference, hosted by the Albert M. Wolters Centre for Christian Scholarship at www.亚洲色 (Ancaster, Ontario, Canada) and the Andrew Fuller Centre for Baptist Studies (Cambridge, Ontario, Canada), will celebrate the life, literary works, and Christian faith of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973). Tolkien was Oxford University鈥檚 Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon from 1925 to 1945 and Merton College鈥檚 Professor of English Language and Literature from 1945 to 1959. He is best known as the author of the bestselling novels The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings and a devout Roman Catholic Christian. The organizers of the conference warmly invite proposals for 15-minute papers on all aspects of Tolkien鈥檚 life and work. Topics of interest might include but are not limited to:

• Tolkien and his shorter works of fiction (Roverandom, Farmer Giles of Ham, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, Smith of Wooten Major, Leaf by Niggle)
• Tolkien and cinematic adaptations of his stories (eg. Ralph Bakshi鈥檚 animated version; the Peter Jackson movies (2001-2003); the Amazon Prime 鈥淭he Rings of Power鈥� series)
• Tolkien and Christian Liturgy (explorations of Christian liturgical reflexes in Tolkien鈥檚 narrative fiction)
• Tolkien and Monarchy (explorations of kingship in Tolkien鈥檚 fiction, especially in light of Charles III鈥檚 ascent to the throne of England)
• The Influence of Tolkien鈥檚 鈥淪ubcreation鈥� Concept on Christian Writers of Fiction (could be readings of published writers or reflections by creative writers on Tolkien鈥檚 impact)

Plenary lectures will be delivered by Dr. Louis Markos (Professor of English, Robert H. Ray Chair in Humanities, Houston Christian University) and Dr. Austin M. Freeman (Chair of Apologetics at Houston Christian University) on aspects of Tolkien鈥檚 life and literary production. Markos鈥檚 Saturday evening lecture, the Wolters Centre Lecture in the Arts and Humanities and entitled 鈥淛. R. R. Tolkien: The Man Who Made Middle-Earth,鈥� is free and open to the general public.

Program and Schedule

Activities: Paper Sessions, Student Paper Sessions, book launch (Jeremy Johnston), plenary lectures
Plenary lectures: Dr. Louis Markos and Dr. Austin Freeman

September 27-28, 2024
www.亚洲色
Ontario, Canada

Accommodations

Nearby hotels (within a 10-15 minute drive of www.亚洲色): 

• , Ancaster
• , Hamilton
• , Hamilton

Travel