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TolkCast - Der Tolkien Podcast216 DTG Konklave: Platz für den Mosh PitWas hat Smaug mit Budgetverwaltung zu tun? Gibt es Aragorn auch in Matschbraun? Und wer schafft 3 Stunden Daumenkino? Der TolkCast hat wie immer Antworten auf die wichtigen Fragen!
Gleich zu Beginn lernt Jonas mal wieder was Neues: Man kann bei Spotify kommentieren! Und schon hat er auch wieder Fiödbäck zum Vorlesen. Außerdem rollt die Podcast-Lawine, denn er und Tobias haben einen neuen Podcast gestartet: Den Auenland-Kurier! Dort bekommt ihr Tolkien-News im Snack-Format.
Groß ist die Vorfreude in der TolkCast-WG, denn die Tolkien Tage stehen vor der Tür. Was ist neu? Gibt es noch Ticke...2025-06-052h 23
Stars and Swords: Footnoting Genre FictionThe Silmarillion 15: Sudden FlameThis week, we see the fall of Fingolfin and a new war in Beleriand in Chapter XVIII of the Quenta Silmarillion in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Silmarillion. How do we understand Tolkien's perspective on race? How much direct intervention can we credit to Manwë? What is Maeglin's problem with Men?To see the video broadcast of this episode, click here; to see the slides, click here!Next week, we discuss the most important story in Tolkien's legendarium, Beren and Lúthien in chapter XIX of the Quenta Silmarillion, live on YouTube on Thursday, May 1st...2025-04-261h 46
TolkCast - Der Tolkien Podcast211 Man kann sich auch als Zelt anmeldenVolles Haus in der TolkCast-WG: Die erste Sendung in vollständiger Besetzung seit Weihnachten – ungefähr. Zwischendurch schaut auch noch Besuch vorbei, und eine neue Rubrik wird eingeführt. Es ist also wieder einiges los …
Zuerst einmal wird das Gewinnspiel aus der letzten Folge aufgelöst. Tobias hatte mal wieder eine fixe Idee und kurzerhand eine neue Rubrik ins Leben gerufen – und da „ snackable Tolkien“ immer eine gute Sache ist, heißt es heute zum ersten Mal: „Willkommen in der Tolkienschau “. Wer schon immer wissen wollte, was Tolkien mit Houghton Mufflin und Staubsauger-Zyklopen zu tun hat, bekommt hier Antworten.
Wurden die To...2025-04-092h 04
AthrabethEpisode 78: Lesser-trod Paths with Cameron BourqueinJoin us this month for a deep dive on Tolkien’s bodacious baddie, the one and only Sauron. Tolkien scholar and Sauron expert, Cameron Bourquein, leads us down her lesser-trod path exploring Sauron’s evolving nature, the meanings of his name, and his changing role in the legendarium throughout its development. Citations: Thank you to our guest host, Cameron Bourquein! How to find Cameron’s work:Website: https://cameronbourquein.com/Blog: https://theroadtoardahealed.substack.com/Website: https://sauronproject.com/Twitter: @CameronBorgQeenBluesky: c...2025-01-011h 36
Silmaria037 Vom ersten Schulorchester der WeltWir schweifen und ranten
Die Musik der Ainur ist das zweite Kapitel des Buches der Verschollenen Geschichten. In ihm geht es um die Erschaffung der Welt.Hausaufgabe für die nächste Folge (bis 8. Dezember): Lest Kapitel III. Die Ankunft der Valar und die Gründung Valinors Schreibt uns einen Unterschied und eine Gemeinsamkeit mit dem Silmarillion, die Euch in diesem Kapitel auffallen.Dazu zur Wiederholung aus dem Silmarillion: Valaquenta & Kap. I Vom Anbeginn der Tage (Folge 3 von Silmaria)ShownotesFolgt uns auf Mastodon: @silmaria@dtg.socialund Bluesky: @silmariapodcast.bsky.socialSchreibt uns eine Nachricht über https://www.silmaria.de/Cha...2024-11-141h 40Silmaria036 Abenteuer im Tiny-Housefeat. Peter Pan and the Fairies
Hausaufgabe für die nächste Folge (bis 13. Oktober): Lest Kapitel II. Die Musik der Ainut Schreibt uns einen Unterschied und eine Gemeinsamkeit mit dem Silmarillion, die Euch in diesem Kapitel auffallen.Dazu zur Wiederholung: Ainulindale & Valaquenta im Silmarillion (Folge 2 von Silmaria)Shownotes Folgt uns auf Mastodon: @silmaria@dtg.socialund Bluesky: @silmariapodcast.bsky.socialSchreibt uns eine Nachricht über https://www.silmaria.de/Chattet mit anderen auf unserem Discord https://dtg.chatund bewertet uns gerne überall, wo es Podcasts gibt.Videoreihe vom "Tolkien Professor" zum Buch der Verschollenen Geschichten (Englisch): https://youtube.com/playlis...2024-09-221h 50Silmaria032 Ein König kommt selten alleinAnhang A & B des Herrn der Ringe
Was darf beim Staffelende eines Tolkien Podcasts nicht fehlen? Natürlich die Anhänge! Schließlich geht die Geschichte von Mittelerde noch weiter, auch wenn sich die Namen irgendwann wiederholen. In dieser Folge widmen Tobias und Maria sich Anhang A & B des Herrn der Ringe und treffen dabei einige alte Bekannte wieder. Außerdem klären sie, was die längste dauerhafte bewohnte Stadt Mittelerdes ist, finden ein Osterei, zitieren aus Tolkiens "sex story" und klären, wer eigentlich der wahre Herr der Ringe ist.Die Anhänge A & B sind die ersten b...2024-02-272h 01
Story Radio PodcastFantasy: Realms of Imagination interview with Matthew Sangster and Tanya Kirk of the British Library
Tabitha Potts and Martin Nathan interview the lead curator and guest curator of the British Library’s blockbuster exhibition, Fantasy: Realms of Imagination, Tanya Kirk and Matthew Sangster. The exhibition runs until 25th February 2024 and tickets can be booked here.
The exhibition has been critically acclaimed with a five star review in The Telegraph, ‘a visually captivating treat’, and has been featured in The Guardian, The I Newspaper, Apollo Magazine and BBC Radio 4: Front Row to name a few.
We interviewed both curators about the process of assembling an exhibition featuring over 1...2024-01-0146 min
Teaching With MagicA Not So Secret Vice: With Dr. Andy HigginsWelcome to a very special episode! Here, you'll learn all about learning with language invention. How can we use a cultural love of words, language, and fandom to help our students enjoy learning to read and reading to learn?
Our special guest is Dr. Andrew Higgins, a Tolkien Scholar who received his Ph.D. through Cardiff Metropolitan University on 'The Genesis of Tolkien's Mythology' and co-edited with Professor Dimitra Fimi "A Secret Vice: Tolkien on Language Invention," written by J.R.R. Tolkien and published by HarperCollins. He has also published on invented languages in the Star Trek and...2023-10-301h 08AthrabethEpisode 58: Lesser-trod Paths with Clare MooreClare Moore can be found on Twitter: @claremoore914YouTube presentation: “Clare Moore - 'The Problem of Pain: Portraying Physical Disability in Tolkien's Fantasy'” Originally presented at The Tolkien Society Summer Seminar, July 3, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYSj_Z5jy9w (Accessed Feb 24, 2023)A List of Clare’s publications on “Tolkienists.org” website:https://tolkienists.org/clare-moore/ (Accessed Feb 24, 2023)Sources mentioned this episode:Ria Cheyne: Disability, Literature, Genre: Representations and Affect in Contemporary FictionOpen Source JStore link: https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvsn3pp7...2023-05-031h 51
The TLS PodcastVaccines On Stage, Elves On ScreenThis week, we talk to Jonathan Spector about the European premiere of his play at the Old Vic; and Dimitra Fimi unpacks what's behind the new tv series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.Eureka Day, The Old Vic, London, until October 31The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Amazon PrimeProduced by Charlotte Pardy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2022-09-2243 min
The Lamp-post Listener: Chronicling Narnia, Middle-earth, and Other WorldsThe Horse & His Boy, Chapter 1: How Shasta Set Out on His TravelsShasta and Bree escape. Your Lamp-post Links: C. S. Lewis in Context, by Doris Myers If you're interested in reading more about the intersection of race, Narnia, and Lewis, you can explore the various articles below. While the pieces offer a wide scope of opinions on Lewis, ranging from defensive to accusatory, we don't necessarily hold the same views as all of the authors. Are The Chronicles of Narnia Sexist and Racist? by Devin Brown at NarniaWeb.com In Defense of C.S. Lewis, by Gregg Easterbrook Le...2021-06-3059 min
Cringe Benefits12 - The Lord of the Rings Pt. 1 (w/ Joe Raik)Time to take a long expected journey with actor and director Joe Raik as we delve deep into JRR Tolkein's seminal masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings. As is fitting a saga of this stature, we simply couldn't complete our quest in one episode. This week we'll start with our childhood memories, our favorite moments, and we'll just dip our toes in the shallow end of the cringe pool when we talk about Middle Earth's racial politics. SUPPLEMENTAL LINKS:Reddit: Hilarious 50th Anniversary Edition of 'The Hobbit' (Abby's Elementary School Copy)LATimes: J.R...2020-10-1959 min
TolkCast - Der Tolkien Podcast037 Die Drei ??? sind regelmäßig draufgegangenHerr der Ringe Online die Zweite - Hither Shore 14 - Der Goldenen Aluhut - Fehler bei TheOneRing.net - HDR als Zeichentrick - Tolkien in den Medien - Teaser zum Gollum Videospiel - Video des Monats - Orkische Buchvorstellung zum Thema kochen - Gewinnspiel
In der 37. Episode des TolkCast erwarten Euch einige Überraschungen! Der Tolkien Podcast der Deutschen Tolkien Geselleschaft feiert in diesem Monat seinen zweiten Geburtstag und in guter Hobbit-Manier seid natürlich Ihr diejenigen, die Geschenke erhalten! Diese Sendung ist auch insofern etwas Besonderes, da sich alle drei Moderatoren zur Aufnahme gemeinsam (mit Abstand) in einem Raum befanden. De...2020-09-021h 34
Docto MarioFrodo MorenoVamo a entenderlo
Yang, el patrón, nos explica los origenes y contexto de Tolkien y la Tierra Media respondiendo a las ideas de si existe racismo en los libros y películas de Don Anillos. Hay mucho que saber y complejidades históricas y humanas que trae cualquier creación y más una tan grande y minuciosa como la de Tolkien. ¿Racista? ¿Anticuado? ¿Conflictuado? ¿Bien muy padrísimo?
La conferencia de la Doctora Dimitra Fimi
Échenle sus preguntas y refrescadas a Yang en Twitter e Instagram como @YangOLyon
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Longwinded One: The PodcastS03E14 - Inglorion Bastards: A Conversation with Dr. Dimitra FimiA treasure trove of fun and interesting stories, listen as Dr. Fimi discusses her written work, her most influential mentors, her favorite interviews, discovering treasures in the Bodleian Library, why The Hobbit is so much fun to read aloud, and the lay called Narsilion.
Tolkien Experience Podcast:
https://luke-shelton.com/2020/01/03/tep-1-dimitra-fimi/2020-03-3039 min
The Tolkien Experience Podcast03 - Andrew HigginsOur next guest on the Tolkien Experience Podcast is a Tolkien scholar and linguist who has very quickly become influential in the field of Tolkien Studies: Dr. Andrew Higgins! Dr. Higgins completed his PhD on the evolution of J.R.R. Tolkien's mythology in 2015. His doctoral research was a holistic examination of Tolkien's earliest works in order to gain a new critical framework to examine Tolkien's 'early imaginative language invention'. He has also co-edited a critical edition of Tolkien's A Secret Vice with Dimitra Fimi. This volume won the 2017 Tolkien Society Award for Best Book! We are...2020-01-3133 min
The Tolkien Experience Podcast01 - Dimitra FimiOur first guest on the Tolkien Experience Podcast is a longtime mentor, colleague, and friend to our hosts: Dr. Dimitra Fimi. Dr. Fimi is known around the world as a preeminent scholar in Tolkien studies and an influential scholar in wider fields. She is perhaps best known for her book Tolkien, Race and Cultural History, which won the 2010 Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Inklings Studies. She also co-edited a critical edition of Tolkien's A Secret Vice with Andrew Higgins. This volume won the 2017 Tolkien Society Award for Best Book! We are delighted that she agreed to be our...2020-01-0123 minAthrabethEpisode 18: Father Christmas Letters Part 2: Growing UpJoin Athrabeth's Discord!SourcesTolkien, J.R.R., Letters from Father Christmas, edited by Baillie Tolkien, “eISBN 978-0-547-95190-4 v2.1216” (Accessed Nov 25, 2019).Fimi, Dimitra, “J.R.R. Tolkien’s Christmas letters to his children bring echoes of Middle-earth to the North Pole” December 21, 2017, from the website called “The Conversation”- http://theconversation.com/j-r-r-tolkiens-christmas-letters-to-his-children-bring-echoes-of-middle-earth-to-the-north-pole-89464 (Accessed Nov 25, 2019)Swank, Kris (2013) "The Hobbit and The Father Christmas Letters," Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature: Vol. 32 : No. 1 , Article 9.Available at: https://dc.swosu.edu/myth...2020-01-0156 minAthrabethEpisode 17: Father Christmas Letters Part 1: Middle-Earth ConnectionsJoin Athrabeth's Discord!SourcesTolkien, J.R.R., Letters from Father Christmas, edited by Baillie Tolkien, “eISBN 978-0-547-95190-4 v2.1216” (Accessed Nov 25, 2019).Fimi, Dimitra, “J.R.R. Tolkien’s Christmas letters to his children bring echoes of Middle-earth to the North Pole” December 21, 2017, from the website called “The Conversation”- http://theconversation.com/j-r-r-tolkiens-christmas-letters-to-his-children-bring-echoes-of-middle-earth-to-the-north-pole-89464 (Accessed Nov 25, 2019)Swank, Kris (2013) "The Hobbit and The Father Christmas Letters," Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature: Vol. 32 : No. 1 , Article 9.Available at: https://dc.swosu.edu/myth...2019-12-041h 08
Longwinded One: The PodcastS02E29 - Inglorion Bastards: Interview with Michael Drout, Part 1In this episode we talk to Professor Michael Drout from Wheaton College. We learn why so many scholars think it is important to talk about how to read Tolkien. We discuss how Tolkien created an "impression of depth" through his vast size and intricate detail in his writings. And we learn about Dr. Drout's first time meeting Tom Shippey.
The Tolkien Society
https://www.tolkiensociety.org
Modern Scholars
https://audiobookstore.com/audiobook-series/the-modern-scholar-series/
Authors and Academics:
Tom Shippey (The Road to Middle Earth)
Roman Jakobson
Gabriel García Márquez
Angela Carter
Ursula Le...2019-11-2828 min
TolkCast - Der Tolkien Podcast020 Das Special: Das Tolkien Seminar 2019Unterhaltsamer Bericht zum Tolkien Seminar 2019 in Jena zum Thema "Macht und Autorität in Tolkiens Werk" inklusive fachlich versierte Interviews und Tipps im Umgang mit Schwiegermüttern und anderen Drachen.
Damit hätte der Hexenkönig nie gerechnet. Und wir auch nicht. Schwuppdiwupp kommt eine Sondersendung des TolkCast. Eigentlich wollten wir in der regulären November Ausgabe über das Tolkien Seminar 2019 in Jena sprechen. Es ging um nichts Geringeres als Macht und Autorität. Ausgestattet mit zwei Mikrofonen, wollten wir für Euch ein paar Stimmen sammeln. Daraus wurde eine Sondersendung mit über zwei Stunden Laufzeit.Zu Beginn gehen Annika un...2019-10-202h 03
The Prancing Pony Podcast136 - Live from Tolkien 2019Alan and Shawn reunite in person for a live recording from Tolkien 2019 in Birmingham, England! We interviewed several special guests at the conference, including returning guests (Marquette University archivist Bill Fliss, authors Dimitra Fimi and John Garth) and some first-timers: legendary artist Ted Nasmith, Richard Medrington — the man behind the one-man theatrical production of Leaf By Niggle — and dramatist Brian Sibley of the Lord of the Rings BBC radio play! Plus live questions from our panel audience, questionable wardrobe choices, and some other unquestionably good stuff! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2019-09-151h 49
TolkCast - Der Tolkien Podcast017 Das Interview mit Dimitra Fimi & Shaun GunnarBei der internationalen Tolkien Konferenz Tolkien2019, die im August in Birmingham stattfand, haben wir viele interessante Menschen für den Podcast interviewt. Nach und nach präsentieren wir Euch die spannenden Gespräche als Sonderfolgen.
Ja ist denn schon Weihnachten? Trotz der Lebkuchen in den Läden noch nicht ganz, aber wir veteilen trotzdem schon die ersten Geschenke! Heute gibt es nicht eine neue Folge TolkCast, sondern zwei! Neben Episode #16: "Es war Glück, Fluch und Segen zugleich" veröffentlichen wir auch noch gleich Sendung Nr. #17. Hierbei handelt es sich um eine Sonderfolge mit nicht einem, sondern zwei Interviews aus Birmin...2019-09-0452 min
The Bodleian Libraries (BODcasts)Mythopoeia: myth-creation and Middle-earthA celebration of Tolkien and his creations, with special guests Dame Marina Warner, Prof Verlyn Flieger and Dr Dimitra Fimi. The panel of guests will consider the origins and the uses of myth-making as a literary genre, the motivation which lay behind Tolkien's own myth creation, and the rise in fantasy literature during his lifetime.2019-01-251h 24
The Prancing Pony Podcast020 - Tolkien's Secret Vice: An Interview with Dimitra Fimi and Andrew HigginsAlan and Shawn welcome Dr. Dimitra Fimi and Dr. Andrew Higgins as the first guests to The Prancing Pony Podcast! They are the editors of the new critical edition of Tolkien’s A Secret Vice. We turn the word-nerdery up to 11 to talk about Tolkien’s approach to language invention and the lasting impact his work had on the Middle-earth legendarium and the fantasy genre itself. Our inner geeks get the vicarious thrill of handling manuscripts written in the Professor’s own hand. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2016-09-181h 05
The Signum SceneDr. Dimitra Fimi: Halloween in LiteratureAs part of the Signum University Annual Fund Campaign Halloween Extravaganza in the fall of 2015, fantasy scholar and Signum lecturer Dr. Dimitra Fimi discussed Halloween customs and rites in literature – including extracts from some unexpected pieces of literature that have a Halloween flavor.
Faculty chats, Mythgard Academy courses, the Simarillion Film Project, and other free events and series that we offer free to the public are funded by tax-deductible donations. Please consider donating by going to http://www.signumuniversity.org and clicking on the "Donate" link at the top of the fast links box.Support Th...2015-12-201h 30
Tolkien at OxfordThe Lord of the Rings: Tolkien's Legacy60 years since the publication of the series' final volume, a distinguished panel explore Tolkien's literary legacy. To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the publication of the final volume of Tolkien’s fantasy epic, The Lord of the Rings, the Bodleian Libraries and TORCH hosted a panel discussion on reactions to Tolkien’s work, then and now. The discussion was introduced by Elleke Boehmer (Acting TORCH Director and Professor of World Literature, University of Oxford), and chaired by Stuart Lee (Lecturer in English Literature, University of Oxford). In a series of three short talks, scholars considered Tolkien's legacy from a range of p...2015-11-1640 min
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the HumanitiesThe Lord of the Rings: Tolkien's Legacy60 years since the publication of the series' final volume, a distinguished panel explore Tolkien's literary legacy To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the publication of the final volume of Tolkien’s fantasy epic, The Lord of the Rings, the Bodleian Libraries and TORCH hosted a panel discussion on reactions to Tolkien’s work, then and now.
The discussion was introduced by Elleke Boehmer (Acting TORCH Director and Professor of World Literature, University of Oxford), and chaired by Stuart Lee (Lecturer in English Literature, University of Oxford). In a series of three short talks, scholars considered Tolkien's legacy from a range of p...2015-11-0959 minTORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the HumanitiesThe Lord of the Rings: Tolkien's Legacy60 years since the publication of the series' final volume, a distinguished panel explore Tolkien's literary legacy To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the publication of the final volume of Tolkien’s fantasy epic, The Lord of the Rings, the Bodleian Libraries and TORCH hosted a panel discussion on reactions to Tolkien’s work, then and now.
The discussion was introduced by Elleke Boehmer (Acting TORCH Director and Professor of World Literature, University of Oxford), and chaired by Stuart Lee (Lecturer in English Literature, University of Oxford). In a series of three short talks, scholars considered Tolkien's legacy from a range of p...2015-11-0940 min