CFP: Tolkien at Kalamazoo Sessions (in-person, virtual, & hybrid)
Tolkien at Kalamazoo will be offering a total of eight sessions (paper sessions and roundtables), two of which are co-sponsored. The sessions are a mix of in-person, virtual, and hybrid as identified below.
Send 100-word abstracts or complete papers to Christopher Vaccaro (cvaccaro@uvm.edu) and Yvette Kisor (ykisor@ramapo.edu) by the1st of September.
They will organize the sessions.
Kalamazoo 2025
Tolkien at Kalamazoo Sessions:
Tolkien and Medieval Conceptions of the Sea (in-person paper session): HYBRID
https://icms.confex.com/icms/2025/paper/papers/index.cgi?sessionid=5951
The Medieval Roots of the Poems of J. R. R. Tolkien (in-person roundtable): HYBRID
https://icms.confex.com/icms/2025/round/papers/index.cgi?sessionid=6428
Tolkien and Old Norse (hybrid / in-person paper session): HYBRID
https://icms.confex.com/icms/2025/paper/papers/index.cgi?sessionid=6008
Tolkien and Medieval Feminisms (in-person paper session)
https://icms.confex.com/icms/2025/paper/papers/index.cgi?sessionid=6109
Medieval Languages and Tolkien's Language Invention (in-person paper session)
https://icms.confex.com/icms/2025/paper/papers/index.cgi?sessionid=6110
Medieval Resonances in Tolkien's Letters (in-person roundtable)
https://icms.confex.com/icms/2025/round/papers/index.cgi?sessionid=6111
Co-sponsored Sessions:
Fire, Dragons, & Jewels, O My!: Medieval Poems & J.R.R. Tolkien (co-sponsored with the Pearl-Poet Society, virtual paper session)
https://icms.confex.com/icms/2025/paper/papers/index.cgi?sessionid=5901
Return of the Franchise: The Ongoing Reception and Interpretation of Tolkien's Medievalism (co-sponsored with the Tales after Tolkien Society, virtual paper session): HYBRID
https://icms.confex.com/icms/2025/paper/papers/index.cgi?sessionid=6320
