Mythgard Academy

By Mythgard Institute

Mythgard Academy aims to make engaging discussions of fantasy and science fiction literature free and open to everyone. The Mythgard Academy program features live discussions with Dr. Corey Olsen, The... more

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November 12, 2025 MSA035: The Peoples of Middle-earth, Session 11
Join Corey tonight in posthumously assuring Christopher Tolkien that everything is okay, and we understand the difficulties he was operating under.
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1h 56min
October 28, 2025 MSA035: The Peoples of Middle-earth, Session 10
Tonight we turn to the formation of perhaps the most puzzling of the Appendices: Appendix D, on the Shire Calendar
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1h 51min
October 28, 2025 MSA035: The Peoples of Middle-earth, Session 9
Tonight we share in Tolkien's delight in names by studying the growth of the hobbit family trees.
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2h 19min
October 14, 2025 MSA035: The Peoples of Middle-earth, Session 8
Word-count decreases while stress mounts in the continued revisions of what will be Appendix F.
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1h 53min
October 14, 2025 MSA035: The Peoples of Middle-earth, Session 7
Tonight we will see Tolkien most purely in his element, delighting in linguistic worldbuilding and applied philology.
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1h 43min
September 09, 2025 MSA035: The Peoples of Middle-earth, Session 6
Continuing our discussion of Tolkien's original Appendix draft, we will watch Tolkien's linguistic imagination operating on several levels at once.
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1h 44min
September 04, 2025 MSA035: The Peoples of Middle-earth, Session 5
In which we consider the directions in which the Appendix is developing as Tolkien discusses the Common Speech.
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1h 59min
August 19, 2025 MSA035: The Peoples of Middle-earth, Session 4
Tonight we watch the Appendices of the Lord of the Rings begin to unfold, and consider the relationship between language and history in Tolkien's creative process.
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1h 48min
July 24, 2025 MSA035: The Peoples of Middle-earth, Session 3
Tonight we discuss some extra Prologue material that eventually grew into Appendix F.
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2h 2min
July 24, 2025 MSA035: The Peoples of Middle-earth, Session 2
Tonight we discuss the development and nature of the Prologue to the LOTR.
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1h 55min

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