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- 472: Other Minds and Hands, Episode 7
Today we are joined by the Voice of Geekdom, to talk about the idea of "canon".
Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 8,
recorded on April 20, 2022Hosts:
Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professorhttps://signumuniversity.org/director...Dr. Maggie Parkehttps://signumuniversity.org/director...Episode guest: Voice of Geekdom
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/VoiceofGeekdomTwitter https://twitter.com/VoiceOfGeekOther Minds and Hands takes place (almost) every week at 4 pm US Eastern, Wednesday,
on this SignumU Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/SignumUnive...and SignumU Twitch channel https://www.twitch.tv/signumuFor more information https://mythgard.org/miscellany/You can watch or listen to the recordings here.https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa...https://tolkienprof.fireside.fm/subsc...Dr. Corey Olsen is offering several free and open weekly and biweekly programs on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and other topics at Mythgard Institute. https://mythgard.org/
You can check the live schedule here. https://www.twitch.tv/signumu/scheduleMore about the individual programsExploring the Lord of the Rings: a sentence-by-sentence journey through the text of Tolkien's epic fairy story https://mythgard.org/lotro/exlotr/Mythgard Academy: in-depth seminars on fantasy, science fiction, and other speculative works https://mythgard.org/academy/The Silmarillion Film Project/SilmFilm: a completely hypothetical discussion about what J.R.R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion would look like as a TV series https://mythgard.org/silmfilm/Those recordings can be found on this Signum University Youtube channel as well as on our podcasts.https://mythgard.org/listen/Other Minds and Hands and SilmFilm recordings are on the Tolkien Professor podcast.We also provide affordable higher education and fun, engaging learning (Tolkien Studies, Imaginative Literature, Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Literature, and Germanic Philology) at Signum University. https://signumuniversity.org/
About Signum University https://signumuniversity.org/about/Signum University Graduate Program https://signumuniversity.org/admissio...SPACE Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education https://signumuniversity.org/space/Events https://signumuniversity.org/event/
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1 hr 43 min - 471: SilmFilm 6-09: Beren and Lúthien – Part 3
Tonight: How many dogfights do we really want to do in one episode? And how do we depict the dynamics of Beren and Luthien's relationship at this stage?
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2 hr 22 min - 470: Other Minds and Hands, Episode 6
Today we will think through the Elvish political situation in Eriador in the Second Age, considering the opportunities and challenges that the Rings of Power show faces.
Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 7,
recorded on April 13, 2022Hosts:
Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professorhttps://signumuniversity.org/director...Dr. Maggie Parkehttps://signumuniversity.org/director...Other Minds and Hands takes place (almost) every week at 4 pm US Eastern, Wednesday,
on this SignumU Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/SignumUnive...and SignumU Twitch channel https://www.twitch.tv/signumuFor more information https://mythgard.org/miscellany/You can watch or listen to the recordings here.https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa...https://tolkienprof.fireside.fm/subsc...Dr. Corey Olsen is offering several free and open weekly and biweekly programs on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and other topics at Mythgard Institute. https://mythgard.org/
You can check the live schedule here. https://www.twitch.tv/signumu/scheduleMore about the individual programsExploring the Lord of the Rings: a sentence-by-sentence journey through the text of Tolkien's epic fairy story https://mythgard.org/lotro/exlotr/Mythgard Academy: in-depth seminars on fantasy, science fiction, and other speculative works https://mythgard.org/academy/The Silmarillion Film Project/SilmFilm: a completely hypothetical discussion about what J.R.R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion would look like as a TV series https://mythgard.org/silmfilm/Those recordings can be found on this Signum University Youtube channel as well as on our podcasts.https://mythgard.org/listen/Other Minds and Hands and SilmFilm recordings are on the Tolkien Professor podcast.We also provide affordable higher education and fun, engaging learning (Tolkien Studies, Imaginative Literature, Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Literature, and Germanic Philology) at Signum University. https://signumuniversity.org/
About Signum University https://signumuniversity.org/about/Signum University Graduate Program https://signumuniversity.org/admissio...SPACE Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education https://signumuniversity.org/space/Events https://signumuniversity.org/event/
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1 hr 55 min - 469: Other Minds and Hands, Episode 6
Today we are joined by Tolkien scholar Robin Reid, to discuss different approaches to talking about race in Tolkien.
Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 6,
recorded on April 6, 2022Hosts:
Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professorhttps://signumuniversity.org/director...Dr. Maggie Parkehttps://signumuniversity.org/director...Episode guest:
Dr. Robin Anne ReidDreamwidth journal:https://tolkien-on-the-web.dreamwidth...Her journal in Dreamwidth: https://ithiliana.dreamwidth.org/Her open-access scholarship relating to the issues of race that might be of interest: arising out of the Racefail '09 events were an early attempt at a theme issue on race and fandom: https://journal.transformativeworks.o...She has published several things with Journal of Tolkien Research--the most recent being on a work of fanfictionhttps://scholar.valpo.edu/journalofto...And here are her four publications there: https://scholar.valpo.edu/do/search/?...Other Minds and Hands takes place (almost) every week at 4 pm US Eastern, Wednesday,
on this SignumU Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/SignumUnive...and SignumU Twitch channel https://www.twitch.tv/signumuFor more information https://mythgard.org/miscellany/You can watch or listen to the recordings here.https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa...https://tolkienprof.fireside.fm/subsc...Dr. Corey Olsen is offering several free and open weekly and biweekly programs on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and other topics at Mythgard Institute. https://mythgard.org/
You can check the live schedule here. https://www.twitch.tv/signumu/scheduleMore about the individual programsExploring the Lord of the Rings: a sentence-by-sentence journey through the text of Tolkien's epic fairy story https://mythgard.org/lotro/exlotr/Mythgard Academy: in-depth seminars on fantasy, science fiction, and other speculative works https://mythgard.org/academy/The Silmarillion Film Project/SilmFilm: a completely hypothetical discussion about what J.R.R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion would look like as a TV series https://mythgard.org/silmfilm/Those recordings can be found on this Signum University Youtube channel as well as on our podcasts.https://mythgard.org/listen/Other Minds and Hands and SilmFilm recordings are on the Tolkien Professor podcast.We also provide affordable higher education and fun, engaging learning (Tolkien Studies, Imaginative Literature, Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Literature, and Germanic Philology) at Signum University. https://signumuniversity.org/
About Signum University https://signumuniversity.org/about/Signum University Graduate Program https://signumuniversity.org/admissio...SPACE Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education https://signumuniversity.org/space/Events https://signumuniversity.org/event/
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1 hr 49 min - 2 hr 4 min
- 467: Other Minds and Hands, Episode 5
Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 5,
recorded on March 30, 2022Hosts:
Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professorhttps://signumuniversity.org/director...Dr. Maggie Parkehttps://signumuniversity.org/director...Other Minds and Hands takes place (almost) every week at 4 pm US Eastern, Wednesday,
on this SignumU Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/SignumUnive...and SignumU Twitch channel https://www.twitch.tv/signumuFor more information https://mythgard.org/miscellany/You can watch or listen to the recordings here.https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa...https://tolkienprof.fireside.fm/subsc...Dr. Corey Olsen is offering several free and open weekly and biweekly programs on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and other topics at Mythgard Institute. https://mythgard.org/
You can check the live schedule here. https://www.twitch.tv/signumu/scheduleMore about the individual programsExploring the Lord of the Rings: a sentence-by-sentence journey through the text of Tolkien's epic fairy story https://mythgard.org/lotro/exlotr/Mythgard Academy: in-depth seminars on fantasy, science fiction, and other speculative works https://mythgard.org/academy/The Silmarillion Film Project/SilmFilm: a completely hypothetical discussion about what J.R.R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion would look like as a TV series https://mythgard.org/silmfilm/Those recordings can be found on this Signum University Youtube channel as well as on our podcasts.https://mythgard.org/listen/Other Minds and Hands and SilmFilm recordings are on the Tolkien Professor podcast.We also provide affordable higher education and fun, engaging learning (Tolkien Studies, Imaginative Literature, Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Literature, and Germanic Philology) at Signum University. https://signumuniversity.org/
About Signum University https://signumuniversity.org/about/Signum University Graduate Program https://signumuniversity.org/admissio...SPACE Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education https://signumuniversity.org/space/Events https://signumuniversity.org/event/
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1 hr 39 min - 466: Other Minds and Hands, Episode 4
Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 4,
recorded on March 23, 2022Today, Corey and Maggie are joined by our second special guest, not-so-clueless fangirl Helen from the Clueless Fangirl, and discuss Númenor in the #RingsOfPower adaptation.
Hosts:
Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkein Professorhttps://signumuniversity.org/director...Dr. Maggie Parkehttps://signumuniversity.org/director...Episode guest:
Helen from The Clueless FangirlYoutube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvuc...Twitter https://twitter.com/HelenaLahnsteinOther Minds and Hands takes place (almost) every week at 4 pm US Eastern, Wednesday,
on this SignumU Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/SignumUnive...and SignumU Twitch channel https://www.twitch.tv/signumuFor more information https://mythgard.org/miscellany/You can watch or listen to the recordings here.https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa...https://tolkienprof.fireside.fm/subsc...Dr. Corey Olsen is offering several free and open weekly and biweekly programs on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and other topics at Mythgard Institute. https://mythgard.org/
Those recordings can be found on this Signum University Youtube channel as well as on our podcasts.https://mythgard.org/listen/The audio versions of this show will be added to the Tolkien Professor podcast.We also provide affordable higher education and fun, engaging learning (Tolkien Studies, Imaginative Literature, Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Literature, and Germanic Philology) at Signum University. https://signumuniversity.org/
About Signum University https://signumuniversity.org/about/Signum University Graduate Program https://signumuniversity.org/admissio...SPACE Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education https://signumuniversity.org/space/Events https://signumuniversity.org/event/
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1 hr 42 min - 465: SilmFilm 6-07: Beren and Lúthien – Part 1
Tonight we start on the Beren and Luthien story, and we decide the order of the first part of the season.
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1 hr 52 min - 464: Other Minds and Hands, Episode 3
Today we pause to take a real look at the Rings of Power trailer -- not to speculate about events or to worry about details, but to consider themes and the larger story.
Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 3,
recorded on March 16, 2022Hosts:
Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkein Professorhttps://signumuniversity.org/director...Dr. Maggie Parkehttps://signumuniversity.org/director...Other Minds and Hands takes place (almost) every week at 4 pm US Eastern, Wednesday,
on this SignumU Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/SignumUnive...and SignumU Twitch channel https://www.twitch.tv/signumuFor more information https://mythgard.org/miscellany/You can watch or listen to the recordings here.https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa...https://tolkienprof.fireside.fm/subsc...Dr. Corey Olsen is offering several free and open weekly and biweekly programs on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and other topics at Mythgard Institute. https://mythgard.org/
Those recordings can be found on this Signum University Youtube channel as well as on our podcasts.https://mythgard.org/listen/The audio versions of this show will be added to the Tolkien Professor podcast.We also provide affordable higher education and fun, engaging learning (Tolkien Studies, Imaginative Literature, Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Literature, and Germanic Philology) at Signum University. https://signumuniversity.org/
About Signum University https://signumuniversity.org/about/Signum University Graduate Program https://signumuniversity.org/admissio...SPACE Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education https://signumuniversity.org/space/Events https://signumuniversity.org/event/
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1 hr 45 min - 463: Other Minds and Hands, Episode 2
Today we have both cohosts, and we are also joined by our first guest: Knewbettadobetta, whom you can follow on TikTok. Today we'll discuss the significance of background lore choices and what it means for an adaptation to be "faithful".
Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 2,
recorded on March 9, 2022Hosts:
Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkein Professorhttps://signumuniversity.org/director...Dr. Maggie Parkehttps://signumuniversity.org/director...Episode guest:
KnewbettadobettaTwitter https://twitter.com/Knewbettadobet1TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@knewbettadobettaYoutube https://www.youtube.com/user/TheMight...Other Minds and Hands takes place (almost) every week at 4 pm US Eastern, Wednesday,
on this SignumU Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/SignumUnive...and SignumU Twitch channel https://www.twitch.tv/signumuFor more information https://mythgard.org/miscellany/Dr. Corey Olsen is offering several free and open weekly and biweekly programs on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and other topics at Mythgard Institute. https://mythgard.org/
Those recordings can be found on this Signum University Youtube channel as well as on our podcasts.https://mythgard.org/listen/The audio versions of this show will be added to the Tolkien Professor podcast.We also provide affordable higher education and fun, engaging learning (Tolkien Studies, Imaginative Literature, Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Literature, and Germanic Philology) at Signum University. https://signumuniversity.org/
About Signum University https://signumuniversity.org/about/Signum University Graduate Program https://signumuniversity.org/admissio...SPACE Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education https://signumuniversity.org/space/Events https://signumuniversity.org/event/
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