I celebrated getting through the past 5 weeks — one of the busiest times I’ve seen in many years — by seeing Avatar with my buddy Keith, who was here to give his own paper at the PAC conference. Herewith, my feelings about the film:
Well, the truth behind the word hobbit, anyway. Tomorrow morning I’ll be giving a brief talk at the College of Charleston about the medieval origins of Tolkien’s most famous (supposed) coinage. Mine is the last paper in a set of three about Tolkien, the first session in the annual meeting …
Every now and then one of my classes — for mysterious reasons — will turn to a discussion of, well, Life, the Universe, and Everything. Usually this involves me giving an impromptu lecture on quantum physics and/or how very bitty we are in comparison to the Universe. In honor of …
Looks like I’ll be teaching Medieval Literature in the Fall. Now I need to figure out what that’ll actually mean. A broader build of the Medieval Outlaws course I’m currently teaching in the Honors program? Perhaps the legends of King Arthur? Maybe a Norse literature class? Or something with Siege …
If I’ve been a bit absent of late, there’s a reason: The 4 weeks or so that I’m right in the middle of at the moment are probably my busiest of the year. First off, there’s the teaching load. Papers have been coming in for each of my classes, and …