Looks like I wrote about a lecture break too early! As of today I’m lined up to give four more public lectures next semester: February 21: Every year our History Department hooks up with a visiting professor, and this year it’s Kelly DeVries of Loyola Marymount. Kelly is a medievalist, …
November 7, starting at noon, I’ll be talking at The Citadel library on the topic of Tolkien and Beowulf. It should be a low-key affair, but it should also be a fun one: I’ll mainly be presenting my current work on this subject, including my discoveries in the Tolkien Archive …
As announced here, I will be a featured guest speaker at the next JordanCon, a convention devoted to the works of Robert Jordan. I’ll be speaking about the impact of mythology on Jordan’s Wheel of Time series. Adding to my excitement, the author Guest of Honor will be good friend …
I recently had the chance to hang out for a few days with the incomparable Mary Robinette Kowal, recent (and well-deserved) winner of a Hugo award for one of her excellent short stories. Mary is, if you don’t know, the author of the novel Shades of Milk and Honey, whose …
My article “Teaching the Medieval Orpheus: Bridging Mythology and Medieval Literature” has been accepted for publication in the peer-reviewed journal Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching. The article probably won’t appear for another year or so, but it’s good to know that it’s in the queue somewhere and off my …