Welcome to SPACE, our adult continuing education program which offers interactive monthly courses for personal enrichment! Learn more here.

November 2024  Confirmed  Hybrid
Mixed Lecture/Discussion • Medium intensity
Module Description from Dr. Sara Brown (Lecturing Preceptor):

JRR Tolkien is one of those rare authors whose poetry is as accomplished as his prose writing. Up to this point, though, those who wished to focus primarily on Tolkien’s poetry had to access a significant number of books and online resources to do so, as they were scattered far and wide. Now, a Most Delightful Event has occurred – for the first time, a collected volume of Tolkien’s poetry is available, and it is a Tome of Significant Size!

In this hybrid course, we will read and discuss a selection of these poems, enjoying them for their aesthetic appeal as well as analysing them for Tolkien’s style, use of language, and the poetic forms he employed. This is a hybrid course, in which one class per week will be a lecture and the second class will be group discussion.

There are so many poems in these volumes that the intention is to spread the course over several months. If you can’t make one or more of the months, feel free to dip in and out as suits you!

I am also delighted to announce that one lecture session per month will be led by the one and only James Tauber, who will focus on language and the formal elements of the poetry.

Bonus Lecture from Dr. Olsen each month! We are delighted to announce that each month Dr. Corey Olsen will offer a bonus lecture on Tolkien's poetry. Each month the SPACE team will share Dr. Olsen's bonus lecture with all enrolled students that month in The Poetic Corpus of J. R. R. Tolkien series.
    Note: Dr. Olsen's first bonus lecture will occur on Sat. Nov 16 at 9:30 AM Eastern. Moreover, it will be unique in that it will be the kick-off to our Fall Space Showcase and accessible for FREE to all showcase participants since our showcases are free events (Showcase Registration is open!). However, if you cannot attend the showcase, no fear! The SPACE team will disseminate the bonus lecture recording to all students enrolled in The Poetic Corpus of J. R. R. Tolkien in November 2024.

Required Texts

A copy of The Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien: Three-Volume Box Set, edited by Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond will be required either as hard copy or as e-book.
Check out Current and Upcoming offerings from:
This will be a Hybrid class (4 lectures & 4 discussion sessions). Each week will consist of 1 hour of recorded lecture and 1 hour of live discussion (not recorded) for a total of 8 class hours over the course of the month.

DELIVERY PLAN
1. The Monday sessions each week will be a lecture session (recorded live), shared with all students afterward in case they wish to review the session or were unable to attend it live.
2. The Thursday sessions each week will be a live discussion session (not recorded).

Days and Times


Monday Lectures (Live-Recorded Webinars): Meeting for four 1-hour Lectures with Dr. Sara Brown (and/or guest James Tauber) meeting on Mondays at 11:00 AM Eastern Time on Oct 28, Nov 4, 11, and 18 (and a bonus lecture with Dr. Corey Olsen on Sat. Nov 16 at 9:30 AM Eastern).


Discussion Sessions: Discussion group meetings with Patrick Lyon on Thursdays at 9:00 PM Eastern for four 1-hour discussion groups on October 31, November 7, 14, 21.

Signum Time
US/Eastern
Note Your Time
unknown
Mon, Oct 28
11:00 AM
Lecture (recorded live) on OCTOBER 28th
Thu, Oct 31
9:00 PM
Discussion session
Mon, Nov 4
11:00 AM
Lecture (recorded live). Note: Some time zones could be affected due to daylight saving time changes
Thu, Nov 7
9:00 PM
Discussion session
Mon, Nov 11
11:00 AM
Guest Lecture (recorded live)
James Tauber (Guest)
Thu, Nov 14
9:00 PM
Discussion session
Sat, Nov 16
9:30 AM
Bonus Lecture (recorded live during Fall Showcase Event)
Dr. Corey Olsen (Guest)
Mon, Nov 18
11:00 AM
Lecture (recorded live)
Thu, Nov 21
9:00 PM
Discussion session
Log in or Sign up to ENROLL!
If you have any questions about the SPACE program, please reach out to [email protected].