Lectures & Education


May 13, 2013

3rd Conference on Middle-earth gets a Part 2, calls for papers

Sometimes TheOneRing is viewed as a movie-only website and that just isn’t true. While we...
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February 8, 2013

International research project seeks your views on The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

You may recall that in November we posted about the team of academic researchers from the...
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February 8, 2013

International research project seeks your views on The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

You may recall that in November we posted about the team of academic researchers from the...
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December 1, 2012

Follow Tolkien’s footsteps through the Swiss Alps

In 1911, at the age of 19, J.R.R. Tolkien took a trip to the Swiss Alps. The trip left such an...
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November 27, 2012

TORn joins media frenzy leading up to ‘Hobbit’ world premiere

WELLINGTON — Our story so far: On behalf of TheOneRing.net, I was invited by Warner Bros.,...
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November 19, 2012

Your views sought on Hobbit research project!

A team of academic researchers from the University of Waikato (New Zealand) and Ryerson University...
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October 5, 2012

Hobbit 75th Anniversary celebrations at the Boston Book Festival

Our good friends at publishers Houghton Mifflin Harcourt wanted to be sure that fans in the Boston...
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October 3, 2012

Call for papers: The Third Conference on Middle-earth, Part 2

Get out your calendars for 2014. The Third Conference on Middle-earth, Part 2, will be held March...
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September 20, 2012

Hobbit Day events around the world

We’ve been getting lots of mail alerting us to events all over the world meant to celebrate World...
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September 12, 2012

Cardiff Metropolitan University presents online Tolkien course

Cardiff Metropolitan University is offering  another great online course: J.R.R. Tolkien: Myth and...
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August 20, 2012

Celebrating The Professor in Loughborough

This afternoon the “Return of the Ring” event, held by the Tolkien Society at the University of...
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July 9, 2012

Announcing Oxonmoot 2012, Celebrating 75 years of Tolkien’s The Hobbit

From our friends at the Tolkien Society: The Tolkien Society is pleased to announce that this...
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July 8, 2012

Mythgard Institute offers Hobbit lecture downloads

If you’ve been too busy to attend the online Tolkien and fantasy-related lectures offered by...
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June 29, 2012

Uni of Illinois professor gives Tolkien talk

The University of Illinois has just announced a topic for its Engaged Citizenship Common Experience...
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June 15, 2012

Tolkien Society adds Peter Gilliver to Return of the Ring

The Tolkien Society has announced the addition of Peter Gilliver to the guest list of its Return of...
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May 23, 2012

Peter Jackson, celebrities raise funds for NZ’s Court Theatre

Hot on the heels of Sir Ian McKellen’s fund raising money for Christchurch’s Isaac...
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May 17, 2012

Tolkien Society celebrating 75 years of ‘Hobbit’ this weekend

Some associate TheOneRing only with Peter Jackson films set in Middle-earth. It is always our...
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May 10, 2012

Mythgard Institute summer courses

Some TORn followers will be familiar with TORn’s friend The Tolkien Professor, Corey...
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April 21, 2012

Kalamazoo, and Tolkien Too

Discussion board member Modtheow reminds us of this annual event where discussion board members...
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April 14, 2012

One Man LOTR’ coming to The Return of the Ring event this Summer

The Tolkien Society is delighted to announce that Charlie Ross will be bringing a touch of...
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April 6, 2012

Online course offered in Tolkien, fantasy

Interested in learning about Tolkien and fantasy literature in more depth? We have been asked to...
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March 25, 2012

Celebrate Tolkien Reading today by, uh, reading!

Join TheOneRing and the Tolkien Society, who started the event, by celebrating Tolkien Reading Day!...
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March 10, 2012

TORn ready to kick off WonderCon in Anaheim

Our staffers are warming up their speaking voices, brushing up on their Hobbit knowledge and...
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March 7, 2012

A Royal Tolkien reading in Denmark

Denmark is hosting a Tolkien event, a reading from The Hobbit no less, approved by royalty. While...
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March 1, 2012

Tolkien Workshop in Corpus Christi this Weekend

Friend and discussion board member, Jason Fisher (a.k.a. ‘visualweasel’ on the boards),...
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