DTG-Seminar 2022

“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

Space and Time in Tolkien’s Work

As can be seen from many of the texts recently published in the volume The Nature of Middle-earth (2021; edited by Carl Hostetter), Tolkien extensively studied the different aspects of the space- and time-continuum. He did so often in order to give his subcreated world a cohesive and coherent temporal and spatial framework. Therefore, aspects belonging primarily to the field of ‘worldbuilding’ will be one aspect to be explored. However, we also want to encourage participants to investigate the narrative effects of space and time.

The seminar aims at bringing together researchers from various disciplines in order to explore the theoretical foundations and the literary mise-en-scène of the time-space continuum in Tolkien’s work.

The 18^th seminar of the German Tolkien Society (Deutsche Tolkien Gesellschaft) is supported by Walking Tree Publishers and takes place in a hybrid format (mainly in person but with online options) at the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena on 28-30 October 2022 (exact times and places see the information on the programme).

The conference languages are English and German.

There is no admittance charge and the conference is open to visitors and guests. The sanitary restrictions may require us to limit the amount of people attending in person – please check the current ‘Hygieneverordnung’ of the FSU in October 2022.

For further information, please have a look at this website: Deutsche Tolkien Gesellschaft e.V.Externer Link