Saturday, October 19th, 2024 – 10:00am to 2:00pm
St. Jerome’s University, 290 Westmount Road North, Waterloo, Ontario – SH-1001 Board and Senate room
In the morning session Bruno Tremblay, who teaches Philosophy and J.R.R. Tolkien (PHIL 207J) at St. Jerome’s University, will address the question “Is There Philosophy in the Lord of the Rings?” and in the afternoon session Mitchell Kooh, who teaches Tolkien the Writer (ENGL 20570) at University of Notre Dame, will workshop a draft of a conference paper entitled “Tolkienian Transcendence: The Road to Fairy, the Door(s) of Perception, and the Margin of the Sea”.
Come and join the conversation. Free parking Lot B. Accessibility parking available upon request. Lunch break in the cafeteria. All-you-can-eat $11.50 or bring your own.
SCHEDULE:
9:30am Doors Open SH-1001 – Reception with Coffee
10:00am Welcome – Norm Klassen, Saint Jerome’s University
10:05am Mid-Morning Prayer – Fr. Mark Morley, Diocese of Hamilton
10:15am Part I: Is There Philosophy in the Lord of the Rings? – Bruno Tremblay, Saint Jerome’s University
11:00am Discussion
11:30am Lunch
12:15pm Return to SH-1001
12:30pm Part II: Tolkienian Transcendence – Mitchell Kooh, University of Notre Dame
1:00pm Workshop
2:00pm END
For more information:
contact Father Mark Morley: mmorley@communiohamiltondiocese.org
or Deacon Charles Fernandes: 519-923-0454.
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