CCSU Astronomy Professor Kristine Larsen, whose work on Tolkien and Astronomy has been widely referenced online (including in The Atlantic, io9, Tolkien Gateway, The Mary Sue, The One Ring, Introductions Necessary, A Single Leaf, Science Blogs, among others), is one of the featured speakers at two sold-out Tolkien symposiums this coming weekend in New York City. The first is Tolkien and Inspiration at the Morgan Library and Museum (in concert with their exhibition Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth), where her talk will be “’And Menelmacar with his shining belt’: J.R.R. Tolkien the Amateur Astronomer.” The second is the New York Tolkien Conference at Baruch College, where her talk is “‘I am Primarily a Scientific Philologist’: Tolkien and the Science/Technology Divide.” She will also take part in a panel discussion on Teaching Tolkien, and describe her experiences teaching a course in the Science of Middle-earth for First Year students.
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