Monday, January 26th, 2009

Tolkien seminar

Monday, January 26th, 2009 06:09 pm
mothwing: A wanderer standing on a cliff, looking over a distant city (Book)
The University of Hannover is hosting the German Tolkien society's annual seminar this year. It's free, it's this April and it'll be on conflict, violence and war in Tolkin's works. The organiser is the Professor whose seminar on "literary masculinities" I was allowed to attend for kicks at Hannover university in spite of not being enrolled there (he is an awesome teacher and has worked on Tolkien, too).

I am tempted - and I'm especially looking forward to "Tolkien as war poet", "violence and song" and the talks on the "just wars". My knowledge of Tolkien's works may not be sound enough to fully appreciate everything, but I'll try.

In case any of the more Tolkieny-inclined among you are interested:

Konflikt, Gewalt und Krieg bei Tolkien/ Conflict, Violence and War in Tolkien
24.-26. April 2009
Alle Vorträge/ All Lectures:
Hörsaal 1503.003, Erdgeschoss Conti-Gebäude, Königsworter Platz 1 (lecture theatre 1503.003, Ground Floor of Conti Building)
Friday 15:00-19:00
Saturday 9:00-19:00
Sunday 9:00-13:00.
Registration is not required.
 
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Seeing as I only went into the inner city (one-hour commute) to get one signature, I took some pictures of the city and, more importantly, of an abandoned house that I've been wanting to have a closer look at for years.



Inner city (5) )



I have been driving past this house on the bus on my way to university from my parent's place for years, and I always wondered what it looked like from the inside. When I was younger, it was still in its original state of decay, then, around 2000, the city refurbished it, but apparently abandoned the project or ran out of money half-way through and now it's just sitting there, large, beautiful, abandoned and decaying. It's really a shame - I would have liked to see it whole again. Now it's haunted by drunken teenagers who tag the place and have barbecues indoors.

Far too many pictures of one house )

And back to work. I have to prepare tomorrow's office hour visit and catch up on sleep for the commuting marathon that awaits me.

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