Professor Emerita at Mount Saint Vincent U. with interests in Tolkien, medieval lit, medievalism, and fandom.Posts now on BSky: https://xitter.cf/t.co/0j6Auh9juE
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Joined November 2011
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Eala earendel!
'O Earendel, brightest of angels,
sent to mankind over middle-earth...'
It's the winter solstice, when the medieval church sang 'O Oriens' - a prayer for light in darkness. It inspired an Anglo-Saxon poem, which in turn inspired Tolkien's myth of Eärendil aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com/…
Thank you to the Tolkien Society for inviting me to speak at #Westmoot 2025! Take a look at the other keynote speakers — I’m honoured to be in their company! tolkiensociety.org/events/we…
#Westmoot is delighted to introduce Anna Smol as one of the keynote speakers for Westmoot 2025!
Anna is a Professor Emerita from the Department of English at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. @TeawithTolkien
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#Westmoot is excited to welcome Donato Giancola as our second keynote speaker for 2025!
Donato is a renowned artist who bridges the worlds of contemporary and historical narrative arts. @TolkienSociety
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Yesterday #Westmoot announced our first keynote speaker: Janet Brennan Croft! @TolkienSociety
Janet is Associate University Librarian for Content Delivery at the University of Northern Iowa and the award-winning author of War in the Works of JRR Tolkien
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Acclaim for the Broadview Anthology of Medieval Arthurian Literature, featuring work by MSVU's own Matthew Roby msvuenglish.wordpress.com/20… via @MSVU_English
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Tomorrow the Society is bringing together an unparalleled list of speakers to celebrate the life and works of Christopher #Tolkien.
Some of these talks contain unpublished content, so some talks can only be seen live. You can still sign up on our website! tolkiensociety.org/events/ch…
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Notebook connoisseur @roly_allen’s interest extends beyond the commercial: with a personal collection of battered notebooks and diaries granting personal joy, he thinks the rewards of writing on paper may just surprise.
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Capping off a busy reading week with an even busier weekend at the Atlantic Medieval Association conference in Wolfville, NS. @AcadiaU @k_cawsey @AnnaMSmol @medievalatX @brenna_duperron @HistorianMariah @MSVU_English @MSVU_Halifax @msvuenglsociety @ResearchMSVU
Christopher Tolkien Centenary Conference speakers’ topics and registration link. Free online November 23-24. annasmol.net/2024/11/11/chri…
Cfp: Tolkien and War. 21st annual Tolkien at the University of Vermont hybrid conference. 5 April 2025. Proposals by 2 Feb. 2025.
annasmol.net/2024/11/02/cfp-…
I’ve got 2 new articles on Tolkien’s “The Homecoming” available for free download. In these essays I discuss Tolkien as a playwright, allusions to medieval poetry, and manuscript drafts. annasmol.net/2024/10/28/two-…
@ResearchMSVU @MSVU_English
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If you're the slightest bit interested in Old Norse, Iceland, medievalism, mythology, poetry, or music, this absolutely *incredible* performance is a must-watch!
The long wait is over! We are extremely excited to finally present a complete video recording of last year's performance of the Old Norse eddic poem Vǫluspá (The Seeress’s Prophecy) by @clare_poet 🧙♀️
Read more and watch the full performance at medieval.ox.ac.uk/2024/08/21…
ALT Clare Mulley dressed as a seeress with hood and staff
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this is your annual reminder that the medieval volume of the Norton Anthology of English Literature 10e is slim *not* because there is little surviving medieval English literature, but because the general editor had an ax to grind.
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Remembered this blog post from a few years ago.
Most people don’t know that the animated Hobbit movie by Rankin and Bass was not the first animated adaptation of the book:
luke-shelton.com/2020/02/20/…
My recent talk: “Dreaming the Middle Ages: The Case of Grendel's Mother” in which I discuss women’s retellings of Beowulf. Let me know of any I’ve missed! annasmol.net/2024/10/16/my-r… via @AnnaMSmol
Opera about Freydis and Gudrid from the Vinland Saga. On Prime.
And a Viking opera ... #alliterativeverse
thevikingherald.com/article/…
It's here! The Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien: First Impressions and a couple of alliterative poems. annasmol.net/2024/10/08/its-… via @AnnaMSmol
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AMEMG2024 at MSVU starts tomorrow with a keynote lecture about Grendel’s Mother by Dr. Anna Smol! Keynote will be followed by a wine and cheese reception and is free and open to all! @AnnaMSmol @MSVU_English @msvuenglsociety @MSVU_Halifax
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Former Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, is chairman of the International Democratic Union. Roman was his assistant.
'Harper’s Assistant Chairman of the International Democratic Union, Mike Roman, indicted yesterday in Georgia along with Trump'
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