Ken Hernden

In the spirit of Gresham's Law, I would like to propose Hernden's Law of University Leadership whereby bad leaders are attracted to leadership and then drive out or convince potentially good leaders not to seek out leadership opportunities.

Fellowship of the Ring in concert in Toronto.

Fellowship of the Ring in concert in Toronto.

Time for an adventure!

Basil the cat sticking his tongue out.

Le blep.

Sir Basil. A cat.

Sir Basil. A cat.

Sir Basil. A cat.

Sir Basil. A triptych.

George Allen & Unwin Ltd. Archive | Special Collections The bulk of the George Allen & Unwin Ltd. collection consists of around 1300 boxes of correspondence, covering the period 1914-1968.

Because of their holdings which have some printing/ production info, but the strength seems to be up to 1968: collections.reading.ac.uk/special-coll...

Looks like University of Reading might be able to help.

Awesome!

Loki, a black cat.

Current mood.

From northern Ontario. This would’ve been seen as some sort of American thing only encountered while vacationing in Michigan - like the ubiquitous fire works.

This is ‘the hunt for gollum’ levels of endurance!

YouTube video by Digital Tolkien Project Digital Tolkien Project 2025 Year in Review

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEki...

new video dropping later today

BookReconciler: An Open-Source Tool for Metadata Enrichment and Work-Level Clustering We present BookReconciler, an open-source tool for enhancing and clustering book data. BookReconciler allows users to take spreadsheets with minimal metadata, such as book title and author, and automa...

A hard problem with literary data is navigating btwn editions of books and what the "work," or the theoretical text that unites all editions. I've been lucky to work with @thisismattmiller.com and @mellymeldubs.bsky.social, who built a tool to address this + do much more

arxiv.org/abs/2512.10165

I'm fairly certain that 50% of work emails appear in my inbox between 5:00 and 6:00 in the evening.

Rifles Make Ready Episode 2 - Sharpe's Eagle Now that we've established who Sharpe is we can get him into all kinds of fun. Fun like dealing with Sir Henry Simmerson. Simmerson is playe...

In this #CNDOP extravaganza, @kenhernden.bsky.social and I discuss Sharpe's Eagle www.tangentialconvergence.com/2025/11/rifl...

Queen’s Remembers Every year on November 11, Canadians pause in a silent moment of remembrance for the men and women who have served and continue to serve our country during times of war, conflict and peace. Remembr…

Queen's Remembers queensarchives.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/q...

George MacMartin’s Diary and Treaties Week 2025 In 2016, Ontario passed legislation for the first week of November to be known as Treaties Recognition Week. This week was developed to highlight the importance of treaties and provide further education on treaty rights and relationships. This year, Queen’s University Archives was invited to participate in Treaties week events at Queen’s Park in the Lieutenant-Governor’s suite. In partnership with the Archives of Ontario, the Daniel George MacMartin Diary was on display for dignitaries and visitors alongside the original Treaty 9 document.

In 2016, Ontario passed legislation for the first week of November to be known as Treaties Recognition Week. In partnership with the Archives of Ontario, the Daniel George MacMartin Diary was on display for dignitaries and visitors alongside the original Treaty 9 document.

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Basil the cat nestled in fleece blankets.

The comfiest cat in all of Canada.

I still don’t know what Threads is for.

It will delight fans and scholars alike! Very exciting work!

Nice!

Gandalf barring the Witch-King and then…”Great horns of the North wildly blowing. Rohan had come at last.”

Something for everyone?

On the 10 hour drive from Sault Ste. Marie to Kingston, Ontario, I would say that High Falls Road is the most Tolkienesque sounding of the various highways and roads travelled. If only it were “High Falls Pass.”

Tolkien Society Seminar 2025 – Arda’s Entangled Bodies and Environments The Tolkien Society Seminar is a short conference of both researcher-led and non-academic presentations on a specific theme pertaining to Tolkien scholarship. After the seminar, all paper recordings f...

If you’re not signed up yet, don’t forget to register for the @tolkiensociety.org seminar on October 18! It’s free and online! www.tolkiensociety.org/events/semin...

Loki, Prince of Laps

Archiving Canada’s universities - University Affairs How university archivists prepare the past for future researchers.

Featured in a new article along with many superlative colleagues at other Canadian universities.

universityaffairs.ca/opinion/arch...

Little Basswood Lake, Ontario

One last look. ❤️