Troels Forchhammer (Parma-kenta)

The invocation of "entanglement" is enticing to a physicist ... :-)

Currently re-reading the "Athrabeth", I think there's something – possibly even interesting 😉 – to be said about the entanglement of body & soul (hröa & fëa), and how that is different for Elves and Humans ...

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...

Thrilled to be co-chairing this summer’s @tolkiensociety.org seminar with @willsherwood.bsky.social on “Arda’s Entangled Bodies and Environments”! The seminar will be online July 5-6. Send in your proposals! www.tolkiensociety.org/events/semin...

I'd love that! As would, I am sure, a lot of Danish Tolkien enthusiasts.

(Unfortunately, I do not think that Queen Margrethe would have the time to do a Danish translation herself directly from the French ... though of course, she /ought/ to 😉)

Marie, Is that booklet avaialable in other than French?
I am very certain that I know quite a few Danes who would absolutely love to be able to read that 😊

New Society publication – Proceedings of the Tolkien 2019 Conference The Tolkien Society and Luna Press Publishing are pleased to announce that the Proceedings of the Tolkien 2019 Conference will be published on 28th February, and is now available to pre-order. Edited ...

Pre-ordered my copy of the Tolkien 2019 proceedings from the @tolkiensociety.org

While I would have loved to have it earlier, it is important to acknowledge that the editing work has been on a volunteer basis – many thanks to @willsherwood.bsky.social

www.tolkiensociety.org/2025/01/new-...

Marcel’s “Roving Ranger” newsletter is very much worth one’s time (& a contribution on Steady)

Picture of a book case with six shelves of Tolkien books. Top shelf: History of Middle-earth, Unfinished Tales, Silmarillion, and various books by Tolkien. Second shelf: Boxes: "Collected Poems", "J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide", "Lord of the Rings" with the "Reader's Companion" Newer Tolkien books in hardback, The Annotated Hobbit. Third shelf: The History of the Hobbit and various scholarship including Shippey, Garth, Flieger, Carpenter, Edwards, Cilli and more. Fourth shelf: "Tolkien Studies", "Vinyar Tengwar" and various scholarship including Chance, and Phelps. Fifth shelf: "Parma Eldalamberon", "Parma Eldaliéva Specials" (the absolutely stunningly beatiful books by Elmenel), "Maker of Middle-earth", various conference proceedings, various "Art by Tolkien" books, various books of Tolkien-inspired art. Bottom shelf: "Mythlore", "Journal of Inklings Studies", "Lembas Extra", and Peter Roe books.

Picture of a book case with five shelves of Tolkien items including: Top shelf: "Mallorn", "Arda", and various printed matter. Second shelf: books in Danish and from the Cormarë series from Walking Tree Publishers. Third shelf: Overflow of Tolkien scholarship as well as some doubles and extra copies of "The Lord of the Rings". Fourth shelf: various doubles. Bottom shelf: Amon Hen, Mythprint, and Beyond Bree.

Re-ordering my office and thought it was time for a couple of new #Tolkien #Shelfie

The bottom shelves hold @mythlore.bsky.social, "Inklings Studies", "Lembas Extra" from Unquendor, Peter Roe booklets, and on the other, my copies of "Amon Hen" from @tolkiensociety.org

In Bree (the Copenhagen Smial & TS) we will meet and have a nice meal together before ending the day with the Birthday Toast. 🍻🥃

I look very much forward to that!

All in all, I suppose that there are disabilities for which a week in a tent with 40,000 other Guides & Scouts is just not possible, and though I think people will go far to find solutions, in some cases, it just isn't possible.

With an expected price tag of about £250.- for a full week including transport, food, and activities, it's not exactly cheap, but it should be affordable for most families in Denmark (and support can usually be found if not).

Not being queer myself, it can be difficult to assess, but Guides & Scouts do participate in the Pride in uniform wearing rainbow neckers.
The attitudes in local groups can vary a lot, and may not always meet the official standards of inclusiveness.

Disabilities that require that you need a wheelchair can be a bit difficult on camp, but I've seen quite a lot of them, and the general feeling seems to be that "we make it work".
Shops and other 'official' structures can be accessed, though not all activities will be possible.

I tried to apply that to our "Jamboree Denmark" done by the Guides and Scouts in Denmark, though doing it for the fourth time in 2026 might stretch the "proof of concept" bit ....

#TThnsdwohatdw .... 😉

So, the “Perspectives on Fantasy” book series (Bloomsbury) I’m co-editing with @mjrsangster.bsky.social and Brian Attebery has grown! 6 books out (left) and more due out soon (right)! And even more that don’t have a cover as yet! Will post updates!
Series website: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/series/pe...

What Jeremy said 😊🙏

So ... the end!

I have compiled 10 pages of notes from the Christopher #Tolkien Centenary Conference over this weekend.

I am enthused, energised, and at the same time exhausted.

What a wonderful weekend!! Thank you, again, to all involved!

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Some speakers reach out to all their audience – Verlyn Flieger draws us in to an almost intimate space. She is truly a wonderful speaker as well as an extraordinary Tolkien scholar.

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Verlyn Flieger!!! 🤩

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The analytical framework that James Tauber and others are building with the @digitaltolkien.com project is utterly brilliant!
I have long felt that the multi-dimensional history of Tolkien's Silmarillion world can only be represented digitally

... and now Michael Drout is being followed by James Tauber.

This physicist is getting a double-nerd-out evening 😅

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I can't help myself but absolutely LOVE 😍 the use of various multivariate techniques from linear algebra on word frequencies in "The Lord of the Rings" by #Tolkien .

Michael Drout using this to tie to the revision history of a chapter just makes it even better!

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There's a break in the Christopher #Tolkien Centenary Conference, and our tea isn't quite ready yet ... so of course I spend the time reading in Shippey's “The Road to Middle-earth” ... I mean ... what else? 😂

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I couldn't quite phrase it as a sensible question, but I'd love to hear Robin's thoughts about Tolkien's portrayal of strength (i.e. “strong” characters), and particularly the degree to which it can be said to be gendered (masculine).

Christopher Tolkien Centenary Conference The Tolkien Society is pleased to announce it will be hosting the online Christopher Tolkien Centenary Conference on Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th November 2024. This November marks 100 years since th...

That was a thought-provoking talk by Robin Reid, thank you!

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Quotation by Tolkien: “line. I would always rather try to wring the juice out of a single sentence, or explore the implications of one word than try to sum up a period in a lecture, or pot a poet in a paragraph. And I am afraid that what I would rather do is what I have usually done.” Tolkien, J. R. R.. The Monsters and the Critics (p. 224). HarperCollins Publishers. Kindle Edition.

As J.R.R. Tolkien put it in his Valedictory Address

Wonderfully close reading of Christopher Tolkien's comments on "The Lay of Leithian" in "The Lays of Beleriand" highlighting CJRT as a reader of his father's work.

A consideration of the individual words worthy of the Tolkiens.

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Christopher Tolkien Centenary Conference The Tolkien Society is pleased to announce it will be hosting the online Christopher Tolkien Centenary Conference on Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th November 2024. This November marks 100 years since th...

So great to hear about Christopher Tolkien as a medieaval scholar in his own right!

Nicholas Birns right now and of course also Doug Anderson yesterday. Really interesting!

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Trust a physicst to unravel the strings – whether in two, three, or ten dimensions 😅

Christopher Tolkien Centenary Conference The Tolkien Society is pleased to announce it will be hosting the online Christopher Tolkien Centenary Conference on Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th November 2024. This November marks 100 years since th...

Listening to Christina Scull and Wayne Hammond ... and fanboying just a bit ...

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