A bit of History from early in the Fourth Age
The program from the 1st Conference on Middle-earth
TOLKIEN CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
April 25 - 26, 1969
University of Illinois Conference On Middle-earth
FRIDAY - 25 APRIL
180 BEVIER
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| 9-12 | Registration | Coffee and Seed-Cakes |
| 12:30 | U. Milo Kaufman Faculty, Dept. of English University of Illinois |
A Profile of the Paradisical in Tolkien's Works |
| 1:30 | Lester del Rey Author and Editor jan howard finder, reader |
The Veracity of the Red Book of Westmarch |
| 2:30 | Patrick J. Callahan Faculty, Dept. of English University of Notre Dame |
Tolkien, Beowulf, and the Barrow-wrights |
| 3:30 | Dave Miller Faculty, Dept of English Purdue University |
Tolkien and Revolution |
Saturday - 26 APRIL
228 NATURAL HISTORY
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| 9:30 | Agnes Perkins Faculty, Dept. of English Eastern Michigan University |
The Corruption of Power |
| 10:15 | Helen M. Hill Faculty, Dept. of English Eastern Michigan University |
Fringe Benefits of Reading Tolkien |
| 11:00 | Charles S. Alexander Faculty, Dept.of Geography University of Illinois |
A Geographer's View of Middle-earth |
| 2:00 | Dorothy Matthews Faculty, Dept. of English University of Illinois |
The Psychological Journey of Bilbo Baggins |
| 3:00 | Beverly Friend Faculty, Dept. of English U. of Ill., Chicago Circle |
A Peake at Tolkien A discussion of the Gormenghast Trilogy |
| 4:00 | James B. Orr Faculty, Dept. of Geology U.of Ill. Chicago Circle |
The Geology of Middle-earth |
Saturday - 26 APRIL
UNION GENERAL LOUNGE
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| 7:00 | Bruce A. Beatie Faculty, Dept. of Foreign and Comparative Literature University of Rochester R.T. Harders, reader |
The Tolkien Phenomenon, 1954-1969 |
| 8:00 | Linda Kroll Graduate Student University of Illinois |
A Reading of "Riddles in the Dark" from the first edition of The Hobbit |
| 8:30 | Bonniejean Christensen Faculty, Dept. of English Northern Illinois University John Knapp, reader |
Gollum's Character Transformation in The Hobbit |