So You Want to Present at a Tolkien Conference? Actually Presenting!
Mereth Aderthad 2025 is coming in July, and we are excited to have many fans who are presenting their meta, research, and scholarship at the event! But even though Tolkien fans engage in deep research and thinking about the legendarium all the time, making the step to presenting that work at conferences can feel intimidating. Even in a field as friendly to fan and independent scholarship as Tolkien studies is, the trappings of academia remain and, unless you have academic training, these can be a barrier to participation.
To help demystify conference proposals and presentations, over the next few months, we will be holding sessions aimed at helping fans make the sideways step to Tolkien scholarship by presenting their work at a Tolkien conference. Our third and final session is about the presentation itself! The day has come. You have your paper written, your slides and handouts ... and now you stand before your audience. In this session, you will learn how to be an effective presenter. (If you missed our first two sessions, they can be found here: So You Want to Present at a Tolkien Conference? Writing the Proposal and So You Want to Present at a Tolkien Conference? Putting Together the Presentation.)
Date: Saturday, 14 June 2025
Time: 1:00 PM Eastern Time (what is this in my timezone?)
Location: RSVP to have a reminder emailed to you | Join the session here
After the session, there will be time for questions, and we will stay online for a collaborative writing session for anyone who is interested.
All are welcome to attend and participate to whatever extent they feel comfortable! (In other words, you can keep your camera off and there are no breakout rooms.)
Can't make it on June 14? We will record the session so that anyone can view it.
If you need to change your Zoom display name before or while attending, learn how to do that here.
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