The Spring 2024 English and FTS Student Research Symposium will be held on Wednesday, April 10th in the John Dewey Lounge (Old Mill). Proposal abstracts for Symposium papers are due by 4:30pm on Friday, March 8th.The final decision date for submissions is Friday, March 22nd. Abstract and FAQ workshops will be offered on Tuesday, March 5th at 7:00pm on Teams and Thursday, March 7th at 323 Old Mill.

Please join us on April 13th, 2024 for a full day conference with keynote speaker Dr. Sarah Brown. The conference will be held from 8:00am to  about 5:00pm on the UVM Campus in Lafayette L207. Dr. Brown is Chair of the Language and Literature Faculty at Signum University, USA, where she has taught on courses with Corey Olsen, Verlyn Flieger, Dimitra Fimi, Robin Reid, Doug Anderson, Amy Sturgis, and John Garth. Sara currently serves on the editorial board of Mallorn, the academic journal of the Tolkien Society, and is co-presenter on podcasts such as The Tolkien Experience, The Rings of Power Wrap-Up, and The Prancing Pony. Her essay on an alchemical reading of the Ring of Power won the Tolkien Society Award for best article in 2023, and she is currently working on a number of other projects for publication. For more details, see the 20th Annual UVM Tolkien Conference (PDF).