469: Other Minds and Hands, Episode 6

Today we are joined by Tolkien scholar Robin Reid, to discuss different approaches to talking about race in Tolkien. Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 6, recorded on April 6, 2022 Hosts: Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professor https://signumuniversity.org/director... Dr. Maggie Parke https://signumuniversity.org/director... Episode guest: Dr. Robin Anne Reid Dreamwidth journal: https://tolkien-on-the-web.dreamwidth... Her journal in Dreamwidth: https://ithiliana.dreamwidth.org/ Her open-access scholarship relating to the issues of race that might be of interest: arising out of the Racefail '09 events were an early attempt at a theme issue on race and fandom: https://journal.transformativeworks.o... She has published several things with Journal of Tolkien Research--the most recent being on a work of fanfiction https://scholar.valpo.edu/journalofto... And here are her four publications there: https://scholar.valpo.edu/do/search/?... Other Minds and Hands takes place (almost) every week at 4 pm US Eastern, Wednesday, on this SignumU Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/SignumUnive... and SignumU Twitch channel https://www.twitch.tv/signumu For more information https://mythgard.org/miscellany/ You can watch or listen to the recordings here. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa... https://tolkienprof.fireside.fm/subsc... Dr. Corey Olsen is offering several free and open weekly and biweekly programs on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and other topics at Mythgard Institute. https://mythgard.org/ You can check the live schedule here. https://www.twitch.tv/signumu/schedule More about the individual programs Exploring the Lord of the Rings: a sentence-by-sentence journey through the text of Tolkien's epic fairy story https://mythgard.org/lotro/exlotr/ Mythgard Academy: in-depth seminars on fantasy, science fiction, and other speculative works https://mythgard.org/academy/ The Silmarillion Film Project/SilmFilm: a completely hypothetical discussion about what J.R.R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion would look like as a TV series https://mythgard.org/silmfilm/ Those recordings can be found on this Signum University Youtube channel as well as on our podcasts. https://mythgard.org/listen/ Other Minds and Hands and SilmFilm recordings are on the Tolkien Professor podcast. We also provide affordable higher education and fun, engaging learning (Tolkien Studies, Imaginative Literature, Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Literature, and Germanic Philology) at Signum University. https://signumuniversity.org/ About Signum University https://signumuniversity.org/about/ Signum University Graduate Program https://signumuniversity.org/admissio... SPACE Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education https://signumuniversity.org/space/ Events https://signumuniversity.org/event/Support The Tolkien Professor