Professor Emerita at Mount Saint Vincent U. with interests in Tolkien, medieval lit, medievalism, and fandom.Posts now on BSky: https://teapaw.org/t.co/0j6Auh9juE
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Joined November 2011
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Dr. Anna Smol retweeted
#Westmoot is excited to welcome Donato Giancola as our second keynote speaker for 2025!
Donato is a renowned artist who bridges the worlds of contemporary and historical narrative arts. @TolkienSociety
Dr. Anna Smol retweeted
Yesterday #Westmoot announced our first keynote speaker: Janet Brennan Croft! @TolkienSociety
Janet is Associate University Librarian for Content Delivery at the University of Northern Iowa and the award-winning author of War in the Works of JRR Tolkien
Dr. Anna Smol retweeted
Acclaim for the Broadview Anthology of Medieval Arthurian Literature, featuring work by MSVU's own Matthew Roby msvuenglish.wordpress.com/20… via @MSVU_English
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Notebook connoisseur @roly_allen’s interest extends beyond the commercial: with a personal collection of battered notebooks and diaries granting personal joy, he thinks the rewards of writing on paper may just surprise.
thewalrus.ca/moleskine/
Dr. Anna Smol retweeted
Capping off a busy reading week with an even busier weekend at the Atlantic Medieval Association conference in Wolfville, NS. @AcadiaU @k_cawsey @AnnaMSmol @medievalatX @brenna_duperron @HistorianMariah @MSVU_English @MSVU_Halifax @msvuenglsociety @ResearchMSVU
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If you're the slightest bit interested in Old Norse, Iceland, medievalism, mythology, poetry, or music, this absolutely *incredible* performance is a must-watch!
The long wait is over! We are extremely excited to finally present a complete video recording of last year's performance of the Old Norse eddic poem Vǫluspá (The Seeress’s Prophecy) by @clare_poet 🧙♀️
Read more and watch the full performance at medieval.ox.ac.uk/2024/08/21…
ALT Clare Mulley dressed as a seeress with hood and staff
Dr. Anna Smol retweeted
this is your annual reminder that the medieval volume of the Norton Anthology of English Literature 10e is slim *not* because there is little surviving medieval English literature, but because the general editor had an ax to grind.
Dr. Anna Smol retweeted
Remembered this blog post from a few years ago.
Most people don’t know that the animated Hobbit movie by Rankin and Bass was not the first animated adaptation of the book:
luke-shelton.com/2020/02/20/…
Dr. Anna Smol retweeted
AMEMG2024 at MSVU starts tomorrow with a keynote lecture about Grendel’s Mother by Dr. Anna Smol! Keynote will be followed by a wine and cheese reception and is free and open to all! @AnnaMSmol @MSVU_English @msvuenglsociety @MSVU_Halifax
Dr. Anna Smol retweeted
Former Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, is chairman of the International Democratic Union. Roman was his assistant.
'Harper’s Assistant Chairman of the International Democratic Union, Mike Roman, indicted yesterday in Georgia along with Trump'
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Dr. Anna Smol retweeted
Okay so here's a thread with some news and information about the new "Tolkien on Chaucer" book by John Bowers and Peter Steffensen... 1/x
Dr. Anna Smol retweeted
With old and new people within the #Tolkien / #TRoP community watching an exciting new season, it seems a good time to promote newly released & upcoming Tolkien-related books.
Blog hub: greenbookofthewhitedowns.blo…
Dr. Anna Smol retweeted
I've started a biblio of scholarship that bridges Indigenous and Medieval Studies. Let's bring back old school crowdsourcing ---please feel free to both dig in and learn and add on to the list: docs.google.com/document/d/1…
Dr. Anna Smol retweeted
New from Mythopoeic Press! Just in time for #Mythcon53! Cities and Strongholds of Middle-earth: Essays on the Habitations of Tolkien’s Legendarium, edited by Cami D. Agan
Get more info: buff.ly/4dvpwXf
Dr. Anna Smol retweeted
The occupation of Ottawa in February 2022 was not a US military incursion but an ideological one, undertaken mostly by Canadians relying heavily on Trumpist funding, writes author @KenMcGoogan in this excerpt from his new book, Shadows of Tyranny.
thewalrus.ca/why-canada-shou…
Dr. Anna Smol retweeted
J. D. #Vance's admiration of #Tolkien has rebooted the cyclical debate over the politics of #LordOfTheRings. To prep for the conversation, check out our #EyeOfSauron podcast (& share with those who need it)! theamericanid.com/podcast-ep…
Dr. Anna Smol retweeted
NEW #openaccess article just published in @ES_Routledge by me and Dr Andoni Cossio! It’s on JRR #Tolkien’s W.P. Ker lecture on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight at @UofGlasgow in 1953! Link here:
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
@TolkienSociety @UofGFantasy @JRRTolkien @TolkienGuide
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Dr. Anna Smol retweeted
The Wife of Bath's deafness is the result of the weaponization of literacy; it is also key to understanding the fluidity of orality/literacy within The Canterbury Tales project. Let's chat more today at 3:30 PM (EST) @KzooICMS (virtually).
Dr. Anna Smol retweeted
For #TolkienTrewsday #TolkienTuesday
When #Tolkien was told his Silmarillion tales felt “Celtic", he responded (rather miffed) that they were not, adding that "Celtic" tales have "bright #colour, but are like a broken stained glass window reassembled without design"
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