I am very excited to announce that from October 2010 I will be teaching online again! University of Wales Institute Cardiff (UWIC) have approved two new courses which I will be teaching entirely online from October 2010! The courses are…
Tolkien, Race and Cultural History on paperback!
This has been such a hectic academic year, but Easter holiday is coming up and I hope to have more time to keep updating the “News” section more regularly! Meanwhile, here are some news from the last few months: My…
UWIC Tolkien and Fantasy Online Courses in the Press and Radio
My two new online courses, which will be taught via UWIC starting in October 2010, have attracted some media attention in the last few days. Yesterday, an one-page article appeared on The Western Mail, and this morning I was interviewed…
Tolkien, Race and Cultural History shortlisted for the 2010 Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Inklings Studies
I have just found out that my book, Tolkien, Race and Cultural History: From Fairies to Hobbits, is a finalist for the 2010 Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies! The Mythopoeic Society has been giving awards for fantasy literature and…