Signum University

Signum University and the Mythgard Institute, in collaboration with Hawkeye Community College, invite you to join us in Waterloo, IA, on Saturday, October 14, for Middle Moot 2023.  Our theme this year is “Tolkien and the Anthropocene.”  Our keynote speaker and guest-of-honor will be Janet Brennan Croft, editor of Mythlore, author of War and the…

Invented Languages, Invented Worlds Invented Languages, Invented WorldsHow the world around us shapes our speech, and how our speech shapes new worlds Signum University’s sixth Annual Texas Language and Literature Symposium (TexMoot) invites you to join us as we consider the what J.R.R. Tolkien called “the secret vice”, the invention of languages, specifically as it…

Welcome to Florida, friends! Leadership “A successful leader often combines courage, resolve, intelligence, intuition, persuasion, and physical ability. Often these qualities are accompanied by pride, entitlement, impetuousness, and a “fatal flaw” — yet a leader is also called to demonstrate humility, self-sacrifice, and regard for others. It’s a tall order. How are these qualities brought…

Join us for a party of special magnificence! We invite you to join us as we gather to celebrate the last episode of Season 1 of The Rings of Power with much fellowship and fun. This event is limited to in person attendance only due to the nature of the

The Mind of a Maker: Story Tellers and Secondary Worlds “What really happens is that the story-maker proves a successful ‘sub-creator’. He makes a Secondary World which your mind can enter. Inside it, what he relates is ‘true’: it accords with the laws of that world. You therefore believe it, while you are, as it…

Immersed in… We invite attendees and presenters to consider the many immersive experiences we encounter in art, literature, the study of language, and life.  When a character in a book is brought into a fully encompassing experience, how are they changed?  How can a work of art succeed or fail to wash over the participant?…

Subcreation: Blessed are the Legend-Makers The theme for SoCalMoot 2022 will be “Sub-Creation”, a topic which J.R.R. Tolkien explored both in his writings on Middle Earth (where the layers of creation stretch from Iluvatar to the Valar, to the mortal and immortal races), in the essay “On Fairy Stories”, and in his poem “Mythopoeia”, in…

Love and Understanding: Growing Wiser by Finding Unexpected Common Ground Welcome to MiddleMoot in Kansas City, Missouri! We will meet at Metropolitan Community College- Maplewood Campus. The event runs from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. Register for MiddleMoot Health and Safety:  At this time, the venue does not require masks. We will update the event…

Signum University is pleased to welcome you to our first ever regional moot in Australasia, Friday January 27th – Sunday January 29th 2023, in Brisbane Australia, on the University of Queensland, St Lucia Campus.! Tickets for on-site participation will be available ($50 US), as well as tickets to attend online ($25 US). All ticket holders…