Tyler Swope will present his MA thesis, “Fate and Free Will in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien: The Music, the Motives, and Ilúvatar’s Ultimate Plan.”
Join the Mythgard Movie Club on January 10, 2018, at 8:30pm ET for a discussion on Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi. Written and directed by Rian Johnson, The Last Jedi is the latest installment of the Skywalker Saga, which resumes the story not only of Luke, Leia, Chewey and our favorite droids, but also continues…
Join us on Thursday, December 14, at 3:30pm ET for a faculty chat with John Garth.
Join us on December 4, 2017, at 8:30 pm for the inaugural session of the Mythgard Movie Club, as we explore memory, loss and attraction in the science fiction film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Join Signum University and the Mythgard Institute in Leesburg, VA, from June 21-24, 2018, for Mythmoot V: Fantastic Frontiers.
Join us at Noon ET on Saturday, Oct. 14 for the annual fall webathon to support Signum University.
Join Dr. Corey Olsen on Saturday, September 30, as he dons his Wigend persona and leaps into the fray of Helm’s Deep in massively multiplayer online roleplaying game, The Lord of the Rings Online. Will he slay more orcs than Gimli and Legolas together? Come place your bets – and then donate your winnings to Signum. This…
Signum University is pleased to announce the first annual North Texas Literature & Language Symposium (aka “TexMoot”) on January 13, 2018.
As a follow-up to her Celtic Myth in Children’s Literature course, Dr. Dimitra Fimi will explore two texts inspired by Irish and Welsh literature.
Join Dr. Corey Olsen – aka, the Tolkien Professor – for a special Hobbit Day reading of one of Tolkien’s works on Hobbit Day (Friday, Sept. 22, 2017).