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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).

Join us on September 27, at 8 pm ET, for a Thesis Theater with Ashley Thomas and Eric Lynch.

On Saturday, October 7, 2017, join Signum University for a day of fun and discussion about speculative literature at the Upper Iowa Midmoot.

In July 2017, Signum University will be assembling a Small Council of experts on A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin and the HBO television adaptation, Game of Thrones.

In the seventy-two years since the death of Charles Williams – poet, novelist, editor, member of the Inklings, Anglican Christian, and occult master magician – his fame has waxed and waned. His reputation, never huge except among a small but dedicated cult following for his seven “metaphysical thriller” novels, has been hindered by the layers…

Join Dr. Carl Anderson for a three-part discussion on J.R.R. Tolkien’s adaptation of the Old Norse epic of Sigurd and Gudrún.

On April 21, we will be holding a Faculty Confab Roundtable with Dr. Nelson Goering, Dr. Carl Anderson, Dr. Melissa Mayus, and Dr. Paul Peterson from 3 – 4:30 PM EDT. The roundtable participants will explore All Things Norse, including but not limited to: Adaptations of Norse stories in modern literature (timely, with Gaiman’s recent Norse…

Thesis Theater Recording Event Announcement On May 18, 2017, at 7pm EDT, recent graduate of Signum University’s M.A. in Language & Literature Kat Sas will discuss her thesis, “‘We’re All Stories in the End’: The Place of Doctor Who in the Fairy Tale Tradition.” Thesis Abstract More than one fan of Doctor Who, and even…

Mythmoot IV will be held from June 1 – 4, 2017 at the National Conference Center in Leesburg, VA. Join us for learning and fun!