Archives: Events
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23.05.20 Maple Moot May 20, 2023
The warmest Canadian welcome from our hosts, the University of Toronto Tolkien Club. This lovely group of students has been eager to work with Signum University to bring a moot to Toronto. Their hard work with boots-on-the-ground helps to ensure the awesomeness of the day. Our First Annual Maple Moot, themed: Northern Spirit. Signum University…
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23.10.14 Middle Moot, October 14, 2023
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…
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23.04.15 Tex Moot, April 15 2023
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…
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Spring Courses 2023 Preview
Join us at 10am Eastern on the 1st of December for this preview of the new courses in the Signum University MA Program.
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Writer’s Forge Presents: Zotero Training: Software to Save You Citation Headaches
Zotero is a no-cost tool that collects and organizes your sources; creates, modifies, and sorts your citations; and speeds up your entire research process through automation and organization. Even if you’re using Zotero to some degree, I am certain there are more ways you can use it to make your work more efficient and tidy.…
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Writers’ Forge Presents: Editing Dialogue
In our stories, how can we make sure that important characters have distinctive voices? On November 4th, Sparrow F. Alden will look at diction and syntax as two of the many variables to consider. Please Register here for the zoom discussion on Friday, November 4th at 6pm Eastern. The cost of the workshop is $30…
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23.03.18 Sunshine Moot March 18, 2023
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…
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Rings & Realms Finale
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
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Signum Academy Presents: Hobbit Day
Signum Academy’s Writer’s Club invites you to our Hobbit Day celebration! Hobbit Day is on September 22, the date of that most memorable birthday party, and the shared birthdays of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins, and Signum Academy invites you to our Hobbit Day celebration, where you can experience a taste of the instruction and knowledge…
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Writer’s Forge: The Shape of Story
The Wordsmiths of the Writer’s Forge bring you the first in a short series of Tools for the Toolbox. Friday the 16th at 6pm Eastern, The Shape of Story. Plenty of folks will tell you they have the One True Method of plotting out a story. But what if each form is valid and strong…