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A Slow and Secret Poison
Come read Christopher Lyon’s A Slow and Secret Poison: The Fall of the Roman Republic 146-31 BC, which is Volume I of Legends and Legacies: A History of Europe from the Fall of the Roman Republic to the Fourth Crusade in Seven Volumes. “A Slow and Secret Poison is the story of the dramatic collapse…
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Annual Fundraising Campaign, 2025
All events will be streamed live on Signum University YouTube and Twitch channels. Signum University’s Annual Fundraising Campaign 2025:“Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost” Launch: Thursday 10/30, 9:00 PM Eastern Welcome to the 2025 Annual Fundraising Campaign with giveaways and an entertaining session of “Chance Meetings: A Randomized Literary Discussion” with Corey. LotRO Marathon:…
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Pure Delight with Ginger and Pesky
By Verlyn Flieger Can two cats, a squirrel, a rat, and a tree nourish a flourishing friendship? In Verlyn Flieger’s Ginger and Pesky they can! This collection of short stories, with delightful artwork provided by Jenny Gosselin, explores the companionship and conversations among these unlikely friends, who offer many surprising insights into the deeper realities…
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Ovid’s Metamorphoses in the Collaboratory
Lauren Allen’s Ovid’s Metamorphoses: A Student Edition is now starting to appear in the Collaboratory Circulation Library. This will be a long-term project perfect for anyone who wants to take Latin study to the next level. Lauren guides readers through the Latin text, assisting with vocabulary and grammar but allowing readers to read and translate…
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Searching for Support: Graduate Students & Mental Health
By Michael Astle A 2022 paper on university students’ use of mental health services analysed 44 studies across 8 countries on 6 continents, yet only 1 of those studies even considered graduate students. While mental health services for undergraduates have significantly improved in recent years, my efforts to find any university with information specifically for…
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New Serial Release from Verlyn Flieger!
Verlyn Flieger has a new novel in the Collaboratory Circulation Library with the first several chapters available. Chancer and the Orphan Child: A girl who doesn’t know her name and speaks only in jump-rope rhymes… A young man washed up from apparently nowhere with no past… An Inn with more than a hint of magic… …
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Signum Tutorials are OPEN!
From help with a paper to a mentor’s expertise directing your independent research to a writing coach giving you feedback on your novel, the day has come. Our Tutors have been signing up enthusiastically — so how do you get matched with the right ones?
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Answering Lucy’s Mythmoot Questions
By Michael Raymond Astle Once upon a time, not so long ago, Sam was walking the hallowed halls of Signum University when he spied young Lucy. Knowing it was her first year, he thought he’d go chat with her. “Hey Lucy,” said Sam. “Hi,” Lucy replied. “Are you going to Mythmoot this year?” he asked.…
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A Fragmentary Mosaic
New in the Collaboratory Ordinary people facing an extraordinarily complex world. Christopher Bartlett‘s collection of short stories pull individual lives into focus during times of trouble and triumph. He will add one story each month until the collection is complete — choose this project room with your Collaboratory subscription to read his work and then…
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Year of the Novel
Is this the year for your novel? In the Creative Writing sector of SPACE, we conceive of our written work developmentally: Welcome to Launching Your Seedling Story, a series of three modules designed to support writers in the seedling stage of creating a novel. In June, it’s Character and Voice with Christopher Bartlett — click…
Open Events
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“I believe I made three whole steps”: Pilgrimage Narrative in Violet Evergarden
A Thesis Theatre by Bronwyn Rivera From psychology to film theory, ecocriticism to posthumanism, anime studies have flourished as scholars investigate the medium through a variety of interdisciplinary lenses. In particular, academics are examining relationships between pilgrimage and tourism to anime/anime-adjacent sites, how anime plotlines reflect or reject narrative archetypes, or how specific anime subgenres…
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2025.11.14-16 Ranger Moot, 14-16 November, 2025
Tales Around the Fire: Storytelling in Middle-earth and Beyond Signum University invites you to join us from 14-16 November for Ranger Moot 2025. This unique, outdoor, hybrid event will take place at Camp Friedlander in Loveland, OH. For our return to camp, we ask that you bring your love of Tolkien and the Great Outdoors…
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2026.01.24-26 OzMoot 2026: 24-26 January, 2026
Celebration, Ceremony, and Courtship Signum University, in partnership with Hern Ennorath (Tolkien Fellowship Australia), invites you to join us from 24-26 January for OzMoot 2026. This hybrid, multi-day event will take place at Holt Neighbourhood Hall in Canberra, ACT. For our fourth OzMoot, and first in Australia’s capital, come explore Celebration, Ceremony, and Courtship in the works…
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2026.02.07 SoCal Moot: Saturday, February 7, 2026
Lux in Tenebris: The Dialectic of Light and Darkness in Tolkien’s Legendarium Signum University invites you to join us on 7 February for SoCal Moot 2026. This hybrid event will occur at the Carlsbad City Library in Carlsbad, California. This year, we invite you to contemplate the juxtaposition of light and darkness with our theme,…
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2026.03.07 Sunshine Moot, Saturday, 7 March, 2026
The Long Undoing: On the Transmission of Oral History Signum University invites you to join us on Saturday, 7 March for Sunshine Moot 2026. This hybrid event will take place at the Drury Inn & Suites – Universal Orlando Resort in Orlando, FL, USA. For our return to the Sunshine State, we invite you to…
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2026.04.11 TexMoot, Saturday, 11 April, 2026
The Gift of Death: Mortality in Middle-earth and Beyond Signum University invites you to join us on Saturday, 11 April for TexMoot 2026. This hybrid event will take place at the Hampton Inn & Suites Houston Heights I-10 in Houston, TX, USA. As we return to the Lone Star State we invite you to join…
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2026.05.09 Mountain Moot, Saturday, 9 May, 2026
The Roads Not Travelled: ‘What If?’ in Middle-earth Signum University invites you to join us on Saturday, 9 May for Mountain Moot 2026. This hybrid event will take place at the Drury Inn & Suites Denver Near the Tech Center in Denver, CO, USA. Join us amidst the rugged beauty of Colorado to debate and discuss “The Roads Not…
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2026.05.23 Willow Moot, Saturday, 23 May, 2026
Facing the Darkness: Hope and Courage Against Overwhelming Odds Signum University invites you to join us on Saturday, 23 May for Willow Moot 2026. This English-language hybrid event will occur at the Collegium Veteranorum at Maria Theresa College in Leuven, Belgium. For our return to Belgium, we invite you to contemplate Facing the Darkness: Hope…
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25-08-13 “Mending One Thing and Marring Another”: Neutral and Evil Technology in Lewis and Tolkien
A Thesis Theatre by Grace Bennett This thesis challenges the reductionistic narrative that C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien were anti-technology and anti-science. It examines technological examples from the works of Lewis and Tolkien that show their varying degrees of comfort and caution surrounding different types of technology. The first category this thesis assesses is technology…
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Mythmoot XII June 19-22, 2025
Drawn to the Edge Signum University invites you to join us at the National Conference Center in Leesburg, VA. “The Quest stands upon the edge of a knife. Stray but a little, and it will fail, to the ruin of all.” Galadriel in Peter Jackson’s The Fellowship of the Ring “Drawn to the Edge” can…