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  • Fellowship of the Pen

    – By Barbara L. Quaale “The fact is, creativity itself is a messy business.” Have you ever been enchanted by the idea of a story, a really long story, and decided that you would like to write one yourself? Did you look at your stockpile of notions and say, “But how? Where do I start?…

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  • What do you get when you fall in love?

    I asked some language professors and preceptors, “How did you first fall in love with language learning?”  And not one of them objected to the phrasing “fall in love.”  Each of our language faculty have a full-on neural-net entanglement with languages that are beautiful relationships indeed. Dr. Paul Peterson reports that he first fell in…

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  • Call For Papers: Philology Anthology!

    Greetings, all!  Signum Press is pleased to announce a Call for Papers For a Philology Anthology. The attached PDF has all the details.  For questions about and contributions to the project, please email [email protected].  We hope to collect the contributions over July, August, and September. Thanks!

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  • Mythmoot XI: Registration Open

    Huzzah! After many and complex logistics have been negotiated, sorted, and pounded into shape, the Mythmoot XI registration is open! What is Mythmoot? It is Signum University’s Annual Speculative Literature Conference, bringing together all of our community from every niche of the University. Fans of the Mythgard Institute, Students from the Graduate School of Arts,…

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  • An Ode to Spring Reading: The Shelves of Signum Part II

    By Bronwyn Rivera The season of reading is in full bloom here at Signum University, and we are thrilled to present you with the second installation of the Shelves of Signum series. From hopepunk and environmental science to quests for freedom and unconventional fairytales, the following book recommendations are offered by our staff members. Some…

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  • A World of Pure Collaboration: a Look Inside the Signum Collaboratory

    By Bronwyn Rivera Officially launched on December 9, 2023, the Signum Collaboratory is an experimental platform that allows content-makers to publish their academic and artistic creations online. Yet it’s more than an outlet into the virtual void. Members of the Collaboratory can rest assured they will receive their hard-earned dues. Signum’s Director of Commerce, Robbie…

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  • October Showcase in SPACE!

    Saturday, October 28th on Zoom Signum’s Portals for Adult Continuing Ed have been blasting off for two years! To celebrate our one-month-no-credit modules of learning and fun, the SPACE folks present a Showcase of half-hour learning capsules in an unrecorded, FREE event open to everyone on the internet. Our Capsule sessions are 30-minute samples of…

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  • New Adventures in the Unexplored and Unexpected: (Re)Introducing “Literary Copernicus: The Cosmic Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft”

    By Bronwyn Rivera Have you ever wondered what Cthulhu, Stranger Things, and the Elder Scrolls have in common? Or how to approach problematic authors who wrote beloved texts? Or perhaps, in an age of unrest and unpredictability, you want to know how characters cope with circumstances far beyond themselves. If so, please consider joining us…

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  • “Looking Upon a Familiar Sight”: Announcing Mythmoot X: Homeward Bound

    By Bronwyn Rivera Sometimes, home is behind. Other times, it is just up ahead. From June 22-25, the community of Signum University welcomes you to our 10th annual speculative fiction conference, Mythmoot X: Homeward Bound. Please join us for four marvelous days of thought-provoking academic presentations, interactive discussion panels, creative workshops, and more. *New this…

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  • Process of Illumination: Introducing Tolkien Illustrated: Picturing the Legendarium for Summer 2023

    By Bronwyn Rivera In Tolkien scholarship, the roads of literature and philology go ever on and on. This Summer 2023, we step off these well-worn paths and enter the visual realm instead. Signum University is delighted to introduce Visiting Lecturer Dr. Joel Merriner and his brand-new literature class: Tolkien Illustrated: Picturing the Legendarium. Dr. Merriner,…

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Open Events

  • 2024.09.28 Illuminating the Metrical Grammar of Germanic Alliterative Poetry — a Thesis Theater by Peter DeVault

    2024.09.28 Illuminating the Metrical Grammar of Germanic Alliterative Poetry — a Thesis Theater by Peter DeVault

    AbstractModern metrical analysis of germanic alliterative poetry (GAP) has invariably proceeded fromedited texts in which the poem is represented visually as verses on a printed page or screen. Ofcourse, that is not how these poems came down to us. The manuscript form of a GA poem istypically indistinguishable from prose, the words (and abbreviations) inscribed…

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  • 2024.10.05 StuttMüt, October 5, 2024

    2024.10.05 StuttMüt, October 5, 2024

    Courage: How Fantasy Helps Us Develop Bravery and Valor Signum University and the Mythgard Institute invite you to join us on Saturday, October 5, 2024, for StuttMüt 2024. This hybrid, English-language event will occur at the Rock Business Center in Stuttgart, Germany. For our first journey to Germany, our theme is “Courage: How Fantasy Helps…

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  • 2024.10.19 New England Moot, October 19, 2024

    2024.10.19 New England Moot, October 19, 2024

    Wicked Wisdom and Forbidden Knowledge Signum University and the Mythgard Institute invite you to join us on October 19 for New England Moot 2024. This hybrid event will occur at Studio Lab in Derry, NH. This year, we invite you to contemplate the themes of “Wicked Wisdom and Forbidden Knowledge“.  Register Here for New England…

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  • 2024.10.26 Middle Moot, October 26, 2024

    2024.10.26 Middle Moot, October 26, 2024

    Consolation, Recovery, & Hope in Faerie Signum University and the Mythgard Institute invite you to join us on Saturday, October 26, 2024, for Middle Moot 2024. This hybrid event will occur at the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, MO. For our return to the Midwest, our theme is “Consolation, Recovery,…

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  • 2024.11.09 Carolina Moot: Saturday, November 9, 2024

    2024.11.09 Carolina Moot: Saturday, November 9, 2024

    Teaching and Learning from Fantasy Signum University, the Mythgard Institute, and The Carolina Tolkien Fellowship invite you to join us on November 9 for Carolina Moot 2024. This hybrid event will occur at High Point University in High Point, NC. This year, we invite you to contemplate the theme of “Teaching and Learning from Fantasy.”…

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  • 2025.01.24-26 OzMoot, 24-26 January, 2025

    2025.01.24-26 OzMoot, 24-26 January, 2025

    The Music of Words: Language, Poetry, and Music in Tolkien’s Works Signum University and the Mythgard Institute, in partnership with Hern Ennorath, invite you to join us in Melbourne for OzMoot 2025. For our first trip to Melbourne and third trip to Australia, we invite you to contemplate The Music of Words: Language, Poetry, and…

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  • 2025.02.22 Sunshine Moot, February 22, 2025

    2025.02.22 Sunshine Moot, February 22, 2025

    The Muppet Lord of the Rings Signum University and the Mythgard Institute invite you to join us on Saturday, February 22, 2025, for Sunshine Moot 2025. This hybrid event will occur at the Drury Inn & Suites – Universal Orlando Resort in Orlando, FL. For our return to the Sunshine State, our theme this year…

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  • 2025.04.26 Willow Moot, 26 April, 2025

    2025.04.26 Willow Moot, 26 April, 2025

    How Culture Influences Our Creation and Interpretation of Fiction Signum University and the Mythgard Institute invite you to join us on 26 April for Willow Moot 2025. This English-language hybrid event will occur at the Collegium Veteranorum at Maria Theresa College in Leuven, Belgium. For our first appearance in Belgium, we invite you to contemplate…

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  • 24.09.14 The Point of Intersection: A Thesis Theatre by Julia Stowe

    24.09.14 The Point of Intersection: A Thesis Theatre by Julia Stowe

    The Point of Intersection: Time and Eternity in 8th-10th Century West Germanic Language and Literature Abstract: The concepts of time and eternity, and the words that are used to express them, have significant influence over a culture. This thesis examines how the understanding of these concepts changed in early Germanic culture with the introduction of…

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