"Tolkien and the Fairies: Faith and Folklore"
44th International
Congress on Medieval Studies 2009, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo,
MI, 7-10 May 2009.
"Tolkien's Science Fiction Experiments"
Space, Time, Machine and Monster:
A Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Conference for the Valleys, organised
by Yr Academi Gymreig (The Welsh Academy), University of Glamorgan, Treforest,
21 June 2008
"Mappa Terrae-mediae: Exploring Middle-earth Cartography and Cosmography"
International
Medieval Congress 2007, Session 1002: Texts and Images: Aspects of Tolkien's
Medievalism. Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds, 9-12 July
2007
"Tolkien and the Metaphysics of Language"
42nd International
Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI,
10-13 May 2007
"Film Folklore and Folklore in Film in Peter Jackson's adaptation
of The Lord of the Rings"
Folklore Society Annual Conference:
'Folklore, Film and Television: Convergences in Traditional Cultures and Popular
Media', Warburg Institute, London, 31 March - 1 April 2006
"'Tears are the Very Wine of Blessedness:' Eucatastrophe, the Sense
of Loss and Despair, and Sweet Sorrow in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the
Rings"
Sixth International Conference of the Hellenic
Association for the Study of English: '(Re)Constructing Pain and Joy in
Language, Literature, and Culture', Athens University, 20-23 October 2005
"'Needless to Say They Are Not Celtic': J. R. R. Tolkien's Love-
Hate Relationship with 'Things Celtic' and How They Sneaked into His Middle-Earth
Literature"
Shorter presentation at 40th International
Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI,
5-8 May 2005. Extended presentation at Celtic Folk Studies Conference: 'Folklore
and Identity in Celtic Cultures' , Cardiff University, 20-23 July 2005
"'Come sing ye light fairy things tripping so gay': Victorian
fairies and the early work of J.R.R. Tolkien"
International
Post-Graduate Conference 'Literary Fads and Fashions' (Session: 'The Victorian
Supernatural'), University of Nottingham, 27-28 November 2004
"Tolkien’s Welsh Inspirations, Language and Places"
Invited Lecture for the Pentyrch
and District Local History Society, 25 September 2009
"Tales Before Tolkien: Researching the Roots of Modern Fantasy"
Invited Lecture for the Humanities Forum, Cardiff Centre for Lifelong Learning,
11 June 2009
"Tolkien and Viking Archaeology: Real and Romantic Links in Material
Culture"
Invited Lecture for the History and Archaeology Forum, Cardiff Centre for Lifelong
Learning , 25 October 2006
"Tolkien and Old Norse Antiquity"
Invited Lecture for the Viking Society
For Northern Research Student Conference, Oxford, 26 February 2006
"J.R.R. Tolkien and the Use of Anthropological Theory in The
Lord of the Rings"
Invited Lecture for the History and Archaeology Forum, Cardiff Centre for Lifelong
Learning , 16 June 2004