Classes and seminars
Occasional live and recorded classes on Tolkien, literature, writing, history, and classical learning.
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NOW ENROLLING: Fall seminar on Tolkien and The Hobbit
Now Welcome the Weary: Home and Hospitality in The Hobbit is a six-week online seminar on J.R.R. Tolkien’s beloved story of adventure, courage, friendship, and homecoming.
Over five teaching sessions, we will read The Hobbit closely, exploring Bilbo’s transformation, the meaning of hospitality, the role of mercy, and Tolkien’s vision of home as something both loved and enlarged by adventure.
Our sixth and final session will be a participant colloquium. Attendees may submit a short optional paper or reflection, and five selected papers will be presented or read in part during the final seminar.
Tuesdays, July 7–August 11
7:00–8:30pm Central Time
Live on Zoom
Six sessions total
This seminar is designed for thoughtful readers, parents, teachers, students, and anyone who wants to read The Hobbit with greater depth and delight. No prior knowledge of Tolkien scholarship is required.
Registration includes the live sessions, guided discussion, weekly reading assignments, optional paper submission feedback, and access to recordings for registered participants.
James W. Gunter 