FRIDAY, SEPT. 27:
– 5pm Registration
– 6pm Talk #1
THE WASTELAND OF TOLKIEN’S DISENCHANTED WORLD – Prof. Gary W. Jenkins, Director of the St. Basil Center for Orthodox Thought and Culture
– 7:15pm Reception
SATURDAY, SEPT. 28:
– 8am Akathist to the Theotokos at the “Axion Estin of Emmaus” icon
– 9am Talk #2
FAITHFUL HEARTS, FROWARD TONGUES: SPIRITUAL PORTRAITS FROM TOLKIEN’S LEGENDARIUM – Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick, Host of the The Amon Sûl Podcast
– 10:15am Break
– 10:30am Talk #3
‘WELL, I’M BACK,’ HE SAID: TOLKIEN, LONELINESS, AND THE DECLINE OF THE WEST – Prof. Alfred Siewers, Professor of English, Bucknell University, Tolkienologist
– 12pm Lunch (provided)
– 1:30pm Talk #4
“WHY BECOMING A STORYTELLER MAY BE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU DO IN LIFE.” Fr. Deacon Nicholas Kotar,, author of The Raven’s Son series .
– 2:45pm Break
– 3pm Talk #5
SEEN AND UNSEEN: CHOICE, FREE WILL, AND THE GUIDING HAND OF PROVIDENCE IN TOLKIEN – Michael Haldas, Author of Echoes of Truth: Christianity in The Lord of the Rings
– 5pm Vespers
– 6pm Dinner (provided)
– 7pm Panel
SUNDAY, SEPT. 29:
– 8am Matins
– 9am Divine Liturgy, followed by coffee hour