"In Search of the Northern Lights" cruise on the Viking Sky, January 2019

Lectures included: "Tolkien and the Traditional Dragon Slayer Story" and "Strong Women in Icelandic Sagas and Scandinavian Mythology."

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"In the Wake of the Vikings" cruise on the Viking Sea, September 2018

Lectures included: "The Discovery of America: The Vinland Sagas" and "Thor: Heroic Protector of the Scandinavian Goddesses."

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"British Isles Explorer" cruise on the Viking Sun, May 2018

Lectures included: "King Arthur: From Welsh Legend to Modern Film" and "Celtic Myth and Legend: Irish and Welsh."

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"Viking Homelands" cruise on the Viking Star, May 2017

Lectures included: Tolkien and the Rediscovery of the North" and "Macbeth: A Man Outside His Time."

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Selected Lectures

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"Tarzan: Popular in 1912, Popular Now”

Raleigh Court Branch Library, Roanoke, VA, May 2016

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“Macbeth: A Man Out of His Time”

Raleigh Court Branch Library, Roanoke, VA, April 2016

 

“What’s Fantastic About Fantastic Literature”

Hollins University, Roanoke, VA, April 2013

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“Tolkien’s Sources: Celtic and Scandinavian”

National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institutes, Texas A&M University-Commerce, July 2005 and 2009

 

“Macbeth: A Political and Cultural Document”

Eger University, Eger, Hungary, April 2008

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“J.R.R. Tolkien and the Rediscovery of the North”

Keynote Lecture, Hungarian Society for the Study of English, Vészprém, Hungary, January 2005

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“The Mabinogi and Matrilineal Power”

Medieval Studies Department Guest Lecture, University of Sydney, Australia, May 2003

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“J.K. Rowling and Ursula K. LeGuin: Creating the Series-Book Fantasy World”

New Worlds Conference, Children’s Books Ireland, Dublin, May 2000

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“The Influence of The Mabinogion on Modern Fantasy Literature”

The Welsh Academy, Abergavenny, Wales, UK, November 1996