Tolkien Project

Tolkien Project by Dr. Karl E. H. Seigfried Dr. Karl E. Seigfried teaches public courses on Tolkien's work and his mythological sources.

He was Founder and Faculty Advisor of the Carthage College Tolkien Society. Information on classes is available at http://www.norsemyth.org/p/norse-myth-classes.html

12/06/2024

Bilbo, Gandalf, and Thorin
by Randy Berrett

11/20/2024

09/22/2023

Happy birthday to Bilbo and Frodo!

01/01/2023

A new year means a new J.R.R. Tolkien calendar! This edition begins with a gorgeously mystical Silmarillion work by Kip Rasmussen: Thingol and Melian in the Forest of Nan Elmoth.

11/24/2022

Happy Thanksgiving from Tolkien Project!

11/20/2022

An Unexpected Party, the first chapter of The Hobbit, inspired probably my favorite Tolkien illustration of all. My enduring fascination with wizards, dwarves, runes, beards, pipes, and steins may all trace back to this painting from the 1977 Tolkien calendar. Raise your hand if you had Tolkien calendars on your wall in the 1970s!

11/20/2022

The nights are getting longer and darker, and the snow has started falling, so tonight we began reading J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, as you do. It has probably my favorite first chapter of all.

09/21/2022

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien was first published 85 years ago today. It's still a great read.

09/06/2022

Gandalf the Wizard
1977 poster by Alvin Hudson

09/04/2022

Check it out!

Playlist of our "Songs About Middle-Earth" radio broadcast is up! We guarantee it has a prog rock, doom metal, or power metal song about Tolkien's mythology that you've never heard, unless you listened to the radio show.

Subscribe (free) to https://youtube.com/c/fmradiometal to dig the heavy sounds.