(as of 7/8/03)

Friday, July 25

Registration opens 2 PM, downstairs in Laskey Building
Art Show opens, Kreitner Room (Laskey)
Dealers' Room opens, Laskey B
3:00 PM Amy Sturgis: Reimagining Rose: Tolkien's Rosie Cotton in Twenty-First Century Fan Fiction, Laskey A
3:00 PM Jessica Burke: Myth, Fear and Fantasy: The Function of LOTR in Society. Laskey C
3:30 PM Kristi Brobeck: Tolkien Fanfiction by Women: a survey, Laskey A
3:30 PM Sarah Beach: Frodo and the Failure of the Christ-Image, Laskey C
4:00 PM Janet B. Croft, The Mines of Moria: "Anticipation" and "Flattening'" in Peter Jackson's FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, Laskey A
4:00 PM Janice Bogstad: Women Between: Female Power Figures in the Recent Fiction of John Crowley and Charles De Lint, Laskey C
Dinner 5:30-6:30 PM, Susie Gray Dining Hall
7:00 PM Film, "The Magic Never Ends," Laskey
8:00-10:00 PM WELCOME RECEPTION, Laskey C

Late Night Events: Bedtime Stories, Bragg Second Floor Lounge
Bardic Circle, Gibson First Floor Sitting Room
Film, Gibson First Floor Lounge: Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring with added scenes

Saturday, July 26

Sale of College Land, 3:49 AM, Strothers Meeting House
(If it's locked, guess you're just not one of the Inner Ring!)

Breakfast 7:30-8:30 AM, Susie Gray Dining Hall
8:45 AM Gather in the arcades outside Susie Gray Dining Hall for the Procession from the International Garden to Fondren Hall
9:00AM Opening Welcome, Auditorium, Fondren Hall, followed by Dr. Dabney A. Hart, Scholar Guest of Honor Speech
10:00 AM Registration re-opens until 12 noon, downstairs in Laskey Building
10:00 AM Mark Holland: Exploring Feminine Wisdom in Leslie Marmon Silko's Gardens in the Dunes, Laskey A
10:00 AM Danielle Bienvenue: Irene, Lucy, and Meg: The Role of the Childhood Athena, Laskey C
10:00-11:00 AM Opening Panel: From Athena to Galadriel: The Image of the Wise Woman in Mythopoeic Fiction, Auditorium
Dabney Hart, Edith Crowe, Diana L. Paxson, Alexei Kondratiev; Perry Bramlett, moderator
10:30 AM Delia Fisher: Wisdom and Water: T'seh as Guide and Goddess in Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony, Laskey A
10:30 AM Matthew Nickel: The Woman's Place in Tolkien and Lewis, Laskey C
11:00 AM Jennifer M. Cain: Women and Water: the Cultural Significance of Galadriel as Keeper of Nenya, Laskey A
11:00 AM Ernelle Fife: The Wise Warrior in Tolkien, Lewis, and Rowling, Laskey C
11:00 AM Scott McLaren: The Anatomy of Magic: Charles Williams and the Inviolability of Being, Auditorium
11:30 AM Eric Rauscher: Surveying the Female Body: Women in the novels of Charles Williams, Auditorium
11:30 AM Betsy Farquhar: Celtic Goddesses in Young Adult Fiction, Laskey A Lunch, 11:30 AM-1:00 PM, Susie Gray Dining Hall
1:00 PM Lois Hinckley: Paired Wisdoms in Homer, MacDonald, Tolkien, Lewis and LeGuin, Laskey A
1:00-2:00 PM "Teaching Tolkien" panel discussion, Laskey C
Amy Sturgis, Mike Foster, Alex Bruce, Ernelle Fife, Matthew Nickel, moderator
1:00 PM Beth Russell: Galadriel, her Life in Four Ages, Auditorium
1:30 PM Melanie Rawls: Witches, Wives and Dragons: the Evolution of the Women of Ursula K. LeGuin's Earthsea, Laskey A
2:00 PM Dr. David Armstrong: Unpacking Athena; plenary session, Auditorium
Followed by PARTHENON TOUR Please meet buses on 19th Ave. in front of Wightman Chapel and Bennett Hall (on the West side of Scarritt-Bennett Center)

Dinner, 5:30-6:30 PM, Susie Gray Dining Hall
7:00 PM Liz Milner: Frodo's Glow: A Bar Sinister in the Baggins Family Tree?, Laskey A
7:00 PM Pamela Jordan: The Enigmatic Veil, Laskey C
7:30 PM Janet Croft: Nice, Good and Right, Laskey A
7:30 PM Lois Westerlund: Psyche, Image of True Wisdom, Laskey A
8:00 PM Mythcon Masquerade
Auditorium Poem, Dr. Greenman: "Odysseus and the Owl"
Prizes for Masquerade
Play: The Fidelity of Odysseus, Diana Paxson

Late Night Events: Bardic Circle, Gibson First Floor Sitting Room
Film, Gibson First Floor Lounge: Peter Jackson's Film as you've never seen it before: FOTR meets MST3K!!!!

Sunday, July 27

Breakfast, 7:30-8:30 AM, Susie Gray Dining Hall
8:30 AM Ray Schneider, A Scientist Seeks Mystery, Metaphor, Myth and Magic, Laskey A
8:30 AM Elizabeth Hardy: Influence of Spenser and Milton on Lewis' female characters, Laskey C
8:30-9:30 AM Discussion of MFA Nominees and Book Toss, Auditorium
9:00 AM Joe Christopher: Seeking the Faerie Queene in Narnia, Laskey A
9:00 AM Betsy Farquhar: God as Grandmother: MacDonald's Wise Woman, Laskey C
9:30 AM Wayne Chandler: J.R.R. Tolkien and the Call of Immortality, Laskey A
9:30 AM Melody Green: Wisdom, Love and Pain: the Roles of Women in MacDonald's Fiction, Laskey C
9:30 AM Mark T.Hooker: Ten Rings for Russian Men Doomed to Die, Auditorium
10:00 AM Lois Westerlund: Shadows, Dark and Otherwise, Laskey A
10:00 AM Sarah Beach: For Love of Sophia: the Mythic Tradition of the Wise Woman, Laskey C
10:30-11:30 AM Panel, Writing Fantasy in the Shadow of Tolkien, Laskey A
Jon DeCles, Greg Feeley, Carolyn Kephart, Laura Underwood; Sherwood Smith, moderator
10:30 AM Mark T. Hooker: Russian Tolkien Illustrations (slides), Auditorium
10:30 AM Brandy Elaine Ball: Wise Fantasy: The role of the Childlike Empress in The Neverending Story, Laskey C
11:00 AM Film: Russian "Hobbit" Movie, Auditorium
11:00 AM Romuald I. Lakowski: The Fall and Repentance of Galadriel, Laskey C
Lunch, 11:30 AM-1:00 PM, Susie Gray Dining Hall
1:00 PM Victoria Gaydosik: Choosing Wisely: the Conflicting Claims of Action and Passivity on Tolkien's Fictional Women, Laskey A
1:00 PM Martha Hixon: Mirrors, Towers, Dragons and Wise Women, Laskey C
1:00 PM Emily Richter: Spontaneous Myth Generation in Epic Literature, Auditorium
1:30 PM Grace Walker Monk: What Should Be: The Lady of Rohan and the Lady of Moge, Laskey A
1:30 PM Don W. King: Has That Which was Lost been Found? - Metrical Meditations of a Cod, Laskey C
1:30 PM Gabrielle Greggersen: Imagination and Wisdom: an analysis of Lewis' female characters in the Chronicles of Narnia, Auditorium
2:00 PM: Elvish Linguistic Fellowship: Quenya/Tengwar Workshop, Laskey A
2:00 PM Society Auction, Auditorium
3:30 PM Panel, Wonder Women of the Media World, Laskey A
Paula DiSante, Eleanor Farrell, Rosemary Edghill, Brenda Clough; Lee Speth, moderator

Banquet, 5:30-6:30 PM, Susie Gray Dining Hall
7:00 PM Mythopoeic Awards Announcements Auditorium
Sherwood Smith, Writer Guest of Honor: Speech
Play: The Revenge of the DWEMs, Don T. Williams
The Not-Ready-For-Mythcon Players

Late Night Events: Bedtime Stories, Bragg Second Floor Lounge
Bardic Circle, Gibson First Floor Sitting Room
Film, Gibson First Floor Lounge: "The Magic Never Ends"

Monday, July 28

Breakfast, 7:30-8:30 AM, Susie Gray Dining Hall
8:30 AM, Berni Phillips: Christian Symbolism in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," Laskey A
9:00-10:00 AM, David Bratman: The Music of Middle-Earth, Laskey A
8:30 AM, Don T. Williams: A Larger World: Lewis, Christianity and Culture, Laskey C
10:00 AM Members' Meeting, followed by Closing Ceremonies, Auditorium
10:30 AM Scarritt-Bennett Checkout (Locked storage space will be available in Laskey for your luggage during morning programming)

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Members of Mythcon 34

June 6, 2003

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Papers Accepted:

• David Armstrong: "Unpacking Athena" (Followed by tour of Nashville Parthenon)
• Brandy Ball: "Wise Fantasy: the Role of the Childlike Empress in The Neverending Story"
• Sarah Beach: "For Love of Sophia: the Mythic Tradition of the Wise Woman"
• Sarah Beach: "Frodo: The Failure of the Christ Image"
• Berni Phillips Bratman: "Christian Symbolism in Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
• Danielle Bienvenue: "Irene, Lucy, and Meg: The Role of the Childhood Athena"
• Kristi Brobeck: "Tolkien Fanfiction by Women: a survey"
• Cain: "Women and Water: the Cultural Significance of Galadriel as Keeper of Nenya"
• Chandler: "J.R.R. Tolkien and the Call of Immortality"
• Joe Christopher: "Seeking the Faerie Queene in Narnia"
• Janet B. Croft: "Nice, Good, and Right" (Terry Pratchett novels)
• David Bratman: "Music of Middle-Earth, an examination with musical samplings"
• Elvish Linguistic Fellowship: "Quenya and the Tengwar: a Workshop"
• Betsy Farquhar: "God as Grandmother: MacDonald's Wise Woman"
• Ernelle Fife: "The Wise Warrior in Tolkien, Lewis, and Rowling"
• Fisher: "Wisdom and Water: T'seh as Guide and Goddess in Leslie Marmon Silko's CEREMONY"
• Victoria Gaydosik: "Choosing Wisely: The Conflicting Claims of Action and Passivity on Tolkien's Fictional Women"
• Melody Green: "Wisdom, Love and Pain: the Roles of Women in MacDonald's Fiction"
• Gabrielle Greggersen: "Imagination and Wisdom: an analysis of Lewis' female characters in the Chronicles of Narnia"
• Hardy: "Influence of Spenser and Milton on Lewis' female characters"
• Lois Hinckley: "Paired wisdoms in Homer, MacDonald, Tolkien, Lewis and Le Guin"
• Hixon: "Mirrors, Towers, Dragons and Wise Women" (on McKillip)
• Holland: "Exploring Feminine Wisdom in Leslie Marmon Silko's Gardens in the Dunes"
• Mark T. Hooker: "Ten Rings for Russian Men Doomed to Die"
• Mark T. Hooker: "Russian Tolkien Illustrations, a commented slide show"
• Johnson: "Golden Key to MacDonald/Curdie's Key"
• Johnson: "THE WISE WOMAN: a Twofold Tale"
• Pamela Jordan: "The Enigmatic Veil" [Lewis' Orual and Hawthorne's veiled Minister]
• Don King: "Has That Which was Lost been Found? -- Metrical Meditations of a Cod"
• Romuald Lakowski: "The Fall and Repentance of Galadriel"
• Scott McLaren: "The Anatomy of Magic: Charles Williams and the Inviolability of Being"
• Grace Walker Monk: "What Should Be: the Lady of Rohan and the Lady of Moge"
• Matthew Nickel: "The Woman's Place in Tolkien and Lewis"
• Eric Rauscher: "Surveying the Female Body: Women in the novels of Charles Williams"
• Melanie Rawls: "Witches, Wives and Dragons: the Evolution of the Women of Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea"
• Richter: "Spontaneous Myth Generation in Epic Literature" [Beowulf]
• Beth Russell: "Galadriel, her Life in Four Ages"
• Ray Schneider: "A Scientist Seeks Mystery, Metaphor, Myth and Magic"
• Amy Sturgis: "Reimagining Rose: Tolkien's Rosie Cotton in Twenty-First Century Fan Fiction"
• Lois Westerlund: "Psyche in Till We Have Faces"
• Lois Westerlund: "Shadows: Dark and Otherwise"
• Don T. Williams: "A Larger World: Lewis, Christianity and Culture"

Proposed Panels:

• George Orwell in his Centenary Year
• Wonder Women of the Comics (and, of course, Xena)
• Theme Panel: the Image of the Wise Woman in Mythopoeic Fiction
• Women and the Inklings
• Teaching Tolkien

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