Virtual Symposium: "J.R.R. Tolkien: The Art of the Manuscript"
Mythical Pasts, Fantasy Futures: The Middle Ages in Modern Visual Culture

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 | 3:00 p.m. CDT - Keynote panel
Learn more and register

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 | 9:00 a.m. CDT - Symposium
Learn more and register

The visual and conceptual relationships between modern fantasy, popular culture, and the medieval era are a lively area of inquiry in a variety of cultural studies disciplines. They are also the focus of two current or upcoming exhibitions: (Getty Museum) and J.R.R. Tolkien: The Art of the Manuscript (Haggerty Museum of Art). This online symposium convenes an interdisciplinary group of academics and museum professionals to examine how the Middle Ages appear in the contemporary imagination, and how its aesthetics have inspired a wide variety of media.

Direct any questions or special needs to Mary Dornfeld at mary.dornfeld@marquette.edu or (414) 288-7290.

Presented in collaboration with the J. Paul Getty Museum