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01-22-2008, 05:19 AM
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Princess of Skwerlz
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles)
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The German Tolkien Seminar will be held in Jena from April 25 - 27 this year. The Hobbit will be the topic of lectures from various international speakers, covering a great variety of aspects. Over half of the lectures will be in English, and the seminar itself does not cost anything, so if any of you are interested in coming, please check out the German Tolkien Society page for the programme.
Anke Eismann has again provided the illustration for the invitation; here it is. (Sorry, the file was too large to upload directly.) (And yes, some of you may recognize the name of one or more of the speakers...)
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01-22-2008, 05:26 AM
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Shady She-Penguin
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: In a far land beyond the Sea
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Esty, when I tried to open that image it opened a page with a picture that said "stop, image locked"....
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01-22-2008, 05:47 AM
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A Voice That Gainsayeth
Join Date: Nov 2006
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"Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories Last edited by Legate of Amon Lanc; 01-22-2008 at 05:51 AM. |
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01-22-2008, 09:36 AM
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Princess of Skwerlz
Join Date: Jan 2002
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You're right, Lommy - I just tried and the same thing happened to me. Then just check out Anke's site; it's her latest post, and if you click on the image you can see it larger. Here's the link: http://anke.edoras-art.de/anke_home.html
Legate, that would be fantastic! I was at the last two seminars, and they are really interesting. Besides, there aren't hundreds of people there, so it's not hard to get to know others. And I hope I'm no stranger for you! Jena is indeed in eastern Germany, so if that's not far for you, it would certainly be worth the effort. I'm not sure what the lowest-priced accommodation is - probably a youth hostel - but if you want help finding something, let me know and I'll ask around.
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01-22-2008, 10:06 AM
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A Voice That Gainsayeth
Join Date: Nov 2006
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Well if it did not seem interesting to me, I wouldn't have thought about it in the first place
 I have never been on an action like this outside my country, and this is a good opportunity to start. How many people are usually around there, anyway?Concerning my coming there, like I said - I have to check everything and ensure that it is possible for me to organize it, but if you can help me in any way, it will be most appreciated. Maybe through some PMing we can discuss this more... and no, you are not a stranger to me, or at least I don't count you as one And of course if I go there, meeting you is without question.
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"Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories |
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03-17-2008, 08:49 AM
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Alive without breath
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla
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Booking for next Oxonmoot will be open soon, apparently. But if I remember last year aright, saying 'soon' meant 'three months'.
 I wonder, how many Downers will be coming? I'd like to know how many copies of my special Newspaper to print off and other things. Also, in reaction to a terrible injustice that happened last year, I'd like to invite as many Downers as possible to bring biscuits and tea for the welcome buffet that we had to PAY FOR last year. I want to set up a separate table with FREE, good quality, biscuits and such, as a protest against what I saw as a terrible occurrence. Making people PAY for biscuits, it's not natural, I say! 
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03-17-2008, 12:15 PM
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Pilgrim Soul
Join Date: May 2004
Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle...
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I don't know about Oxonmoot
but the June Seminar looks very interesting and I shall try to go to that ....
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03-17-2008, 01:45 PM
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A Mere Boggart
Join Date: Mar 2004
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I'm afraid it will be too expensive for us. I nearly had a coronary when I saw the prices listed in Amon Hen.
 £35 registration £180 for a bog standard room (with no bog )£400+ for a twin en-suite (which is what we'd need) £25 for the Friday banquet £15 each for the other meals Then chuck in the £60-£70 for travel and times it all by two... It might well be in the 'Harry Potter' college but I'd have to raid Gringrott's to justify expense like that now. 
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