The International Conference on J.R.R. Tolkien’s Invented Languages
August 8–11, 2007
Department of Applied Language Studies,
Lessius Hogeschool
Antwerp, Belgium
Chairman: Dirk Trappers
Secretary: Beregond, Anders Stenström
| At Lessius Hogeschool | At CVO LBC-NVK | ||
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| Wednesday | 400 p.m. | Opening of the conference The Chairman's speech Introduction to the programme, and practical information |
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| 430 p.m. | Johan Vanhecke: Tolkien and Belgium (to set the scene for our meeting) | ||
| 630 p.m. | dinner | ||
| 730 p.m. | Presentation of Arda Philology 1, the proceedings of Omentielva Minya | ||
| 800 p.m. | Practical Elvish I (led by Bill Welden) | ||
| Thursday | early morning | breakfast | |
| 915 a.m. | Bertrand Bellet: Methodological Issues in Elvish Lexicography | ||
| 1015 a.m. | Structural References to the Primary Sources — Problems and Solutions (report by Beregond) | ||
| 1100 a.m. | Deciphering and Reconstructing Tolkien's New English Alphabet (workshop led by Beregond) | ||
| 1230 | lunch | ||
| 130 p.m. | Måns Björkman: The Tengwar Mode of "The Etymologies" and Its Relation to Other Systems for Writing Quenya | ||
| 230 p.m. | The Early Version of "Namárië" (seminar led by Julian Bradfield) | ||
| 530 p.m. | dinner | ||
| 630 p.m. | Elvish Poets' Circle (led by Valeria Barouch) — tea | ||
| Friday | early morning | breakfast | |
| 915 a.m. | Helge Fauskanger: Identifying the 'Holes' in Known Quenya: Neo-Quenya in Practice | ||
| 1015 a.m. | Neo-Quenya — Relevant or Distractive (discussion led by Harm Schelhaas) | ||
| 1115 a.m. | — Visit to Museum Plantin-Moretus — | ||
| 1230 | lunch | ||
| 130 p.m. | Beregond, Anders Stenström: Phonotactic Preferences in the Root Repertories of "The Qenya Lexicon" and "The Etymologies" (new version of work presented "in progress" at Omentielva Minya) | ||
| 230 p.m. | Online Collaboration in Tolkien Linguistics (seminar led by Bertrand Bellet) | ||
| 530 p.m. | dinner | ||
| 630 p.m. | Practical Elvish II (led by Bill Welden) — tea | ||
| Saturday | early morning | breakfast | |
| 945 a.m. | Karolina Kazimierczak: Unfolding Tolkien's Linguistic Symphony: Relations between Music and Language in the Narratives of J.R.R. Tolkien, and in Compositions Inspired by Them | ||
| 1045 a.m. | "Oilima Markirya" (seminar led by Dirk Trappers) | ||
| 1145 p.m. | Pieter Collier: Tolkien Signatures — in addition to a short lecture, Pieter Collier and Johan Vanhecke will show autographs and other rarities from their Tolkien collections | ||
| 1230 p.m. | lunch | ||
| 130 p.m. | Benct Philip Jonsson: Reconstruction and Retro-construction in Tolkien's Eldarin Languages | ||
| 230 p.m. | The Future: we took thought of the Omentielvar in 2009 and 2011 | ||
| 345 p.m. | — Walking tour through the old city (led by Dirk Trappers) — | ||
| 630 p.m. | festive final dinner |