Call for Papers: The Pagan Beowulf: Alternatives to the Usual Beowulf
Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association (RMMLA) 77th Annual Convention
October 10-12 (Thur.-Sat.) at the Westgate Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada
Deadline for Submissions: June 30, 2024
For centuries, the “usual” Beowulf translation has been full of Christian references and very little Pagan references. Yet, Christianity did not arrive in Scandinavia until around 710, well after the time of the events in Beowulf, which is around 550 AD. In contrast, the first Christian missionary to Anglo-Saxon England was with St. Augustine in 597. While there are some definite Christian references in Beowulf, there are actually far fewer than the far greater pagan references in the poem. Your abstract should address this theme specifically.
Send your 350-word abstract, with a short 50-word bio, to Jim Buckingham, Old English Session Chair, at wibuck50@gmail.com by June 30, 2024.
Odin asked, “Can you Read the Runes?”: How to Read the Runic Letters in Part I of Beowulf.
Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association (RMMLA) 77th Annual Convention
October 10-12 (Thur.-Sat.) at the Westgate Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada
Join us in Las Vegas this October, where we will defy the odds and time, and you can learn how to read some of the 419 (and counting) letter runes found in the first third of Beowulf.
This groundbreaking, ninety-minute session is the first of its kind in teaching how one can detect and decipher between two alphabets that use the same letters, with one being just a letter and the other being a letter that represents a word. Unlike Odin, you will not have to give up an eye.
All attendees will receive a letter rune chart.
Contact Jim Buckingham, Old English Session Chair, at wibuck50@gmail.com by June 30, 2024 to express your interest in attending. Limit per Session is 100 attendees.
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