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13: Dr. Corey Olsen Blinks with His Take on Doctor Who
As part of the Signum University Annual Fund Campaign in the fall of 2015, in this Mythgard Academy mini-class, Signum University President Dr. Corey Olsen discussed the story and themes of the episode "Blink" from Series 3 of Doctor Who. Later in the seg
14: State of the University: Signum in 2016
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12: Talking Adaptation with Jim Butcher
Stars and stones! Crows and furies! SilmFilm co-hosts Corey Olsen, Trish Lambert and Dave Kale went all fan, all the time as they spent time with author Jim Butcher (The Dresden Files, Codex Alera, and the brand new Cinder Spires series) about adaptation
11: Dr. Dimitra Fimi: Halloween in Literature
As part of the Signum University Annual Fund Campaign Halloween Extravaganza in the fall of 2015, fantasy scholar and Signum lecturer Dr. Dimitra Fimi discussed Halloween customs and rites in literature – including extracts from some unexpected pieces o
10: Mythgard Academy: The Father Christmas Letters, by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Mythgard Academy lecture series focuses on novel-length books, with a weekly lecture over eight to ten weeks. However, as part of the Signum University Annual Fund Campaign the Halloween Extravaganza in 2015, Dr. Corey Olsen conducted a lecture on one
09: Sparrow Alden & Dave Kale: Fun with Words in The Hobbit
As part of the Signum University Annual Fund Campaign in the fall of 2015, Signum Master’s Program participant and resident Spreadsheet Queen Sparrow Alden and “should be an advisor to The Big Bang Theory” Dave Kale talk about computational text ana
8: Guest Lecture Series Malcolm Guite – The Truth of Imagination in the Writings of Lewis and Tolkien
This free online lecture is part of the Mythgard Academy Guest Lecture Series. Synopsis: John Keats spoke of “The truth of Imagination”; this lecture will explore the ways in which the rich, intuitive, and image-laden myth-making of Lewis and To
7: Guest Lecture Series Tom Shippey – Myth in Modern Fantasy
This free online lecture is part of the Mythgard Academy Guest Lecture Series. Both mythical studies and the study of fairy-tales took on new importance during the early nineteenth century, along with the entirel