2025 Tolkien Colloquium: Good and Evil in Middle-Earth
On the occasion of Tolkien Reading Day, the Department of English and American Studies organized the third annual series of themed events.
Under the leadership of Mgr. Martina Juričková, PhD., two events took place – an online colloquium and a public reading, which are part of the UGA III/5/2024 project “Moral Values in Fantasy Literature” and were dedicated to the moral message in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien.
On Wednesday, March 19, an international online colloquium was held on the topic of “Good and Evil in Middle-earth.” Seven participants presented their own work, offering different perspectives on the topic. Dr. Juričková opened the colloquium with a contribution entitled “The Nature of Evil and Good in Middle-earth,” followed by guest presentations. Dr. Alexandra Filonenko from the Friedrich Schiller Institute in Vienna contributed with the topic “Gnostic Evil, Hermetic Good: On Competing Worldviews in Tolkien’s Legendarium.” Joyzukey Armendariz from Mexico participated with a contribution entitled “Symbolism of Evil in Tolkien’s Middle Earth.” Dr. Olena Tykhomyrova from the National Linguistic University in Kiev continued with the topic “Good and Evil… and Language: Moral Linguistics in Tolkien’s Legendarium.” Dr. Michala Fúsková and Bc. Adam Kazár from the Institute of Culture and Tourism Management, Culturology and Ethnology at UKF jointly contributed with the topic “The Freedom of Choice.” The colloquium was concluded by Akanksha Chattopadhyay from India with her work “‘Master of Doom by Doom Mastered’: Tolkien’s Eucatastrophe and the Problem of Túrin Turambar.”
A recording of the colloquium can be found on the KAA YouTube channel.
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