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Shade of Carn Dûm
Join Date: May 2003
Location: on the wings of the morning
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Personally, this forum is kind of like an online course for me. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] Each hard topic is like an assignment, with the works of Tolkien as textbooks and posts as what our research yields. Also, it's a wonderful place to set down your opinions on the subject. The seasoned members and mods (as well as the occasional 'newbie') are somewhat like professors, or at least mediators to guide our discussions. Thanks guys! Again, being here is such an incentive for me to dive deeper into the Tolkien, so it is like a school for me. But better. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]
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That would be really neat to have online courses. So many more people would know the greatness of Tolkien, and so many more would learn Tolkien's languages, and maybe in the future there could be different countries for Tolkien lovers, and the languages could become offical, that would be so cool!!! Maybe the countries would be named after Tolkien places, like The Shire and Rivendell.
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Wight
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: The Land of the Ice and Snow
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I'm kinda partial to Elvish Quilting...
No, I think The Forging of Weapons would be a great course, along with teaching people how to use them. An internet course in forging weapons, on second thought, that would probably be a very bad idea.
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Where the Moon cries against the snow
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I must agree, with these lessons that all of you sre proposing..what an excallent idea i'd definetely attend all those classes. They should really teach Middle-Earth languages in College or university for the simple fact that they are now starting to hold courses that teach people how to talk like a rap singer! that is sheer foolishness and a total waste of time. At least there is intelligence in Tolkien's work to look forward to in our lives! [img]smilies/mad.gif[/img]
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The Diaphanous Dryad
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: R toL: 531, past the wild path
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I don't see why there isn't a Tolkien degree! You can do units in Oprah (I've heard) and David Beckham I think? Surely Tolkien is more acdemic than them!
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Newly Deceased
Join Date: Oct 2012
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Its not official or anything but i made a university of tolkien studies at www.universityoftolkienology.webs.com
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King's Writer
Join Date: Jul 2002
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Just to mention it: The DTG (Deutsche Tolkien Gesellschaft) gives out each year during their Tolkien Seminar (a 2 1/2 day conference on varrying topics related to Tolkien) an 'Ehrendoktor' (honorary doctor). It is feign to be from the DUMB (Dwarvish University of the Blue Mountains). I have no list of all the people that hold that 'degree' but most likely they all will be long standing active members of the DTG. So that might be the way to the Tolkien degree you would like to have.
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Newly Deceased
Join Date: Oct 2012
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Mistake
I made a mistake with the uni url but i changed it so now it is the right page
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