REGISTER BELOW
7:00 – 8:30 p.m. | Dinner Provided
This event is designated for University of Chicago graduate students. Other students interested in attending should contact William Hurley at whurley@lumenchristi.org. Students will receive a copy of the texts.
Peter Thiel wants to live forever, and he’s cited the works of JRR Tolkien as a justification: “why can’t we be elves?” But a careful reader of Tolkien’s works, especially the cosmological and mythic stories in The Silmarillion, knows that the answer to that question is very complicated. In this group, we will discuss what Tolkien has to say about death, mortality, and suffering, along with his rich worldbuilding and epic tales.
Schedule:
- Oct 16 – Week One (52 pages): Ainulindalë (pages 13-23), Quenta Silmarillion chapters 1-8 (pages 35-77)
- Oct 23 – Week Two (52 pages): QS chapters 9-16 (78-130)
- Oct 30 – Week Three (56 pages): QS chapters 17-19 (131-187)
- Nov 6 – Week Four (49 pages): QS chapters 20-22 (188-237)
- Nov 13 – Week Five (45 pages): QS chapters 23-24 (238-257), Akallabêth (257-283)