The 2016 New York Tolkien Conference

Saturday July 16th, 2016

10am to 5pm

Theme: The Inklings and Science



$11 admits ONE attendee and is non-refundable. All ticket sales go to Conference operations.

No children under the age of 5. All children over the age of 5 must be accompanied by an adult.



Pending registration Tickets may not be available at the door

The 2nd Annual NY Tolkien Conference to feature an all day program celebrating Tolkien and the Inklings with papers, panels, group discussions, workshops and more!



Guests of Honor: Dr. Kristine Larsen and Dr. Jared Lobdell



Dr. Jared Lobdell turned 21 the day C. S. Lewis turned 60 and was a long-time correspondent and friend of Professor Tolkien and his son Christopher. Lobell, published papers from the 1st and 2nd Conferences on Middle-earth with Professor Tolkien’s “Notes on the Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings,” in 1975 as A Tolkien Compass. He published England and Always: Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings in 1981 (reprinted with an additional chapter as The World of the Rings in 2004). His Rise of Tolkienian Fantasy came out in 2005. He contributed more than twenty pieces to the J R R Tolkien Encyclopedia (2006)



Dr. Kristine Larsen is Professor of Astronomy and Faculty Coordinator of the Copernican Planetarium at Central Connecticut State University. Her teaching and research focus on the intersections between science and society, including science and the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. Her work on Tolkien has appeared in Tolkien Studies, Mallorn, Amon Hen, Silver Leaves, Lembas Extra, The Classroom Astronomer, Mercury, and a number of book-length collections of essays.



