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Get inside the classroom and find out what it's like to enroll in a course at Mythgard

Mythgard Institute


    • Jul 20, 2015 LATEST EPISODE
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    Tolkien's Poetry, Lecture 8 - Lord of the Rings: Hobbit Poems

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2015 92:14


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    Science Fiction, Part II, Lecture 1 - The New Wave

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2015 89:57


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    Literary Copernicus, Lecture 7 - Beyond All Nature As We Know It

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2015 92:33


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    Science Fiction, Part I, Closing Session 8 - World War II and its Aftermath 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2015 90:46


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    Beowulf Through Tolkien and Vice Versa, Lecture 11 - A Reference

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2015 93:34


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    The Roots of the Mountain, Lecture 9 - Scientific Romance in Britain: H.G. Wells

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2015 83:01


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    Chaucer II: The Canterbury Tales, Closing Session 5 - The Wife of Bath, Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2014 98:02


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    Taking Harry Seriously, Lecture 9: The Deathly Hallows, Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2014 91:24


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    The Lord of the Rings: A Cultural Studies and Audience Reception Approach, Lecture 4: The Two Towers, Book 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2014 83:48


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    The Gothic Tradition, Lecture 7 - The Cosmic Gothic

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2014 87:18


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    Chaucer: Visions of Love, Class 10 - Stories Within Stories

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2014 91:09


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    Celtic Myth in Children's Fantasy, Lecture 9 - The Welsh Sources

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2014 92:33


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    Philology Through Tolkien, Lecture 7 - Angles, Saxons, Jutes (and Frisians)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2013 87:48


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    Tolkien in Tradition, Lecture 6 - Kullervo: The First Modern Hero

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2013 89:36


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    Sherlock, Science and Ratiocination, Closing Session 6 - The First and Second Sherlock Holmes Novels

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2013 112:20


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    Beyond Middle-earth, Lecture 3 - "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil"

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2013 92:23


    Step into the classroom with Dr. Olsen as he discusses everyone's favorite, "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil".

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    The Dystopian Tradition, Lecture 3 - Totalitarianism and the Surveillance State

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2013 86:11


    Look out for the camera watching you as you embark on a tour of Totalitarianism and The Surveillance State with Dr. Amy H. Sturgis in her Summer 2013 course, The Dystopian Tradition!

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    Live Q&A on The Hobbit

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2013 85:40


    Listen in to Dr. Olsen's live Q&A session for fans of his course on The Hobbit! This session was recorded on May 9, 2013 and takes place in the Mythgard Netmoot classroom.

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    Tolkien and The Epic, Lecture 2 - Beowulf and History

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2013


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    Tolkien's World of Middle-earth, Lecture 4 - A Mythology for England

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2013 92:47


    Spring 2013

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    Science Fiction, Part II, Lecture 4 - The Rise of Cyberpunk

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2013 87:33


    Spring 2013

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    Modern Fantasy, Closing Session 4 - Bright the Hawk's Flight

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2013


    Step inside the Mythgard classroom as Dr. Olsen delivers the fourth lecture of Summer 2012's Modern Fantasy course, "Bright the Hawk's Flight." This Netmoot session closed out discussion of Ursula Le Guin's A Wizard of Earthsea.

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    The Story of The Hobbit, Lecture 1 - Impenetrability

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2013


    Join Dr. Olsen for the first lecture in his Fall 2012 course, The Story of The Hobbit.

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    Science Fiction, Part I, Lecture 2 - Ratiocination, Technology and Growth

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2013


    Dr. Amy H. Sturgis welcomes you in to her Science Fiction, Part I classroom for the second lecture on Hawthorne, O'Brien and Poe. Check it out - and then enroll by September 8th!

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    The Making of Myth, Closing Session 4 - Introduction to Fantasy II

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2013


    Step inside the "Netmoot" lecture hall and listen as Professor Olsen delivers one of the first lectures of Spring 2012, "Introduction to Fantasy II: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe."

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    Taking Harry Seriously, Lecture 3 - Rowling and the British School Story

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2013


    Step inside the "Netmoot" lecture hall and listen as Professor Sturgis delivers one of the first lectures of Spring 2012, "J.K. Rowling and the British School Story."

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    Science Fiction, Part I, Lecture 6 - The Pulps, the Editors and Scientifiction

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2013


    Take a trip to the edges of the galaxy with Dr. Amy H. Sturgis with her Fall 2012 course. Lecture 6 delves into The Pulps, The Editors, and Scientifiction with readings from H.P. Lovecraft, John W. Campbell and Isaac Asimov.

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    Tolkien & The Epic, Lecture 14 - Selections from The Two Towers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2013


    An inside look at Mythgard's first ever course - Tolkien & The Epic. Find out what makes a course at the Institute so unique.

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