An Irregular Update

ℌello once again, all! Thank you for continuing to check in on this webspace, infrequent as updates to it have been. We'll try to be better about getting material up here, and we appreciate your ongoing indulgence.

There are a few points to note. One of them is that Dennis Wilson Wise's New Poets of Rum-Ram-Ruf series, which began here, has a new entry out on Forgotten Ground Regained, "The New Poets of Rum-Ram-Ruf: Charles R. Sleeth." As always, Wise's writing is a pleasure to read, and Society members will likely find much of interest in the online journal as a whole. The upcoming Summer 2026 issue will be particularly prominent for it, being focused on Alliterative Verse in Arda.

Another is that the Society's CFPs for the upcoming International Congress on Medieval Studies remain open. Details are here; as ever, Society members are encouraged to submit and are asked to disseminate information on the proposals widely. Voices from outside traditional academic structures and from historically marginalized communities are especially welcomed.

A couple of other CFPs from Society membership and that may be of interest have also been noted. They have been posted to the Society's Facebook page; for those not on that social media platform, glosses follow here:

• The UNICORN Virtual Museum of Medieval Studies and Medievalism is having a virtual poster session at the 2026 International Congress on Medieval Studies. The UNICORN remarks "This poster session is for offering proven strategies for incorporating various types of games into the medieval classroom" and "Suggestions for participants include submit standard poster-size slides (using Canva or Powerpoint) and/or short videos that can be accessed throughout the conference. During the session, participants will introduce posters and be available for questions." Additionally, the CFP description reads "This virtual poster session will explore how we use games to enhance student engagement with and understanding of the Middle Ages and medievalism. Posters can present highlights from effective classroom use of various types of games, including board games, role-playing games, and virtual games. This session can explore how gaming enhances classes taught in various delivery modes, including face-to-face, hybrid, and online asynchronous courses." It's Session 7182, and submissions may be made on Confex.
• The International Society for the Study of Medievalism has a CFP for a virtual conference treating Medievalisms in Time and Space. Noted by them are " We welcome submissions considering aspects of Medievalisms in Time (any temporalities or relationships between them) and Space (inner spaces, Outer Space and outer spaces, contested spaces, geographies real and imagined, trans-temporalities); Trans-medievalisms of all kinds (such as transgender medievalisms, transformative medievalisms, transgressive medievalisms)" and "While we encourage proposals covering these key themes, we welcome papers addressing any aspect of Medievalism." Submissions are requested via Google Form at https://forms.gle/NvsV1vxaVbiiNaNo6.

One more point to bring up: we are always looking for submissions to this blog. Form and format vary, although there is a focus on short-form medievalist scholarship. (For ideas about what that is, see here and here.) Ideas or whole pieces can be emailed to talesaftertolkien@gmail.com under subject line "Post for the TaT Blog"; we're happy to hear from you and work with you to get your work out into the world.

Again, we're working to get things going here once again, and we hope both to hear from you and to have your eyes on what we do!