UofG Fantasy

@UofGlasgow Centre for Fantasy + the Fantastic + Masters in Fantasy ( Co-dirs: @Dr_Dimitra_Fimi @mjrsangster

[UofG Fantasy @UofGFantasy]

BIG NEWS! We’ve just had approval to establish a Centre for #Fantasy and the Fantastic @UofGlasgow, co-directed by @DrMaslen and @Dr_Dimitra_Fimi! We’ve got exciting activities and events in prep and we’ll have a website ready + a proper launch in September! Watch this space!!!

[Prof Dimitra Fimi @Dr_Dimitra_Fimi]

If you’re working on any area of fantasy and the fantastic, come and join us at Glasgow in June 2026 and do consider presenting or running a workshop! All the info you need and the full CFP is here: 👇👇👇

https://t.co/k60YcuFhkZ

@UofGFantasy @UofGArtsHums

[Prof Dimitra Fimi @Dr_Dimitra_Fimi]

Today’s piece (1st out of 3) reflects on Tolkien’s constructions of childhood, esp. the Elves as perfect children, and what happens when they experience childhood again after reincarnation. #TolkienTuesday #TolkienTrewsday
Link in 2nd tweet.
@UofGFantasy @TolkienSociety

[Prof Rob Maslen @DrMaslen]

An anniversary blog post at The City of Lost Books: Ten Years of The City of Lost Books! Find out what I've learned and failed to learn in a decade of blogging! @UofGFantasy @Dr_Dimitra_Fimi @MJRSangster
https://t.co/N4CFc5gAoM

[Prof Dimitra Fimi @Dr_Dimitra_Fimi]

A wonderful induction with our new cohort of Fantasy MLitt students! Despite the tons of info we bombarded them with, there was still time for a team game of invented creatures doing battle! We do have a talented lot! @UofGFantasy @UofGArtsHums

[Caroline Shea @therealcshea]

I talked to @DrMaslen, co-founder of University of Glasgow's MLitt in Fantasy. We talked about genre definitions, historical fantasy's radical visions, and some of our favorite texts of the impossible, from Where the Wild Things Are to Gormenghast. Conversation linked below:

[Prof Dimitra Fimi @Dr_Dimitra_Fimi]

Today’s piece looks at Rumer Godden’s The Dolls’ House and ruminates on “thing” and human entanglements.
Link in 2nd tweet.
@UofGFantasy @IRSCL_News @Literacy_Trust @Rumer_Godden

[Prof Dimitra Fimi @Dr_Dimitra_Fimi]

Today’s piece is my Oxonmoot 2021 talk, on the 40th anniversary of #Tolkien’s Unfinished Tales, focusing on “Aldarion and Erendis”, Galadriel’s hair, and Gandalf’s character development.
Link in 2nd tweet.
@TolkienSociety @UofGFantasy @TolkienWonder

[UofG Fantasy @UofGFantasy]

Are you at the Oxford Tolkien Seminars?
https://t.co/p5qMuy1kxH

[UofG Fantasy @UofGFantasy]

A very big thank you to the @GIFConGLA team for their dedication and hard work in giving us all a fantastical GifCon conference year after year, and to all of the speakers and attendees for being a part of it!

Catch up on some of the talks on YouTube: https://t.co/HpeJn19Oid

[GIFCon @GIFConGLA]

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the last three days of GIFCon 2025!

Make sure to tag us in your posts, check out any sessions you missed on the @uofgfantasy YouTube channel, keep the conversations going on discord, and keep an eye out for exciting updates from us!

[UofG Fantasy @UofGFantasy]

We have been devouring every word of the last two days of @GIFConGLA
We're both excited for tomorrow and sad it's the last day.

What have been your highlights so far?

#FantasyLiterature #QueeringTheFantastic #GIFCon

[UofG Fantasy @UofGFantasy]

It's GIFCon week!!! Who's going to be there?

[UofG Arts & Humanities @UofGArtsHums]

A third instalment of Julia Donaldson's The Gruffalo will be released next year. 📚

@UofGlasgow @UofGFantasy's @Dr_Dimitra_Fimi says the new book will be "greatly anticipated" by children and their parents.

Interview @ 1:54:28 📺https://t.co/HYFOpV2YFY

[UofG Fantasy @UofGFantasy]

Today's the day! Get those applications in! #SummerSchoolHereWeCome
Sign up here: https://t.co/KzzhIyO2UN

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#FantasyLiterature #SciFiLiterature #BookLover #SummerSchool #InternationalCourses

[UofG Fantasy @UofGFantasy]

Tomorrow! The deadline is tomorrow!

https://t.co/KzzhIyO2UN

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#summerschool #fantasyliterature

[UofG Fantasy @UofGFantasy]

'"Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”, J. R. R. Tolkien’s 1953 W. P. Ker Memorial Lecture: An Updated Chronology and Related Findings' in English Studies 105, #6:
https://t.co/gaazRAqeDP

#TolkienScholar #Tolkien #Glasgow #FantasyLit #MiddleEarth #TolkienSociety

[UofG Fantasy @UofGFantasy]

Congratulations to @Dr_Dimitra_Fimi and Dr Andoni Cossio for winning Best Article at the @TolkienSociety 2025 Awards!
Access their article below ⬇️

[Prof Dimitra Fimi @Dr_Dimitra_Fimi]

We won! Many congratulations to all other winners and shortlisted #Tolkien scholars too! Here’s the full list: https://t.co/mTYKNdLuzz

@TolkienSociety @UofGFantasy @UofGArtsHums

[UofG Fantasy @UofGFantasy]

Huge congratulations to @Dr_Dimitra_Fimi 🥳

[Prof Dimitra Fimi @Dr_Dimitra_Fimi]

We won! Many congratulations to all other winners and shortlisted #Tolkien scholars too! Here’s the full list: https://t.co/mTYKNdLuzz

@TolkienSociety @UofGFantasy @UofGArtsHums

[UofG Fantasy @UofGFantasy]

@Dr_Dimitra_Fimi @TolkienSociety @UofGArtsHums Yes!!!