Valar Guild

July 17, 2022 Sunday Meeting

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University of South Harad, Umbar, Far Harad
Súlìmë,* 3020

Welcome to Far Harad! Given the events of the tumultuous year of 3019, it is with a great deal of pleasure that the Program Committee has put this conference together for the Society, and reinstituted the Society’s Bi-annual meeting. For the first time in many years, speakers have volunteered papers from a wide swath of Middle-earth, and the varied sessions that will be presented at this year’s conference reflect the wide-range of interests of the attendees. This program provides a list of the concurrent sessions at the meeting, with an approximate time for the start of each presentation within each topic area. The Program Chairman, Prof. Hamforth Hardriddle of the University of Arnor in Fornost, would like to thank his numerous associates, and Program Committee members, namely Prof. Har-asunah Hafez of the Institute for Advanced Analytical Analysis in Umbar, Dr. Kinmo Keleborion of the Lothlorien State University, and Frau Prof. Doktor Nephel Elerondiel of Imladris University, in Rivendell. For the first time in our long and gloried history, several papers will be presented by our distinguished colleagues from The Shire, in northern Arnor. We have not had contact with the scholars of The Shire in many a year, and were delighted to see several submissions by individuals from that distant land.