lectures / youtube / podcasts

“Heroes and Legends: the Most Influential Characters of Literature”

A course of 24 lectures, available as audio only or DVD from The Teaching Company: click here

“Vikings: History and Mindset”

A short course of 10 lectures, delivered daily by email, available here

“Philology through Tolkien”

A course of 24 lectures and 12 classes, co-taught with Nelson Goering (Oxford) and Carol Leibiger (S. Dakota), available from The Mythgard Institute, Signum University: click here

“Beowulf through Tolkien and Tolkien through Beowulf”

A course of 24 lectures and 12 classes, co-taught with Nelson Goering and Sorina Higgins, run by the Mythgard Institute, Signum University: click here

Podcast with Noah Tetzner, on “history of the vikings” (29 September 2022)

Listen here

“Five Great Viking Deaths”, on Epic History channel (January 2021)

This has over 3 million views: watch here

Follow-up to the above

Available here

Interview about “Laughing Shall I Die” (January 2021)

Watch here

Joshua Woods podcast (“The Monster Professor”) about categorising the monstrous (September 2019)

Watch here

“Heirs of Tolkien: the Major Contenders” (Tolkien conference, Birmingham 2019)

Watch here

Presentation of Oronzo Cilli, Tolkien’s Library (Tolkien conference, Birmingham 2019

Watch here

Podcast for the Spanish Tolkien Society

Listen here

Tom Shippey

lectures / youtube / podcasts

“Heroes and Legends: the Most Influential Characters of Literature”

“Vikings: History and Mindset”

“Philology through Tolkien”

“Beowulf through Tolkien and Tolkien through Beowulf”

Podcast with Noah Tetzner, on “history of the vikings” (29 September 2022)

“Five Great Viking Deaths”, on Epic History channel (January 2021)

Follow-up to the above

Interview about “Laughing Shall I Die” (January 2021)

Joshua Woods podcast (“The Monster Professor”) about categorising the monstrous (September 2019)

“Heirs of Tolkien: the Major Contenders” (Tolkien conference, Birmingham 2019)

Presentation of Oronzo Cilli, Tolkien’s Library (Tolkien conference, Birmingham 2019

Podcast for the Spanish Tolkien Society

Prancing Pony podcast, about “Laughing Shall I Die” (26 August 2018)

“Myth in Modern Fantasy”, symposium with Signum University (21 July 2017)

Three lectures on Beowulf, given to Signum University (January 2017)

“Politics in Tolkien: What we can learn from hobbits” (Arizona State U, 17 April 2015)

lectures / youtube / podcasts

“Heroes and Legends: the Most Influential Characters of Literature”

“Vikings: History and Mindset”

“Philology through Tolkien”

“Beowulf through Tolkien and Tolkien through Beowulf”

Podcast with Noah Tetzner, on “history of the vikings” (29 September 2022)

“Five Great Viking Deaths”, on Epic History channel (January 2021)

Follow-up to the above

Interview about “Laughing Shall I Die” (January 2021)

Joshua Woods podcast (“The Monster Professor”) about categorising the monstrous (September 2019)

“Heirs of Tolkien: the Major Contenders” (Tolkien conference, Birmingham 2019)

Presentation of Oronzo Cilli, Tolkien’s Library (Tolkien conference, Birmingham 2019

Podcast for the Spanish Tolkien Society

Prancing Pony podcast, about “Laughing Shall I Die” (26 August 2018)

“Myth in Modern Fantasy”, symposium with Signum University (21 July 2017)

Three lectures on Beowulf, given to Signum University (January 2017)

“Politics in Tolkien: What we can learn from hobbits” (Arizona State U, 17 April 2015)

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