This year, Pembroke’s Tolkien Lecture on Fantasy Literature will be held as an online event. Previous speakers of the series Kij Johnson (2013), Adam Roberts (2014), Lev Grossman (2015), Terri Windling (2016),  and V.E. Schwab (2018), together with forthcoming speaker Rebecca F. Kuang (lecture date TBD), will discuss the importance of fantasy in times of crisis: how science-fiction and fantasy literature respond to, and provide inspiration during, moments of despair and personal difficulty.

The event will take place on Saturday, May 16th. For more details on how to register for the event, please visit the Tolkien Lecture Website.