Leslie A. Donovan's Homepage

Contact Information
Honors College
ASM, Room 1021 (Anderson East)
University of New Mexico
ldonovan@unm.edu


Mailing Address
Honors College, MSC 06 3890
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001

Office Hours
By appointment

Leslie Donovan
Interim Dean and Professor
Professional CV

Activities and Projects
UNM Hobbit Society
UNM Institute for Medieval Studies
Mythopoeic Society

Regents Scholars Program
The Greybook
(
online journal of Middle-earth formerly published by the UNM Hobbit Society)
Waymeet for Tolkien Teachers
(digital journal for teaching J.R.R. Tolkien's works and life in post-secondary schools)

Research Interests
Tolkien Studies
Teaching and Pedagogy
Future Studies
Old English Literature
Celtic Studies
Old Norse/Icelandic Literature
Medieval Women
Hagiography


Current Courses
Happiness for Honors Students

Selected Past Courses
Burning Life: Approaching the Promethean Idea

Creative Impulse in New Mexico
Creative Process in New Mexico 
Early Celtic Cultures
Legacy of Monsters and Marvels through the Ages
Meet the Authors
Metamorphosis: Transformative Impulse in Literature and Culture
Our Medieval Inheritance
Mythmaking and Tolkien
Scribendi, part 2: The Making of a Magazine
Shakespeare Abroad: Interweaving Old and New Worlds
Space and New Mexico: From Aliens to SpaceX

Tolkien's Art, Myths, and Sources
Tolkien Field Study in Birmingham, UK
Tolkien Studies for Advanced Readers
Tolkien's Early Influences
What Worlds May Come: Studies for the Future


Honors College
Honors College
UNM
Univ. of New Mexico

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