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Come join us at the April SPACE Showcase on April 18, celebrating 4.5 years of SPACE. We’d love to see you there! Register by March 30th to be entered into a draw for a FREE SPACE TOKEN! The Spring Showcase will feature 30-minute Capsule sessions—mini sample sessions on a variety of topics across our five main Sectors of learning: Creative Writing, Fantasy Studies, Language, General Humanities, and Living Arts. Join us! blackberry.signumuniversity.org/events/2026-sp…

Interested in discussing Dr. Corey Olsen's Exploring the Lord of the Rings podcast? Signum University is hosting live Discussion Groups via Zoom through our Blackberry platform (blackberry.signumuniversity.org). Groups will meet once per month for 1 hour for live discussion via Zoom. Sessions will be recorded as well in case you are unable to attend live and are FREE for our first 3 months! Register: blackberry.signumuniversity.org/partners/enrol…

Come join us at the April SPACE Showcase on April 18, celebrating 4.5 years of SPACE. We’d love to see you there! Register by March 30th to be entered into a draw for a FREE SPACE TOKEN! The Spring Showcase will feature 30-minute Capsule sessions—mini sample sessions on a variety of topics across our five main Sectors of learning: Creative Writing, Fantasy Studies, Language, General Humanities, and Living Arts. Join us! blackberry.signumuniversity.org/events/2026-sp…

Signum University Graduate School presents Thesis Theatre on April 11 at 3p ET: "The Old Swedish Bjärköarätten: an English Translation" with Tamara Bootsma The complete Bjärköarätten, or Trading Town Law, of medieval Sweden, exists only in one manuscript (c. 1345) and has never before been translated into English. This first-ever English translation by Tamara Bootsma offers the English text side-by-side with the Old Swedish of the original manuscript. The medieval code focuses on criminal, maritime, and commercial law, the importance of the bailiff and council, and rules concerning witnesses and oaths. Tamara's translation places the Trading Town Law in its historical and cultural context and will serve as a vital source for scholars of medieval Scandinavian history, law, and language. signumuniversity.org/event/2026-04-…

Launch into learning with SPACE! New students get $100 off their first class — just $75! Existing SPACE traveller? Refer a friend and get a coupon for yourself as a thank you from SPACE! ow.ly/sQup50X6shO

TOLKIEN READING DAY in WriterSpace at 3:00 PM Eastern on March 25th Come listen to Smith of Wootton Major We will begin somewhere in the early middle and get as far as we may before time or Sparrow's voice runs out. twitch.tv/signumu

Try your luck at language this March in SPACE! 🍀🚀 Old English 1 Old Norse 2 Intermediate Readings in Japanese Intermediate Readings in Old English Advanced Old English Series: Readings in Poetry ow.ly/2C4u50Wm2UW

March into Fantasy Studies with SPACE! Signum Classics: Dracula A Pilgrim’s Journey through Narnia: Part 1: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Tolkien as Mythmaker: The Architecture of Middle-earth ow.ly/th7650XZuA8

Explore SPACE this March with General Humanities: A History of the Vikings: The Viking Diaspora Last Seen Wearing by Hillary Waugh: Discovering a Turning Point in Crime Fiction Rebellions Are Built On Hope: Andor, Season 2 🚀 ow.ly/RSlI50XpNbJ

Summer MA Course Registration is OPEN! Term starts April 27, 2026. Confirmed: Introduction to the Gothic Language Race, Gender & the Other in Tolkien **With Demand: Foundations in Critical Reading & Research** Introduction to Germanic Philology II** Submit with demand course interest form by Sunday, March 22nd ow.ly/ex2e50YhgQX Registration deadline for all Summer courses is May 8th ow.ly/H2ll50YhgQT

Mythmoot registration is open! With Guests of Honor Michael D.C. Drout, Kij Johnson, and Larry Swain, and lodging and Call for Papers and every good thing! Mythmoot XIII: Unexpected Company - June 25-28, 2026 ow.ly/Eeas50Xzft5

Would you like to learn to play piano? Or refresh after years of not playing? SPACE's Intro to Piano 1 with Jack Schabert lets you learn from the comfort of your home this March. ow.ly/nZES50XVUMQ

This March in SPACE, Dr. Amy Sturgis will lead us through an exploration of Last Seen Wearing by Hillary Waugh: Discovering a Turning Point in Crime Fiction. Last Seen Wearing is hailed by genre scholars as the first acclaimed “police procedural” novel, a pioneering work of crime fiction that shifted the focus from the lone single detective to investigative team members and their process. Paving the way for modern police procedural novels – not to mention television phenomena such as Law and Order, CSI, Criminal Minds, and other series – is distinction enough, but Last Seen Wearing is also of literary interest for other reasons. The novel uses a real-life true crime case as a springboard for its fictional investigation, and, in its exploration of a missing student at an elite women’s college, it also builds on the tradition of the campus mystery, employs ingredients of the New England Gothic, and anticipates the rise of dark academia. We will consider how Last Seen Wearing serves as both a pioneering novel and a window into its moment in time. What does Last Seen Wearing tell us about the intersection of fiction and true crime? Gender and the Gothic? What has “aged well” in the story and what hasn’t, and what does this tell us about the evolution of mystery-related storytelling? And what can we learn about the blending and blurring of genres from this fictional solution to a real-life cold case? ow.ly/HxcJ50Y0TWk

SPACE's Old English Series with Dr. Isaac Schendel begins this March! Ready to begin learning Old English? This series of modules introduces students to the vocabulary and structure of the earliest recorded form of the English language. One year of modules prepares the student to read texts from over a thousand years ago! ow.ly/WTnI50XVULM

Join us for our first module in Signum Classics Series- Dracula with Dr. Julian Barr! This March, let’s sink our teeth into Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the novel that defined vampire literature. In misty Transylvania, Jonathan Harker is lured into the shadow-haunted castle of Count Dracula. Hungry for dominion over the living, the undead Dracula will stop at nothing to feed his craving for blood. As Dracula’s dark influence spreads to London, a desperate band of heroes must rally their courage and unravel ancient secrets to stand against the corruption that stalks the night. Narrated through letters, diaries, and telegrams, Dracula combines modern storytelling with ancient folklore, immersing the reader into a world of baleful desire and ageless bloodthirst. For a special opportunity to engage with additional insights, there will be a bonus special guest lecture by Dr. Sara Brown. This lecture offers a focused perspective on Dracula and its literary, historical, or cultural contexts. blackberry.signumuniversity.org/space/modules/…

Signum Plaza has two new releases! Patrick Lyon's new poem "How Grendel Stole Hall-Joys" is live in the Collaboratory and the Signum Store! In a delightful poetic parody, Patrick retells the story of Beowulf with Grendel as the Grinch. collaboratory.signumuniversity.org/store/187 The first of the Signum Classics series, Dracula, with a new introduction and study questions by Julian Barr, is now for sale as a paperback on Amazon amazon.com/dp/1959360167 and as an ebook in the Signum Store . collaboratory.signumuniversity.org/store/186 The corresponding SPACE module is scheduled for March- blackberry.signumuniversity.org/space/modules/…

Fall in love with Fantasy Studies in SPACE this February! Harry Potter - The Films C.S. Lewis and the Classical World: Till We Have Faces in Context Adaptations of Middle-earth: From Deitch and Bakshi to Jackson Exploring Tolkien's Letter to Milton Waldman ow.ly/th7650XZuA8

Introducing Signum Classics, NEW book club style classes that explore and celebrate beloved literary classics! Signum Classics modules are all about savoring moments of unexpected, joyful discovery through close reading, shared insights, and learning in community. Together, we will uncover (or rediscover) the books that shaped our favorite genres. In an exciting development, Signum University Press is releasing special editions of these texts under its brand-new imprint, Signum Classics. Each edition includes a preceptor’s foreword and carefully designed study questions to enrich your reading. All works are available in the public domain, and the Signum Classics editions are offered for convenience and enhanced study. ow.ly/Sttg50Y0TFh Our first module in Signum Classics series starts in March- Dracula with Dr. Julian Barr! ow.ly/gF7V50Y0TFf