The Unbearable Sadness of Being Gollum: Envy as Insatiable Desire October 5, 2018 By Event Details Date: Thursday, Oct 18th, 2018, 12:30 pm Venue: Collegeville Institute Categories: Lecture, Weekly Meditation Tags: envy, Lord of the Rings, sadness, short-term residencies, Tolkien Craig Boyd The Collegeville Institute will be hosting an invitation-only luncheon presentation featuring the work of short-term resident scholar, Craig Boyd, on Thursday, October 18th from 12:30 – 2:00pm in Butler Center. Craig’s residency work revolves around “The Unbearable Sadness of Being Gollum: Envy as Insatiable Desire.” He is professor of philosophy at Saint Louis University.
