BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:talks.ox.ac.uk BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:“In the halls of Mandos”: Death\, Deathlessness and Inter-Raci al Relations in Beren and Lúthien - Anine Englund DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240308T160000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240308T170000Z UID:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/ee565035-02d7-4ca7-9986-16a2ef169eca/ DESCRIPTION:A series of free seminars to commemorate the death of J. R. R. Tolkien\, to be held in 2023/2024 in the University of Oxford. The talks present an introduction and further background to Tolkien’s life\, work\ , and legacy. They have an academic approach\, but they are also aimed at those who have read Tolkien’s work but are interested in gaining a bit m ore insight into his life\, career\, and writings.\n\nHilary Term series\n \nA series of free seminars to commemorate the death of J. R. R. Tolkien\, to be held in 2023/2024 in the University of Oxford. The talks present an introduction and further background to Tolkien’s life\, work\, and lega cy. They have an academic approach\, but they are also aimed at those who have read Tolkien’s work but are interested in gaining a bit more insigh t into his life\, career\, and writings.\n\nVenues at Corpus Christi and t he Classics Faculty have step-free access\; to access the T.S. Eliot Lectu re Theatre at Merton College one needs to go up and down some steps (pleas e email julia.walworth@merton.ox.ac.uk if you need step-free access).\n\nF ull details: tolkien50.web.ox.ac.uk/event/tolkien-50th-anniversary-seminar -series\nSpeakers:\nAnine Englund LOCATION:Corpus Christi College (CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE AUDITORIUM)\, Mert on Street OX1 4JF TZID:Europe/London URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/ee565035-02d7-4ca7-9986-16a2ef169eca/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:“In the halls of Mandos”: Death\, Deathlessness and I nter-Racial Relations in Beren and Lúthien - Anine Englund TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Tolkien Beyond Tolkien: Unleashing the Sub-Creative Imagination in an Era of Bridge Building - Eduardo Gutierrez DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240301T160000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240301T170000Z UID:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/c592a1a2-def2-4fa0-aa42-bfbc2d9a407c/ DESCRIPTION:A series of free seminars to commemorate the death of J. R. R. Tolkien\, to be held in 2023/2024 in the University of Oxford. The talks present an introduction and further background to Tolkien’s life\, work\ , and legacy. They have an academic approach\, but they are also aimed at those who have read Tolkien’s work but are interested in gaining a bit m ore insight into his life\, career\, and writings.\n\nHilary Term series\n \nA series of free seminars to commemorate the death of J. R. R. Tolkien\, to be held in 2023/2024 in the University of Oxford. The talks present an introduction and further background to Tolkien’s life\, work\, and lega cy. They have an academic approach\, but they are also aimed at those who have read Tolkien’s work but are interested in gaining a bit more insigh t into his life\, career\, and writings.\n\nVenues at Corpus Christi and t he Classics Faculty have step-free access\; to access the T.S. Eliot Lectu re Theatre at Merton College one needs to go up and down some steps (pleas e email julia.walworth@merton.ox.ac.uk if you need step-free access).\n\nF ull details: tolkien50.web.ox.ac.uk/event/tolkien-50th-anniversary-seminar -series\nSpeakers:\nEduardo Gutierrez LOCATION:FACULTY OF CLASSICS LECTURE THEATRE TZID:Europe/London URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/c592a1a2-def2-4fa0-aa42-bfbc2d9a407c/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Tolkien Beyond Tolkien: Unleashing the Sub-Creative Imagi nation in an Era of Bridge Building - Eduardo Gutierrez TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Inventing on the hoof: How the Riders of Rohan suddenly became Ang lo-Saxon - John Garth DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240223T160000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240223T170000Z UID:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/18e59c03-5d80-4b15-b412-24a05f95dc62/ DESCRIPTION:A series of free seminars to commemorate the death of J. R. R. Tolkien\, to be held in 2023/2024 in the University of Oxford. The talks present an introduction and further background to Tolkien’s life\, work\ , and legacy. They have an academic approach\, but they are also aimed at those who have read Tolkien’s work but are interested in gaining a bit m ore insight into his life\, career\, and writings.\n\nHilary Term series\n \nA series of free seminars to commemorate the death of J. R. R. Tolkien\, to be held in 2023/2024 in the University of Oxford. The talks present an introduction and further background to Tolkien’s life\, work\, and lega cy. They have an academic approach\, but they are also aimed at those who have read Tolkien’s work but are interested in gaining a bit more insigh t into his life\, career\, and writings.\n\nVenues at Corpus Christi and t he Classics Faculty have step-free access\; to access the T.S. Eliot Lectu re Theatre at Merton College one needs to go up and down some steps (pleas e email julia.walworth@merton.ox.ac.uk if you need step-free access).\n\nF ull details: tolkien50.web.ox.ac.uk/event/tolkien-50th-anniversary-seminar -series\nSpeakers:\nJohn Garth LOCATION:FACULTY OF CLASSICS LECTURE THEATRE TZID:Europe/London URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/18e59c03-5d80-4b15-b412-24a05f95dc62/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Inventing on the hoof: How the Riders of Rohan suddenly b ecame Anglo-Saxon - John Garth TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Ents and Ecological Entanglements - Dion Dobrzynski DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240216T160000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240216T170000Z UID:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/fc0cc843-7ca3-4c64-8b64-a38beb965545/ DESCRIPTION:A series of free seminars to commemorate the death of J. R. R. Tolkien\, to be held in 2023/2024 in the University of Oxford. The talks present an introduction and further background to Tolkien’s life\, work\ , and legacy. They have an academic approach\, but they are also aimed at those who have read Tolkien’s work but are interested in gaining a bit m ore insight into his life\, career\, and writings.\n\nHilary Term series\n \nA series of free seminars to commemorate the death of J. R. R. Tolkien\, to be held in 2023/2024 in the University of Oxford. The talks present an introduction and further background to Tolkien’s life\, work\, and lega cy. They have an academic approach\, but they are also aimed at those who have read Tolkien’s work but are interested in gaining a bit more insigh t into his life\, career\, and writings.\n\nVenues at Corpus Christi and t he Classics Faculty have step-free access\; to access the T.S. Eliot Lectu re Theatre at Merton College one needs to go up and down some steps (pleas e email julia.walworth@merton.ox.ac.uk if you need step-free access).\n\nF ull details: tolkien50.web.ox.ac.uk/event/tolkien-50th-anniversary-seminar -series\nSpeakers:\nDion Dobrzynski LOCATION:Merton College (MERTON COLLEGE T.S. ELIOT LECTURE THEATRE)\, Mert on Street OX1 4JD TZID:Europe/London URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/fc0cc843-7ca3-4c64-8b64-a38beb965545/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Ents and Ecological Entanglements - Dion Dobrzynski TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:“Fundamentally religious and Catholic"? Authorial Intent and the Intentional Fallacy - Holly Ordway DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240209T160000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240209T170000Z UID:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/4a06132f-d9ab-4958-997c-138ddd7a7dc2/ DESCRIPTION:A series of free seminars to commemorate the death of J. R. R. Tolkien\, to be held in 2023/2024 in the University of Oxford. The talks present an introduction and further background to Tolkien’s life\, work\ , and legacy. They have an academic approach\, but they are also aimed at those who have read Tolkien’s work but are interested in gaining a bit m ore insight into his life\, career\, and writings.\n\nHilary Term series\n \nA series of free seminars to commemorate the death of J. R. R. Tolkien\, to be held in 2023/2024 in the University of Oxford. The talks present an introduction and further background to Tolkien’s life\, work\, and lega cy. They have an academic approach\, but they are also aimed at those who have read Tolkien’s work but are interested in gaining a bit more insigh t into his life\, career\, and writings.\n\nVenues at Corpus Christi and t he Classics Faculty have step-free access\; to access the T.S. Eliot Lectu re Theatre at Merton College one needs to go up and down some steps (pleas e email julia.walworth@merton.ox.ac.uk if you need step-free access).\n\nF ull details: tolkien50.web.ox.ac.uk/event/tolkien-50th-anniversary-seminar -series\nSpeakers:\nHolly Ordway LOCATION:Corpus Christi College (CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE AUDITORIUM)\, Mert on Street OX1 4JF TZID:Europe/London URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/4a06132f-d9ab-4958-997c-138ddd7a7dc2/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:“Fundamentally religious and Catholic"? Authorial Inten t and the Intentional Fallacy - Holly Ordway TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Mr. Underhill: Topography and the Ring's Temptation - Bond West DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240202T160000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240202T170000Z UID:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/fe29ca70-c010-44d0-bbc5-737f61945c56/ DESCRIPTION:A series of free seminars to commemorate the death of J. R. R. Tolkien\, to be held in 2023/2024 in the University of Oxford. The talks present an introduction and further background to Tolkien’s life\, work\ , and legacy. They have an academic approach\, but they are also aimed at those who have read Tolkien’s work but are interested in gaining a bit m ore insight into his life\, career\, and writings.\n\nHilary Term series\n \nA series of free seminars to commemorate the death of J. R. R. Tolkien\, to be held in 2023/2024 in the University of Oxford. The talks present an introduction and further background to Tolkien’s life\, work\, and lega cy. They have an academic approach\, but they are also aimed at those who have read Tolkien’s work but are interested in gaining a bit more insigh t into his life\, career\, and writings.\n\nVenues at Corpus Christi and t he Classics Faculty have step-free access\; to access the T.S. Eliot Lectu re Theatre at Merton College one needs to go up and down some steps (pleas e email julia.walworth@merton.ox.ac.uk if you need step-free access).\n\nF ull details: tolkien50.web.ox.ac.uk/event/tolkien-50th-anniversary-seminar -series\nSpeakers:\nBond West LOCATION:Merton College (MERTON COLLEGE T.S. ELIOT LECTURE THEATRE)\, Mert on Street OX1 4JD TZID:Europe/London URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/fe29ca70-c010-44d0-bbc5-737f61945c56/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Mr. Underhill: Topography and the Ring's Temptation - Bon d West TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Tolkien's 'Sellic Spell' and Beowulfian Poetics: the Artist and th e Critic - Elena Vermeer DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240126T160000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240126T170000Z UID:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/458bbaed-1134-41ee-83ab-6d7a652882d8/ DESCRIPTION:A series of free seminars to commemorate the death of J. R. R. Tolkien\, to be held in 2023/2024 in the University of Oxford. The talks present an introduction and further background to Tolkien's life\, work\, and legacy. They have an academic approach\, but they are also aimed at th ose who have read Tolkien's work but are interested in gaining a bit more insight into his life\, career\, and writings.\n\n \n\nHilary Term series\ n\nA series of free seminars to commemorate the death of J. R. R. Tolkien\ , to be held in 2023/2024 in the University of Oxford. The talks present a n introduction and further background to Tolkien's life\, work\, and legac y. They have an academic approach\, but they are also aimed at those who h ave read Tolkien's work but are interested in gaining a bit more insight i nto his life\, career\, and writings.\n\nVenues at Corpus Christi and the Classics Faculty have step-free access\; to access the T.S. Eliot Lecture Theatre at Merton College one needs to go up and down some steps (please e mail julia.walworth@merton.ox.ac.uk if you need step-free access).\n\nFull details: https://tolkien50.web.ox.ac.uk/event/tolkien-50th-anniversary-se minar-series\nSpeakers:\nElena Vermeer LOCATION:Corpus Christi College (CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE AUDITORIUM)\, Mert on Street OX1 4JF TZID:Europe/London URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/458bbaed-1134-41ee-83ab-6d7a652882d8/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Tolkien's 'Sellic Spell' and Beowulfian Poetics: the Arti st and the Critic - Elena Vermeer TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:'The Arkenstone and the Ring: wilful objects in Tolkien's The Hobb it’ - Mark Atherton DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240119T160000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240119T170000Z UID:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/2cdcc86b-b0ca-439f-8070-5d66c016be81/ DESCRIPTION:A series of free seminars to commemorate the death of J. R. R. Tolkien\, to be held in 2023/2024 in the University of Oxford. The talks present an introduction and further background to Tolkien's life\, work\, and legacy. They have an academic approach\, but they are also aimed at th ose who have read Tolkien's work but are interested in gaining a bit more insight into his life\, career\, and writings.\n\nVenues at Corpus Christi and the Classics Faculty have step-free access\; to access the T.S. Eliot Lecture Theatre at Merton College one needs to go up and down some steps (please email julia.walworth@merton.ox.ac.uk if you need step-free access) .\n\nWeek 1 – 19 January (MERTON COLLEGE T.S. ELIOT LECTURE THEATRE)\nMa rk Atherton (University of Oxford)\nThe Arkenstone and the Ring: wilful ob jects in Tolkien's The Hobbit’\nSpeakers:\nMark Atherton LOCATION:Merton College (MERTON COLLEGE T.S. ELIOT LECTURE THEATRE)\, Mert on Street OX1 4JD TZID:Europe/London URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/2cdcc86b-b0ca-439f-8070-5d66c016be81/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:'The Arkenstone and the Ring: wilful objects in Tolkien's The Hobbit’ - Mark Atherton TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR