Oxford Events, the new replacement for OxTalks, will launch on 16th March. From now until the launch of Oxford Events, new events cannot be published or edited on OxTalks while all existing records are migrated to the new platform. The existing OxTalks site will remain available to view during this period.
From 16th, Oxford Events will launch on a new website: events.ox.ac.uk, and event submissions will resume. You will need a Halo login to submit events. Full details are available on the Staff Gateway.
A series of free seminars to commemorate the death of J. R. R. Tolkien. The seminars are free to attend and open to the public but Registration is required to manage numbers. The talks will present an introduction and further background to Tolkien’s life, work, and legacy. They are aimed at those who have read Tolkien’s work but are interested in gaining a bit more insight into his life, career, and writings.
The presentations will be held in the Fitzhugh Auditorium (unless stated otherwise) from 1.00-2.00pm. Fitzhugh is situated in Exeter College’s new Cohen Quad on Walton Street in Oxford. Exeter College providing a perfect venue as it was Tolkien’s undergraduate college.
11th October: Stuart Lee – ‘How to write The Lord of the Rings’
18th October: Michael Ward – ‘Peak Middle-earth: Why Mount Doom is not the Climax of The Lord of the Rings’
25th October: HALF-TERM
1st November: Giuseppe Pezzini – ‘Tolkien and the Classics’ [Venue TBC]
8th November: Grace Khuri – ‘A Heroic History of the Elves: Tolkien’s “lost” Mythology of England?
15th November: Laura Varnam – ‘Tolkien and Beowulf’
22nd November: Simon Horobin – ‘J.R.R. Tolkien: The Making of a Philologist’
Please note that registration is essential and you can book for on for all of the seminars at: forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=G96VzPWXk0-0uv5ouFLPkf7KCrbE-jxLiDXh4gtlG2dUMjlMRUowRVRSSTNRNUUzRktTRTFVN1pSNS4u
