Tolkien's 'Sellic Spell' and Beowulfian Poetics: the Artist and the Critic
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 more insight into his life, career, and writings.

Hilary Term series

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 more insight into his life, career, and writings.

Venues 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).

Full details: tolkien50.web.ox.ac.uk/event/tolkien-50th-anniversary-seminar-series
Date: 26 January 2024, 16:00 (Friday, 2nd week, Hilary 2024)
Venue: Corpus Christi College, Merton Street OX1 4JF
Venue Details: CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE AUDITORIUM
Speaker: Elena Vermeer
Organisers: Professor Giuseppe Pezzini, Grace Khuri (University of Oxford)
Part of: Tolkien 50th Anniversary Seminar Series
Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Public
Editor: Katy Terry