Tolkien in Oxford: a symposium
Tuesday 18 November 2014
Time: 10:00 - 17:15
Location: TS Eliot Theatre, Merton College
750th Anniversary 1264-2014
A day-long symposium that focused on different aspects of JRR Tolkien's academic and literary work, and his life in Oxford.
Programme
- Professor Andy Orchard: 'Tolkien in Oxford: Books and Beowulf'
- Dr Elizabeth Solopova: 'Tolkien and Names'
- John Garth: '100 years on, how Tolkien came to the brink of Middle-earth'
- Edmund Weiner: '"Wan, dim, and pale": the OED and Tolkien'
- Dr Stuart Lee and film & TV director Leslie Megahey in conversation: 'Tolkien in Oxford, BBC 1968'. Watch a version of the film being discussed on the BBC Archive website.