Job opportunity - work with us in DiSc! We're recruiting for three Senior Research Software Engineers across a variety of specialisms. More information here: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…

Our next #Tolkien seminar will be delivered by Mark Williams this week on Tolkien's invented languages. Registration is free: eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-harmless-v…

We have two more weeks of #Tolkien seminars to go. Open to the public and register at link below. This week - Michael Ward on Lewis's influence on #LordOfTheRings; next week my paper on the 'key-spring' for the book. Faculty of English English Faculty Outreach tolkien50.web.ox.ac.uk/event/lord-rin…

Pleased to announce the Oxford-Bloomsbury Fantasy Summer School 23-25 Sep. 3 days of talks on fantasy literature at Oxford. Attendance is free (but limited) so you need to apply for a space . English Faculty Outreach Faculty of English. For more info see: fantasyliteratureschool.web.ox.ac.uk/home

Applications are coming in fast for this event University of Oxford so please get your proposal in asap! 3 days at Oxford discussing fantasy literature and all free courtesy of Bloomsbury Publishing English Faculty Outreach Exeter College, Oxford

Really pleased to announce that our seminar series to commemorate the 70th anniversary of #Tolkien's #TheLordOfTheRings held in Oct-December 2024 is now available in our extensive podcast series: podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/fantasy…

The deadline for applying to attend in-person our free Bloomsbury Publishing Fantasy Literature Summer School at Oxford in Sept is fast approaching (closes 17th April). A 3-day event taking you through the history and future of fantasy literature: fantasyliteratureschool.web.ox.ac.uk/home

Really looking forward to this! #tolkien

Looking forward to talking about Their Finest Hour on BBC South Today tomorrow for #VEDay80!

To mark #VEDay80, we've created a special page featuring VE Day stories, quotes and artefacts from the Their Finest Hour archive: 🔗theirfinesthour.english.ox.ac.uk/veday We'll also share highlights here, remembering #VEDay through the words and belongings of those who experienced it.

"This really is it!! I can hardly believe it, no-one here seems able to realise it yet, though we have all decorated our houses with flags..." Letter written on VE Day to Max Surman, who served with the Royal Observer Corps in Malta. 🔗theirfinesthour.english.ox.ac.uk/veday #WW2 #VEDay80

To mark the anniversary of #VEDay, Their Finest Hour research project is sharing a collection of newly unearthed stories & artefacts – gathered not from official archives, but from kitchen drawers, family albums & attic boxes across the UK and beyond. Browse the collection👇

On the 80th anniversary of #VEDay, read about the rare stories and objects from the day which have been uncovered by Their Finest Hour Faculty of English Stuart Lee Matthew Kidd humanities.web.ox.ac.uk/article/ve-day…

Geoffrey Julier grew up in Hackney during the Blitz, watching dogfights from the garden and seeing a Luftwaffe pilot parachute onto the Marshes. This photo shows his street - Mayola Road, Hackney - celebrating VE Day in 1945. 🔗 portal.sds.ox.ac.uk/articles/onlin… #VEDay80 #VEDay #WW2

"OFFICIAL V.E. DAY Thank God Half day off." Diary entry written by Alan Drury, known as 'Ted'. Ted joined the AFS in Ilford as a driver, then the Army in 1940. In 1941, he was sent to North Africa and later to Italy, serving at El Alamein. 🔗portal.sds.ox.ac.uk/articles/onlin… #VEDay80

Many in #Tolkien studies owe a great debt to the Catherine McIlwaine Bodleian Libraries. She helped out many scholars but also curated the incredible 'Maker of Middle-earth' exhibition. She leaves her post tomorrow as archivist for a new role at the Bod. Many thanks Catherine!

Those of you with fond memories of our #Tolkien exhibition 'Tolkien Maker of Middle-earth' or who weren't able to make it may enjoy this video tour of the exhibition highlights: youtube.com/watch?v=NysI02…

If you were unable to attend the Oxford-Bloomsbury Fantasy Lit Summer School in September 2025, registration for online attendance (for free) is now live at: fantasyliteratureschool.web.ox.ac.uk/home Faculty of English

Hey Springer Nature - your 'Author Support' is beyond dreadful. I've been waiting 8 months+ for a simple answer and, when you bother to reply, have received garbled responses. The latest gem is you will respond 'after July 22nd'. August? December? 2028? 3001?

Whilst in-person attendance is now closed you can still register to join us online (over 1k attendees already) at the Bloomsbury/Oxford 3-day summer school on Fantasy Literature. Register for a free space at: eventbrite.co.uk/e/oxford-bloom…