Call for Papers

Once again, we would like to invite you to contribute with a paper, a panel of discussion, or some other event to this Oxonmoot. In order to improve day time events, we have standardised the submission of events. This call for papers will be open between March 25th and August 18th.

If you would like to offer a contribution, please fill in the submission form. You will receive an acknowledgement email, but the selection of events will only take place after the closing date. You will be contacted by Daytime Events co-ordinator within a fortnight of the closing date.

The selection of papers will take into account the interests of Oxonmooters, the originality, relevance and quality of the proposal. We would like to encourage papers on fields that have been neglected lately but are popular among Oxonmooters, such as linguistics in Tolkien and education. Papers relating Tolkien to other Oxford authors, like C.S. Lewis and Lewis Carroll for instance, and other fantasy authors are also welcome. Having said this, do feel free to make your proposal on any theme relating to Tolkien.

Panels of discussion and shorter papers would also be very welcome. If you would be willing to share a time slot with other people discussing the same theme, please say so in the comments field on the form.

We would like to stress that presenting your paper at Oxonmoot succinctly, to the point and in as an interesting way as possible is very important. Your visual aids should be relevant, appealing and short. Your paper should, as much as possible, be presented orally, avoiding reading 15 pages of elaborate text, which is hard for a mixed audience not necessarily familiar with your theme to follow.

For any further questions, please contact our Daytime Events co-ordinator, Meggy McMurry at osc DOT dte AT tolkiensociety DOT org, or by post to Maridalsveien 242, 0467 Oslo, Norway.