Oxonmoot

[1] The idea of a Tolkien-related gathering in Oxford came from the multiple connections of the writer with the city, and was initially suggested by John Abbot in the fanzine Nazgul.

Among other activities such as visiting the Bodleian Library and lunching in The Eagle and Child pub, attendants of this first meeting laid a wreath on Tolkien's grave, and recited A Elbereth Gilthoniel.

[10] Oxonmoot takes place over a weekend and includes talks, art shows, reading circles, theatre performances,[11] workshops, and social events such as quizzes, a banquet and a masquerade.

[14] Oxonmoot is a forum for presenting Tolkien research[15] in the form of seminar papers and books,[16] from academics such as John Garth, Tom Shippey, Verlyn Flieger, Michael D. C. Drout, and Elizabeth Solopova.

[17] Due to the COVID pandemic, the 2020 Oxonmoot was held online,[18] and it included keynote talks by Dimitra Fimi about the Unfinished Tales, and Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull about Tolkien as an illustrator.

Members of The Tolkien Society at the backyard of Eagle and Child during Oxonmoot 1979
Vera Chapman , founder of the Tolkien Society and Jessica Yates, one of the Oxonmoot founders, at Eagle and Child, Oxonmoot 1979
Fan gathering at Tolkien's gravesite during the 2008 Oxonmoot.