Oxonmoot 2024

SpeedMoot: speed networking for all!

Is this your first Oxonmoot? Have you been a few times but wish you could know a few more people? Are you an old-timer with the 'I know your face but not your name' problem?

Come to SpeedMoot, meet new and old people and find out things you never knew about others!

In person format: sit at college dining tables across from another person and talk to them for 5 minutes, when the bell goes, move down to the next person.

Online format: come to the meeting strand, get randomised into a breakout room by a steward, talk for 5 minutes, get moved to another room, and so on. We will provide prompts for starting the conversation!

Including an overview of the event, welcome from the co-chairs, and essential information to help you get the best out of Oxonmoot. Takes place just before the screenings start in the lecture theatres

The Telerin Circle is one of the longest running recurring events at Oxonmoot. Hosted by Denis Bridoux, it provides an opportunity for members to read aloud their favourite passages from Tolkien’s works – or just to listen to others’ readings, and perhaps to discover something they had never encountered before.
Since the Circle is a reflective event, you will be expected not to comment on people’s choice of reading, as this can be done somewhere else, such as the bar. Advance registration is not necessary. Just bring your favourite passage ready to read. Out of courtesy, please aim for an approximate maximum 5 minutes reading time, in order to allow time for other readers. In the early days of the Circle, someone decided to read The Ride of the Rohirrim, and it left no time for anyone else! As most of Tolkien’s books will be available to read from, courtesy of Denis Bridoux, you may also decide what to read on the spot, or even to change your choice of reading, depending on what has been read before. Just make sure you return your book to the book pool at the end.
As this is a mixed live/online event, readers will alternate between live and online. When it’s your turn to read, begin by giving your name and where you are from before briefly explaining your choice of reading. Each reading will be followed by a short silence to allow for reflection before the next one begins.