Oxford Conference on G.B. Smith and J.R.R. Tolkien: A Meaningful Friendship
Professor Beppe Pezzini of Corpus Christi, Oxford, who is an associate scholar of ITIA, is co-organising a conference this March (21 MAR 2023 – 22 MAR 2023) on the friendship between G.B. Smith and J.R.R. Tolkien.
This conference celebrates the 50th year anniversary of Tolkien’s death (1892-1973) and Tolkien’s meaningful friendship with G.B. Smith, poet and alumnus of Corpus, who died at the Battle of the Somme in 1916. 
Conference Organisers: Doug Anderson, Oronzo Cilli, Beppe Pezzini
Confirmed Speakers: Mark Atherton, John Garth, Grace Khuri, Stuart Lee, Kris Swank, Allan Turner, Federica Calabrese, Lucia Simonson, Ivano Sassanelli.
For further details and to register, see the following link:
https://www.ccc.ox.ac.uk/alumni/events-and-reunions/gb-smith-and-jrr-tolkien-meaningful-friendship