The Return of the Ring

A Gathering of Friends

Celebrating Tolkien in 2012

Loughborough University, 16th–20th August 2012

Progress Report 1 is now ready to download.

We wanted to have another big event like Tolkien 2005, so after a bit of who's interested in organising something? and when can we do it? The Return of the Ring was born.

A number of venues were considered, including Aston University which we used for Tolkien 2005 and Warwick University. But we eventually chose Loughborough University as it came out best on a number of aspects, including affordability, range and flexibility of function rooms and accommodation.

The dates were chosen to tie in with the London 2012 Olympics. It is hoped that people attending The Return of the Ring can take advantage of cheap and available transport to the UK through larger numbers returning home from the UK after the London Olympics. Also linking the dates in this way it is hoped that the environmental impact from several hundred people travelling to the UK will be kept to a minimum

We are planning on including a variety of different activities. (more info)

We have a number of people involved in organising things so far. (more info)

Would you like to help us (either on the committee in advance or at the event), or submit a paper; do you have any professional services that you think we might find useful? (Volunteer to help us to run the conference).

A map showing Loughborough University.

Informational links