Dr Grace Khuri

B.A., M.Phil (Merton), D.Phil (Oriel), University of Oxford. Medieval Scholar. #Tolkien Scholar. Author of first doctoral thesis on Tolkien at @UniofOxford.

[Dr Grace Khuri @gracekhuri]

About me: I'm a medievalist who did my first two degrees at Merton College, #Oxford (where Tolkien taught between 1945-59). My D.Phil (Ph.D) thesis was the first ever on #Tolkien at Oxford. I've been researching Tolkien at Oxford since 2018 and teaching his works there since 2023

[Dr Grace Khuri @gracekhuri]

@Andrewnsnyder That's going to be one trippy combination! 😆

[Internet Archive @internetarchive]

📚 100 years ago today, Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends opened up a book to their enchanted Hundred Acre Wood. 🍯 🧸🐝🐰🐷

Read the full extent of their stories from a century ago at the Internet Archive. Courtesy of the #publicdomain.👇
https://t.co/Sv1YTFCQUV

[Petersfield Bookshop @The_PBS]

Loads of repros around but so rarely see the originals of these British Railways posters. This is a quad royal size 1950s poster advertising the delights of Oxford as depicted by the artist Alan Carr Linford.

[Medievalists.net @Medievalists]

Hastings: An Unusual Battle https://t.co/oCavejpPqI #BattleofHastings

[Dr Grace Khuri @gracekhuri]

This is quite something 😆 #BattleofHastings #WinniethePooh

[Eleanor Parker @ClerkofOxford]

Today just wouldn't be complete without this brilliant image: Winnie the Pooh meets the Battle of Hastings https://t.co/6vGSu3XaIj

[Dr Grace Khuri @gracekhuri]

@ClerkofOxford Oh my! 😆

[Dr Grace Khuri @gracekhuri]

In what is a remarkable coincidence, Milne and Tolkien were both at the Somme for the same general period (July-November 1916) and both were sent home for the same illness. #Tolkien #WWI #WorldWarI #GreatWar #WinnieThePooh #WinnieThePooh100

[Dr Grace Khuri @gracekhuri]

Like #Tolkien, Lieut. A.A. Milne served as a signaling officer during the Battle of the Somme, and was invalided away from the front because of trench fever. He spent the remaining years of the war (1917-19) working with British intelligence. #WWI #WorldWaI #GreatWar

[Dr Grace Khuri @gracekhuri]

This is Week 1 of the #OxfordUniversity project: Fantasy After War. Today is the 100th anniversary of the publication of Winnie-the-Pooh. Its author, A.A. Milne, was a #WWI veteran, who opted for what #Tolkien called "the escape of the prisoner" (On Fairy-Stories). #WorldWarI

[Dr Grace Khuri @gracekhuri]

@UppsalaBooks @AndrewHiggwhck @grahamscheper I am indeed, thank you!

[Dr Grace Khuri @gracekhuri]

@FellowshipFans That hammer is a lot smaller than Mjölnir...

[Dr Grace Khuri @gracekhuri]

@tolkienthoughts This is the way to go! Perfect for use while reading Tolkien.

[William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill]

Our @EmpirePodUK series on The Norman Conquests continues
Part 2: ENGLAND IN 1066

[Dr Grace Khuri @gracekhuri]

@GreatWarHuts @Taff_Gillingham This sounds amazing.

[University of Oxford @UniofOxford]

On this day in 2024, the Northern Lights lit up the skies above Oxford 😍

📷 | Marisa Basali (via Bodleian Libraries)

[Dr Grace Khuri @gracekhuri]

Fellow member of the Oxford Tolkien Network

[John Garth @JohnGarthWriter]

I'm now officially a graduate member of @UniofOxford and @StAntsCollege, pursuing a DPhil on @Tolkien and @WW2 with amazing crowdfunding help. Delighted with the welcome dinner company and looking forward to hard work ahead. Read more… https://t.co/37G7ID7Hob

[Dr Grace Khuri @gracekhuri]

@grahamscheper this looks terrific, can't wait to read it.

[Dr Grace Khuri @gracekhuri]

@JohnGarthWriter @UniofOxford @StAntsCollege @tolkien @ww2 Bravo! Hope you enjoy the research journey.

[Dr Grace Khuri @gracekhuri]

Other news: registration for Michael G. Tolkien talk (J.R.R. Tolkien's grandson) has just opened. Anyone wishing to attend in person can RSVP at the link below:

#Tolkien #Silmarillion

https://t.co/PUDkcndaZw