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'I have had a wonderful eight years here, with the enormous privilege of working alongside and getting to know the most energising, committed, and inspiring staff, students, academics, and alumni I could ever have wished to meet. I am so grateful to everyone in the Balliol community who has welcomed, supported, entertained or given me wise advice during my time. I shall look back on this part of my life with enormous affection and happiness – but I am not going far away and look forward very much to remaining part of the College, though in different ways in the future. Floreat Domus!'
Dame Helen Ghosh DCB, Master of Balliol |
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We are delighted to extend our warmest congratulations to five Balliol people, who have been recognised in this year’s King’s Birthday Honours List. |
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Balliol staff gathered in the Hall on 11 June to bid a warm farewell to Dame Helen Ghosh as she prepares to step down from her role as Master at the end of June. |
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A study led by the University of Oxford, published in Nature, has shed new light on the evolutionary origins of complex brains. |
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Sir Adam Roberts (Emeritus Fellow) has been awarded the Distinguished Contribution Prize by the British International Studies Association. |
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Professor Adrian Kelly (Professor of Ancient Greek Literature, Fellow and Tutor in Ancient Greek Language and Literature) has published a new book, Homer: Iliad Book XXIII, with Cambridge University Press. |
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The latest edition of Inscription, edited by Professor Adam Smyth (A.C. Bradley‑J.C. Maxwell Fellow and Tutor in English Literature) is published this month. |
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Artist-filmmaker Luke Fowler is currently researching a documentary film about the University of Oxford and is seeking Balliol alumni from 1964 to 1966. |
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Professor Murray Pittock (1983) has received an honorary Doctor of Letters from Robert Gordon University in recognition of his contributions to scholarship and higher education. |
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PUBLICATIONS |
- Jan Eijking (2019), The Technocratic International (Oxford University Press, 2026)
- Richard Heller (1966) and Peter Oborne, Full Circle: A History of Cricket (Elliot and Thompson, 2026)
- Guy Burt (1991), The Glass Field (Jaro Press, 2026)
- Robert Waller (1974), 'Stonewall Jackson' in Iain Dale (ed.), The Generals (Hodder & Stoughton, 2026)
- Professor David Eisner (1976) and Jakub Tomek, Basic Statistics for Life Scientists: A Concise Handbook of Essential Techniques (Wiley, 2026)
- Professor Richard Healey (1969), Pragmatism Works: Essays on Quantum Theory, Science, and Metaphysics (Oxford University Press, 2026)
- Petros Spanou (2018), 'Was John Bright a Pacifist? Quakerism, Morality and the Politics of Peace in Victorian Britain', The English Historical Review (2026)
If you would like us to mention any significant work published this year or last, please send details to Yingying Jiang. Previously submitted publications are listed on the alumni publications page. |
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