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'I officially started as Chaplain on the day of the Advent Carol Service: our most popular service of the year, complete with trumpet fanfare and a choir of almost sixty singers! As I reflect on my first few months in the role, I am struck by the talent and dedication of the choir and organ scholars, the warmth and friendliness of staff and Fellows, and the wonderful privilege of leading services in our beautiful chapel. Trumpet fanfares or not, Balliol is a fantastic place to work.' Laura Biron-Scott, Chaplain |
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Balliol welcomed its newest offer-holders to College on 25 March 2025. A notable element of the day was an engaging session with current JCR members, who shared first-hand perspectives on their undergraduate experience. |
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On 15 April 2025, a memorial gathering was held in the garden of Holywell Manor to remember Martin Foley (1951, Foundation Fellow), who passed away on 16 January 2025 at the age of 92. |
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Balliol and the Faculty of History are pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Faisal Devji as the next Beit Professor of Global and Imperial History. |
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Sara McQuaid (2019, DPhil Modern European History) has been awarded the Theodor Heuss Research Fellowship to undertake postdoctoral research at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. |
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Conor J. Kelly (Bingham Early Career Fellow in Constitutional Studies) is the co-author of a new report on reforming Northern Ireland’s governing institutions. |
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A five-part audio adaptation of Black Spartacus (Allen Lane, 2020) by Sudhir Hazareesingh (Coolidge Fellow and Tutorial Fellow in Politics, and Senior Fellow) is available to listen on Radio 4 Extra. |
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Members of the Balliol community and their families gathered for a fun Easter Egg Hunt in the Garden Quad on 11 April 2025. A highlight of the day was the egg-and-spoon race, where three new champions emerged. |
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Rana Dasgupta (1990) has been awarded the Windham-Campbell Prize in the non-fiction category for his book Capital: A Portrait of Twenty-First Century Delhi (Penguin Books, 2014). |
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Carmen Bugan’s (2000) poem, Leaving, has been selected and published by the Irish Times as Poem of the Week.
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BALLIOL ON THE WEB |
- Martin Conway (Professor of Contemporary European History, MacLellan-Warburg Fellow and Tutor in History) is quoted in 'Europe's future in historical context', Financial Times
- Andrew Graham (Master 2001-2011, Honorary Fellow), 'Academic freedom in the US is under threat - universities of the world, unite!', Guardian
- Rhiannon Savage (2021, DPhil Mathematics) and Nikita Handel (2022, Mathematics) in student story feature, Oxford University student news
- Atul Gawande (1987) appears in 'Harvard Surgeon: We are in a Global Health Crisis', The Rest is Politics (podcast)
- Lauren Shirreff (2018), 'Hot yoga and a lot of Rice Krispies bars: How I got ready for the London Marathon in just four weeks', Telegraph
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PUBLICATIONS |
- Dilip Menon (1984), Quo Vida (Kolkata, Writers Workshop, 2025) and Cinemas of the Global South (Routledge, 2024)
- Peter Buckman (1959), The Pumpernickel Mysteries (Word of Mouth Books, 2025)
- David Enoch (Professor of Philosophy of Law, Pauline and Max Gordon Fellow and Professorial Fellow), Engaging Raz: Themes in Normative Philosophy (Oxford University Press, 2025)
Roger Butler (1970) featured in new biography The Light of Day (Hachette, 2025) by Christopher Stephens Ian Watson (1960), Watto's Wisdom (Ansible Editions UK, 2025) Ben Fine (1966), In and against Development: The World Bank behind the Looking Glass (Brill, 2025) 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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