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'Our annual Advent Service in the Chapel at the beginning of 8th Week was packed as usual with students and staff and their families. Our Chapel Choir provided a feast (complete with trumpets in the organ loft) of seasonal music. Among the carols, we sang one of my favourites, It came upon a Midnight Clear. It includes the line, "O hush thy noise, ye men of strife, And hear the angels sing". Whether you believe in angels or not, at the end of this past year in a world so full of strife, I am sure that we would all welcome some “hush” in 2025 to hear the voices of peace and kindness more loudly.
'Here in College, and across the University, we are enormously privileged to be given time and space (and some quiet!) to reflect on timeless and enduring values and to find solutions to some of the world’s most pressing problems. That is in large part due to the generous support of alumni like you over many generations. Thank you. Whatever and wherever you are celebrating in this season, I wish you and your families a joyful time.' Dame Helen Ghosh DCB, Master of Balliol |
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Matthew Langton (Associate Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, Fellow and Tutor in Inorganic Chemistry) is one of four Oxford researchers selected for a European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant this year. |
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A new book examining the legacy of A.V. Dicey has been released, co-edited by former Oliver Smithies Visiting Fellow, Catherine Marshall, and featuring contributions from four other former Balliol Fellows. |
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Professor John Tasioulas (Senior Research Fellow and Director of the Institute for Ethics in AI) has contributed to a national policy proposal developed by the Prime Minister of Greece’s High-Level Advisory Committee on Artificial Intelligence, of which he is a member. |
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Balliol Outreach is running a series of online talks in spring 2025 exploring the areas of maths, science, and humanities. Delivered by Oxford University graduates, the talks are aimed at Year 12 and interested Year 11 students. |
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Balliol invites applications from established scholars to visiting research Fellowships or Lecturerships in the name of Nobel Prize winner Professor Oliver Smithies (1943 and Honorary Fellow 2004–2017). |
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Balliol teams once again put their knowledge to the test in the annual Balliol Library Christmas Quiz. Think you can match their wits? Try tackling some of the questions yourself! |
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John Lazar (1983) has been elected as the new President of the Royal Academy of Engineering. He is the first Oxford alumnus to hold this role. |
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Professor Jonny Steinberg (1995) was shortlisted for this year’s prestigious Wolfson History Prize for his book, Winnie & Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage. |
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We would love to hear from Balliol alumni for next year's edition of News and Notes (for publication in Floreat Domus 2025): please send your news by email before 31 January 2025. |
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PUBLICATIONS |
- Michael Bartlet (1975), Mediation and other forms of Alternative Dispute Resolution (Routledge 2024)
- Charles Geisst (1977), Just Price in the Markets: A History (Yale University Press 2023)
- Ben Fine (1966), The Financialisation of Social Reproduction in the Age of Neoliberalism: From Theory to Case Studies, Volume 4, with K. Bayliss, M. Robertson and A. Saad-Filho (Brill 2024). Part of the Critical Reconstructions of Political Economy series that includes Volume 1, Volume 2, and Volume 3 (Brill 2024)
- John Helliwell (1974), The Scientific Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth (Routledge 2024)
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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