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MARCH 2017


It’s midway through the Easter Vac. Balliol is looking beautiful – there are yellow daffodils everywhere! I am feeling exhausted, though satisfied, by what I’ve achieved this term; I successfully submitted my undergraduate coursework (including my thesis) a fortnight ago, a feat which was both challenging and stressful. However, the feelings of joy and relief that were felt by all upon submission are unbeatable, and it was lovely to celebrate with fellow finalists.
Rachael Ince-Kitson (2014), BA History
 


COLLEGE NEWS


Master to retire
Professor Sir Drummond Bone (1968) has announced that he intends to retire at the end of this year.
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Chapel windows restored
Two Chapel windows have been restored to their places following conservation work on the stained glass. 
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LISTEN: Podcast about Nicholas Crouch's 17th-century books
Professor Adam Smyth (Professor of English Literature and the History of the Book) talks to cataloguer Lucy Kelsall and book conservator Nikki Tomkins about the library of Nicholas Crouch. 
LISTEN HERE

OBITUARIES: Revd Numata and Professor Horowitz
We were very saddened to learn of the deaths of Revd Toshihide Numata (Chairman of Bukkyō Dendō Kyōkai) and Professor Elliott Horowitz (Oliver Smithies Visiting Fellow and Lecturer 2015-2016).
READ MORE ABOUT REVD NUMATA


ALUMNI UPDATES


Associé étranger of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
Professor Christopher Jones (1958) has been elected Associé étranger of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, one of the five academies of the Institut de France. 
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Inspiring Leader Award
Professor Karma Nabulsi (1989), Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations and Fellow at St Edmund Hall, has received one of the Guardian’s University Awards 2017.
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Boldness in Business Award
Professor Paul Newman (1991) has won an innovation award for his work as the co-founder of Oxbotica.
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Orwell Prize Fellowship
We warmly congratulate Carmen Bugan (2000) on being made a Fellow of the prestigious Orwell Prize. 
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READ AGAIN: TURQUOISE MOUNTAIN

Thomas Wide (2010) reports on the progress of a cultural and arts charity based in Afghanistan.
READ HERE


FEATURED EVENTS


BOOK: Balliol at the Boat Race
Don't miss out on cheering on the Dark Blues this weekend, especially as two Balliol women will be racing on the day.
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Jowett Bicentenary Seminar & Dinner
On 18 March, alumni and friends of Balliol joined the Master and speakers for a seminar celebrating the impact that Balliol has made on Oxford.
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UPCOMING EVENTS



Boat Race
Sunday 2 April
London

Gaudy for the years 2003-2005
Saturday 8 April
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The Master's Lunch
Wednesday 19 April
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Intercollegiate Golf Tournament
Friday 21 April
Frilford Health Golf Club, Abingdon

Les Woods Memorial Exhibition
Tuesday 25, Wednesday 26 and Friday 28 April
Balliol Historic Collections Centre

Balliol Ball
Saturday 6 May
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Professor Philip Howard: 'Is Social Media Killing Democracy?'
Thursday 15 June
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Gaudy for the years 1987-1989
Saturday 24 June 
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STUDENT NEWS


WATCH: University Challenge
Balliol will compete against the University of Edinburgh on 3 April in the semi-finals, having beaten the University of Birmingham and Corpus Christi, Oxford, in the quarter-finals.
WATCH HERE

Balliol Blues
Caroline Ward (2014), who captained the victorious women's Varsity football team, is one of several Balliol students representing Oxford this year.  
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Rowing blades for W2 in Torpids
Balliol’s second women’s boat got blades (their second set in three years) and have moved up into division four.
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Muslim News Excellence Award
Mehrunisha Suleman (2013), reading for a DPhil in Population Health, received the Muslim News Ibn Sina Award, which recognises those who excel in and promote health issues. 
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'Cuppers miracle' for Mixed Hockey
After a long losing streak last year, Balliol beat Christ Church 7-0, winning a place in the 2017 Cuppers final.
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PUBLICATIONS BY OLD MEMBERS



If you would like us to mention in this section any significant work published this year or last, please contact Tara Heuze.

Clive Bate (1955), Music in Western Europe before AD1600 (Upfront Publishing, 2016)

Carmen Bugan (2000), Releasing the Porcelain Birds (Shearsman Books, 2016)

Lucy Crehan (2005), Cleverlands: The Secrets Behind the Success of the World's Education Superpowers (Random House, 2016)

Nicholas Shrimpton (1966) ed., Disraeli’s Sybil: or The Two Nations (Oxford World’s Classics, 2017)

David Waller (1981), Iron Men: How One London Factory Powered the Industrial Revolution and Shaped the Modern World (Anthem Press, 2016)

Professor Robin Wilson (1962), Jack Copeland, Jonathan Bowen and Mark Sprevak, eds., The Turing Guide (OUP, 2017)


ERRATA



In inviting readers to re-read the article on University Challenge in Floreat Domus 2014, we omitted to mention that many details were subsequently updated and published in Floreat Domus 2015. We apologise to Helena Hawthorn (1998) and anyone else to whom this mistake is relevant.

We also apologise to Michael Williams (1975) for misspelling his name in the February 2017 e-News. 


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