News and updates from Balliol College
 

November 2019

'After the St Catherine’s Day dinner, I stopped outside the Buttery and looked out at Back Quad. It was dark but Balliol’s beauty was palpable. I’m almost at the end of my term as JCR President and my time at Balliol, but I’m still surprised by the beauty of the place and by the warmth of its people. I find it strange to think that I’ll be leaving it soon, but I will carry fond memories of it with me, as I am sure that so many others do.' 
Michael O’Connor (2017, PPE), outgoing JCR President
 


COLLEGE NEWS

Professor Jasper Griffin (1937-2019)

Balliol is deeply saddened by the death of Emeritus Fellow and classics tutor Professor Jasper Griffin. READ MORE

Oxford Preservation Trust awards

Balliol has won not one but two awards for conservation work on its historic buildings. READ MORE

Adult education report published

The Centenary Commission on Adult Education, chaired by the Master, has published its first report. READ MORE

Letters from Russell Meiggs 

The family of Russell Meiggs have found some letters he wrote from Balliol when he a Fellow in the 1960s. READ MORE

BALLIOL ON THE WEB

Scot Peterson (Lecturer in Politics): podcast on lost work on jurisprudence by Adam Smith (1740)

Alexandru Popescu (1994): podcast - 'Were the Disciples Mad?'

JCR Access Officer Jai Thakrar-Curtis (2017): blogpost on 'Tackling Inequality in Schools' 

ALUMNI PUBLICATIONS

Timothy Ades (1960), Alfonso Reyes, Miracle of Mexico (Shearman, 2019)

Nicholas Morris (1972), Management and Regulation of Pension Schemes: Australia a Cautionary Tale (Taylor and Francis, 2018)

Professor John Helliwell (1974), The Whats of a Scientific Life (CRC Press, 2019)

If you would like us to mention any significant work published this year or last, please contact Anne Askwith.

ALUMNI NEWS

Education award

Karma Nabulsi (1989) has won a prestigious award for a digital research and teaching resource. READ MORE

Early Career Research award 

Valentina Gosetti (2007) has won a highly competitive Australian Research Council's funding award. READ MORE

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Please send us your News and Notes (for publication in Floreat Domus 2020) by 31 January. SEND YOUR NEWS

Change of date for Balliol Society

The Balliol Society Weekend 2020 will be on 12-13 September: the Honorary Secretary explains why. READ MORE

STUDENT NEWS

Library challenge

Graduate students challenged Library staff to find material on their research topics in Balliol's historic collections. READ MORE

UPCOMING EVENTS

Wednesday 4 December 2019
Young Alumni Winter Party
London

Saturday 7 December 2019
Younger Society Dinner
Balliol College

Thursday 12 December 2019
Varsity Rugby
Twickenham

Monday 30 December 2019
Balliol Drinks in New Delhi
India

SAVE THE DATE:

Saturday 22 February 2020
Snell Dinner
By invitation only

Friday 6 March 2020
Greville Smith Lunch
By invitation only

Saturday 25 April 2020
Holywell Manor Festival
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