News and updates from Balliol College  

October 2021

‘It was wonderful to see all the Freshers in Hall for brunch after their matriculation on 16 October 2021. This day marked the official beginning of their academic studies at Oxford. As one of the College’s new Junior Deans, I was in the Hall to ensure that the day went as planned. I felt the great excitement in the atmosphere, and I took this photo as a visual reminder of how central such gatherings are for maintaining a sense of a close-knit community and for defining the Balliol experience more generally – even in the most challenging of times.’
Petros Spanou (2017, DPhil History), Junior Dean
 

Science access programme

Following the success of the Floreat humanities access programme, Balliol is launching Frontier, a science-based programme for Year 12 state school students interested in applying to Oxbridge. Read more

Leverhulme grant

Professor Chris Minkowski, retired Boden Professor of Sanskrit and Fellow, is Principal Investigator on an Oriental Studies project that has won a Leverhulme Trust research grant. Read more

Master's Michaelmas message

Determination for Balliol to do what it can to take action on the climate crisis was one of the Master’s themes in her ‘welcome back’ email to all current members and staff. Read more

National Library of Scotland appointment

Professor Sir Drummond Bone (1968, Master 2011-2018 and Honorary Fellow) has been appointed Chair of the National Library of Scotland. Read more

Medal for Europaeum

Europaeum, a network of leading universities led by Balliol people including former Master and Honorary Fellow Andrew Graham, has been awarded Leiden University’s Scaliger Medal. Read more

Anatomical Society award

Emeritus Fellow Professor Gillian Morriss-Kay has been awarded the biennial Anatomical Society Prize Medal for 2020-2021. Read more

Canadian honour

Jonathan Meakins, former Nuffield Professor of Surgery (2002–2008) and Professorial Fellow at Balliol, has been selected for induction into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame. Read more
ALUMNI NEWS

Oxford spin-out raises £2 million

Quantum Dice, co-founded by Wenmiao Yu (2015), has raised £2 million in pre-seed funding to revolutionise the security of encryption keys. Read more
ON THE WEB

Obituary: Grey Gowrie (1959) – Telegraph

Sudhir Hazareesingh (1981 and CUF Lecturer in Politics and Tutorial Fellow in Politics): Oxford Profile

Ronald Poulton-Palmer (1908): ‘The unlikely class warrior who tackled rugby bias’ - Times

Professor Michael Sandel (1975): Desert Islands Discs - BBC Radio 4

Lindy Cameron (1991): speaking on cyber attacks – BBC report

Rory Stewart (1992): Private Passions - BBC Radio 3

Zia Haider Rahman (1997): ‘In Praise of Mathematics’, A Point of View, BBC Radio 4

Rory Kinnear (1996): ‘I know that grief is a lifelong event’ – Times

Victoria Whitford (1993): ‘I swapped life as a diplomat to become a junior doctor, just as Covid hit ...’ – Noon

Alina Salahuddin (2019, BA History and Economics): on being an Oxford Foundry Entrepreneurial Fellow

Brian Wong (2020, DPhil Politics): ‘How the tale of two Hong Kongs can take a more positive turn’ – South China Morning Post
PUBLICATIONS

Richard Dawkins FRS (1959 and Honorary Fellow): Flights of Fancy: Defying Gravity by Design and Evolution (Apollo, 2021)

Raquel Barradas de Freitas (Research Lecturer in Law) (co-ed.), Trust Matters: Cross-Disciplinary Essays (Hart, 2021)

Lionel Scott (1948), Pytheas of Massalia: Texts, Translation and Commentary (Routledge, 2021)

If you would like us to mention any significant work published this year or last, please contact Anne Askwith. Previously submitted publications are listed here.
 
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