June 2022
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‘As the students drift from the Library, the summer drifts in. Although we’re open throughout there are fewer bodies around now, made more noticeable by the hubbub of Trinity Term immediately beforehand, during which we try to mitigate the pressures of study by providing jigsaws, origami materials and pop-up events in the Garden Quad. The vacation is not a time of rest, however: there will be classes, visits, research enquiries, exhibitions to prepare (including ‘A Load of Old Babel’ in September, to which Old Members are warmly invited), stock-checking and a move to a new library system. Before we miss the students it will be autumn and the Library will full of people again.’
Stewart Tiley (Librarian)
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Very sadly we learnt that Alastair Howatson, Fellow and Tutor in Engineering 1965–1995 and Emeritus Fellow from 1995, died on 18 June.
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The chemist Professor Clare Grey (Junior Research Fellow 1990-1991 and Honorary Fellow) is among the Balliol people who were recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2022.
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Since we announced the death of Emeritus Fellow Professor Joseph Raz last month, the Law Faculty has gathered reminiscences and tributes to him, including some from Balliol Fellows, alumni and friends.
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Jared Duker Lichtman (2019, DPhil Mathematics) has resolved a longstanding mathematical conjecture relating to prime numbers.
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The Librarian reports on a seminar series delivered by Balliol with the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia between September 2021 and February 2022.
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The Royal Institute of British Architects has awarded the Master’s Field Development a 2022 RIBA National Award; in addition to the two RIBA South awards it had already received.
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Professor Nick Trefethen (Professor of Numerical Analysis and Professorial Fellow) has published An Applied Mathematician’s Apology: ‘a serious and personal meditation about mathematics’.
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We were delighted to hold the Deans’ Dinner once again, to thank the College’s most generous benefactors, and to give a reception at the new Pavilion to celebrate the Master’s Field Development.
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BALLIOL ON THE WEB
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Obituaries:
· Professor Joseph Raz (Fellow and Tutor in Law 1972-1985; Professor of Philosophy of Law, Oxford, and Professorial Fellow, Balliol, 1985-2006; and Emeritus Fellow 2006-2022), Times
· Luis Browne (1948), Washington Post
· Paul Smith (1955), Times
· Anthony Arblaster (1958), Guardian
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James Forder (Andrew Graham Fellow and Tutor in Political Economy), ‘The Government must solve the problems with its 5G rollout', Conservative Home
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Sudhir Hazareesingh (CUF Lecturer in Politics and Tutorial Fellow in Politics):
· ‘The future of France: can Macron’s centre hold?’, Guardian
· Oxford Student interview
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Nick Dickinson (Bingham Early Career Fellow in Constitutional Studies): ‘Takeaways from the vote of no confidence: what it means for Boris Johnson, the Conservative Party, and Britain’, OU Politics blog
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Daniel Susskind (2006 and Career Development Fellow in Economics 2016-2020): ‘The Future of the Professions’, NewsTalk podcast
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Richard Portes (1962) with Andrew Scott: ‘We’re at a turning point in history’, Think (p. 39)
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Mick Herron (1981): Times interview
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Jacob Chatterjee (2015, DPhil History): ‘One hundred and eighty-two overlooked British comments on Bernard Mandeville’s Fable of the Bees, 1724–1800’, Historical Research
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PUBLICATIONS
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Professor Rory Putman (1968), A Biologist Abroad (Whittles Publishing, 2021) and Understanding Animal Behaviour (Whittles Publishing, 2019)
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Trevor Stack (1988), Citizens Against Crime and Violence: Societal Responses in Mexico (Rutgers University Press, 2022)
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Martin Walker (1966), To Kill a Troubadour (The Dordogne Mysteries 15) (Quercus, 2022)
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Sophie Harrison (1992), A Cure for Good Intentions (Fleet, 2021)
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Brian Groom (1973), Northerners: A History, from the Ice Age to the Present Day (HarperNorth, 2022)
If you would like us to mention any significant work published this year or last, please send details to Anne Askwith. Previously submitted publications are listed on the alumni publications page.
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