January 2023
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‘It’s a strange, but wonderful feeling to be back at Balliol. It wasn’t all that long ago that I was here as a student. College life feels reassuringly familiar. Colleagues in the SCR have been so generous and welcoming; I enjoyed meeting some graduate students from the MCR over dinner in 0th week. My first few weeks here have reminded me of what an extraordinary place Balliol is, and I’m thrilled to have returned. Just a pity I have to accept that the days of Holywell Manor bops, and playing cricket on the Master’s Field, are well and truly over . . .’
Tim Soutphommasane (2004), Professor of Practice in Human Rights and Political Theory, Oxford’s Chief Diversity Officer and Senior Research Fellow
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Sir Julian Lewis MP (1970) (left) and opera singer Christine Rice (1988) are among the Balliol people who have been recognised for their achievement and service in the 2023 New Honours List.
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Balliol’s latest access programme for Year 12 students who aspire to Oxbridge or other highly competitive universities has begun, attracting hundreds of applicants.
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Emeritus Fellow Denis Noble has been awarded the 2022 Lomonosov Grand Gold Medal of the Russian Academy of Sciences for his work on the heart.
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Yosuke Matsumiya (2022) has been awarded a scholarship for outstanding Japanese DPhil students at Oxford who are intending to take a leadership role in an international organisation in future.
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They won! Team Balliol - Elizabeth Kiss (1983, Professorial Fellow and Warden of Rhodes House), Andrew Copson (1999), Martin Edwards (1974) and Martin O’Neill (1993) - beat the University of Hull in the final.
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Professor Richard Susskind (1983) and Professor Richard Ekins (2003) (left) have been named as Honorary King’s Counsel.
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Isabelle Stuart (2016) has been awarded a Sachs Scholarship by Princeton University, where she will pursue her research in English literature for a year.
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Wenmiao Yu (2015) has been elected to the UK Young Academy, a new network of early career researchers and professionals.
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BALLIOL ON THE WEB
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- Obituaries:
· Norman Franklin (1946)
· Thomas Hughes (1947)
· Lord Camoys (1959): The Times, Telegraph and Catholic Herald
- Sudhir Hazareesingh (CUF Lecturer in Politics and Tutorial Fellow in Politics): Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian Revolution): Gresham Lecture, ‘Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian Revolution’ – video
- James Forder (Andrew Graham Fellow and Tutor in Political Economy): IEA interview, ‘Central Bank Independence: Time for a Rethink?’ – video
- Professor John Tasioulas (Senior Research Fellow, and Director of the Institute for Ethics in AI), SSRN, ‘The Rule of Algorithm and the Rule of Law’
- Bysshe Inigo Coffey (Early Career Fellow in English): Balliol Online Lecture, ‘Shelleyolatry and Shelleyphobia: The Reception History of Percy Bysshe Shelley’
- Amit Chaudhuri (1987 and Honorary Fellow): ‘In a Silent Way/Indian National Anthem’ – video
- Martin Edwards (1974): on Christmas University Challenge, Express
- Daniel Clode (1990): ‘The Endangered, Adaptable Kaola’, Wall Street Journal
- Rory Kinnear (1996): ‘The umbrella of kindness carries on’, Observer
- Farrah Jarral (2000): First Contact, BBC World Service
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BALLIOL CONTACTS
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- Andrew Gritten (1975): in what would have been his 70th year, the family of Andrew Gritten, who died in 2004, seek memories of him. If you can help, please email Nicky Gritten, his widow.
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PUBLICATIONS
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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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