College Record 2019

COLLEGE RECORD 2019

WOLFSON
COLLEGE
RECORD
2019

WOLFSON
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2019
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
The President’s Letter 7
Alumni and Friends 12
List of Donors 2018–19 14
Chair of the General Meeting 19
FEATURES
Arise, Sir Tim 23
Fingers on Buzzers 24
Plastic in Paradise 27
Celebrating Womanhood 30
News Bulletin 34
CLUBS & SOCIETIES’ REPORTS
AMREF Group 36
Arts Society 38
BarCo 39
Board Games 40
Boat Club 40
Choir 42
Cricket 42
Croquet 43
Darwin Day 43
Entz (external) 45
Entz (internal) 45
Environment 45
Family Society 46
Fotball Club 47
Foxes Women’s Football 48
Wolfson Goodenough Exchange 48
Inter-Collegiate Quiz 48
LGBTQIA+ Society 49
Music Society 49
Old Wolves and Archives 49
Reading Group 50
Romulus 50
Running 51
Squash 51
Tennis 51
Ultimate Frisbee 51
Volleyball 52
Winter Ball 52
Yoga 52
Learn more at wolfson.ox.ac.uk
RESEARCH CLUSTERS’ REPORTS
Ancient World Research Cluster 54
Digital Research Cluster 57
Law, Justice and Society 58
South Asia Research Cluster 59
Tibetan and Himalayan Studies Centre 61
Oxford Trauma Cluster 62
LECTURES & SEMINARS
Annual Lectures 66
Wolfson Lecture Series 66
President’s Seminars 67
THE RECORD
College Officers and Membership 69
President and Fellows 70
Elections and Admissions 76
Fellows 76
Visiting Scholars 77
Graduate Students 78
Elected members of the
Governing Body 82
Scholarships, Awards and Prizes 2018–19 82
Degrees & Diplomas 83
Personal News 90
Books published by Wolfsonians 90
Gifts to the Library 94
Obituaries 95
In Memoriam 99
MEMORIES OF WOLFSON
The Glory of the Gardens 102
Hans and Willy Schenk 106
Naming of the Colin Kraay Room 110
Caramanian plates in the Colin Kraay Room 114
Peter Hulin and the Bristol Bus 116
Editor’s Note 121

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The President’s Letter
SIR TIM HITCHENS
May I begin this annual letter to Wolfsonians
around the world with thanks to you all,
who make up the global Wolfson community.
interviewed for the position by Isaiah Berlin
himself. It brought the past very firmly to the
present.
‘The joke runs that you can
tell the retired Ambassador
because he or she gets into
the back of the car and it
doesn’t drive off.’
When I last wrote I was a recently retired
ambassador. The joke runs that you can tell
the retired ambassador because he or she
gets into the back of the car and it doesn’t
drive off. I’m pleased to say that I now feel
very much a part of the Wolfson furniture
after over a year in place, and it is my trusty
bike which serves me well to get to Broad
Street for Conference of Colleges Meetings,
to the Thames for the racing, or to the
Warneford Site or the Old Road Campus if I
need the exercise.
This academic year was the fiftieth
anniversary of our first Graduate Students
arriving at Wolfson College, in October
1968. I had the pleasure of joining George
Smith, one of those pioneers, in visiting
our original premises at 60 Banbury Road,
now part of Kellogg College – where he
showed me the room in which he had been
Departures and arrivals
Let me start with the sad business of
recalling friends lost this year. I should pay
tribute to Jyoti Raghu, studying for her DPhil
in Theology, and one of the college’s Welfare
Officers, who died tragically last summer.
Other deaths include Professor Michael
Metcalf, Professorial Governing Body Fellow
from 1982–98; Dr John Mulvey, Governing
Body Fellow from 1965 to 1984, and
Maureen Marchant, College Staff from 1977
to 2002, who some of you will remember
became the House Manager.
We have said thank you and farewell to Bill
Conner as our long-serving Development
Director, ably replaced by Huw David.
A number of Governing Body Fellows
are leaving us: we say farewell to Gillies
McKenna, Jim Benson, Lucy Cluver, Ros
Rickaby and Feliciano Giustino; the first
two retiring from their departments after
decades of service, the other three moving
on to exciting new academic projects either
here in Oxford or overseas. We welcomed
Matthew Rushworth and Linda Mulcahy. And
we will be welcoming two new Governing
Body Fellows in Michaelmas Term: Loren
Landau joins us from South Africa as a
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specialist in Migration, and John Lowe will be
Jim Benson’s successor in Sanskrit.
We have said farewell to some well-known
staff, among them Karl Davies, Angela Jones,
Margit Kail, John Kirby, Victor Martinez,
Darren McMahon, Juliet Montgomery, Louise
Gordon and Jan Scriven. And we have
welcomed several new faces in their place,
who are now active around the College.
Achievements by Fellows,
students and staff
May I pay tribute to the outstanding
academic work of our Fellows.
Matthew Rushworth became a Fellow
of the Royal Society; Elleke Boehmer a
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
and recipient of a British Academy Senior
Research Fellowship for 2020. Matt Costa
was made an NIHR Senior Investigator.
Frances Gardner won the Vice-Chancellor’s
Innovation Award for ‘Parenting for Life Long
Health’. Bettina Lange has benefited from a
UNISA award to travel to South Africa next
spring to discuss her research on governing
water scarcity; Jonathan Pila gave the
Hermann Weyl Lecture at Princeton; Ruben
Andersson was one of several Fellows to
publish this year – his book was ‘No Go
World; how fear is redrawing our maps
and infecting our politics.’ Huw David, our
Development Director, published his first
book, ‘Trade, Politics and Revolution: South
Carolina and Britain’s Atlantic Commerce’,
and we look to him to continue the flow
of funds from the USA towards this part of
the world. I should also mention the former
Head Gardener and Chair of the Grounds
Committee, Walter Sawyer, who this year
was awarded an Honorary MA by the
University.
There have this year been building works
which have changed the face of the College.
The most important is the new Buttery,
which has created a remarkable spacious
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and light-filled environment. Do please visit if
you haven’t yet. And we will also soon have
a new Family Room for parents and children
– especially important for those who live
off-site and have families. This time last week
we had our first, and very successful, formal
dinner in Hall which included children.
Tony and his kitchen staff have continued
to offer us remarkable gastronomic events
this year. I would mention in particular
the Thai guest night, in collaboration with
former Graduate Student and Master Chef
finalist Nawamin Pinpathomrat; the Japanese
Washoku dinner with chef Hayashi; and
the Chinese New Year dinner, complete
with fortune cookies. I was also pleased
to see that the College organised an iftar
dinner in June, especially for those students
fasting during Ramadan. And the Tibetan and
Himalayan cluster had about 400 people
attend their Tibetan New Year event in
February.
Our students have as always been very
impressive this year. As of May we had
621 students here at Wolfson, born in 79
different countries, 41 of them on Wolfson
scholarships, active across all the divisions
of the University. So let me turn to the
intellectual life of the College.
Intellectual life of college, including
lectures, seminars, cluster work
It’s often said in Oxford that the problem
isn’t finding the speakers, it’s finding the
audiences. We have done extremely well
this year in finding both, at very different
scales. On the more modest end, I would
point to the President’s Seminar in Trinity
Term, where Matthew Rushworth spoke
about how the brain takes decisions; Junior
Research Fellow Naoya Iwata spoke about
ideas of willpower in Plato and Socrates;
and Graduate Student Alexis Toumi spoke
about how laziness can create efficiency
in machine learning. There have been too
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Sir Tim Hitchens and Ambassador Tsuruoka
for the Diplomacy for the 21st Century lecture
series. Photo by John Cairns
Sir Tim Hitchens in conversation with Dr David Passarelli, UNU Executive Officer, at the Meeting Minds
weekend in Tokyo, Spring 2019. Photo: United Nations University, Tokyo.
many conversations and lectures to list, but
among those I enjoyed in particular were an
examination, in the Brexit context, of who
the British actually are; a talk about Populism
and Brexit; and Anne Deighton dared to talk
about ‘Can we still bear to talk about Brexit?’
We tried to bridge the divide between
humanities and scientific method with a
seminar on how far diversity might be a
central principle in both. We welcomed the
author Philip Pullman and quantum physicist
Michael Niemann to talk about fantasising
in fiction and physics. (This took place in
the week when Emeritus Fellow David
Deutsch was both honoured by the Chinese
Micius prize for quantum computing, and
his eponymous and sadly non-existent
‘Deutsch proposition’ on time-travel was
cited during the blockbuster film ‘Avengers:
Endgame’. Wolfson gets everywhere.) We
enjoyed several major speakers talking
about diplomacy in its variety of forms.
Our Creative Arts Fellow Carey Young
gave a sparkling presentation on her back
catalogue. And of our major named lectures,
I would pick out Sir Venki Ramakrishnan’s,
President of the Royal Society, on both how he
mapped ribosomes and the quirks of success
in science; Kathleen Coleman’s presentation
on ‘Spectacular Diplomacy: Nero and the
Reception of Tiridates of Armenia on the Bay
of Naples’; and the talk by Paul Gilroy in Trinity
Term on racism and liberalism – that last
particularly significant because he has not often
been invited to Oxford platforms.
Our clusters continue to thrive. There has been
so much this year that it is impossible to do
it all justice. The Ancient World Cluster ran a
special day in October showcasing its work,
including a presentation by the Professor of
Medieval Chinese History at Fudan University,
Shanghai. The Digital Research Cluster has
been working with other clusters on a ‘Lives
in Medicine’ project, and is planning a launch
event in Michaelmas Term to mark the new
relationship with the Voltaire Foundation, on
the development of a new digital archive of
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Voltaire’s works. The Oxford Trauma Cluster
has held eight events at the College this year,
most recently in June a session which drew
together translational science researchers
and clinicians who have an interest in
modulating the ways that fractured bones
heal. The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing
organises events week by week; I remember
in particular a set of sparkling performances
in St Clement Danes, the Strand, last term
– which led in part to a significant gift
to the Centre. The South Asia Research
Cluster hosted nuclear physicist and public
intellectual Professor Pervez Hoodbhoy to
talk about the new Imran Khan government
and its prospects. The Tibetan and Himalayan
Studies Cluster has organised events ranging
from Tibetan history and the worship of
mountain deities to the role of magic rituals
in Tibetan Buddhism.
Alumni and Funders
The life of the College also depends on
the quality of our alumni networks and
financial supporters. About a quarter of the
cost of what we offer to our students at
College comes from philanthropy; without
it we could not function at anywhere near
the level we currently can. I have enjoyed
meeting colleagues in Hong Kong, mainland
China, India, Pakistan, and Japan, and following
up leads they have offered. We enjoyed an
excellent alumni event at Lancaster House in
London in December – I was able to show
some of our students and alumni the rooms
in which Malaysia and Zimbabwe had won
independence. And this spring Tarje Nissen-
Meyer gave the Wolfson London Lecture at
Lincoln’s Inn on seismology, elephants, and
why the BBC keeps inaccurately describing
him as a predictor of earthquakes when
that’s the one thing seismologists can’t and
don’t do.
I should also mention our campaign to
house an at-risk academic and his or her
family at Wolfson for six years – our first
family arrived in June, led by Professor Alev
Ozkazanc from Turkey, who studies the
rise in sexual violence in Turkey. We also
host the Global Young Science Leadership
Programme for young academics at risk
for a parallel six years, the first in summer
2019. We raised more than £300,000 and
encouraged many alumni to give to Wolfson
for the first time.
May I also say how important the events
we run at cost here are to our reputation
as well as to our books. The annual e-Bikes
Summit which happens here; the recording
of the BBC ‘Kitchen Cabinet’ programme;
the annual Harry Potter Society weekend,
broomsticks and all; as well as the weddings,
conferences, and innumerable other special
occasions.
Sport, Art and Music
I’ve also been keen that we keep the
cultural life of the College vibrant. Many
of you will have seen the contemporary
African artwork, from Ghana, Benin and
Ethiopia, generously shared with us by
Chris and Florence Levitt. Our long-term
partners AMREF, who work on health
issues across Africa, have given us the two
remarkable Dean Bradshaw photographs of
Kenyan women you may have seen in our
corridors and in the renovated Buttery. The
Ashmolean have also agreed to lend us one
of their outstanding Ganesha statues, which
is both a beautiful work of art and will also
pay tribute to our internationalism here in
Wolfson.
Our musical offering at the College remains
strong, supported by a vigorous partnership
with the Fournier Trio and the Oxford
Lieder; a highlight of the musical year for me
was the Anglo-German Friendship Concert
performed by the visiting Berlin Youth
Chamber Orchestra in May.
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And I am delighted that we have a new
tradition in the College: the May Day
Concert on the morning of the First of May.
My thanks to all those who took part this
year, including some outstanding classical
musicians in our midst; the pristine voices of
our nursery children; the surprising expertise
we have in Korean Taekwondo barehanded
slate-smashing; and what I am confident is
the first time the Haldane Room has seen
pole dancing.
Conclusion
A short review like this by definition misses
out so many other stories, which have
together made up the life of Wolfson this
year. We have packed a lot in. We are a
home, and we are a family; our story is
collective. My thanks to you all for the part
you have played.
My congratulations to those students who
have won Sports Awards or Blues. And
my particular congratulations to our Boat
Club, who marked their fiftieth anniversary
in Trinity Term; all our crews did well in
Summer Eights, but the crown must go to
the Women’s First Eight who for the first
time in their history were Head of the
River. We have plenty of debates in College
about when we should fly our College flag,
but nobody can doubt that they deserved
the honour, not just in getting to the top
position on the second day of the Eights, but
holding off the pressure from Pembroke for
the following two days.
Members of the Governing Body, 2019.
Photo: Gillman & Soame
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Alumni and Friends
DR HUW DAVID
INTRODUCTION
In 2018-19, the
generosity and
commitment of
Wolfson’s alumni and
friends were once again
to the fore in College
life. A major fundraising
effort appealed for
donations to provide
academics at risk with
a temporary safe place
at Wolfson to continue
their academic work and
research. Thanks to the support of more than 100
alumni and friends and a substantial benefaction
from an anonymous donor, the campaign raised
more than £300,000 and will see Wolfson host
at-risk academics for at least the next six years.
The College also received major donations to
support academic research in the College’s
Ancient World cluster and at the Oxford Centre
for Life-Writing, and for scholarships in physics
and quantum computing. A significant legacy from
the estate of Andrew Watson helped the College
to refurbish the Buttery as a space for College
receptions, meetings, and meals.
Events in Oxford and London brought alumni
together to renew friendships and to hear about
Wolfson’s cutting-edge academic research. At the
annual London Lecture, Tarje Nissen-Meyer (GBF)
conveyed the many applications of seismology
to a rapt audience: from understanding how
elephants communicate to determining the
chances of extra-terrestrial life in Jupiter’s icy
moon Europa. A Christmas drinks reception
drew more than one hundred Wolfsonians
to Lancaster House, home of the Foreign and
Commonwealth Office. One a baking hot day
in June, a record number of alumni returned to
College for the annual Gaudy and Syme Legacy
Society lunch, enjoying coffee and pastries in the
President’s Garden, a tour of a special exhibition
of nineteenth-century Japanese prints from Gillies
McKenna (GBF), and a meal in the renovated and
thankfully cool Buttery.
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Further afield, Sir Tim Hitchens travelled to
Shanghai and Shenzhen and returned to Tokyo,
where he met alumni and friends at the Oxford
University reunion and spoke on diplomacy, soft
power and the reputation of Britain’s universities.
In visits to Lahore, Mumbai and Delhi in January
with Matthew McCartney (GBF), the President
outlined to current and prospective donors
Wolfson’s expertise in South Asia studies and the
college’s ambitions to establish new scholarships
for Indian and Pakistani students.
In the Alumni and Development Office itself
there was both continuity and change. Bill Conner
retired as Development Director in April 2019
after more than a decade of outstanding service.
The well-wishers who filled the Common Room
to bid him farewell and good luck in his move
to Cambridge reflected upon the transformative
effect of philanthropy at Wolfson during the past
decade: the many new scholarships, the Academic
Wing, the Leonard Wolfson Auditorium, and
the thriving research clusters, from the Ancient
World to Quantum Physics. Kathie Mackay,
Senior Development Office, and Clare Norton,
Development Officer, continue to welcome
alumni and friends to Wolfson, express the
College’s gratitude to our many generous donors,
and to organise the superb events that bring
Wolfsonians together in Oxford and beyond.
Before I arrived at Wolfson in April, many friends
and colleagues in Oxford told me that I would
find it the most friendly and welcoming of
colleges. Writing five months into my time here,
I can affirm that they were exactly right: as its
alumni, Fellows, staff and students already know,
Wolfson is a very special place.
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Photo: Thomas S. G. Farnetti
STAY IN TOUCH
The Alumni & Development
Office is here to help keep you
connected with the University
after you leave. Don’t hesitate to
contact Kathie Mackay (left) and
Clare Norton (right) who are
happy to help if you have
any questions.
: alumni.office@wolfson.ox.ac.uk
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List of Donors 2018–19
WOLFSON COLLEGE
The College would like to thank the following people and organisations for their
generous donations in the 2018-19 academic year.
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THE ROMULUS SOCIETY
Principal Gifts (£50,000+)
The Augustus Foundation
The Dorset Foundation
Dr Simon Harrison
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Baron Lorne Thyssen-Bornemisza
Two anonymous donors
PRESIDENTS FUND (£20,000+)
The Edith and Ferdinand Porjes
Charitable Trust
The Estate of Professor Andrew Watson
PATRON (£10,000+)
Mrs Mary Bartkus
Professor Julie Curtis
Eutopia Foundation
SPONSOR (£5,000+)
Ms Catriona Cannon
The Derek Hill Foundation
Dr Anthony Wickett
One anonymous donor
MEMBER (£1,000+)
2nd JA Littman Foundation
Dr Moudhy al-Rashid
Dr Stephen Donaldson
Dr Anthony Gray
Dr John Harris
Professor Sir Charles Hoare
Lady Jill Hoare
Dr Ira Lieberman
Professor Kevan Martin
Professor Thomas Nagel
Professor Patricia Nuttall
Professor Andrew Prentice
Dr Ken Tregidgo
Ms Muhua Wang and Dr Wei Ren
Professor Anthony Wierzbicki
Three anonymous donors
THE PRESIDENTS CLUB (£500+)
Dr William Beaver
Professor Derek Boyd
Professor James Byrne
Mr Chia-Kuen Chen
Tim and Kathy Clayden
Mr William Conner
Mr Kent Gilges
Sir Timothy Hitchens
Professor Michael Hitchens
Mr Morgan Hough
Professor Clifford Jones
Professor John Koumoulides
Professor Helen Lambert
Pattie Langton
Dr Roland Littlewood
Dr Gideon Makin
Dr Thayne McCulloh
Dr Jean-Louis Metzger
Mrs Sarah Metzger-Court
Professor Benito Müller
Professor Andrew Neil
Professor Maren Niehoff
Professor Geoffrey Pasvol
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The Paul and Edith Babson Foundation
Professor Victoria Pease
Mrs Judith Peters
Professor Ineke Sluiter
Sir David and Lady Smith
Mrs Lindsay Stead
Dr Leslie Tupchong
Dr Peter Turner
Four anonymous donors
SUPPORTERS OF THE COLLEGE
(£100+)
Dr Nicholas Allen
Professor Jonathan Arch
Dr Pippa Whitehouse
Professor Jere l Bacharach
Dr Marcus Banks
Dr Simon Barker
Steve Barry
Dr Christopher Bartley
Dr Annabel Beacham
Dr Helen Bell
Dr Michael Bevir
Dr Bonnie Blackburn
Dr Michael Boda
Dr David Bounds
Professor Julia Bray
Mrs Margaret Broadbent
Dr Sebastian Brock
Professor Harvey Brown
Professor Christoph Bultmann
Mr George Burnett-Stuart
Professor Richard Butterwick-
Pawlikowski
Dr Robin Buxton
Lady Helen Caldwell
Mr Carl Calvert
Dr Choon Chai
Dr Cyril Chapman
Miss Tanisorn Chayutimand
Mr Howard Clarke
Dr Nicola Clarke
Professor Pamela Clemit
Professor Reuben Conrad
Dr Linda Cooper
Professor Alan Cooper
Dr Andrew Crane
Professor David Cranston
Dr George Cranstoun
Professor Abigail Cunningham
Dr Paula Curnow
Mr Karl Davies
Dr Roberto Delicata
Professor Kennerly Digges
Ms Sarah Donaldson
Dr Simon Dowell
Dr Charles E. Ehrlich
Ms Georgina Ferry
Mrs Caro Fickling
Professor Peter Flewitt
Dr Rebecca Foote
Dr Matthew Frohn
Dr Timothy Geer
Brigadier Alan Gordon
Dr Susan Graham
Professor Barbara Harriss-White
Dr Sabina Heinz
Dr Alan Heward
Dr Raymond Higgins
Dr David Holloway
Professor Ann Jefferson
Professor Jeremy Johns
Professor John Johnson
Professor Carolyn Kagan
Dr Philip Kay
Dr Lorcan Kennan
Mrs Vienne Kim
Professor John Koval
Mr Yusaku Kurahashi
Dr Matthew Landrus
Dr Zoia Larin Monaco
Dr Ann Laskey
Professor Helen Lawton-Smith
Professor Robin Leake
Dr Richard Lindley
Dr Elizabeth Lodge
Dr Jeffrey Lucas
Mr Michael Macdonald
Mr Alan Mapstone
Mrs Barbara Marcum
Professor Dr Colin McDiarmid
Dr Tom Mclean
Mr Christopher Metcalf
Dr Paul Metzgen
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Dr Caspar Meyer
Professor Sir Fergus Millar
Dr Victoria Mort
Mr Karsten Nevermann
Professor Euan Nisbet
Ms Lucia Nixon
Dr Eiluned Pearce
Dr John Penney
Dr Janice Pinder
Dr John Pinot de Moira
Professor Karla Pollmann
Mr Raymond Pow
Dr Anthony Rabin
Professor Christina Redfield
Dr Ruediger Reinecke
Dr Julie Richardson
Professor Daniel Robinson
Professor Ulrike Roesler
Dr Janet Rossant
Professor David Roulston
Ms Enid Rubenstein
Dr Judith Ryder
Dr Arthur Ryman
Mrs Louise Samuel
Dr John Sellars
Dr Sunay Shah
Professor Joanna Shapland
Professor Alistair Small
Professor Sir Richard Sorabji
Dr Christopher Staker
Dr Carol Stanier
Mrs Gillian Stansfield
Mrs Catherine Storr
Dr Anne Sykes
Professor Heinrich Taegtmeyer
Dr Michael Taylor
Professor Swee Thein
Dr Noreen Thomas
Professor Robert Thomas
Charles and Karen Thompson
Mr Christopher Thompson-Walsh
Dr Ed Thorogood
Dr Michael Tully
Mr Nouri Verghese
Mr Christopher Walton
Dr Alastair West
Lady Patricia Williams
Professor John Woodhead-Galloway
Dr Adam Wyatt
Dr Ying Yu
Mr Ahmet Yurekli
Dr Warclaw Zawadzki
FRIENDS OF THE COLLEGE
Dr Azad Arezou
Miss Sophia Backhaus
Dr Wenjia Bai
Mrs Liz Baird
Professor Colin Barnstable
Professor Robert Baron
Mr Peter Berkowitz
Dr John Bidwell
Dr Eve Borsook
Dr Steven Bosworth
Professor Harry Bryden
Dr Andrew Busby
Mrs Suzanne Campbell
Ms Mary Caple
Dr Sarah Carpenter
Mrs Jacqueline Caspi
Mr Yin Yat Chan
Dr Vinton Cheng
Dr Susan Cheyne
Professor Timothy Claridge
Mrs Oonagh Clark
Dr Yehudah Cohn
Dr Rosalin Cooper
Dr Diana Crane
Dr Aurélie Cuénod
Mr James de Jonge
Dr Davide Di Maio
Professor Robert Dingwall
Dr Elena Draghici-Vasilescu
Mr John Edgley
Ms Neire Yesim Erim
Professor Trevor Evans
Extended Mind
Miss Catherine Fan
Dr Nuno Miguel Rodrigues Faria
Mr Thomas Filbin
Ms Kerstin Frie
Miss Lin Gao
Dr Ruth Geraldes
Dr Alun German
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Professor Richard Gombrich
Dr Yegor Grebnev
Mrs Mengyun Han
Professor Paul Harrison
Professor Jonathan Hart
Mrs Margaret Heathcote
Miss Helen Heathcote
Professor James Henle
Miss Amy Holguin
Mr Michael Holubowskyj
Miss Ching-Yi Huang
Professor Herbert Huffmon
Dr Dalia Iskander
Dr Jane Itzhaki
Dr Agnieszka Iwasiewicz-Wabnig
Dr Barry Johnston
Ms Margit Kail
Dr Ben Kenward
Dr Xiaolin Li
Mr Wai Yeen Issac Lim
Miss Kathryn Mackay
Dr Nancy Macky
Mrs Sarah Maitland Parks
Dr Robyn Marsack
Professor Rosalind Marsh
Dr Diana Martin
Ms Diana Martin
Dr Moujan Matin
Professor Patrick McGhee
Professor Dan Mercola
Professor Rana Mitter
Mr Hugh Morris
Professor Philip Mountford
Dr Linda Murgatoyd
Ms Evangelia Myttaraki
Dr Jonathan Noble
Professor Robert Owens
Dr Elena Palmieri
Mrs Nicola Park
Mrs Carol Poole
Professor Steven Prawer
Mr George Prew
Miss Lia Raitt
Ms Tabassum Rasheed
Professor Peter Rhodes
Ms Sawsan Samara
Ms Janet Scriven
Dr Roy Spilling
Dr John Sutton
Dr Robert Tanner
Mrs Yeliz Teber
Dr Tim Viney
Professor William Wagner
Dr Mohammad Waseem
Mrs Fiona Wilkes
Mrs Suzanne Wilson
Mr Beau Woodbury
Mr Jonathan Woolf
Xiaoyun Xu
Mr Boon Ping Yeo
Professor Norman Yoffee
Dr Mackenzie Zalin
Professor Norman Yoffee
Dr Mackenzie Zalin
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JOIN THE
CONVERSATION
There are two General Meetings
a term, at which all Members of
Common Room are welcome:
Wednesday of Weeks 2 and 7, at
5.30 pm in the Upper Common
Room. Find out more about how
you can get involved in the College’s
committee structure at:
wolfson.ox.ac.uk/becoming-committee-member
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Chair of the General Meeting
ETIENNE HANELT
The General Meeting
occupies a special
place in Wolfson’s
institutional structure.
It transacts Common
Room business
(Statute VIII, 3),
but also receives
reports from College
committees and may
be used to bring
items before Governing Body (Regulations III,
5). This dual purpose, and its being open to
all members of College and Common Room,
makes it unique and puts it at the heart of
democratic and egalitarian Wolfson.
The social and cultural centre of the College
is the Common Room. There is much to
say about the many activities and events
of the past year, and the many clubs and
societies, but I will let those responsible for
these amazing things speak for themselves
in the ‘Clubs and Societies’ section of this
Record. But here, I think, is the place to thank
everyone who volunteered their time to
make Wolfson such a special place.
This year’s General Meetings were quite
political gatherings. A few examples: members
of College and Common Room debated
two proposals for a new flag policy and
came down in favour of one which regulates
the flying of special flags rather than bans
them altogether. Governing Body eventually
followed the suggestion of General Meeting,
over one favoured by the General Purposes
Committee. Second, General Meeting
repeatedly called for the College to sign
up to the Oxford Living Wage. With some
success, too. Governing Body approved
paying the Voluntary National Living Wage,
which gave members of staff on the lowest
pay grade a steep and well-deserved pay
rise. Third, with the backing of General
Meeting, the College has started the
tradition of a family-friendly formal hall. But
General Meeting has not always prevailed.
Despite student resistance, a requirement
has been added to Battels that students
need to top-up credit before incurring
expenditure such as meals in Hall.
Not all our work is public. Lobbying behind
the scenes ensured that Governing Body
agreed to increase transparency by ensuring
that only the bare minimum of its agenda (as
required by the Statutes) would be handled
as reserved business in the absence of the
elected members.
It has been a dynamic year. Having many
new people at the College presents both
opportunity and risk. It is an opportunity
to look afresh at our ways and procedures,
to question the status quo. But it is also a
risk: the loss of institutional memory means
that it is all too easy to forget what is worth
preserving. Our community defines itself not
just by outcomes, but also by the process of
consultation and egalitarian participation. A
confident General Meeting will help Wolfson
College steer its course firmly into the next
year and into the future.
INTRODUCTION
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Highlights from
our year
Television appearances, helping
the environment, charity work
and a knighthood – it has been
an eventful year for some of our
Wolfsonians.

This academic year we welcomed
our furriest, most adorable new
staff member: Jack the Welfare Dog.
Photo: Ayub Khan
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Arise, Sir Tim
Tim Hitchens receives a knighthood from the
Queen at Windsor Castle. The President was
honoured for his service to the Queen.
The former Ambassador to Japan was honoured at an
investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle on 2 November 2018
for his service to the Queen.
Sir Tim said: ‘I’m delighted. It is a very nice recognition of the
work done as one phase of my life comes to an end and
another, here at Wolfson, begins.’
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Photo: House of Windsor
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Fingers on
Buzzers
FEATURES
Wolfson took to the screen
this Michaelmas term. The
team consists of Mike Perrin,
Mary Caple, Claire Jones
and Ryan Walker, who will
be battling it out against
the rest of the brightest
university students in BBC’s
University Challenge.
Tune in and cheer on
our team.
Sirius | The College wolf makes his
first appearance on TV.
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FEATURES
Photo: ITV Studios
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Plastic in
Paradise
Josephine Mahony, Ecology and Climate Science student at Wolfson College, returns
from a successful mission to clean up plastic at the remote island of Aldabra. The
project was to return the island to its pristine state by reducing plastic waste.
Sir David Attenborough once commented that the Aldabra Atoll is ‘one of the world’s greatest
surviving natural treasures’. Aldabra, the world’s second-largest coral atoll, is one of the
Outer Islands of the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean. It has escaped many human threats over
the centuries, but plastic pollution has found its way there. The project of clearing the
island of man-made rubbish was launched in 2018, with generous sponsorship, corporate and
individual. It has attracted growing international interest and was highlighted at the G7 Summit
in 2018 by the President of the Seychelles. The team, seven from the Seychelles and five
from Oxford, included Josephine Mahony, a fourth-year DPhil student at Wolfson in Ecology
and Climate Science in East-Africa. On 16 February they went to Mahé, the largest island in
the Seychelles, and on to Aldabra a week later, and only returned after five weeks of clearing
the beaches from plastic.
What was your first impression when you came to Aldabra?
‘Oh, I cried. When you come closer to the island, you realise that there’s life everywhere.
When we first arrived, there was an epic sunset, crabs all over the beach, sharks swimming in
the water, and turtles nesting on the beach.’
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And what about the plastic pollution?
‘We were based in the south of the island, a part of Aldabra that is very inaccessible, which
means that the plastic pollution there is hard to get rid of. There was a big difference between
the amount of plastic on the beaches there compared with more northern beaches.
In some places the plastic was two metres deep. It’s buried amongst the seaweed, but you’re
pulling out entire chairs; we picked up about fifty thousand flip-flops, and a mass of lighters.
We found just about everything you can think of that’s made of plastic.’
Photo: Christian B
Can you tell us a bit about the project?
‘There were three different phases, the first one being the clean-up phase. This was the most
physically intense part. The alarm went off at five in the morning, but it took a while to get
ready. We were in camps with bunk beds and a cooker. If you wanted to go to the toilet,
you had to work out when everyone else was going, and then walk a quarter of an hour
past spiky rocks and deal with the mosquitoes. We had ten cups of water a day each for
showering. All this meant we usually got started around 6:30. We’d walk to the nearest beach
while carrying water and the sacks we needed, food, and lots of sun cream. We would create
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a little shelter on the beach and then would start picking up plastic. There were set categories.
One of us would be picking up flip-flops, a second plastic bottles or fishing gear, and the third
was picking up miscellaneous items. On other days we’d just put everything in sacks and sort
through it later, when it was too hot to be on the beach. Around nine o’clock it would get
so hot that all the giant tortoises would disappear for shelter. From 11:30 to 14:30 the heat
would get so intense it was hard to keep working. Imagine tropical temperatures, high humidity,
no shade, the sand heating up, and your carrying heavy sacks full of plastic. It was like being in
an oven. If we were close to our base, we would go back around noon, make some lunch and
try to relax. Some people would sleep, but I found it too hot because my bunk was just underneath
the corrugated iron roof. The heat would usually break around two, so we’d go and pick
up plastic for another four hours. After that, we’d go back to base, cook dinner and get ready
for the next day. Some nights we had to take baby turtles back to the sea, because our lights
would accidentally attract them to our camp.
During the second phase, I was part of a team of three that supported Sky News as they
filmed a documentary for the Aldabra Clean Up Project. It meant helping the crew, setting up
tents, cleaning up the nearby beaches, both on and off camera. We all were interviewed by Sky
live on air.The other nine volunteers were moving the plastic we’d picked up along the coastline
to central pick-up points on key beaches, helped by the Seychelles Coast Guard.
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The final stage was getting all the plastic onto boats, which was where the Seychelles Coast
Guard really helped: they had much more training and experience in dealing with big waves
and boats in challenging situations. And there were a lot of them: an extra thirty people makes
a huge difference. We would be sprinting up and down the beach dragging the plastic to them.
It was like interval training, really. We had to be very quick, but the skippers knew what they
were doing. So that was that; you’d finish a beach, go on to the next one, wait until the waves
were right and start the process all over again.’
What happened with the plastic after putting it on the boats?
‘The 25 tonnes of plastic we cleared was put on containerships, which went back to Mahé to
be stored in a warehouse there. The reason we separated the plastic into those different categories
was because, before the project started, certain people and organisations were asked if
they would be able to do anything with it when collected. A chunk of it was taken away to be
used for educational outreach and art projects. The aim is to send PET plastics to a PET
recycling factory on Mahé. Environmental charities were contacted to see if they could repurpose
the fishing gear, for ships that want to fish in a sustainable way. But it has been a bit unclear
what is happening to the rest of it. One of the problems is that recycling plastic is actually
very difficult. Once it has been in the ocean and has started to break down, my understanding
is that it can be almost impossible to recycle it. It’s much better for the plastic to be stored in a
warehouse in Mahé than floating in the ocean, but we must decide what we want to do with
it. Fortunately, there are a lot of conversations happening internationally, asking similar questions,
now that the oceans are polluted. Even if you get the plastic out of the oceans, where
does it go? It’s an ongoing issue, but at least people are talking about it.’
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Working with the Coast Guard loading one of the smaller boats. Photo: Josephine Mahony
How did this project influence your plastic usage?
‘I’m definitely trying to cut down on plastic since I got back. At least I’ve learned what’s
recyclable and what’s not, because I now know what the little codes on plastic packaging
mean. I would also like to write letters to companies, to say that all this plastic isn’t necessary.
I am hoping to join some campaigns to fight against single-use plastic. I tried taking a picture
of everything that I touched in one day made of plastic, and it was just ridiculous. Almost
everything around us is made of plastic. What happens next? The best thing we can do is to
raise awareness.’
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What advice would you give to Wolfsonians who are trying to cut down
their plastic usage?
‘I think people should check whether their fish (especially tuna) is caught using fish aggregating
devices. They cause a lot of trouble when they wash up on islands in the Indian Ocean. They
can weigh more than a tonne. This isn’t sustainable. It’s sad that the fishing gear used to catch
our fish is turning into dangerous marine plastic litter on some of the most pristine ecosystems
in the world.
Everyone can look up the recycling codes which sit in the little triangle of arrows on plastic
packaging. Everything that has 1 to 6 in it, can be recycled. But as soon as it’s 7 or higher, it
can’t be recycled. It’s good to understand which products can come back into this closed
system, and which can’t be reused.’
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Magbalhi | 40 | member
of women’s group |
Rombo, Loitoktok
FEATURES
Celebrating
Womanhood
Two prints have been given to Wolfson College by
Amref Health Africa, in recognition of decades of
support. They come from a photo series by Los Angeles
photographer Dean Bradshaw and portray women from
Amref projects as they wish to be seen: as individuals –
not victims. Their stories show the positive effect of good
reproductive health.
Fatima | 38 | Landlady |
Kibera, Naoribi
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AMREF AFRICA
Wolfson College has
supported Amref Health
Africa since the late-1970s.
The prints are currently on
display in the ground-floor
library corridor.
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Lopan | 30 | Farmer | Elelea, Turkana
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Lilian | 20 | Rombo, Loitoktok
Nankalayiai |16 | Rombo, Loitoktok
FEATURES
Photos: Dean Bradshaw
Rosemary | 55 | Birth Attendant | Rombo,
Loitoktok
Hellen | 30 | Seamstress | Turkana lakeside
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News Bulletin
FIFTY YEARS SINCE FIRST GRADUATES
CAME TO WOLFSON COLLEGE
In 2018 we celebrated fifty years since
Wolfson opened its door to researchers and
students.
FIRST WORKSHOP IN HINDI AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
The South Asia Research Cluster took part
in a three-day Hindi Diaspora Literature
workshop conducted entirely in Hindi, the first
such academic workshop at the University of
Oxford.
WALTER SAWYER ADMITTED TO THE
HONORARY DEGREE OF MASTER OF
ARTS
Walter Sawyer, Head Gardener of Wolfson
from 1982 to 1991, was admitted to the
honorary degree of Master of Arts at the
University of Oxford.
THE ACADEMICS AT RISK CAMPAIGN
During Michaelmas 2018 the College raised
over £300,000 to place academics at risk and
their families at Wolfson.
SIR THOMAS ALLEN IN CONVERSATION
25 January 2019
Wolfson College had the honour to welcome
Sir Thomas Allen, on of the world’s most
celebrated opera singers, for the second
Weinrebe Lecture of the year. He performed
and had a conversation with Radio 3 presenter
Kate Kennedy and pianist Simon Over. The
event was organised by the Oxford Centre for
Life-Writing.
WASHOKU DINNER HOSTED BY THE
JAPANESE EMBASSY AT WOLFSON
2 February 2019
The Washoku dinner, hosted by the Japanese
Embassy as part of the Japan UK Season of
Culture 2019–20, presented Japanese food in
its social and historical context.
WOLFSON STUDENT INVITED TO
THE LAUNCH OF AMREF UK’S SPRING
CAMPAIGN
Amref UK invited DPhil student Ryan
Walker as a representative to the launch
of ‘Health in Her Hands’. The event was
hosted by Amref’s long-time Patron, HRH
the Prince of Wales.
EBIKE SUMMIT 2019
10 April 2019
Wolfson College hosted the very first
international business event for the
eBike industry on Wednesday 10 April.
Organised by sustainability media company
Green.TV, the summit brought together
business leaders, local and national
government representatives, environmental
activists and others to explore and
promote this fast-growing sustainable
mode of transport.
SYMPOSIUM IN SILICON SOLAR CELL
TECHNOLOGY
15 and 16 April 2019
The Oxford Symposium in Silicon Solar
Cell Technology took place at Wolfson.
Its aim was to bring together researchers
from the University of New South
Wales and institutions in Europe who are
developing the technology for improved
silicon solar cells.
THE QUANTUM CLUSTER IN
CONVERSATION WITH
PHILIP PULLMAN
Wolfson was honoured to welcome Philip
Pullman, the novelist, for a conversation
on the role of fantasising in creative
thinking. Pullman was in conversation
with Michael Nielsen, quantum physicist,
science writer and computer programming
researcher. Their topic was whether and
how creativity is fuelled by fantasies in all
sorts of different intellectual endeavours.
Nielsen represented the point of view of
science, whilst Pullman spoke for that of
the humanities.
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JAPAN’S ENERGY POLICY AFTER THE FUKUSHIMA DISASTER
Wolfson welcomed Naomi Hirose, Executive Vice-Chairman for Fukushima Affairs at the
Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), for a lecture on Japan’s Energy Policy after the
Fukushima disaster. Mr Hirose, who has worked for TEPCO for four decades, set out his
views and answered questions about Japan’s current energy policy.
A MASTERPLAN FOR WOLFSON
As Wolfson begins to consider the next phase in its development, we have contracted awardwinning
architects Penoyre and Prasad to produce an architectural masterplan. This will look
several decades into the future, and give the College an architectural context for any future
development proposals.
GANESHA SCULPTURE ON LOAN FROM THE ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM
A masterpiece of Indian sculpture is now on view in College, the elephant-headed god
Ganesha sitting on a lotus throne. He sits at the entrance to the Buttery, opposite the Library
display cases.
FEATURES
Alumnus George Smith (middle) revisited memories from his Wolfson days, 50 years ago,
together with Sir Tim Hitchens and Jonathan Michie, President of Kellogg College.
Have you published a book, won a prize, or achieved
something noteworthy? We would like to hear
about your achievements. Please send the details to
communications@wolfson.ox.ac.uk
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Clubs and
Societies
REPORTS
AMREF Group
by Nameerah Khan
In 2018 Wolfson celebrated
forty years of supporting
Amref, Africa’s leading health development
organisation: it saves lives and improves living
conditions in the most impoverished and
marginalised communities. The anniversary
was commemorated by the presentation
of two wonderful photographs of African
women taken by Los Angeles photographer
Dean Bradshaw: they are now displayed
in the corridor leading from the Café to
the Old Lodge. At the ceremony Frances
Longley, Amref UK CEO, and Sir Tim
Hitchens spoke warmly of the long Wolfson-
Amref association.
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This year the Amref Group has had a
record number of student representatives,
with Aditi Agrawal, Sara Balte, Nameerah
Khan and Ryan Walker jointly taking up
the responsibility. The Sunday Coffee Shop
restarted in Michaelmas, and has been
an increasing success, with many people
attending and volunteering baked goods.
Bonfire Night was another great success for
Amref – with the mulled wine bringing in
£460, and bucket-shakers bringing in over
£840. Amref pub quizzes were held in Hilary
and Trinity terms, in conjunction with BarCo,
raising £50 and £93 respectively. For the
second quiz, three generous prizes were
donated by local businesses: the Victoria
Arms, TOAD Distillery and the Oxford
Wine Company. And in June the President
very kindly gave a talk in aid of Amref on
the Japanese art of haiku poetry: £295 was
raised that night from sales of his book of
haiku, written when he was Ambassador to
Japan. This year’s Summer Event included
an Amref stall, for which various members
of the college community baked delicious
goods, helping to raise £62.
On 8 March Ryan Walker represented
Wolfson at the launch of Amref UK’s spring
campaign ‘Health in Her Hands’, which was
hosted by the Prince of Wales at Clarence
House. ‘Health in Her Hands’ shines a light
on the female health workers transforming
lives across Africa, and Ryan had a chance to
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Ryan Walker meeting the Prince of Wales at AMREF Africa launch of ‘Health in Her Hands’.
discuss Amref’s work with Prince Charles,
who is the charity’s long-time patron. Of
his meeting with the Prince, Ryan recalls:
‘I’m very grateful to Amref and Wolfson for
providing me with that opportunity. I did my
best to inform him of some of the excellent
work that Wolfson does in supporting
Amref. He was very interested in what I had
to say, and was particularly impressed that
the College’s relationship with AMREF has
been just as long as his tenure as patron.’
In April Wolfson donated £4,800 to
‘Health in Her Hands’: we sent as much
as we possibly could, knowing that the UK
Government would match all the public
funds donated to the project; this meant
that Wolfson’s £4,800 became £9,600. We
also gave £3,000 to fund the Wolfson-Amref
Bursary, which supports students taking the
charity’s flagship Diploma in Community
Health.
It has been a truly amazing year of
fundraising. To everyone who has made
these donations possible – a very warm and
appreciative thank you.
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Arts Society
by Peter Stewart
This year’s exhibition
programme started with a
subtle and humane evocation
of two marginal areas of England by Steve
Empson. ‘Two Communities on the Edge:
Dungeness and Seal Sands’ looked for
the resonances between these distantly
separated landscapes in Kent and County
Durham respectively (both as famous
for their neighbouring nuclear power
stations as for their natural beauty). We
were hugely grateful to Steve for donating
one of his works after the exhibition, the
watercolour and pastel ‘Coltsfoot Behind the
Dunes’, which currently hangs outside the
Upper Common Room. In a shift of tone,
Michaelmas Term was seen out by a series of
new abstract paintings by Jon Rowland: ‘And
Life is Colour’.
2019 opened with an unusual exhibition,
a series of photographic reproductions
of tapestries embroidered by Palestinian
women as part of the Oxford-based
Palestinian History Tapestry project (www.
palestinianhistorytapestry.org). The tapestries
are intended to show a neglected and
often fragmented history of Palestine from
antiquity to the present, a story which can
never be apolitical and whose later chapters
are particularly contested. We are very
grateful to the organisers, Jan Chalmers
and Lady English, for putting the tapestries
and their messages in context, and the
exhibition was well received. Samples of
the textiles themselves were also exhibited,
together with a historic British passport
from the period of the Palestinian Mandate,
which evoked the colonial and post-colonial
historical fault-lines of the region.
The tapestries were followed by a show
of very different photographs, Jenny
Blyth’s ‘Reflecting the Landscape’. Many
of her photographs were taken through
changing seasons in the grounds of Wolfson
and in Port Meadow. She lived with the
College, and the images of its buildings are
sometimes almost abstract as she captures
the angles and reflections of Powell and
Moya glazing. We were delighted to be able
to acquire one of these for the permanent
collection.
In April the Oxford-based painter and
illustrator Tom Cross gave us ‘Shapes
and Adventures’, an exhibition of some
of his work since 2004, which traced his
interest in different stylistic approaches
as well as enduring concern with abstract
compositions and colour combinations. Next
up was the Ulster-born artist Naomi Litvack,
whose ‘Field Notes’ presented evocative and
sometimes unsettling landscapes in oil on
panel, mostly painted in Wiltshire and the
Scottish Highlands and Hebrides.
The 2018/9 programme came to a close
with a fascinating personal selection of
Japanese Ukiyo-e (‘Floating World’) prints
from the collection of Wolfson’s own
Professor Gillies McKenna and Ruth Muschel.
This rich and gorgeous exhibition captures
the middle-class world of nineteenthcentury
Japan, a time of superficial prosperity
and relative isolation for the country. ‘The
Golden Age of Japanese Prints: Kunisada,
Kuniyoshi and Hiroshige’ exceptionally
continuing through summer 2019, to allow
as many to see it as possible. We have
also decided to host longer exhibitions in
general, typically now for three weeks at
a time, which is more economical of time
and effort by the artists, more satisfying for
their audiences, and makes Wolfson a more
attractive venue for exhibition.
The display case on the balcony above the
Marble Hall has continued to put a spotlight
on small, often exquisite art and craft
exhibits. Among this year’s highlights were
selected works by the virtuoso Londonbased
glass-maker Jochen Holz.
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The most important development in respect
to the College’s own art collections was a
very generous and exciting loan by Christian
and Florence Levett, of four works. These
stunning paintings in oil and acrylic, both
abstract and semi-figural, are the product
of different generations of leading African
artists: the octogenarian Ghanaian painter
Ablade Glover (a monumental figure in
modern West African art), the Ethiopian
Wosene Kosrof, and two works by Beninborn
Dominique Zinkpe. The three larger
paintings now hang in the Haldane Room,
with the smaller, jewel-like Kosrof in the
Upper Common Room. These loans are
visually transformative and also stand
powerfully for the global character of
Wolfson. We are extremely grateful for the
opportunity to display and live with them.
The Arts Society has benefited this year from
the advice and encouragement of the new
Creative Arts Fellow, the visual artist Carey
Young, who gave a lecture on her recent
work in February, ‘Subject to Contract: An
Artist’s Explorations of Business, Politics and
Law’. But we have also been sorry to see
two departures. In January Mark Norman
stood down after more than nine years as
Chair of the Arts Sub-Committee, and a
few weeks later we said goodbye to him as
he left the committee and headed for the
Channel Islands. Mark’s calm wisdom and his
experience as former Head of Conservation
at the Ashmolean Museum were invaluable
for the work of the Arts Society. It came
as a tremendous shock to all of us to learn
that Mark had died suddenly this autumn,
only months after leaving Oxford. In January
Jan Scriven retired as Arts Administrator, a
role that she had performed for more than
six years, after standing down as College
Secretary in 2013. We will miss Jan’s energy
and expertise, but are delighted to welcome in
her place Luisa Summers, who comes from a
background in art history and administration at
Modern Art Oxford and the Hayward Gallery.
Luisa’s skills and vision have already made an
impact as we plan ahead for 2019/20.
BarCo
by Nameerah Khan
The College Cellar Bar has
had an eventful year. It began
with Freshers’ Week, when
we held several events including a pub
quiz, karaoke, beer pong, and were part of
a college pub crawl. This piqued interest in
the bar among the freshers, many of whom
joined the rota to be part of this amazing
student-run bar, with inductions being held
in both Michaelmas and Hilary. We hosted
various events throughout the year, including
several highly successful bops and a gig by
a Lithuanian folk singer in conjunction with
Wolfson Internal Entz. BarCo also hosted an
open mic night, two charity pub quizzes for
AMREF, a Star Wars-themed event for May
the 4th, and a charity karaoke for the Nasio
Trust.
Trinity Term saw the formation of a new
Bar Committee, and we have a full Social
Sub-committee for the first time in years.
We look forward to many more exciting
events in coming months. Throughout the
past year, BarCo has been taking suggestions
to diversify our drinks collection: we now
have a wide variety of new choices such as
whiskies from India and Wales, beer from
Jamaica, and several new non-alcoholic
options (including two non-alcoholic beers).
The bar is also being updated, with several
old pieces of equipment being replaced by
new and more efficient ones. Members of
BarCo have come up with various signature
cocktails – some of which were slightly
more popular than others. Among the most
beloved were the SpongeBob, the Dagobah
and of course the Tincture of Wolfblood.
We look forward to another exciting year
ahead, and are always looking for ways to
make the bar an inclusive, safe and fun place
for the Wolfson community.
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Board Games Society
by Michael Slota
Two years ago, Nicola Dotti
and I founded the Wolfson
Board Game Society. With
the funds given by the College this year, we
were able to extend our collection of board
games which comprises simpler and more
complex games, so that players without
previous knowledge can have fun, but
experts will still be challenged. The collection
contains strategic and role-playing games,
as well as social games for larger gatherings.
Games are being played regularly, and
we like to think they extend the range of
entertainment possibilities in College. They
are a great way to meet new people and
have fun together.
We hosted a big event at Fresher’s Week
with more than twenty people attending.
It was a lot of fun and a great success in
recruiting new players.
Boat Club
by Sophie Schauman
This year the Club celebrated
fifty years since our first
appearance in Summer Eights, and we did it
with a BANG!
2018/19 started like most years with a
large intake of novices, many of whom soon
found lots of fun, friends and fitness. The
novice men finished the term with a win
in Nephthys Regatta, and the women took
second place in Christ Church Regatta.
In Hilary the novice and senior squads
merged to train together for Torpids.
Wolfson entered more crews than any
other college: five men’s crews and
three women’s crews. Many members
experienced bumping and getting bumped,
but the bumps up outnumbered the bumps
down. M4, consisting of recent alumni who
wanted to row one last time, managed to
bump every day and were awarded Blades.
After Torpids, our sights were set on
Summer Eights. Again, training meant
early mornings on the river, blood, sweat
and tears on the rowing machine. But
training pays off, and at Summer Eights we
again entered five men’s crews and three
women’s. M4 (a beer boat out for fun and
bumps) and M5 (a mixed crew that included
three women) battled it out in the lower
divisions. M4, which included many former
first-crew rowers, had no problem catching
the boats ahead and moved up six places.
M5, on the other hand, got bumped every
day and were awarded Spoons, but their
spirits never faltered. Two of their members
got their revenge when they joined M3, and
bumped at every opportunity and were
awarded Blades and the M3 Headship. W3
also succeeded in maintaining their W3
Headship, and bumped up 3 places. M2 and
W2 both held their positions, both being
bumped once and bumping once, with W2
also holding the W2 Headship. M1 fought
hard in the top end of men’s division 1, but
unfortunately went down one place. But
W1 succeeded, for the first time ever in the
history of the Club (both men and women),
in reaching the Headship, the highest
position on the river of all colleges.
The fiftieth anniversary and the new
Headship were celebrated at an alumni
dinner on the Saturday of Summer Eights,
which hosted both recent alumni and alumni
from earlier years, including members of the
very first (1969) crew. Our achievements
owe quite as much to the commitment of
previous members as to that of current
members.
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HEAD OF THE RIVER
A nail-biting Summer Eights finale
saw the Wolfson and St Cross Women
team winning the title of Head of
the River. A fantastic end to a week
filled with enthusiasm from rowers
and their suppporters.
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Wolfson Choir
The Choir got off to an excellent
start with a well-attended
‘Choir and Cupcakes’ event
during Wolfson Week, which introduced
potential members, as well as old hands,
to our new director, Caroline Lesemann-
Elliott. There was an energetic but informal
rehearsal in the Auditorium, followed by
home-made cupcakes in the Café. A core
group of about twelve members then met
throughout Michaelmas Term – a mix of
Wolfson students, post-docs, and visiting
students, as well as a few from other
colleges. At the end of Week 8, we put
together a Christmas concert, on Sunday
after the Winter Ball; a chance for members
of Wolfson to gather for Christmas music
ranging from the Coventry Carol to ‘Baby,
it’s cold outside’. We were joined by cellist
Kate Kennedy from the Oxford Centre for
Life-Writing, with her son on percussion,
making it a multi-generational celebration of
Wolfson. Mince pies were munched happily
afterwards, and donations taken for Amref.
In Hilary our rehearsals moved to Mondays,
and we spent the term preparing for a joint
concert with St Cross, as part of their annual
musical evening. The theme was ‘Folk music’,
and each choir sang a few songs, before
ending with a combined performance of
‘Only in Sleep’, a beautiful setting by Ēriks
Ešenvalds of a poem by Sara Teasdale. It
was a wonderful opportunity to sing in
a very different venue from usual, and
with a new group of singers. A few of us
were able to join St Cross at their formal
dinner afterwards, where we discussed the
possibility that this could become a regular
collaboration.
Trinity Term started with the May Morning
Concert in Week 1: only a small group of
us were able to take part, since several
members had other commitments on a
Wednesday morning, but we sang a highly
appropriate mix of songs, from a round
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which imitates the bells of Tom Tower at
Christ Church, to ‘Sumer is a cumin’ in’, for
which we all put on our best Old English
accents.
We hope to continue and to grow in the
coming year.
Cricket
by Basil Nelis
I took over the captaincy of
the Wolfson / St Cross cricket
team from Pascal Delany at
the beginning of the season. I would like to
thank Pascal, congratulate him on his time as
captain, and express my enthusiasm at having
the opportunity to take over the role. I
would also like to thank Merton College and
their head groundsman, James Lisle, for giving
us permission to use their nets.
The team entered two competitions this
term, League and Cuppers. We faced Balliol
II in our first league match of the season.
A slick opening partnership from Laurie
Hutchence (30) – whose promising innings
was cut short by a shocking umpiring
decision – and Navin Cooray (30) provided
us with a good platform to build on. A slight
collapse down the order ensued, and this
set the stage for an inspired performance
at number 8 from Quinn Larkin, a baseball
player by trade making his bow on the
cricket field. Quinn gave the innings a
much-needed boost and looked on course
for a maiden half-century before being
caught behind, agonisingly, on 49. Balliol
were set with a total of 184 which they
failed to chase and Wolfson / St Cross were
comfortable winners by 60 runs. In the
first round of Cuppers we faced Queen’s,
with the game taking place on an overcast
afternoon at their beautiful grounds on
the banks of the Thames. A brewing storm
restricted us to a 15-over match and, despite
a superb knock by Navin (57) and some
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excellent bowling from Harkirat Singh,
Queen’s were the better side and won by
seven wickets. We were offered a reprise
and were drawn against Trinity in a ‘Bowl’
round of Cuppers, but we failed to profit by
it and were knocked out definitively, losing
a very close encounter in which Harkirat
starred again with a magnificent five-wicket
haul.
The rest of the season was plagued by
some dreadful weather which caused no
fewer than four matches to be called off.
Fortunately, the rain didn’t dampen the
team’s spirit nor its enthusiasm. We await
next season with impatience.
Croquet
by Etemitope Ajileye
This year was characterised
by two events that have long
been part of the Wolfson
Croquet team tradition, and something
new: the substitution of the old hoops with
new, sturdy tournament-grade ones. They
combine with our croquet lawn (very few
colleges have a dedicated lawn) to make
Wolfson one of the best places to play in
Oxford.
The two highlights of the croquet calendar
were Cuppers, between April and May,
which saw the first team advance four
rounds before it was eliminated by a very
skilful team from Keble; and Cherwell Day,
in June, which saw energetic participation by
the competing teams despite the uncertain
weather.
The croquet team will continue its mission
to popularise the game within the Wolfson
community. With help from the gardeners
and the College administration, it will
continue to offer tournament-level fields and
equipment to members of the College and
their guests.
Darwin Day
This year’s traditional Wolfson-
Darwin Sports Day was
celebrated on 16 March, it being
our turn to travel to Cambridge and meet
the other side of the family. Forty-three of
us woke up very early to get on the bus,
and the trip was long enough for some of
us to go on sleeping; but even if some of us
started the day tired, we could all feel the
excitement and competitiveness in the air.
We were greeted on arrival by Mohamed
Ali and Stephanie Metzger, the Darwin
students in charge of organising the event,
who made sure it all went smoothly.
The day started with walking and punting
tours around the city, which gave us all a
chance to get to know this ‘other place’
we keep hearing about. Unfortunately the
weather was not at all nice, and we had to
face very strong winds that made punting
harder than usual, but our brave Darwin
hosts managed to get us around and bring
us back safely. The rowing competition had
to be cancelled because of the wind, but,
paddles aside, the day featured a lot of other
sporting events, such as basketball, squash
and football. They ended in a very tight score
between the two colleges, the only casualties
being a few cracked eggs.
Other activities were board games (with
special thanks to Stephanie, who went out
of her way to buy a copy of Dominion after
she heard it was a popular game among
the visitors), Drink and Draw (which is
exactly what it sounds like), and University
Challenge of course, in which we defeated
Darwin by miles, thanks to our amazing
University Challenge team.
Afterwards Darwin treated us to a very nice
formal dinner at which the day’s winner was
announced: Wolfson, by a narrow margin.
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Student’s enjoying our Chinese
New Year Celebration. If you are
part of a University Club and such
a club doesn’t exist at Wolfson,
you’re entitled to claim 50% of the
membership to a maximum of £25
per annum per student.
Photo: John Cairns
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Because the old trophy had been lost by
Darwin last year, they got us a new one,
which we brought home with us and will
fight to keep in future years.
The day ended with a very special bop
that featured a Darwin DJ and a great
performance by the Darwin band ‘The
Galapagogos’. Once again, regardless of
who won (and we did, in case you ask), the
event was enjoyed by all concerned and
brought us closer to our sister college: we
are all students living much the same life,
and belong to the same family whichever
place we come from. We look forward to
welcoming our distant cousins here next
year, and giving them just the same friendly
experience they gave us, but not including
the trophy.
Good luck, Darwin. See you all next year!
Entz (external)
by Maysa Falah and Nicholas
Michelarakis
Another big year started with
three exchange dinners in
Michaelmas, with Lady Margaret Hall, Linacre
and St Antony’s. We organised a trip to
Bath and another to the ‘Lion King’ musical
in London. In Hilary, three more exchange
dinners were held, with Green Templeton,
St Peter’s and Brasenose, as well as a wine
and cheese exchange with Worcester and
Regent’s Park. We made a trip to London to
watch ‘The Book of Mormon’ musical, and
we organised an event to support the Boat
Race in April. Trinity came bringing good
weather which we took advantage of, by
enjoying exchange dinners with St Anne’s
and Somerville, as well as a trip to Brighton
and another to the last performance of
the famous musical ‘Aladdin’. The year has
been rich in enjoyable events, and we look
forward to even more in Michaelmas 2019.
Entz (internal)
by Nameerah Khan
An amazing year, with five bops
and a concert. We started
in Freshers’ Week with the Alphabop. In
Hilary we hosted Bop Through the Ages,
a history-themed bop which resulted in
lots of creative, time-bending costumes
and the birth of a new cocktail, Tincture of
Wolfblood. We followed this up with a more
relaxed event, an eclectig gig by Lithuanian
folk singer Andy Vaic (St Anne’s) who chose
the Wolfson Bar as the venue for his first
solo performance in Oxford. Then came
MmmBop, the biggest party of the year: this
90s-themed bop in the Hall and Haldane
Room is always a great success. The first bop
in Trinity was cartoon-themed, with lots of
colourful characters dancing about, and we
ended the academic year like the true nerds
we all are, with a fantasy-themed bop that
turned Wolfson into a world of dragons,
elves and wizards.
Environment Team
by Angelina Palmén
The Environment (‘Green’) Team
has continued its work as a forum
open to all members of Common
Room, meeting twice a term to raise
and discuss ideas for new environmental
initiatives, and to devise plans of how to
work with different College departments to
realise them.
Improving communications has been one
of our key initiatives. In Michaelmas, the
Green Team made its presence known
at the Freshers’ Fair with environmentalthemed
giveaways and collecting sign-ups
for food recycling bins. We have updated the
‘Sustainability’ tab on the College website,
moving it to a more logical area under
‘Accommodation’ to give those living on site
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easier access to the important information
that it contains, for example about recycling.
Facebook has been used regularly to reach
the community with information updates
and fun facts about living sustainably at
Wolfson.
In February this year, to promote action on
climate change, the team hosted a film night
screening the documentary ‘Tomorrow’
(Demain, 2015). College members took part
in the Climate Justice March in Oxford and
the Extinction Rebellion in London.
The College has taken some major steps in
recycling and to combat single-use plastic.
Additional recycling bins have been added in
places including the Library, Café and Upper
Common Room. Information stickers on
bins have been refreshed, laminated new
signs have been put up around public spaces,
with infographics of recyclable items. The
catering team has done a great job: plastic
water bottles are no longer sold in hall, new
water refill points have been added, multiuse
bottles with the College’s own filtered
water are now used for formal dinners
and other events. Biodegradable hot and
cold single-use cups have been trialled, with
plans for their wider use in the near future.
The Wolfson Nursery has likewise made
great improvements, developing its system
of waste disposal and teaching the children
about environmentally friendly practices.
funds towards replacing windows with
double glazing in the next few years. In
the meantime, we are looking into other
ways to make heating and lighting more
efficient, particularly in public areas such
as the Library. A working group has been
established across all Oxford colleges to
see how best to collaborate in developing
appropriate carbon reduction targets and a
plan of works to achieve it.
After the trials last year at making plantbased
food more available in Hall, we can
report that vegan options are now provided
at every meal during term-time alongside
vegetarian options, and consistently out
of term-time. The informal meals menu
is also now available online out of termtime,
making meal planning a lot easier. The
vegan burger has been so popular that one
Member of Common Room even wrote a
poem, shared on Facebook, entitled ‘An ode
to the Vegan Burger’.
In recognition of these and many other
improvements during the past year, Wolfson
was given the Silver Award in the NUS
Green Impact Awards at the University’s
annual Sustainability Showcase. I am
proud to have served as Environment
Representative for the last two years, and
am confident of handing over the reins to a
very capable successor at the beginning of
Michaelmas 2019.
Structural improvements are underway to
improve the sustainability of our buildings.
When roofs need repairing, they are being
enhanced with insulation. Funds have been
set aside to begin a long-term project of
gradually replacing single-glazed windows
with double-glazed ones for better efficiency.
These funds will allow some prototype
double-glazed windows to be made to
match the existing appearance and to
seek Building Protection Officer approval.
Then the College hopes to raise further
Family Society
by Chigusa Yamaura
The Society has had another
great year. It began in October
with our annual Meet and
Greet Party, welcoming new and returning
families. We also organised the always
popular Pumpkin Carving event and
Halloween Party. The children – dressed
in all varieties of costumes – went trick-
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or-treating with their parents all round the
College, including the President’s house,
and then finished the evening with a pizza
party. We held a Winter Party in December,
with cakes and teas. In the cold and dark of
January we organised a movie afternoon in
the TV room with popcorn. We also enjoyed
a potluck lunch in March.
One of the highlights of this term’s events
was the children’s art event in February,
organised by Theresa Hofer and Charlotte
Kirchhelle. All the children who attended
contributed to the final masterpieces, which
were also displayed in the Hall. The second
children’s art event was held during the
Cherwell Day Summer Party in June. In June
we also took advantage of the nice weather,
organising a Sports Day / Picnic in the sports
field, for families to enjoy running, jumping,
and playing with kites, Frisbees and bubbles,
or simply lying down under the blue sky.
The Society has much appreciated the
support of the College, which has continued
to be very family-friendly. Early this academic
year, we held a meeting with the President
and Home Bursar to discuss the needs of
families, which updated the guidelines for
families in College. In June, at the initiative
of Etienne Hanelt, the College held its first
family-friendly formal dinner, which gave
some families with small children their
first chance of attending a formal dinner.
Moreover, a new Family Room will open
shortly, where members and their families
can feel at home and socialise. The Society
will continue its work of making College
members with families feel welcome and
part of the Wolfson community.
Football Club
by Hamish Couper
The Wolfson / St Cross football
club had a successful season
with more than forty players taking part,
over half of them new freshman players.
The first team maintained its position in the
MCR first division, ending up in fifth place,
12 points off the title. Top goal scorer was
Hamish Couper, helped by a second-half
hat trick against Keble. We also had a good
Cuppers run, getting to the semi-finals
which we lost in a tight match (0–1) against
Corpus / Linacre. We only need two or
three new players in key positions next year,
to compete for the league and cup titles.
The second team had a successful first
season in its arrangement with Corpus /
Linacre which will continue next year, thanks
to our good relations with them despite
being beaten by them in Cuppers. The team
also finished in fifth place in the MCR third
division, 9 points above the drop and only 4
points off promotion, which promises well
for the future.
Wolfson / St Cross also ventured into Futsal,
coming third in the inaugural league, and
making the semi-final of Cuppers before
another tight 0–1 loss, this time to St Hugh’s
MCR. Player of the Season was Basil Nelis
for the second team, and Ilo Zak for the first.
Let me thank Matthew Mckernan and Elliot
Abbott for their joint-captaincy this year, and
wish Eoin Finnegan and Youssuf Saleh the
best of luck as they take over the mantle of
captains.
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Foxes Women’s Football
by Emilia Quinn
The Foxes have had a triumphant
season. We won the Hassan’s
Cup with an 8–0 victory over St
Hugh’s under the lights at Iffley. We topped
the Women’s First Division league, winning
all six of our games. We also topped the
Futsal league, winning nine out of ten games,
and won the Futsal Cuppers by being
undefeated throughout the tournament.
During Trinity we enjoyed casual five-asides
at University clubs, and look forward
to building and developing our team for
2019/20.
Wolfson Goodenough
Exchange
by Kerstin Frie and Jenny
Vafeiadou
Goodenough College is an educational
charity rather like an Oxford or Cambridge
postgraduate college in providing residential
accommodation for talented British and
international postgraduates and their families
studying in London. It is a vibrant 700-strong
international community drawn from 77
countries, with dozens of sporting and
cultural clubs, a library, a dining hall and a bar,
which provides its members with much the
same study experience as Wolfson does, but
in London.
This year we established a new bidirectional
exchange with Goodenough, which in
May brought ten of its students to Oxford
for the day, and in June took ten of us to
London for the day. The afternoon in Oxford
included a tour around the city centre and
Wolfson, followed by a well-deserved break
for coffee and cake. We had a lovely punting
trip to the Victoria Arms in the afternoon
and a delicious formal dinner at Wolfson in
the evening.
Our itinerary in London included a tour
around Goodenough itself and Bloomsbury,
which allowed us to explore the college
and its surroundings. We also had a picnic
and played a game of croquet in the college
quad. This was followed by a coffee break,
featuring an impressive homemade Wolfson
/ Goodenough-themed cake. The day was
topped off with some prosecco and music
in the quad and a delicious dinner in their
Great Hall.
On both days Wolfson and Goodenough
students mingled and got to know each
other; we all had a lot of fun. The exchange
was an invaluable opportunity to meet
postgraduate students in London, and to
find out whether Goodenough might be a
good place for further studies. We hope to
repeat the exchange next year.
Inter-Collegiate Quiz
by Claire Jones
The annual Inter-Collegiate
Quiz is run by the University
Quiz Society and features teams
of four from different colleges competing
at University Challenge-style questions.
This year’s ICQ began in Hilary and ended
with the semi-finals and final in Week 3 of
Trinity. The three-person team from Wolfson
– Mary Caple, Claire Jones and Grigore
Gafencu – proved that reduced numbers
were no handicap when they won their
group outright by defeating Hertford A and
Corpus Christi B, and were then awarded
a bye in the first knockout round thanks
to their excellent bonus conversion. After
cruising past Lincoln and Magdalen A in
the next two rounds, they faced last year’s
champions, Merton A, in the semi-final; but
a few incorrect answers from the other
side meant that Mary’s decisive buzz on the
final starter question sealed things for the
Wolves, who went on to defeat Merton B
in the final. For Mary and Claire, ICQ was
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a sequel to recording Wolfson’s first-ever
appearance in University Challenge, which
goes out in July.
LGBTQIA+ Society
The Society began the
academic year on 13
November 2018 by screening
the critically acclaimed movie Fire (1996),
directed by Deepa Mehta and starring
Shabana Azmi and Nandita Das. In Hilary, it
marked Pride month by collaborating with
the Library in a display of academic works
on the articulation of sexuality across the
world. On 19 February, in association with
the College welfare officers, it organised
a Welfare Tea at which rainbow tea and
rainbow cakes were served. And on 23
February, again with help from the welfare
officers, it screened the movie ‘Birdcage’
(1996), when pizzas and cold drinks were
served.
The Society thanks the College for its help
and support, and will organise other such
events in coming years. It invites suggestions
and further participation by members of the
College. Everyone is welcome.
of Hamburg played one of its Anglo-
German Friendships concerts at Wolfson,
to celebrate the international ties of the
College, the University and the country.
Concerts have already been planned for
next year, and we hope that in Michaelmas
further musicians from our freshers will join
the Music Society.
Old Wolves and Archives
by Liz Baird and Dr Ellen Rice
The Old Wolves meet once a
term for lunch, which is usually
followed by a talk by one of our members.
Membership is open to anyone – Fellows,
students, staff, partners, widows and
widowers – who enjoys reminiscing about
the College and meeting others who do so
too.
On 1 October 2018, to mark the fiftieth
anniversary of the arrival of Wolfson’s
first students and junior research fellows,
Professor George Smith – the second JRF to
appear at Wolfson, in 1968 – was, with the
President, welcomed back to the College’s
first home at 60 Banbury Road by Jonathan
Michie, President of Kellogg College which
now occupies the building.
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Music Society
by Felix Tennie
Wolfson has once again seen a
wide range of musical activities. As
in previous years, the Oxford Lieder Festival
and the Fournier Trio came here each term,
staging well-received performances in the
Auditorium. The choir has continued its
work with a new conductor and gave a
concert during Advent. It also performed at
the May Day event, which saw a number of
keen Wolfson musicians and guests joining
forces to deliver an extraordinary range
of different music styles. At the beginning
of Trinity, the Youth Chamber Orchestra
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On 1 November, Stephen Grounds (GS
1968) – marking his own birthday, as well
as almost exactly fifty years since he came
to Wolfson as one of our first intake of
students and JRFs – gave an enjoyable
illustrated talk about the little-known artist
and forger, Joseph Lycett, whose life’s
trajectory, from Birmingham to Australia
and back again, Stephen and his wife Pauline
found themselves emulating.
On 3 November another Old Wolf, Walter
Sawyer, received formal recognition of
his service to the University when he
was admitted to the honorary degree
of Master of Arts. Walter was Wolfson’s
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Head Gardener from 1982 to 1991, when
he was appointed Superintendent of the
University Parks (until 2017), and has been a
Supernumerary Fellow since 2001.
On 14 February 2019 Ben Simpson
(Old Wolf and HMCR) gave us a most
informative illustrated talk on the work
and travels of one of his forebears, entitled
‘Letters from America, 1865: An English
Quaker’.
On 9 May another of our early graduate
students, Christopher Schenk (GS 1972),
gave us a personal reflection on the
experiences of his father Willy and his uncle
Hans, who came to Britain as refugees
from Prague during the Second World War.
Hans Schenk is known to many Wolfsonians
as one of our founding (Iffley) Fellows.
Christopher has also contributed to this
Record an article based upon his talk, which
was recorded by his son Gabriel; the video
may be accessed on YouTube at https://
youtu.be/vg9fkAEOKrY
One of our current graduate students,
Shivangi Kaushik, worked with Ben Simpson
and Christopher Schenk on book displays
related to their talks, and both she and one
of our Old Wolves, Mary Thomas, have
been working as volunteers in the College
Archives this year. We are grateful to them
both for so kindly giving us their time.
On 18 June we welcomed back to the
College Old Wolf Dr Hubert Zawadzki,
with other members of the Abingdon Area
Archaeological and Historical Society. We
gave them an introduction to the history
of the College, its architecture, and gardens,
and – so far as the miserable weather
permitted – a short walkabout. We are
most grateful to those who assisted with
this event, particularly Dr John Penney
(EF), Walter Sawyer (SF) and the architects
Marion Brereton and Alan Berman (HF).
And thanks too to Professor Jim Kennedy
(EF), who gave a quick impromptu talk on
the fossils in the Stallworthy Grove, the
colour and texture of which was beautifully
highlighted against the drizzle.
Reading Group
by Jan Scriven
The Reading Group was initiated
by William Fiennes in 2005 when
he was Creative Arts Fellow, and has met
regularly ever since. Out of an extensive
mailing list, a steady core of members attend
our meetings which take place about every
six weeks. This year we have read LaRose
by Louise Erdrich; The Sympathizer by Viet
Thanh Nguyen; Maurice by E M Forster;
Wise Children by Angela Carter; The Ice
Palace byTarjei Vesaas; Orlando by Virginia
Woolf. Some may be more popular than
others, but they are all books worth talking
about.
New members are always welcome, and
we are pleased to extend membership to
friends from outside the College.
Romulus
by Emese Végh
Romulus is Wolfson’s literary
magazine. There is a different
theme each year, and this year’s
was ‘Ritual’. It was introduced, together with
last year’s Romulus, at an event in November
in the College bar with live music,
photography, discussion panels and readings
by students from their own work. This year’s
Romulus was published in June 2019, and
introduced at another popular event. Three
members of the editorial team continued
from last year, Eduardo Paredes Ocampo,
Lisa Heida, and Emese Végh, and were
joined this year by Rose Stair, Sofia Contino,
Grigore-Aristide Gafencu and Yongchang
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Chin. The team, despite its members coming
from different disciplines, is united by a
common passion for writing and literature. It
received impressive numbers of high-quality
submissions from College members in the
form of poems, short stories, academic
pieces, drawings and paintings. It was a joy
editing this amazing work, and very hard to
decide which pieces there was no space
for. When the new theme is revealed in
Michaelmas, we urge everyone to submit
contributions to the next Romulus.
Squash
by Ravinda Gunaratne
The Club has had a great
year and, despite losing a
couple of top players after graduation,
it managed to field two teams of
five in the college leagues. Despite
an early Cuppers exit, the first team
gained promotion to the top League in
Michaelmas, only to be demoted again
after a tough Hilary. But with many of
our new players staying on, we hope
to mount a fresh challenge next year.
Running
by Emily Warner
The Club has enjoyed another
successful year, building on the momentum
created by Tom Carruthers during his time
as President 2016–18. We have continued
to meet twice a week for a social run and
intervals session: the company of other
Wolfson runners was particularly welcome
during the dark winter evenings.
Four members ran in the Oxford halfmarathon:
Jon Connolly, Andreas Lauritzen,
Kevin Schlegel and Lorel Scriven. We also
entered a mixed team in the Teddy Hall
Relays: Tom Carruthers, Peter Guevera, Emily
Warner and Kim Fuellenbach. We were
pleased to come tenth in our category, as
the second-fastest mixed college team, with
a strong run by Tom giving us our fastest leg.
The Club continues to welcome runners of
all abilities, and aims at providing a friendly
and sociable environment for everyone to
enjoy running. We have enjoyed exploring
off-road routes around the Wolfson
Meadows and in Port Meadow, and our pub
runs have proved particularly popular. If you
haven’t joined us already, then next year is
your chance to get running.
Tennis
by Thomas Chen
The Club welcomes
beginners to the sport
as well as advanced players, and
regular players found Wolfson’s two
courts remained in great condition
throughout the year. As in previous
years, the Club has organised weekly
subsidised coaching sessions by a
professional coach, an opportunity
which has attracted many new
members. A relatively small group of
players participated in the University
tennis league, where we play in the
third division. We had some successes,
and are currently in third position.
Ultimate Frisbee
by Edward Miller
The University Ultimate
Frisbee league is a weekly
competition between
colleges culminating in a single-day
‘Cuppers’ in May. This year Wolfson
combined with St Anne’s and did
respectably, our team finishing fourth
out of ten.
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In Cuppers itself, Wolfson was able to recruit
its own Frisbee team and reached a very
respectable fourth place, playing the whole
day without any substitutions.
Volleyball
by Alba Rosa Piacenti
The University Volleyball team
included three members
from Wolfson (Pinar, Julia and Alba) and
competed in the British Universities and
Colleges Sports premier south, achieving
fifth place against some of the best teams
in England, and sixth place in the student
cup. In the annual Varsity match they
beat Cambridge 3–1, thanks to the many
Wolfsonians who came to support their
Blues.
REPORTS
Winter Ball
by Carolina Rivas-McQuire
This year’s Winter Ball on 1
December was inspired by
Alice in Wonderland. Tickets sold out within
hours, and numbers were the highest ever,
with 650 guests. It brought Wonderland’s
favourite characters to life in a plethora of
acts ranging from musicians to magicians,
from acrobats to actors. The Committee
is forever grateful to Tracy Fuzzard, Barry
Coote and the College catering and
maintenance staff, not to mention Sir Tim
Hitchens, who lent us his own giant teacup
for the evening. We must also thank all those
who gave their time and dedication, by
serving on the committee or by helping in
other ways: more than 450 paper butterflies
were made by hand for the occasion. We
are proud of our achievement and can’t wait
for next year.
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Yoga
by Kristine Homoki
The Club holds classes throughout the
year, in term and vacation. Most classes
are flowing and dynamic, which is great for
overall strength, joint health and flexibility,
but there are days when we slow down
and focus on relaxation and calming the
mind. Students enjoy this variety of themes
with no two classes quite the same, and
being able to practise the many dozens of
postures and flows they learn.
Classes are open to the public also and the
local community, on Wednesdays at 6.00
pm and Saturdays at 12.15 pm. No previous
experience is necessary, only the willingness
to learn and be challenged in a fun and
healthy way.
REPORTS
Photo: John Cairns
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Research
Clusters
Wolfson is home to a number of renowned research clusters, who are pushing the
boundaries of knowledge. These are their reports for the past year.
Ancient World Research Cluster (AWRC)
by Janet DeLaine, Sarah Graham and Diana Rodríguez Pérez
REPORTS
The Cluster has again had a busy year, with a number of special events and new initiatives in
addition to the regular programme. Our fundamental aim is to support College members
working on Ancient World topics – currently over 120 – and to promote interdisciplinary
working and exchange across different age groups and experience. Thanks to generous
funding from Baron Lorne Thyssen-Bornemisza (HF), we are able to do this through grants,
sponsorship of research events and the organisation of a variety of activities intended for
both our members and the wider University and public. We also support projects which
foster collaboration with other academic institutions, both within the University and around
the world. The breadth of our members’ research interests is reflected in the wide variety of
events we have been able to organise.
SPECIAL EVENTS
October saw an exciting afternoon on the theme of ‘Ancient and Modern: research in
ancient world topics in the modern world’, presentations by senior members of the AWRC
and those at earlier stages of their careers, in honour of the new President. It was followed
by a special ‘In Conversation’ between Sir Richard Sorabji (HF) and John Sellers, a former
JRF now at King’s College London, which concluded with a reception and dinner. To coincide
with this event, the AWRC hosted a visit by Professor Xin Yu, Professor of Medieval Chinese
History at Fudan University, who gave a presentation on research in ancient world topics at
Fudan.
Christian Levett (HF) gave a lively and well-attended ‘In Conversation’ event followed by an
open audience question and answer session. Slade Professor Barry Flood gave a fascinating
informal seminar on Islam and Images, chaired by Cluster member Professor Jeremy Johns.
There was a book launch for Digital Imaging of Artefacts: Developments in Methods and Aims,
edited by Kate Kelley and AWRC member Rachel Wood, and based upon a workshop held
at Wolfson.
NEW INITIATIVES
The AWRC manned a stall at the Freshers’ Fair – a first for Wolfson Research Clusters –
which attracted considerable attention and resulted in new members. We created a display
of new publications by our members in the Library showcases on the first floor of the
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REPORTS
A research cluster in the College
gardens. Photo: Roger Tomlin
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Academic Wing. The website has been updated with the notable addition of podcasts from
the President’s Event and Chris Levett’s ‘In Conversation’. The AWRC, the Oxford Centre for
Life-Writing and the Digital Research Cluster began discussions this year on possible areas
of collaboration. The first result will be a joint seminar series between OCLW and AWRC
during Michaelmas 2019 and Hilary 2020, on ‘Approaching Ancient Lives’.
LUNCHES AND AFTER-LUNCH TALKS IN COLLEGE
These bi-termly events continued to be well attended, and once again we were able to put
on a rich and varied programme. Five of the six talks were from Cluster Members Stephanie
Dalley, Michael McDonald, Elise Morero, John and Mary Brockington, and Martin Henig. The
sixth was from Visiting Fellow Søren Handberg, Associate Professor of Classical Archaeology
at the University of Oslo.
REPORTS
GRANTS AND AWARDS
The AWRC has welcomed the new Lorne Thyssen Scholar, Greg Thompson, who is studying
the coinage and economy of Boeotia in the fourth century BC for his DPhil. During the
three terms since the start of Trinity 2018, it was able to give grants in support of seven
workshops, conferences and seminar series to be held at Wolfson, organised by a welcome
mixture of Fellows of different standing and student members. The wide-ranging topics
included Science and Technology in Premodern Asia, Greek Architectural Repairs, Byzantine
and Islamic Material Technologies, Assyriology, Sanskrit and Indology. Eleven research awards
were made to graduate students for fieldwork or attending conferences, four to Fellows, and
one to other members.
THANK YOU
We are grateful to Martin Goodman, Paul Roberts, David Taylor, Elizabeth Tucker, Peter
Barber and former Director Jacob Dahl for their continuing help as members of our Steering
Committee. Louise Gordon and her team in the Events Office, and Alex Messenger in the
Accounts Office, continue to provide invaluable support.
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Digital Research Cluster (DRC)
by David Robey
The DRC ran a workshop on 18 June 2018 with the Isaiah Berlin Legacy Project: ‘the Isaiah Berlin
Digital Archive, a test case for the development of online research resources’. It was supported by
the Oxford Centre for Life-Writing, the Oxford e-Research Centre, and the Bodleian Libraries’
Centre for Digital Scholarship.
We have continued this line of collaboration with research clusters / centres in College through
a joint project with OCLW and Dr Jacek Mostwin of Johns Hopkins University on ‘Lives in
Medicine’. This small pump-priming project, supported by Dr Mostwin and the John Fell Fund,
will serve to develop a major grant application based in OCLW and supported by the DRC. The
major project will seek to improve the quality and ethical environment of medicine by directing
the public, the medical and related professions, policy-makers and the medical industries, to engage
with and learn from the lived experience of patients and practitioners. Combining medical, lifewriting
and digital humanities expertise, it will create an extensive electronic archive of documents
of lived experience in medicine, linked to a set of innovative research sub-projects and providing
the platform for a multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional network for research, education and public
engagement.
We are currently planning a launch event in Michaelmas Term to mark the growing collaboration
between the Voltaire Foundation and the College, on the development of a new digital archive of
Voltaire’s works. We have initiated a series of termly DRC lunches.
REPORTS
Photo: Gilles Lambert
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Law, Justice and Society (FLJS)
By Denis Galligan
The Foundation for Law, Justice and Society enjoyed another productive year with its
programme of lectures, workshops, book colloquia, and film screenings. In October, we held
the fourth Max Watson Annual Lecture to commemorate the former FLJS Board Member
and Wolfson Fellow, at which Emeritus Professor Denis Galligan considered what the rise of
hardline populists tells us about the place of the people in the constitution.
The Foundation’s film programme, FLJS Films, continued to attract wide audiences and
prominent speakers. In February, we gave a UK premiere to the film ‘Golden Kingdom’, the
acclaimed first international feature film to be produced in Myanmar since its reopening, with
a post-screening talk with the film’s director Brian Perkins and South-East Asia expert Dr
Mandy Sadan from SOAS.
In Trinity we were pleased to invite Sir Tim Hitchens to open Hirokazu Kore-eda’s film ‘The
Third Murder’. Sir Tim spoke of his experience in making the case against the death penalty
in Japan during his time as Ambassador, before introducing a pre-screening talk by Tony Rayns,
film critic and expert in East Asian cinema.
REPORTS
In Hilary we collaborated with the College’s new Creative Arts Fellow Carey Young, a
conceptual and video artist examining language, behaviours, architectures and theoretical
frameworks related to law and business. Carey gave an introductory talk and screened her
video ‘Palais de Justice’ (2017), which features female judges at Belgium’s main courthouse,
positing a speculative future in which women control the judicial system.
Also in Hilary, we staged the third in our series of new Putney Debates at St Mary’s Church,
Putney. This year we focused on the role of the courts in the wake of the ‘Enemies of the
People’ controversy and politically charged judgments on Article 50.
Our final lecture of the academic year also took on the thorny issue of Brexit, when
Professor Neil Walker, University of Edinburgh, argued that the conflictual politics of Brexit,
characterized by entrenched divisions between Leavers and Remainers, can be traced back
to features of the British constitution.
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South Asia Research Cluster (SARC)
by Barbara Harriss-White (EF)
SARC activity consists usually of small events on a shoestring – films, book launches,
discussion with and lectures by visitors, work in progress, graduate student workshops – or in
providing a location for large outside-funded conferences which need seclusion, for example
in recent years, Rohingya, non-democratic politics, and the criminal economy.
SPECIAL EVENTS
• Professor Imre Bangha (GF) organised an animated debate on the history of Indian
textiles and a workshop on diasporic writing in Hindi.
• Professor Iftikhar Malik (MCR) launched his book From Orientalisation to Securitisation:
Pashtun History and Politics, and generated a lively discussion on Afghan-Pashtun politics.
• Dr Ali Jan (JRF) organised an international workshop on long-term village studies
inspired by the new book by Himanshu (who presented), Peter Lanjouw and Nicholas
Stern, How Lives Change: Palanpur, India, and Development Economics, based on the village
of Palanpur in North India.
• Dr Afiya Zia (JRF and Pakistani MP), helped by Dr Maryam Aslany (MCR), organised a
fascinating book launch and discussion on Faith and Feminism in Pakistan.
• Dr Tara van Dijk (VS and Marie Curie Fellow) organised an international workshop on
the vernacular government of South Asian cities.
• Professor Louise Tillin (KCL) discussed her Leverhulme-funded research on the history
of South Asian social welfare.
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THANK YOU FROM TAHSC
We would not have been able to facilitate these events
and contribute to the Wolfson community without
funding from the College, for which we are extremely
grateful. In particular we thank Louise Gordon and her
team in the Events Office for their support.
Photo: Sanjay Hona
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Tibetan and Himalayan Studies Centre, (TAHSC)
by Lama Jabb
As in previous years, the cluster continued to host a broad range of academic and cultural
events to which all members of the College were invited. The cluster organised guest
lectures on a diversity of topics ranging from Tibetan history and worship of mountain deities
to the role of magic rituals in Tibetan Buddhism and rediscovered Tibetan treasure literature.
The speakers came from the UK and from universities abroad including Vienna, Bochum,
Berlin, Jena and Paris.
In Michaelmas 2018 we held the fourth annual Aris Lecture, established in 2015 in memory
of Michael and Anthony Aris and their contribution to Tibetan and Himalayan Studies. This
year’s lecture was delivered by Dr Sam van Schaik from the British Library before a packed
audience in the Auditorium. It focused on ‘Magic, Healing, and Ethics in Tibetan Buddhism’
and explored the role of books of spells in Tibetan Buddhism within the Buddhist ethical
framework.
Another annual highlight worthy of special mention was the ‘Losar’ party in early February.
Once again we celebrated the Tibetan New Year with live Tibetan music, dancing and
traditional food and drinks. This popular event was organised in previous years by our late
colleague and former Wolfsonian Tsering Dhundup Gonkatsang (1951–2018), and this
year it was celebrated in his honour. Once again it attracted members of Wolfson and the
Unversity, together with Tibet enthusiasts, Tibetans and Mongolians from Oxford, London
and elsewhere. These New Year parties have gathered momentum and are very popular
with the Wolfson community, providing as they do a rare and jovial social space for students
of Tibetan and Himalayan Studies and other Wolfsonians to interact with Tibetans and
experience Tibetan culture.
REPORTS
In Hilary 2019 we were fortunate to entertain Yangten Rinpoche, the esteemed Tibetan
Buddhist master, who came to Wolfson as a So-Wide visiting scholar. We organised a
lecture by him on Tibetan monastic education at the Oriental Institute, where he also held
a discussion on this topic with Dr Jonathan Samuel, the current Junior Research Fellow in
Tibetan and Himalayan Studies at Wolfson. We also facilitated the translation of Rinpoche’s
lecture, which was attended by cluster members and current Tibetan and Himalayan Studies
students.
Since Hilary 2019 cluster members Dr Robert Mayer and Anna Sehnalova have been
running the Asian Treasure Traditions Seminar at Wolfson, consisting of several lectures given
by a diversity of speakers from the UK and abroad. This ongoing seminar focuses on Tibetan
and other treasure traditions within an interdisciplinary perspective, with the aim of coming
to a better understanding of their possible origins.
In June the cluster hosted Gesture, Body and Language in Tibet and the Himalayas, a workshop
co-organised by our cluster member Dr Theresia Hofer and Professor Elisabeth Hsu. This is a
cross-disciplinary exploration of the relationships between gesture and language, and the role
of signifying embodied movements more broadly, in culturally Tibetan and related linguistic
areas of the Himalayas.
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Oxford Trauma Cluster
by Xavier Griffin and Matt Costa
Each term we hold two open-invitation meetings, preceded by lunch in College. They
embody an educational session on aspects of trauma care and an open-invitation lecture of
general interest.
THIS YEAR’S WEDNESDAY SESSIONS AND LECTURES:
3 October 2018, we invited our PPI (patient and public involvement) Members to discuss
JLA Lower Limb and Upper Limb as well as PPIs experience.
5 December, we hosted Professor Paul Kind, who is a founder member and past-President of
the EuroQoL Group, a multinational research cooperative responsible for the development
of EQ-5D, and who recently retired from its Scientific Executive after more than twenty
years. Associate Professor Xavier Griffin also provided an exciting insight into Fracture
Healing.
23 January, our NDORMS Grants Team gave a talk on ‘The Journey from Ideas to Funding
to Running / Reporting a Project’. Duncan Appelbe, another internal speaker, updated us on
digitalising trials through REDCap. This session also gave us a valuable opportunity to discuss
ways forward and to provide feedback for the Trauma Trials Day.
REPORTS
27 March, Peter Knapp, Senior Lecturer at the University of York, informed us about
developments in online digital media and its use in clinical trials, which is particularly useful
for informing patients and developing their understanding about taking part in clinical trials.
Dr Anthony Howard, previously a barrister and now a trauma surgeon at the University
of Leeds, presented his work on medical error and consent. Matt Costa also gave an
entertaining interactive session on ‘Why we do RCTs at all and the hierarchy of evidence’.
7 May was the PPI Framework Workshop, which we shared with the UK Musculoskeletal
Trauma PPI Group and the HERG programme within the BRC. Its goal was to develop a
framework that will support the delivery of PPI in research, and consider how to evaluate
that work. This event brought together patients, carers, researchers and clinicians to see what
PPI is already being done well and what might be improved, and to discuss how everyone
would like it to work in their research area. The group will then work on a framework for
carrying out and evaluating PPI, and how this framework is to be implemented.
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8 May 2019 was BOA/FFN Hip # Review Day, a multi-disciplinary meeting that brought
together leading experts from orthopaedics, geriatrics, anaesthesia, nursing, physiotherapy,
rehabilitation and secondary fracture prevention, with the emphasis on discussion and
shared-learning.
15 May, we hosted the NIHR / Orthopaedic Trauma Society Musculoskeletal Trauma
Research Network Meeting, to discuss new trials and those in the pipeline. There were
about forty delegates, mostly researchers or chief investigators.
On 19 June we brought together researchers and clinicians who have an interest in
modulating the ways that fractured bones heal. They examined the issue from the different
perspectives of basic and clinical science, with the cluster aiming to identify areas of
common interest and new collaboration. The session raised awareness of the many ways
of improving bone-healing, thus reducing the pain and disability associated with sustaining a
fracture, and returning patients earlier to full function.
FRAGILITY FRACTURE NETWORK (FFN)
26 and 27 August saw pre-board meetings and workshops for the FFN Global Congress.
The FFN has been founded as a global, multi-disciplinary network of experts in the
improving of treatment and the secondary prevention of fragility fractures. It believes
that useful changes in policy can only happen at a national level, and that the best way of
achieving them is to build collaboration between as many countries as possible.
REPORTS
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INTRODUCTION
Lost in
thought
This year we held several lectures including
our three named lectures (the Ronald Syme
Lecture, the Wolfson Haldane Lecture, and
the Berlin Lecture), the President’s Seminar
and our new series on Diplomacy.
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Wolfson College was
honoured to welcome Sir Venki
Ramakrishnan, President of the
Royal Society, to deliver this
year’s Haldane Lecture. ‘The
Quest for the Structure of the
Ribosome: A Personal Voyage’
INTRODUCTION
Photo: John Cairns
Missed any of our lectures?
Discover more content at:
podcasts.ox.ac.uk
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Annual Lectures
We held four annual lectures named in honour of key figures in the history of Wolfson.
THE RONALD SYME LECTURE (1 NOVEMBER 2018)
‘Spectacular Diplomacy: Nero and the Reception of Tiridates of Armenia on the Bay of Naples’
Professer Kathleen Coleman, James Loeb Professor of the Classics, Harvard University
THE ARIS LECTURE (15 NOVEMBER 2018)
‘Magic, Healing, and Ethics in Tibetan Buddism’
Dr Sam van Schaik, The British Library
THE WOLFSON HALDANE LECTURE (7 FEBRUARY 2019)
‘The Quest for the Structure of the Ribosome: A Personal Voyage’
Sir Venki Ramakrishnan, President of the Royal Society
THE BERLIN LECTURE (16 MAY 2019)
‘Liberalism and the Resurgence of Fascism’
Professor Paul Gilroy, Professor of American and English Literature, King’s College London
FEATURES
Other Lectures
THE SARFRAZ PAKISTAN ANNUAL LECTURE (18 OCTOBER 2019)
‘The Fate of Pakistan – three ways in which things could really go wrong, and reasons for hope
they may not’
Dr Pervez Hoodbhoy
Wolfson Lecture Series 2018–19:
‘Diplomacy for the 21st Century’
‘An Asian Perspective’ (11 October 2018)
His Excellency Koji Tsuruoka, Japanese Ambassador to the UK
‘An African Perspective’ (17 January 2019)
Her Excellency Yamina Karitanyi, High Commissioner for the Republic of Rwanda
‘Twenty-first Century Diplomacy: A New Rule Book’ (2 May 2019)
Sir Tim Hitchens
‘Expanding the Diplomatic Toolkit: The Further Evolution of Science Diplomacy’ (23 May 2019)
Sir Peter Gluckman, Former New Zealand Chief Scientific Advisor
‘The End of the West: a US Perspective’ (31 October 2019)
Ambassador Nicholas Burns, former US Political Director and NATO Ambassador
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President’s Seminars
The President’s Seminar series provides a platform for the presentation and discussion of
some of the fascinating and ground-breaking research that is carried out by Wolfsonians at
all career stages. It is a chance for members of College to network, and to hear how other
researchers plan, conduct, and complete their research projects.
MICHAELMAS TERM: GRAVITY AND LEVITY
Professor Wolfgang de Melo: ‘Gravity and levity in Varro, the Roman Grammarian’
Dr Felix Tennie: ‘Gravity and what we (believe to) know about it’
Mr Alexander Hardie-Forsyth: ‘Laurence Sterne’s line of gravitation’
HILARY TERM: OPTICS, THE WAY WE LOOK AT THINGS
Dr Paul Roberts: ‘Seeing in Pompeii’
Dr Nir Shalev: ‘What we see and what we perceive’
TRINITY TERM: DECISION MAKING
Professor Matthew Rushworth: ‘Decision Making and the Brain’
Dr Naoya Iwata: ‘The Weakness of Will in Greek Philosophy’
Mr Alexis Toumi: ‘Complexity and Laziness in Human and Machine Thinking’
FEATURES
Wolfson Lecture Series 2019/20:
‘The Experience of Courts’
The Experience of Courts is a new lecture series which aims to explore the socio-legal
dimensions of our experience in courts, and other forms of legal proceedings. Find out
more about our upcoming events at: wolfson.ox.ac.uk/events
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THE RECORD 2019
COLLEGE OFFICERS
President: Sir Tim Hitchens
Vicegerent: Professor Jeremy Johns
Bursar: Mr Richard Morin
Senior Tutor and Dean of Welfare: Ms Emily Eastham
Development Director: Dr Huw David
Fellow for Archives: Dr Ellen Rice
Fellow for Library: Ms Catriona Canon
Deans of Degrees: Professor Wolfgang de Melo, Dr Imre Bangha,
Dr Erica Charters, Dr Roger Tomlin
Secretary to the Governing Body: Professor Jan Fellerer
Research Fellows’ Liaison Officer: Professor Christina Redfield
Visiting Scholars’ Liaison Officer: Professor Tarje Nissen-Meyer
Data Protection Officer: Professor Jacob Dahl
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COLLEGE MEMBERSHIP
ABBREVIATIONS
Governing Body Fellows 57
Honorary Fellows 38
Emeritus Fellows 53
Supernumerary Fellows 33
Research Fellows 31
Junior Research Fellows 72
Visiting Fellows 1
Graduate Students 640
Members of Common Room 787
EF
EXF
GBF
GS
HF
HMCR
JRF
MCR
RF
RMCR
SJRF
SF
VF
VS
Emeritus Fellow
Extraordinary Fellow
Governing Body Fellow
Graduate Student
Honorary Fellow
Honorary Member of Common Room
Junior Research Fellow
Member of Common Room
Research Fellow
Research Member of Common Room
Stipendiary Junior Research Fellow
Supernumerary Fellow
Visiting Fellow
Visiting Scholar
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WOLFSON COLLEGE
AT 1 OCTOBER 2019
PRESIDENT
Hitchens, Sir Tim,
KCVO, CMG, MA
(Cambridge)
GOVERNING BODY
FELLOWS
Abramsky, Samson,
MA (MA Cambridge, PhD
London) Professorial
Fellow, Christopher
Strachey Professor of
Computing
Andersson, Ruben,
(BA SOAS, MA City
London, MSc, PhD LSE),
Ordinary Fellow, Associate
Professor in Migration and
Development
Austyn, Jonathan Mark,
MA, DPhil, Ordinary
Fellow, University Lecturer
in Surgery: Transplantation
Immunology, Professor of
Immunobiology
Aveyard, Paul N, (BSc,
MB, BS London, MPH,
PhD Birmingham)
Professorial Fellow, Clinical
Reader in the Department
of Primary Care Health
Sciences, Professor of
Behavioural Medicine
Bangha, Imre, MA
(MA Budapest, PhD
Santineketan)
Ordinary Fellow, Associate
Professor of Hindi
Banks, Marcus John,
MA (BA, PhD Cambridge)
Ordinary Fellow, University
Lecturer in Social
Anthropology, Professor of
Visual Anthropology
Barrett, Jonathan, BA
(MA, PhD Cambridge)
Ordinary Fellow, Professor
of Quantum Information
Science
Boehmer, Elleke,
MPhil, DPhil (BA Rhodes
University, South Africa)
Professorial Fellow,
Professor of World
Literatures in English
Chappell, Michael A,
MEng, DPhil Ordinary
Fellow, Associate
Professor of Engineering
Science
Charters, Erica Michiko,
MA, DPhil (BA Carleton,
MA Toronto) Ordinary
Fellow, University Lecturer
in the History of Medicine
Coecke, Bob, MA
(PhD Free University of
Brussels) Ordinary Fellow,
University Lecturer in
Quantum Computer
Science; Professor of
Quantum Foundations,
Logics and Structures
Costa, Matthew
(MB, BChir, PhD East
Anglia, MA Cambridge)
Professorial Fellow,
Professor of Orthopaedic
Trauma Surgery
Curtis, Julie Alexandra
Evelyn, MA, DPhil
Ordinary Fellow, Professor
of Russian Literature
Dahl, Jacob Lebovitch,
MA (BAS Copenhagen,
PhD California) Ordinary
Fellow, Professor of
Assyriology; Data
Protection Officer
David, Huw MA (MA
Warwick) DPhil Ordinary
Fellow; Development
Director
De Melo, Wolfgang
David Cirilo, MPhil, DPhil
(MA SOAS) Ordinary
Fellow, Professor of
Classical Philology
Eastham, Emily, MA (MA
Oxford Brookes) Ordinary
Fellow; Senior Tutor and
Dean of Welfare
Fellerer, Jan Michael,
MA (MA Vienna, Dr Phil
Basel) Ordinary Fellow,
Associate Professor of
Non-Russian Slavonic
Languages; Secretary to
the Governing Body
Gardner, Frances, MA,
DPhil Ordinary Fellow,
Professor of Child and
Family Psychology,
Reader in Child and Family
Psychology
George, Alain, MSt, DPhil
(BSc LSE) Professorial
Fellow, I M Pei Chair
in Islamic Art and
Architecture
Giaccia, Amato (BA, PhD
Pennsylvania) Professorial
Fellow, Professor of
Radiation, Oncology and
Biology
Goodman, Martin
David, MA, DPhil, DLitt,
FBA Professorial Fellow,
Professor of Jewish
Studies
Harrison, Paul
Jeffrey, MA, BM, BCh,
MRCPsych, DM Ordinary
Fellow, Clinical Reader
in Psychiatry, Honorary
Consultant Psychiatrist,
Professor of Psychiatry
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Howgego, Christopher
John, MA, DPhil
Professorial Fellow,
Keeper of the Heberden
Coin Room, Professor
of Greek and Roman
Numismatics
Jarvis, R Paul (BSc
Durham, PhD Norwich)
Ordinary Fellow, University
Lecturer in Plant Sciences,
Professor in Cell Biology
Johns, Jeremy, MA,
DPhil Ordinary Fellow,
University Lecturer in
Islamic Archaeology,
Professor of the Art and
Archaeology of the Islamic
Mediterranean; Vicegerent
Jones, Geraint, MA,
DPhil Ordinary Fellow,
University Lecturer in
Computation
Landau, Loren (MSc
London, PhD Berkeley)
Ordinary Fellow, Professor
of Migration and
Development
Lange, Bettina, MA
(BA, PhD Warwick)
Ordinary Fellow, Associate
Professor of Law and
Regulation
Lewis, James Bryant,
MA (BA University of the
South, MA, PhD Hawaii)
Ordinary Fellow, University
Lecturer in Korean Studies
Lowe, John, MA, DPhil
Ordinary Fellow, Associate
Professor of Sanskrit
Maschek, Dominik,
MA (MA, PhD Vienna,
Habilitation, Darmstadt)
Ordinary Fellow, Associate
Professor of Roman
Archaeology and Art
Mathur, Nayanika
(MA Delhi, MPhil, PhD
Camb) Ordinary Fellow,
Associate Professor in the
Anthropology of South
Asia
McCartney, Matthew
Howard, MPhil (BA
Cambridge, PhD SOAS)
Ordinary Fellow,
Associate Professor in
the Political Economy and
Human development of
South Asia
Morin, Richard Antony,
MA (MA KCL) Ordinary
Fellow; Bursar
Mulcahy, Linda (LLB
Southampton, LLM, MA,
PhD London) Professorial
Fellow, Professor of Socio-
Legal Studies
Nissen-Meyer, Tarje
(Diplom Munich, MA, PhD
Princeton) Ordinary Fellow,
Associate Professor of
Geophysics; Visiting
Scholars’ Liaison Officer
Pila, Jonathan, MA (BSc
Melbourne, PhD Stanford)
Professorial Fellow,
Reader in Mathematical
Logic
Probert, Philomen, MA,
DPhil Ordinary Fellow,
Professor of Classical
Philology and Linguistics
Redfield, Christina, MA
(BA Wellesley, MA, PhD
Harvard) Ordinary Fellow,
Professor of Molecular
Biophysics; Research
Fellows’ Liaison Officer
Rice, Ellen Elizabeth,
MA, DPhil (BA Mount
Holyoke College, MA
Cambridge) Senior
Research Fellow, Ancient
History and Archaeology
Riede, Moritz (MSc
Cambridge, PhD
Konstanz) Ordinary Fellow,
Associate Professor
of Soft Functional
Nanotechnology
Roberts, Paul
Christopher, MA (BA
Cambridge, MPhil
Sheffield) Professorial
Fellow, Sackler Keeper of
Antiquities
Roesler, Ulrike, MA (MA,
PhD Münster, Habilitation
Munich) Ordinary Fellow,
Professor of Tibetan and
Himalayan Studies
Rushworth, Matthew,
MA, DPhil, Professorial
Fellow, Watts Professor of
Psychology, FRS
Schulting, Rick J,
MA (BA, MA Simon
Fraser, PhD Reading,
PGCE Queen’s Belfast)
Ordinary Fellow, Associate
Professor of Scientific and
Prehistoric Archaeology
Stewart, Peter Charles
N, (MA, MPhil, PhD
Cambridge) Ordinary
Fellow, Associate
Professor of Classical Art
and Archaeology
Sud, Nikita, MA, MPhil,
DPhil (BA Delhi, MA
Mumbai) Ordinary Fellow,
Associate Professor of
Development Studies
Taylor, David Guy
Kenneth, MA, DPhil
Ordinary Fellow, Associate
Professor of Aramaic and
Syriac
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Vedral, Vlatko, MA
(BSc, PhD Imperial)
Ordinary Fellow, Associate
Professor of Theoretical
Quantum Optics
Ventresca, Marc J,
MA (AM, PhD Stanford)
Ordinary Fellow, Associate
Professor of Strategy
Vevaina, Yuhan, S-D (BA
Tufts, MA, PhD Harvard)
Associate Professor of
Sasanian Studies
Wolff, Jonathan, BA,
MPhil Professorial Fellow,
Blavatnik Professor of
Public Policy
Woodruff, Christopher
Marshall (BSc Chicago,
MA California Los
Angeles, PhD Texas)
Professorial Fellow,
Professor of Development
Economics
Yürekli-Görkay, Zeynep
(BArch, MArch Istanbul
Technical University, PhD
Harvard) Ordinary Fellow,
Associate Professor
of Islamic Art and
Architecture
HONORARY FELLOWS
Adams, John W (BA
Rutgers, JD Seton Hall,
LLM New York)
Barnard, John Michael,
MA, BLitt
Berman, Alan Jay (MA
Cambridge, Dip Arch UCL)
Bostridge, Ian, MA, DPhil
(MPhil Cambridge)
Bradshaw, William
Peter, the Rt Hon Lord
Bradshaw (MA Reading),
FCIT
Brendel, Alfred, KBE
Burgen, Sir Arnold
(Stanley Vincent) (MB, MD
London, MA Cambridge),
FRCP, FRS
Chan, Gerald Lokchung,
(BS, MS California, SM,
SCD Harvard)
Davies, Kay Elizabeth,
MA, DPhil Deutsch, David,
MA, DPhil (MA Cambridge)
Ekert, Artur, (MSc
Krakow) DPhil
Epstein, Sir Anthony,
CBE, MA (MA, MD
Cambridge, PhD,
DSc London, Hon MD
Edinburgh, Prague, Hon
DSc Birm), Hon FRCP,
FRCPath, Hon FRCPA,
FRS,
Hon FRSE, FMedSci
Gellner, David Nicholas,
BA, MPhil, DPhil
Ghosh, Amitav, DPhil
Halban, Martine, BA
Sussex
Halban, Peter, BA
Princeton
Hamilton, Andrew
David, MA (BSc Exeter,
MSc British Columbia,
PhD Cambridge), FRS
Hardy, Henry Robert
Dugdale, BPhil, MA, DPhil
Harrison, Simon John,
(BSc London) DPhil
His Holiness the Twelfth
Gyalwang Drukpa,
Jikmé Pema Wangchen
Hoffman, Reid (BS
Stanford) MSt
Kennedy, Baroness
Helena Ann, QC, FRSA
Khalili, Nasser David
(BA Queens, New York;
PhD SOAS)
Lee, Dame Hermione,
DBE, MA, MPhil, FBA,
FRSL
Levett, Christian Clive
(BTEC Durham)
Lewis, David John
Macdonald, Michael
Christopher Archibald,
MA
Mance, Jonathan, the
Rt Hon Lord Mance, MA
Miller, Andrew, CBE, MA
(BSc, PhD Edinburgh)
Reed, Lord Robert (LLB
Edinburgh, Hon LLD
Glasgow) DPhil
Rezek, Francisco (DipL
LLB, DES Minai Gerais,
PhD Paris)
Robinson, Dame Carol,
Vivien (MSc Wales, PhD
Cambridge)
Segal, Karen Ilona
Marianne
Sorabji, Sir Richard,
CBE, MA, DPhil, FBA
Thyssen-Bornemisza,
Baron Lorne
Vike-Freiberga,
President Vaira, (MA
Toronto, PhD McGill)
Williams, Patricia, (MA
Cambridge)
Wood, Sir Martin, OBE,
MA (BA Cambridge, BSc
London), FRS
EMERITUS FELLOWS
Abraham, Douglas
Bruce, MA, DSc (BA, PhD
Cambridge)
Allen, Nicholas Justin,
BSc, BLitt, BM BCh, Dip
SocAnthrop, MA, DPhil
Anderson, David
Lessells Thomson, MA
(MA Cambridge, BSc,
PhD St Andrews)
COLLEGE RECORD 2019

Benson, James William,
MA (BA Macalester
College, MA Minnesota,
PhD Stanford)
Briggs, George Andrew
Davidson, MA (PhD
Cambridge)
Brock, Sebastian Paul,
MA, DPhil (MA Cambridge,
Hon DLitt Birmingham),
FBA
Brown, Harvey Robert,
MA (BSc Canterbury New
Zealand, PhD London)
Bryant, Peter Elwood,
MA (MA Cambridge, PhD
London), FRS
Buck, Brian, DPhil
Bulmer, Michael
George, MA, DPhil, DSc,
FRS
Bunch, Christopher, MA
(MB, BCh Birmingham,
FRCP, FRCP Edinburgh)
Cerezo, Alfred, MA,
DPhil
Cluver, Lucie, MA Camb,
MSc DPhil Oxf
Conner, William James,
MA (BA Grinnell)
Cranstoun, George
Kennedy Lyon, MA (BSc,
PhD Glasgow), FRSC
Davis, Christopher
Mark, MA, DPhil (BA
Harvard, MSA George
Washington, PhD
Cambridge)
Deighton, Anne, MA,
DipEd (MA, PhD Reading)
Delaine, Janet, MA (BA
PhD Adelaide)
Dercon, Stefan, BPhil,
DPhil (BA Leuven)
Francis, Martin James
Ogilvie, MA, DPhil
Galligan, Denis James,
BCL MA DCL (LLB
Queensland, AcSS)
Giustino, Feliciano,
MA (MSc Torino, PhD
Lausanne)
Gombrich, Richard
Francis, MA, DPhil (AM
Harvard)
Gordon, Alan
Fleetwood, CBE, MA,
FCMI
Harriss-White, Barbara,
MA (DipAgSc, MA
Cambridge, PhD East
Anglia)
Hoare, Sir Charles
Antony Richard, MA,
DFBCS, FRS
Isaacson, Daniel Rufus,
(AB Harvard) MA, DPhil
Jarron, (Thomas)
Edward Lawson (MA
Cambridge)
Kennedy, William
James, MA, DSc (BSc,
PhD London)
Kurtz, Donna Carol, MA,
DPhil (BA Cincinnati, MA
Yale), FSA
Langslow, David
Richard, MA, DPhil
McDiarmid, Colin John
Hunter, MA, MSc, DPhil
(BSc Edinburgh)
McKenna, William
Gillies, MA (BSc
Edinburgh, PhD, MD
Albert Einstein)
Mann, Joel Ivor, CNZM,
DM (MBChB, PhD Cape
Town), FFPHM, FRACP,
FRSNZ
Meisami, Julie Scott,
MA (MA, PhD California
Berkeley)
Neil, (Hugh) Andrew
Wade (MB, BS, DSc
London, MA Cambridge)
MA, FFPHM, FRCP, RD
Penney, John Howard
Wright, MA, DPhil (MA
Pennsylvania)
Perrins, Christopher
Miles, MA, DPhil, (BSc
London), FRS, LVO
Ramble, Charles Albert
Edward, MA, DPhil (BA
Durham)
Rawlins, (John)
Nicholas Pepys, MA
DPhil
Rickaby, Rosalind, MA
(MA PhD Cambridge)
Robey, David John
Brett, MA
Robinson, Chase
Frederick, MA (BA
Brown, PhD Harvard)
Sanderson, Alexis
Godfrey James Slater,
MA
Shotton, David Michael,
MA, DPhil (MA, PhD
Cambridge)
Sykes, Bryan Clifford,
MA, DSc (BSc Liverpool,
PhD Bristol)
Tomlin, Roger Simon
Ouin, MA, DPhil, FSA;
Editor of the College
Record
Walker, Susan Elizabeth
Constance, MA (BA, PhD
London), FSA
Walton, Christopher
Henry, MA (MA
Cambridge), MBE
Watson, Oliver (BA
Durham, PhD London)
Watts, Anthony Brian,
MA (BSc London, PhD
Durham)
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Wilkie, Alex James, MA
(MSc, PhD London), FRS
Wyatt, Derek Gerald,
MA, DPhil
SUPERNUMERARY
FELLOWS
Barber, Peter Jeffrey,
BA, MPhil, DPhil
Brockdorff, Neil (BSc
Sussex, PhD Glasgow)
Clemit, Pamela Anne,
BA, MPhil, DPhil
Coleman, John Steven,
MA (BA, DPhil York)
Collins, Paul Thomas,
(MA, PhD UCL)
Crabbe, Michael James
Cardwell, FRGS, MA
(BSc Hull, MSc, PhD,
DSc Manchester), FRSA,
FRSC, CChem, CBiol,
FIBiol, FLS
Cronk, Nicholas, BA,
DPhil
De Roure, David, (PhD
Southampton)
Ehlers, Anke, (Hab.
Marburg) MA (PhD
Tübingen)
Ferreira, Pedro,
(Licentiate Lisbon PhD
Imperial)
Griffin, Xavier Luke, BM,
BCh (MA Cambridge, PhD
Warwick)
Hodges, Christopher,
MA (PhD KCL)
Kaski, Kimmo Kauko
Kullervo, DPhil (MSc
Helsinki)
Kay, Philip Bruce, MA,
MPhil, DPhil, FSA
Key, Timothy James
Alexander, DPhil
(BVMandS Edinburgh,
MSc London)
Konoplev, Ivan
Vasilyevich (BSc, MSc
Nizhny Novgorod State,
MPhil, PhD Strathclyde)
Kurkchiyan, Marina
(MSc Yereven, PhD Vilnius)
Maltby, Colin Charles,
MA
Merrony, Mark
Woodridge (BA Wales St
David’s), MPhil, MSt, DPhil
Mueller, Benito, MA,
DPhil (Dip ETH Zürich)
Nuttall, Patricia Anne,
OBE, MA (BSc Bristol,
PhD Reading)
Paine, Jonathan, BA,
MPhil, DPhil
Perry, Dan, MBChB (PhD
Liverpool)
Pottle, Mark
Christopher, MA, DPhil
(BA Sheffield)
Quinn, Catherine Ward,
EMBA (BA Birmingham,
MA Ohio State)
Sawyer, Walter, MA
Seymour, Leonard
William, (BSc
Manchester, PhD Keele)
Sheldon, Benjamin
Conrad, MA (MA
Cambridge, PhD Sheffield)
Toth, Ida, DPhil (BA,
MPhil Belgrade)
Tucker, Margaret
Elizabeth, MA, DPhil
Willett, Keith Malcolm,
MA (MB BS London),
FRCS
Wright, James Gardner,
(MPhil Yale)
Zeitlyn, David, (MSc
London) MA, DPhil (PhD
Cambridge)
RESEARCH FELLOWS
Balzat, Jean-Sebastian,
(BA Louvain-la-Neuve, MA
Notts, PhD Newcastle)
Bhaskaran, Harish, (BE
Pune, MS, PhD Maryland)
Bortone, Pietro, MPhil,
DPhil
Cantley, James, (BSc
Soton, MSc Imperial, PhD
UCL)
Castello Palomares,
Alfredo, (BSc, PhD
Madrid)
Cohn, Martin,
(MSc Denmark, PhD
Copenhagen)
Dahlsten, Oscar, (MSc,
PhD Imperial)
Davison, Lucy Jane,
(MA, VetMB Cambridge,
PhD London)
Devolder, Katrien, (DEA
Bruxelles, MA, PhD Ghent)
Duquette, Jonathan,
(BSc Laval, MSc McGill,
PhD Montreal)
Gehmlich, Katja, (PhD,
Dipl Potsdam)
Georgieva, Antoniya,
(BSc Technical Univ Sofia,
PhD Portsmouth)
Geurds, Alexander, (MA,
PhD Leiden)
Giubilini, Alberto, (MA,
PhD Milan)
Hofer, Theresia, (MSc,
PhD London)
Joudaki, Shahab, (MSc,
PhD California)
Kayachev, Boris, (Diplom
Russia, PhD Leeds)
Kennedy-Allum, Kate,
(BA, PhD Cambridge,
MA KCL, Dip RC Mus)
Weinrebe Fellow in Life-
Writing
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COLLEGE RECORD 2019

Leeson, Paul, (BSc St
Andrews, MB, BChir, PhD
Cambridge), FRCP
Mahdi, Adam, (MSc
Cracow, MSc, PhD
Barcelona)
Morero, Elise Hugette,
(BA Amiens, MA, PhD
Paris)
Nimura, Courtney, (MA
London, PhD Reading)
Pattenden, Miles
Alexander Frederick,
DPhil (BA Cambridge, MA
Toronto)
Pusey, Matthew, (MRes
PhD Imperial)
Schilling, Christian,
(Diplom Mainz, PhD
Zürich)
Slade, Eleanor
Margaret, DPhil, (BSc
Leeds, MSc Aberdeen)
Smith, Olivia Freunolich,
(BA UEA, MA, PhD
London)
Yasseri, Taha, (MSc
Sharif Univ Tehran, PhD
Göttingen)
STIPENDIARY
RESEARCH FELLOWS
Ferrante, Marco (MA,
PhD Rome Sapienza)
Berggruen Research
Fellow in Comparative
Philosophy
Herskowitz, Daniel (BA
Israel, MA Hebrew), DPhil
Jewish Studies
Yu, Ying (BA Chong Qing,
LLM Dalian Maritime, PhD
Wuhan) Law, Justice and
Society, Consumer Rights
and Protections in China,
the European Union, and
Internationally
STIPENDIARY JUNIOR
RESEARCH FELLOWS
Samuels, Jonathan,
MSt, DPhil Tibetan and
Himalayan Studies
Yadin, Benjamin,
MPhys, DPhil Constructor
Theory and Quantum
Thermodynamics
JUNIOR RESEARCH
FELLOWS
Abdalla, Bakinaz, (MA
Indiana, PhD McGill)
Albuquerque-Wendt,
Andreia, (MSc Lisboa,
PhD Hanover)
Al-Rashid, Moudhy,
MPhil, DPhil
Ashkenazi, Shaked,
(MSc PhD Weizmann)
Aslany, Maryam, MSc
(PhD London)
Bardelli, Martino, (MSc
Switzerland, PhD London)
Bongianino, Umberto,
MPhil, DPhil
Bonilla Osorio, Ruy
Sebastian, (BS Los
Andes, MPhil Cambridge),
DPhil
Bruche, Susann, (Diplom
Leipzig, MRCS, PhD
Imperial)
Caballe, Anna, (MSc Univ
Pompeu Fabra, PhD KCL)
Chow, Sam, (MPhil
Melbourne, PhD Bristol)
Christoforo, Mark
Greyson, (BA Notre
Dame, MA Georgia Inst of
Tech, PhD Stanford)
Collins, Katherine, (MA,
PhD West of England)
Couto Mendonca, Luis
Daniel, (MA Madrid, PhD
Brussels) Wiener Anspach
Dafinca, Ruxandra, MSc,
DPhil (BSc Jacobs Bremen)
Delaere, Christophe,
(MA, PhD Brussels) Wiener
Anspach
Davense, Donald, (MSc
UPMC Paris, PhD MNHN
Paris)
Doody, Brendan, (MA
Lincoln, PhD Durham)
Doyon, Jerome, (MPhil,
PhD Sciences Po)
Evans, Rhiannon Mari,
(BSc, PhD Wales)
Farguson, Julie, MA, MSt,
DPhil
Feyereisen, Justine,
(MA, PhD Brussels) Wiener
Anspach
Genaro-Motti, Silvia, (MSc
Sao Paulo, PhD Milano)
Godin, Marie Veronique,
MSc (PhD London)
Goolam, Mubeen,
(MA Cape Town, PhD
Cambridge)
Grecksch, Kevin, (MA
Leipzig, PhD Oldenburg)
Guida, Claudia, (MA Pisa,
PhD Heidelberg)
Hampton, Sam, BA, DPhil
Hsiao, Yaling, (BA Taiwan,
PhD Wisconsin)
Ioannou, Stefanos, (MSc
Newcastle, MPhil Athens,
PhD Leeds)
Iwata, Naoya, (MA Kyoto,
PhD Cambridge)
Kirchhelle, Charlotte,
(MSc Munich), DPhil
Kirchhelle, Claas, (MA
Munich, MA Chicago), DPhil
Koelling, Nils, (BSc
Jacobs, PhD Cambridge)
Krimsti, Feras, (BA Aleppo,
MA, PhD Freie Berlin)
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Lachman, Jamie, (BA
Yale), MSc, DPhil
Laigle, Clotilde, (MSc
France, PhD Paris)
Dennis Sciama Leng,
Kuangdai, (PhD
Tsinghua), DPhil
Levy, Matthew Chase,
(BS UCLA, MS, PhD Rice)
Li, Wenbin, (MSc
Pennsylvania, PhD
Massachusets)
Liu, Ruiliang, MSt, PhD
Lundquist, Jesse, (BA
Manchester, PhD Virginia)
Malandraki-Miller,
Sophia, (MSc Ioannina),
DPhil
Marletto, Chiara, DPhil
(BA, MSc Torrino)
Matke-Bauer, Anna-
Katharina, (MA, PhD
Oldenburg)
Meyer, Robin, MPhil,
DPhil
Molina-Munoz, Adriana,
(MA, PhD Illinois)
Montes, Chloe, (BA
Dublin), DPhil
Poncé, Samuel, (MA,
PhD Louvain)
Pradhan, Uma, (MA
Sussex), DPhil
Queloz, Matthieu, (MA
Zürich, PhD Basel)
Rassi, Salam, (BA, MA
SOAS), DPhil
Rudgard, William, (MSc,
PhD London)
Scull, Margaret, (BA
Boston, MA, PhD KCL)
Sciuto, Ruggero, MPhil,
DPhil Voltaire Foundation
Shalev, Nir, (MA Tel-Aviv),
DPhil
Shenderovich, Yulia,
MPhil (PhD Cambridge)
Soares Barbosa, Rui
Miguel de Sousa Martinho,
MSc, DPhil
Stanford, Mark Andrew,
MSc, PhD LSE
Suryasentana, Stephen,
(BEng Western Australia),
DPhil
Tarruell, Cecilia, (MA,
PhD Madrid)
Tennie, Felix, DPhil
(Diplom Hamberg, MASt
Cambridge)
Urzua-Torres, Carolina,
MSc Chile, PhD Zürich
Vatri, Alessandro, DPhil
(Laurea Sapienza)
Volonakis, George
Mathieu, (MSc
Thessaloniki)
Winkler, Andreas, (BA,
MA, PhD Uppsala)
Woltering, Steffen,
(MSc Gottingen, PhD
Manchester)
Wood, Rachel Katherine
Lloyd, BA, MSt, DPhil
Yamaura, Chigusa, (MA
Chicago, PhD Rutgers)
Zhao, Pu, (BSc Fudan,
PhD Cambridge)
CREATIVE ARTS FELLOW
Young, Carey, (BA
Brighton, MA RCA
London)
Find out more about our
Creative Arts Fellow,
Carey Young at:
www.careyyoung.com
ELECTIONS AND
ADMISSIONS 2018–19
GOVERNING BODY
FELLOWS
David, Huw MA (MA
Warwick) DPhil
Giaccia, Amato (BA, PhD
Pennsylvania)
Landau, Loren (MSc
London, PhD Berkeley)
Lowe, John, MA, DPhil
Rushworth, Matthew,
MA, DPhil
EMERITUS FELLOWS
Benson, James William,
MA (BA Macalester
College, MA Minnesota,
PhD Stanford)
Cluver, Lucie, (MA Camb)
MSc DPhil
Giustino, Feliciano,
MA (MSc Torino, PhD
Lausanne)
McKenna, William
Gillies, MA (BSc
Edinburgh, PhD, MD
Albert Einstein)
Rickaby, Rosalind, MA
(MA PhD Cambridge)
SUPERNUMERARY
FELLOWS
Cronk, Nicholas, BA,
DPhil
HONORARY FELLOWS
Reed, Lord Robert (LLB
Edinburgh, Hon LLD
Glasgow) DPhil
RESEARCH FELLOWS
Kayachev, Boris (Diplom
Russia, PhD Leeds)
Nimura, Courtney (MA
London, PhD Reading)
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Pusey, Matthew (MRes
PhD Imperial)
Schilling, Christian
(Diplom Mainz, PhD
Zürich)
JUNIOR RESEARCH
FELLOWS
Abdalla, Bakinaz (MA
Indiana, PhD McGill)
Albuquerque-Wendt,
Andreia (MSc Lisboa,
PhD Hanover)
Ashkenazi, Shaked
(MSc PhD Weizmann)
Aslany, Maryam
(PhD London) MSc
Bongianino, Umberto,
MPhil, DPhil
Chow, Sam (MPhil
Melbourne, PhD Bristol)
Couto Mendonca, Luis
Daniel (MA Madrid, PhD
Brussels) Wiener Anspach
Doody, Brendan (MA
Lincoln, PhD Durham)
Feyereisen, Justine (MA,
PhD Brussels) Wiener
Anspach
Genaro-Motti, Silvia,
(MSc Sao Paulo, PhD
Milano)
Hampton, Sam, BA,
DPhil
Hsiao, Yaling (BA Taiwan,
PhD Wisconsin)
Leng, Kuangdai
(PhD Tsinghua), DPhil
Lundquist, Jesse (BA
Manchester, PhD Virginia)
Malandraki-Miller,
Sophia (MSc Ioannina)
DPhil
Matke-Bauer, Anna-
Katharina (MA, PhD
Oldenburg)
Molina-Munoz, Adriana
(MA, PhD Illinois)
Pradhan, Uma (MA
Sussex), DPhil
Queloz, Matthieu (MA
Zürich, PhD Basel)
Rudgard, William (MSc,
PhD London)
Sciuto, Ruggero (MPhil,
DPhil Voltaire Foundation)
Shenderovich, Yulia,
MPhil (PhD Cambridge)
Suryasentana, Stephen
(BEng Western Australia),
DPhil
Urzua-Torres, Carolina,
(MSc Chile, PhD Zürich)
Zhao, Pu, (BSc Fudan,
PhD Cambridge)
STIPENDIARY JUNIOR
RESEARCH FELLOWS
Yadin, Benjamin,
MPhys, DPhil Constructor
Theory and Quantum
Thermodynamics
VISITING SCHOLARS
IN RESIDENCE DURING
THE ACADEMIC YEAR
2018–19
Amatmoekrim, Karin
(MA Amsterdam)
Bilak, Myroslava (BA,
MA Kiev, PhD Moscow)
Bursche, Aleksander
(MA, PhD Warsaw)
Cave, Penelope (GRSM
Royal Academy of Music,
PhD Southampton)
Choi, In Hwa (BA, MA
Pusan)
Cormac, Joanne Emma
(BA Nottingham, MMus,
PhD Birmingham)
Djagalov, Rossen (BA
Williams College, PhD
Yale)
Doner, Fatma Nil (BA,
MA, PhD Istanbul)
Ebler, Daniel (BA, MA
Zürich, PhD Hong Kong)
Effe, Alexandra (BA, MA
Freiburg, PhD London)
Galnoor, Itzhak (BA
Hebrew, MA, PhD New
York)
Gaston, Sean (BA, MA,
PhD Melbourne)
Gessel-Kalinowska Vel
Kalisz, Beata (MA, PhD
Warsaw)
Griffin, Michael (BA
Columbia, MPhil, DPhil
Oxford)
Hauser, Kitty (BA Oxford,
MA London, DPhil Oxford)
Hellings, Benjamin (BA
Columbia DPhil, MPhil
Oxford)
Hopkins, John (BMus,
MMus Cardiff, DPhil
Sussex, MA Cambridge)
Humphrey Michael (BA
William Jewell, MA New
York, PhD Colorado)
Kalpakli, Mehmet (BA
Istanbul, MA Mimar Sinan,
PhD Istanbul)
Karame, Alya (MA SOAS,
PhD Edinburgh)
Kozakli, Alev Ozkazanc
(Ma Essex, PhD Ankara)
CARA
Mahmood, Zaad (BA,
MA Calcutta, PhD SOAS)
Majima, Shinobu (BA
Keio, MSc, DPhil Oxford)
Matsumoto, Katsumi
(BS Browns, MS Chicago,
PhD Columbia)
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Meretoja, Hanna
(PhD Turku)
Navratilova, Hana
(MA, PhD Prague)
Newsholme, Philip (BSc
Birmingham, DPhil Oxford)
Nkwi, Walter (BA, MA
Buea, PhD Leiden)
Persson, Fabian
(BA, PhD Lund)
Przepiorkowski, Adam
(MSc Warsaw,PhD Poland)
Rainhorn, Judith (MA
Paris, PhD Tours)
Rapport, Nigel (BA
Cambridge, PhD
Manchester)
Salles, Ricardo (BA
Mexico, MPhil, PhD
London)
Sclar, David (BA Arizona,
MA Yeshiva, MPhil, PhD
New York)
Singh, Pritam (BA, MA
Panjab, MPhil Jawaharlal
Nehru, DPhil Oxford)
Simonsohn, Uriel
(BA, MA Tel Aviv, PhD
Princeton)
Swelim, Muhammad
Tarek (Bsc Helwan, MA
Cairo, PhD Harvard)
Thebaud-Sorger, Marie-
Aline (PhD Paris)
Van Beek, Lucien
Christiaan (MSc, MA,
PhD Leiden)
Verbruggen, Paul
(LLM, MPhil Tilburg, PhD
Florence)
Von Hoffmann, Viktoria
(MPhil, PhD Liège)
Woollacott, Angela
Mary (BA Adelaide, MA,
PhD California)
Woytek, Bernhard (MA,
PhD Vienna)
Xue, Janet Hui (BA
China, MA Stockholm,
PhD Macquarie)
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Adegbite, Adetola
Oluseun (Master of
Public Policy)
Adriano Vieira,
Vinicius (DPhil
Paediatrics)
Agrawal, Aditi (DPhil
Systems Approaches
to Biomedical Science
(EPSRC and MRC
CDT))
Allen, Brandon (MSt
Syriac Studies)
Allievi, Elisa Gaia
(MSc Pharmacology)
Ampiah, Millicenta
Kukua Mbeaba (MSc
Clinical Embryology)
Andersson, Ebba
Margareta Gunilla
(MPhil Development
Studies)
Andersson, Oskar
Tobias (DPhil Classical
Languages and
Literature)
Arriaga, Kristina Ana
(DPhil Law (PT))
Artinger, Brenna
Grace (MPhil Buddhist
Studies)
Asselin, Marie Renee
Madeleine (MSc
Integrated Immunology)
Backhaus, Sophia
(DPhil Social
Intervention)
Bai, Chunsen (DPhil
Organic Chemistry)
Balte, Sara (MSc
Social Anthropology)
Bandara, Samantha
Kumari (MPhil Visual,
Material and Museum
Anthropology)
Bediako, Kofi (MSc
African Studies)
Berkman, Itzhak (DPhil
Theology and Religion)
Bica, Ioana (DPhil
Engineering Science)
Billington, Alice
Theodora Alice (DPhil
History)
Bonner, Scott Edward
(DPhil Interdisciplinary
Bioscience (BBSRC DTP))
Braddock, Sebastian
(MPhil in History – Modern
European History 1850–
present)
Braverman, Alexandra
Jane (MSt English
(1830–1914))
Breslin, Bláthnaid
Elizabeth (BCL)
Bright, Phoebe
Elizabeth (MSc Social
Science of the Internet)
Bullock, Garrett Scott
(DPhil Musculoskeletal
Sciences)
Caple, Mary Alexandra
(MSt History of Art and
Visual Culture)
Carr, Christie (MPhil
Cuneiform Studies)
Carrascosa Marzo,
Rafael (DPhil Condensed
Matter Physics)
Castle, Simeon Dominic
(DPhil Synthetic Biology
Collab (EPSRC and
BBSRC CDT))
Chanto Viquez, Raquel
(DPhil Politics)
Chen, Bohan (DPhil
Renewable Energy Marine
Structures (EPSRC CDT))
COLLEGE RECORD 2019

Chen, Hsintsung (DPhil
Pharmacology)
Cherry, Peyton Julie
(MSc Social Anthropology)
Chin, Yong Chang
(MPhil Sociology and
Demography)
Chipault, Pierre-
Baptiste (MJur)
Cipollitti, Patricia Elena
(BPhil Philosophy)
Collyer, Miltiades
Michael Graham (MSc
Social Science of the
Internet (PT))
Connolly, Jonathan
Paul (DPhil Gas Turbine
Aerodynamics (EPSRC
CDT))
Contino, Sofia
Chiara Skye (MSt Film
Aesthetics)
Dai, Simin (MPhil
Sociology and
Demography)
De La Vega Loza,
Shakira Virginia (PGDip
Diplomatic Studies)
Delas Peñas, Kristofer
Empuerto (DPhil
Biomedical Imaging
(EPSRC and MRC CDT))
Ding, Yifu (DPhil
Engineering Science)
Do, Virginie (MSc Social
Data Science)
Dougall, Emma Victoria
(MSt History – British and
European History 1700–
1850)
Draghici, Bogdan-
Gabriel (DPhil Oriental
Studies)
Duan, Chengchen
(DPhil Women’s and
Reproductive Health)
Ebbinghaus, Mathis
(MSc Sociology)
Evans, Matthew
Parry (MSt Classical
Archaeology)
Fàbregas Badosa,
Didac (MSc Social
Science of the Internet
(PT))
Farrar, Salim Ali (DPhil
Theology and Religion
(PT))
Fawcett, Jamie
Alexander (MSc Social
Science of the Internet)
Fehlig, Marie Karoline
(MPhil General Linguistics
and Comparative
Philology)
Fong, Chung Hang
Edwin (DPhil Statistics)
Foster, Alexander Louis
Stuart (MPhil Medical
Anthropology)
Fuyal, Muna (DPhil
Synthetic Biology
Collaboration – (EPSRC
and BBSRC CDT))
Gafencu, Grigore-
Aristide (DPhil Medical
Sciences)
Galdeano Solans,
Mateo (DPhil
Mathematics)
Gallagher, Joshua
James Morris (MSc
Japanese Studies)
Gardom, Clare (DPhil
Ancient History (PT))
Gautier, Anna Louise
(DPhil Autonomous
Intelligent Machines and
Systems (EPSRC CDT))
Gedikli Gorali, Naide
(MPhil Islamic Art and
Archaeology)
Gergely, Károly (MSc
Russian and East European
Studies)
Goodwin, Walter
Thomas Rumbold (DPhil
Engineering Science)
Gosset, Camille (MPhil
Development Studies)
Grzempa, Gregory
Edward (MSc Medical
Anthropology)
Gulati, Malvika (DPhil
Musculoskeletal Sciences)
Guy, Kaitlyn Anne (DPhil
International Relations)
Haith, Chelsea (DPhil
English)
Hall, Anthony Lawrence
(DPhil Psychiatry (PT))
Hallam, Michael
Alexander (DPhil
Mathematics)
Hartmann, Denis (DPhil
Synthesis for Biology and
Medicine (EPSRC CDT))
Heathcote, Karen Clare
(DPhil Systems Approaches
to Biomedical Science
(EPSRC and MRC CDT))
Heyen-Dube, Thomas
Louis (DPhil History)
Hodgson, Joshua Austin
(MSt English (1700–1830))
Holguin, Amy
Louise Robson (MSc
Archaeological Science)
Howlett, Michael (DPhil
Synthesis for Biology and
Medicine (EPSRC CDT))
Hrubinova, Martina (DPhil
Paediatrics)
Husain, Syed Munim
(DPhil Psychiatry)
Hussain, Saqib (DPhil
Oriental Studies)
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Hutchence, Laurence
Michael Jack (DPhil
Archaeology)
Hyslop, Andrew Michael
(DPhil Engineering Science)
Ibe, Lilian Chidimma (MSc
International Health and
Tropical Medicine)
Jaderberg, Benjamin Ivor
Myer (DPhil Atomic and
Laser Physics)
Jaffri, Syeda Yasmin
Mariam (DPhil Theology and
Religion (FT))
Jagani, Devi Nileshkumar
(BCL)
James, Christopher Dillon
(MSc Contemporary Chinese
Studies)
Ji, Caixuan (MSc
Contemporary Chinese
Studies)
John, Michelle Keisha
Lorraine (MSc Clinical
Embryology)
Jones, Claire Powell (MSt
Global and Imperial History)
Kang, Myunghoon (MSc
Law and Finance)
Kang, Jiewon (DPhil
Biomedical Imaging (EPSRC
and MRC CDT))
Kaushik, Shivangi (DPhil
International Development)
Kelley, Jessica Rose (DPhil
Biochemistry)
Khan, Nameerah (DPhil
Geography and the
Environment)
Kim, Woohee (MSc
Education (Comparative and
International Education))
Kim, Richard Yoonho
(MPhil Traditional East Asia)
Kirkpatrick, Andrew Raj
(DPhil Diamond Science and
Technology (EPSRC CDT)
–Materials)
Klebolte, Kimberly (MSc
Comparative Social Policy)
Kokolaki, Maria (DPhil
Structural Biology)
Kroeger, Carolin (MPhil
Development Studies)
Kucera, Roman (DPhil
Synthesis for Biology and
Medicine (EPSRC CDT))
Landman, Mattie Susan
(DPhil Mathematics)
Laudrain, Arthur Paul
Bernard (DPhil Cyber
Security (EPSRC CDT))
Learey, Mark Scott (MSt
Archaeology)
Lewin, Thomas David
(DPhil Interdisciplinary
Bioscience (BBSRC DTP))
Leygonie, Jacob (DPhil
Mathematics)
Lim, Jieyan (DPhil
Organic Chemistry)
Lindstrom Battle,
Anya Lillemor (DPhil
Biochemistry)
Lippolis, Nicolas (DPhil
Politics)
Liu, Ryan (MSc Education
(Higher Education))
Liu, Zongyue (MPhil
Economic and Social
History)
Loperfido, Rocco (MPhil
Modern South Asian
Studies)
Lorenzini Aracena,
Sebastian (MSt
Diplomatic Studies)
Luo, Ziying (MSc Applied
Linguistics and Second
Language Acquisition)
Ma, Yue (DPhil Physical
and Theoretical Chemistry)
Maamri, Jouja (MSc
Migration Studies)
MacHado Rodríguez,
Jonathan Gilbert Gilbert
(MSc Mathematical and
Theoretical Physics)
Mandersloot, Mattho
(MSt Korean Studies)
Manning, Sinead Cecilia
(MPhil Cuneiform Studies)
Martin, Sarah Caitlin
(DPhil Renewable Energy
Marine Structures (EPSRC
CDT))
McDermott, Tiarnach
Michael (DPhil Education)
McKay, Francoise
(MSc Education (Higher
Education))
McLean, Meaghan
Corrie (MSc Applied
Linguistics and Second
Language Acquisition)
Mei, Amanda (MPhil
Tibetan and Himalayan
Studies)
Mergenthaler, Alicia
Vashio Alicia (MSc Social
Data Science)
Meyer-Bothling, Elena
Nasreen (MSt World
Literatures in English)
Miles, Marjotte (MSt
History of Art and Visual
Culture)
Millions, Kristen Mary
Elizabeth (DPhil Classical
Archaeology)
Mitsutake, Yuichiro
(MSc Evidence-Based Soc
Int and Pol Eva)
Moldokmatova, Ainura
(MSc International Health
and Tropical Medicine)
Moss, Charlotte Emily
Elizabeth (MSc Education
(Child Development and
Education))
COLLEGE RECORD 2019

Munshaw, Sonali (DPhil
Physiology, Anatomy and
Genetics)
Namwira, Johise Nsuli
(MSc African Studies)
Nasreddin, Nadia (DPhil
Clinical Medicine)
Nelis, Basil Leo
Peter (DPhil Classical
Languages and Literature)
Neves Sarriegui, Juan
Ignacio (DPhil History)
Nguyen, Linh Thuy
(MSt World Literatures in
English)
Norkunaite, Marija (DPhil
Area Studies (Russia and
East Europe))
Ntata, Asante
(Biomedical Imaging
(EPSRC and MRC CDT)
NOTTS)
O’Donohoe, Heather
Sylvia (MSc Criminology
and Criminal Justice (PT))
Ossorio Carballo, Laura
(DPhil Plant Sciences)
O’Sullivan, Jennifer
(DPhil Medical Sciences)
Oyanedel Diaz, Rodrigo
(DPhil Zoology)
Paja, William Fabio
Zamora (MPhil
Development Studies)
Pavlova, Irina (DPhil
Medieval and Modern
Languages)
Pefkianakis, Aris
Therapon (MSt Greek
and/or Latin Languages
and Literature)
Perro, Danielle
Christina Irene
(DPhil Women’s and
Reproductive Health)
Petersen, Charlotte
(MSc Social Anthropology)
Philbin, Michael Sean
(MSc Latin American
Studies)
Pietzsch Amora,
Raphael (DPhil Earth
Sciences)
Pinho-Gomes, Ana-
Catarina (DPhil Women’s
and Reproductive Health)
Poh, Adeline Wern Jhin
(DPhil Organic Chemistry)
Poh, Daniel Leong
Chern (DPhil Engineering
Science)
Polat, Ertugrul (DPhil
Social Policy)
Pretelt Harries, Daniela
(MSc Criminology and
Criminal Justice (PT))
Price, Ilan (DPhil
Mathematics)
Pu, Xingyue (DPhil
Engineering Science)
Qiu, Zhenghui (DPhil
Renewable Energy Marine
Structures (EPSRC CDT))
Rahardjo, Jessica
Angelica Anne Bidari
(DPhil History)
Rendlova, Kristyna
(DPhil Oriental Studies)
Richardson, Josie (DPhil
History)
Rios, Ignacio Javier
Ignacio (MPhil Law)
Rowand, Michael
Barclay (MPhil Modern
Chinese Studies)
S/O Haj Mohamed,
Muhammad Azhar
(Master of Public Policy)
Saidani, Younes (MPhil
Economics)
Salvatori, Tommaso
(DPhil Computer Science)
Scanga, Chiara (DPhil
Ancient History)
Schonfield, Amos
Judah (MSc Migration
Studies)
Sepulveda Penna, Carla
Andrea (DPhil Law)
Sharma, Angira (MSc
Computer Science)
Sheridan, Kathryn Ruth
(MSc Comparative Social
Policy)
Shu, Yu (DPhil Materials)
Sibiya, Lindokuhle Andile
(MBA)
Siddiqui, Ali Arsalan
Pasha (MSc Modern
South Asian Studies)
Sikyta, Michal (MPhil
International Relations)
Simpson, Bridget
Michelle (MSt Theology)
Smarrelli, Gabriela
Lina (DPhil International
Development)
Sonina, Snejina (MSt
General Linguistics and
Comparative Philology)
Sonnenberg, Lukas
(MPhil Politics: European
Politics and Society)
Stair, Elizabeth Rose
(DPhil Theology and
Religion)
Steggles, Matthew
(DPhil Condensed Matter
Physics)
Stockdale, William
Thomas (DPhil
Physiology, Anatomy and
Genetics)
Stricker, Miriam
Katharina (DPhil Systems
Approaches to Biomedical
Science (EPSRC and
MRC CDT))
Strugale, Michael (DPhil
Earth Sciences)
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Su, Guanglong (DPhil
Organic Chemistry)
Swe, Myo Maung
Maung (DPhil Clinical
Medicine)
Tang, Ziyao (MPhil
Modern Middle Eastern
Studies)
Thokmay, Kunsang
(DPhil Oriental Studies)
Thompson, Gregory
John (DPhil Ancient
History)
Tian, Chenghao (MPhil
Cuneiform Studies)
Tildesley, Robert
William (DPhil History)
Toumi, Alexis Naim
Hubert (DPhil Computer
Science)
Trees, Victor Jacq
Hugo (DPhil Atmospheric,
Oceanic and Planetary
Physics)
Truslove, Katherine
Stephanie (DPhil
Comparative Philology
and General Linguistics)
Turner, Katelyn
Elizabeth (MSc Evidence-
Based Social Intervention
and Policy Evaulation)
van Amersfoort, Joost
René (DPhil Computer
Science)
Van Beest, Marieke
(DPhil Mathematics)
Walker, Ryan James
(DPhil Clinical Medicine)
Wallersteiner, Imogen
Helena Imogen (MSt
World Literatures in
English)
Walshe, Thomas
Joseph (DPhil Computer
Science)
Wang, Tzu-Hao (DPhil
Earth Sciences) (MSc
Criminology and Criminal
Justice)
Weiner, Jamie David
(DPhil Area Studies
(Middle East))
Wicker, Matthew Robert
Matthew (DPhil Computer
Science)
Wildi, William Trevor
(MSc Social Data Science)
Williams, Ella Daisy
(MSc Modern Middle
Eastern Studies)
Wong, Yue Shun (MPhil
Politics: Political Theory)
Wright, Sabrina Bryony
(MSc(Res) Surgical
Sciences)
Wuerzinger, Jonas (DPhil
Particle Physics)
Yang, Jichu (MPhil
Buddhist Studies)
Yang, Jingyi (DPhil
Engineering Science)
Yao, Bohao (DPhil
Statistics)
Yao, Ziqi (MSc
Contemporary Chinese
Studies)
Yates, Malika Rae (MPhil
Modern Middle Eastern
Studies)
Yin, Zi (MPhil Economics)
Yu, Xiaotian (DPhil Law)
Zak, Danilo Avram (MSc
Refugee and Forced
Migration Studies)
ELECTED MEMBERS OF
THE GOVERNING BODY
Pietro Bortone (RF)
Felix Tennie (JRF)
Bogdan Draghici (GS)
Etienne Hanelt (GS)
Luis Hildebrandt
Belmont (GS)
Nameerah Khan (GS)
SCHOLARSHIPS,
AWARDS AND PRIZES
2018-19
David Thomas
Scholarship in Ancient
Documents
Chiara Scanga
Jeremy Black
Clarendon Scholarship
Taha Yurttas
Géza Vermes Louis
Littman Clarendon
Scholarship
Ursula Westwood
Lorne Thyssen
Scholarship
Gregory Thompson
Norman Hargreaves-
Mawdsley AHRC
Scholarship
Juan Ignacio Neves
Sarriegui
Oxford Centre for Life-
Writing Scholarship
Hannie Lawlor
Oxford Wolfson Ancient
History Graduate
Scholarship
Thea Sommerschield
Oxford Wolfson Marriot
Graduate Scholarships
Leah Taylor Kearney
Mark Haskew
Filip Bubenheimer
Anna Rufas Blanco
Kerstin Frie
Tom Maltas
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Giovanni De Felice
Katherine Hurst
Gesa Jessen
Anna Jungbluth
Ronald Dekker
Fuchsia Hart
Vasileios Papadogiannis
Helen Theissen
Jessica Kelley
Elizabeth Rose Stair
Thomas Lewin
Gabriela Smarrelli
Naide Gedikli
Katherine Truslove
Marieke van Beest
Syed Munim Husain
Oxford Wolfson
Reginald Campbell
Thompson Assyriology
Scholarship
Lynn-Salammbô
Zimmermann
Oxford Wolfson
Ullendorff Graduate
Scholarship in Semitic
Philology
Vladimir Olivero
Wolfson Guy Newton
Clarendon Scholarship
Onno Akkermans
Garrett Bullock
Wolfson Harrison
UKRC Quantum
Foundation
Scholarship
Alexis Toumi
Wolfson Harrison
UKRC Physics
Scholarship
Joey Tindall
Jonas Wuerzinger
Wolfson Isaiah Berlin
Clarendon Scholarship
Sophia Backhaus
DEGREES AND DIPLOMAS
CONFERRED DURING
2018–19 (1 JULY 2018 – 31
MAY 2019)
Adiku, Geraldine
A (2013–19) DPhil
International Development,
‘The remittance debate
reconsidered: Interrogating
transnational transfers
between Ghanaian
migrants in the United
Kingdom and their
relatives in Ghana’
Akhtar, Wasim M
(2014–19) DPhil
Organic Chemistry,
‘The a-Alkylation of
Ketones Using Hydrogen
Borrowing Catalysis’
Aloumpi, Myrto
(2011–18) DPhil
Classical Languages and
Literature,‘The Civic Virtue
of philotimia: Rhetoric,
Ideology, and Politics in
Democratic Athens’
Alyacoubi, Said O S
(2017–18) MSc Integrated
Immunology
Amin, Sanaz (2015–18)
DPhil Surgical Sciences,
‘An Investigation of
Transit-time Flowmetry
Parameters in Coronary
Artery By-pass Grafting’
Axon, Louise M
(2014–19) Cyber
Security (EPSRC CDT),
‘Sonification for Network-
Security Monitoring’
Bai, Ying (2014–19)
DPhil Biochemistry,
‘Characterizing the
function of the gene
Arl15 and its role in the
development of metabolic
traits’
Bencini, Gaia (2016–18)
MPhil Egyptology
Berg, Alina S (2017–18)
MSc Social Anthropology
Bernard, Giselle
(2017–18) MSc Migration
Studies
Bin Ahmad, Mohamed
F (2017–18) Master of
Public Policy
Bishnoi, Gazzal (2017–
18) MSc Law and Finance
Blower, Cassie E
(2017–18) BCL
Bongioanni, Alessandro
(2014–19) DPhil
Experimental Psychology,
‘Mechanisms for novel
multidimensional choices
in prefrontal cortex –
Behavioural, imaging
and causal approaches
to non-human primate
decision-making’
Book Jönsson, Joakim
(2017–18) MSc Economic
and Social History
Bramley, Nat G (2017–
18) MSt Late Antique and
Byzantine Studies
Brand, Robert C
(2014–18) DPhil Clinical
Neurosciences, ‘Chemical
exchange saturation
transfer methods
for clinical magnetic
resonance imaging’
Brause, Saba R (2017–
18) MSc Social Science of
the Internet
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Brennan, Conor
(2017–18) MSt Modern
Languages (German)
Brown, Esther M (2017–
18) MSc African Studies
Brown, Sophie (2017–
18) MSt History of Art and
Visual Culture
Buckley, Alexander S
(2017–18) MSt English
(1830–1914)
Carels, Cees (2014–19)
DPhil Particle Physics,
‘Search for Dark Matter
with the LUX-Zeplin
Detector – acoustic
sensor performance and
detector response’
Caspi, Jacqueline E
(2017–18) MSc Law and
Finance
Chan, Hau Sun
(2015–19) DPhil Organic
Chemistry, ‘Oxonium
ions, rearrangements and
natural products’
Chan, Yin Yat (2017–18)
MSc Applied Linguistics
and Second Language
Acquisition
Chetyrkina, Mariia
(2017–18) MBA
Chuang, Yu-Hsuan
(2017–18) MSt World
Literatures in English
Combs, Joshua B
(2014–19) DPhil Earth
Sciences, ‘Geological and
Metallogenic Evolution
of the Palaeoproterozoic
Adam Ahmed Mouloude
Region of the Reguibat
Shield, Western Sahara’
Connolly, Sarah
(2014–19) DPhil Materials,
‘Manufacturing of oxide
dispersion strengthened
steels for nuclear
applications’
Curran, Kieran
(2013–18) DPhil Earth
Sciences, ‘Estimates
of the size-fractionated
primary production of
phytoplankton in UK shelf
seas from satellite’
Dale-Harris, Hugo
M (2017–18) MSc
Comparative Social Policy
Dalmaijer, Edwin
S (2014–18) DPhil
Experimental Psychology,
‘The role of attention in
working memory’
Diffey, Charlotte
J (2014–19) DPhil
Archaeology, ‘Feeding the
City: a comparative study
of agricultural production
in Bronze Age urban
systems of Western Asia’
Ding, Siming (2016–18)
MPhil Development
Studies
Dixon, Sasha D T (2017–
18) PGDip Diplomatic
Studies
Dmitriev, Phillip
O (2017–18) MSc
Pharmacology
Domeisen, Natascha A
(2017–18) MSt Medieval
Studies
Douah, Nesrine C
(2017–18) MSc Modern
South Asian Studies
Draghici, Bogdan-
Gabriel (2017–18) MSt
Syriac Studies
Duca, Valentina (2013–
19) DPhil Oriental Studies,
‘Exploring Finitude:
Weakness and Integrity in
Isaac of Nineveh’
Enock, Florence
E (2014–18) DPhil
Experimental Psychology,
‘Cognitive and Neural
Foundations of Perceptual
Biases for the Self and
Social Groups’
Foster, Brennan R F
(2017–18) MSc Social
Anthropology
Francis, Elise A (2017–
18) MSt Study of Religions
Gaebler, Johann D
(2017–18) MSc History
of Science, Medicine and
Technology
Gallego Larrarte,
Barbara (2014–19)
DPhil English, ‘Reverse
Intergenerational Influence
between the World Wars:
E.M. Forster, T.S. Eliot,
Virginia Woolf and their
Networks’
Gao, Lin (2017–18) MSc
Education (Research
Design and Methodology)
Garratt, Luke D (2014–
18) DPhil Computer
Science, ‘Realistic,
Strong and Provable Key
Exchange Security’
Gazak, James J (2017–
18) MSc Archaeological
Science
Geddes, Georgina
P T (2014–19) DPhil
Psychiatry, ‘Predictors
of individual psychotic
experiences after trauma:
a series of longitudinal
studies’
Goddard-Rebstein,
Hannah (2017–18) MSc
Comparative Social Policy
Graham, Jack L
(2017–18) MSt Study of
Religions
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Gray, Madeleine J B
(2017–18) MSt English
(1900–present)
Grohn, Jan (2017–18)
MSc Neuroscience
Gurau, Corina (2013–18)
DPhil Engineering Science,
‘Predicting and Improving
Perception Performance
for Robotics Applications’
Han, Mengyun (2017–18)
MFA
Hansrani, Sahil (2017–
18) MSc Water Science,
Policy and Management
Heath-Whyte, George
R (2017–18) MSt Oriental
Studies
Hernando, Ana M L
(2017–18) MSt Diplomatic
Studies
Herskowitz, Daniel M
(2014–18) DPhil Theology,
‘Which God Will Save
Us? Jewish Receptions
of Martin Heidegger’s
Philosophy’
Heywood, Elizabeth
J (2017–18) MSc
Comparative Social Policy
Holt-Martyn, James
(2013–18) DPhil
Cardiovascular Medicinal
Chemistry, ‘Novel and
Selective Small Molecule
Inhibitors and Activators
For The Prolyl Hydroxylase
Domain Enzymes’
Hopkins, Rachel J
A (2014–19) DPhil
Archaeological Science, ‘A
Matter of Time – Towards
an Absolute Chronology
for the Middle-Upper
Palaeolithic Biocultural
Shift along the Danube
Fluvial Corridor’
Huang, Wenlei (2017–18)
MSc Social Anthropology
Iris (2016–18) MSc(Res)
Oncology, ‘Effect of
adenovirus infection on
the Hypoxia-inducible
factor 1 pathway’
Jackson, Logan C
(2017–18) Master of
Public Policy
Jarerattanachat,
Viwan (2014–19)
DPhil Condensed
Matter Physics, ‘The
Biophysical and Structural
Mechanisms Underlying
Mechanosensitivity of
the TREK-2 Potassium
Channel’
Jenkins, Lyndsey V
(2014–18) DPhil History,
‘Sisters and Sisterhood:
The Kenney Sisters,
Suffrage and Social
Reform, c. 1890 – 1970’
Jiang, Mengyin
(2013–19) DPhil
Experimental Psychology,
‘An investigation of the
modulation and underlying
mechanisms of the Self
Bias Effect’
Kao, Amy (2015–19)
DPhil Psychiatry,
‘Investigating the
Molecular, Metabolic, and
Cognitive Effects of a
Prebiotic in Psychosis’
Kappelmann, Kevin
(2017–18) MSc
Mathematics and
Foundations of Computer
Science
Khan, Nameerah (2017–
18) MSc Water Science,
Policy and Management
Khedun-Burgoine,
Brittany (2017–18) MSt
Korean Studies
Khushi, Asmi (2017–18)
MSc Economics for
Development
Kielbassa, Laura
(2017–18) MSc
Education (Learning and
Technology)
Kilcoyne, Sarah
C (2015–18) MSt
Legal Research,
‘Restorative Justice
and the Challenges for
Young Offenders with
Developmental Language
Disorder’
Kim, Hayeon (2017–18)
MSc Migration Studies
Kira, Beatriz (2017–18)
MSc Social Science of
the Internet
Klein, Nina H (2013–19)
DPhil Materials, ‘Vacuum
Deposited Organic and
Composite Charge
Transport Layers for
Photovoltaic Devices’
Kroeger, Kyle J (2017–
18) MSc Social Science
of the Internet
Kumar, Deepak (2017–
18) MSc Modern South
Asian Studies
Lee, Thomas J (2017–
18) MSc Modern South
Asian Studies
Li, Danyang (2017–18)
MBA
Li, Sha (2015–19)
DPhil Materials,
‘Nanostructured
Molybdenum Disulfide
Thin Film Based
Electrocatalysts for
Hydrogen Evolution
Reaction’
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Liu, Xuan (2015–18)
DPhil Mathematics, ‘Some
Contribution to Analysis
and Stochastic Analysis’
Loharchalwala, Alifya M
(2017–18) MSt Women’s
Studies
Lopez Martinez,
David (2014–19)
DPhil Biochemistry,
‘Characterisation of novel
phosphorylation sites on
FANCD2 and their role
in the Fanconi anaemia
pathway’
Low, Wee Suan
(2014–19) DPhil Medical
Sciences, ‘The effect of
composition of dietary
sugars on hepatic fatty
acid synthesis and
partitioning and insulin
secretion and sensitivity’
Luik, Elo (2014–18) DPhil
Anthropology, ‘No strings
attached: the expanding
frontiers of low-cost
transnational surrogacy’
Lyons, Serina A (2017–18)
BCL
Machin, Kathryn
E (2017–18) MSc
Biodiversity, Conservation
and Management
Mao, Siyao (2016–18)
MPhil Development
Studies
McIntosh, Emma
J (2014–19) DPhil
Geography and the
Environment, ‘An
evidence-based evaluation
of systematic conservation
planning’
Mestel, David (2015–18)
DPhil Computer Science,
‘Quantifying information
flow’
Meyer, Sophie E
(2017–18) MSc Education
(Comparative and
International Education)
Michelarakis, Nicholas
(2014–19) DPhil
Biochemistry, ‘Towards
dynamic pharmacophore
models through the use of
coarse grained molecular
dynamic simulations’
Miller-Friedmann,
Jaimie L (2013–19) DPhil
Education, ‘Repositioning
the Gender Gap in UK
Biology and Physics:
Behind the Numbers’
Milner, Kevin A
(2013–18) Cyber Security
(EPSRC CDT), ‘Detecting
the Misuse of Secrets:
Foundations, Protocols
and Verification’
Mohammad Mujahid
(2014–19) DPhil Organic
Chemistry, ‘Total synthesis
of rubriflordilactone B and
pseudo-rubriflordilactone
B’
Mohd Sadali, Najiah
(2014–18) DPhil Plant
Sciences, ‘Analysis of the
roles of the plastidic E3
ligases SP1 and SPL2 in
tomato and wheat’
Moise, Ionut (2012–18)
DPhil Theology, ‘The
Nature and Function of
Vaiśeṣika Soteriology with
particular reference to
Candrānanda’s Vṛtti’
Movsisyan, Ani
(2014–18) DPhil Social
Intervention, ‘Applying
GRADE in Systematic
Reviews of Complex
Interventions: Challenges
and Considerations for a
New Guidance’
Mustain, Paige P (2014–
18) DPhil Information,
Communication and
the Social Sciences,
‘The P-TECH Model: an
Embedded Case Study
of Digital Inequalities and
Private Sector Involvement
in U.S. Public Education’
Myttaraki, Evangelia
(2017–18) MSc Clinical
Embryology
Nainani, Nitin R (2017–
18) MSc Modern South
Asian Studies
Ng, Lydia (2016–18)
MPhil Tibetan and
Himalayan Studies
Nguyen, Anysia (2017–
18) MSc Evidence-Based
Social Intervention and
Policy Evaluation
O’Gorman, Thomas
J J (2013–18) DPhil
Materials, ‘Architectures
for Fault-Tolerant Quantum
Computation’
Ong, Hwei Ru (2016–18)
MPhil Buddhist Studies
Orlando, Cristiana (2017–
18) MSc Comparative
Social Policy
Osei-antwi, Vonique A
S (2017–18) MSc African
Studies
Palmius, Niclas T
(2012–18) Healthcare
Innovation (RCUK CDT),
‘Personalised Modelling of
Geographic Movements in
Depression’
Pandey, Ankita (2014–
19) DPhil International
Development, ‘Movement
Allies: The Politics of Civil
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(1960s–1980s)’
Park, Inhye (2015–19)
DPhil Molecular and
Cellular Medicine,
‘Functional Diversity of
Vascular Macrophages in
Atherosclerosis’
Park, Young Sun (2017–
18) MSt World Literatures
in English
Pasquali, Giovanni
P (2014–18) DPhil
International Development,
‘When Value Chains Go
South: Governance and
Upgrading of the Kenyan
Leather Sector’
Patel, Shyam N (2016–
18) MPhil Modern South
Asian Studies
Patel, Sunit K (2013–18)
DPhil Theology, ‘Politics
and Religion in Eighteenth-
Century North India: The
Rise of Public Theology in
Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavism’
Perombelon, Brice
D J (2013–18) DPhil
Geography and
the Environment,
‘Prioritising Indigenous
representations of
geopower: the case
of Tulita, Northwest
Territories, Canada’
Petralia, Lorenzo
S (2014–19) DPhil
Physical and Theoretical
Chemistry, ‘Cold Reactive
Collisions between Neutral
Molecules and Trapped
Ions’
Piggott, Christopher H
(2017–18) MSt Historical
Studies
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MSc International Health
and Tropical Medicine
Pomeroy, M Trevor
(2014–18) DPhil Theology,
‘Joshua and Judges:
A Sociological Analysis
of Hebrew Biblical War
Narrative in its Ancient Near
Eastern Context’
Prew, George A
(2016–18) MPhil Classical
Archaeology
Proos, Benjamin
D (2017–18) MSc
Mathematical and
Computational Finance
Purkiss, Melissa
(2015–19) DPhil Medieval
and Modern Languages,
‘Intertextuality in exile:
the fusion of French and
Russian language and
literature in the works of
Gaito Gazdanov’
Raghavan, Charumati
(2013–18) DPhil
Experimental Psychology,
‘Hemispatial Neglect:
An evaluation of novel
assessment methods and
rehabilitation’
Rahardjo, Jessica A A B
(2016–18) MPhil Islamic Art
and Archaeology
Raheel, Sheza (2017–18)
MSc Modern South Asian
Studies
Reza, Alexandra
(2015–18) DPhil Medieval
and Modern Languages,
‘African Literary Journals
in French and Portuguese,
1947–1968: politics, culture
and form’
Ribeiro Goncalves
Antonino, Pedro
(2014–18) DPhil Computer
Science, ‘Verifying
concurrent systems by
approximation’
Rojas Corral, Hugo A
(2011–18) DPhil Sociology,
‘Indifference to Past
Human Rights Violations
in Chile: The Impact
on Transitional Justice
Success, 1990–2017’
Salisbury, Jane E
(2017–18) MSt English
(1900–present)
Sarazin, Marc (2013–
18) DPhil Education,
‘Schooling for social
transformation? A mixed
methods social network
case study of a school
and its collective music
education programme’
Schmitt, Philipp M
(2017–18) MJur
Scriven, Kim A (2017–
18) MBA
Shaharom, Mus Ab
Bin (2013–19) DPhil
Engineering Science,
‘Integrating Logarithmic
Wide Dynamic Range
CMOS Image Sensors’
Shalev, Nir (2014–18)
DPhil Experimental
Psychology,
‘Methodological
Considerations and
Cognitive Factors
Underlying Sustained
Attention’
Slota, Michael C
(2015–19) DPhil Materials,
‘Manipulating the Coupling
between Electronic and
Spin Degrees of Freedom
in Molecules’
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(2017–18) MSt Slavonic
Studies
Smith, Chase C
(2017–18) MSt Global and
Imperial History
So, Karwei (2013–18)
DPhil Materials, ‘Making
and Manipulating
Nanowires Inside Carbon
Nanotubes’
Stubbs, Joshua E
(2017–18) MSc Education
(Research Design and
Methodology)
Sulzer, Sabin (2015–
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‘Accelerated Design and
Testing of New Nickel-
Based Superalloys’
Tarar, Humayun B
(2017–18) Master of
Public Policy
Tereshchenko,
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Pharmacology
Tishenina, Mariia
(2016–18) MSc Education
(Comparative and
International Education)
Turner, Isaac H C
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Interface (EPSRC CDT),
‘Discovering Genetic
Variation in Populations
using Next Generation
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Assembly’
Usher, Natalie D (2013–18)
DPhil Education, ‘Learning
about academic writing
through holistic peer
assessment’
Varenyiova, Zofia
(2016–18) MSc Integrated
Immunology
Vedovato, Vincent
(2014–19) DPhil Organic
Chemistry, ‘Use and
Applications of Sulfur
Dioxide Surrogates in
the Synthesis of Sulfonyl
Derivatives’
Wang, Yuxin (2014–19)
DPhil Organic Chemistry,
‘Studies of novel
antibacterial agents and
antibiotic resistance
breakers towards
combating multidrug
resistant bacteria’
Wason, Carolyn C
(2017–18) MSc Social
Anthropology
Whelan, Emily R (2017–
18) MSc Psychological
Research
Whipham, James W
(2017–18) MSc Theoretical
and Comp Chemistry
(EPSRC CDT)
Woodbury, Beau
(2014–19) DPhil History,
‘Progressive Ideals and
the Promotion of ‘High’
Culture: Classical Music
in British Adult Education,
c.1945–1965’
Xu, Xiaoyun (2017–18)
MSc Water Science,
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Zhu, Linqing (2017–18)
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DPhil Clinical Medicine,
‘The role of CYLD in
macrophages’
Zulueta Bravo, Patricia
(2017–18) MSc Applied
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Books Published
by Wolfsonians
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Latin Grammarians on
the Latin Accent
Philomen Probert (GBF)
Latin Grammarians on the Latin
Accent offers a fresh perspective
on a long-standing debate about
the value of Latin grammarians writing about
the Latin accent: should the information they
give us be taken seriously, or should much of it
be dismissed as copied mindlessly from Greek
sources? This book focusses on understanding
the Latin grammarians on their own terms:
what they actually say about accents, and
what they mean by it. Careful examination
of Greek and Latin grammatical texts leads
to a better understanding of the workings of
Greek grammatical theory on prosody, and
of its interpretation in the Latin grammatical
tradition. It emerges that Latin grammarians
took over from Greek grammarians a system
of grammatical description that operated on
two levels: an abstract level that we are not
supposed to be able to hear, and the concrete
level of audible speech. The two levels are
linked by a system of rules. Some points of
Greek thought on prosody were taken over
onto the abstract level and not intended as
statements about the actual sound of Latin,
while other points were so intended. While
this book largely sets aside the question
whether the Latin grammarians tell us the
truth about the Latin accent, focussing instead
on understanding what they actually say, it
begins to offer answers for those wishing to
know when to ‘believe’ Latin grammarians in
the traditional sense: the book shows which
of their statements are intended – and which
are not intended – as statements about the
actual sound of Latin.
Varro: De lingua Latina
Wolfgang David Cirilo de Melo
(GBF)
Marcus Terentius Varro (116-27
BC) was the greatest polymath
of the Roman Republic. During
his lifetime he authored several
hundred books, and though many of them
dealt with linguistic topics, De lingua Latina
(‘On the Latin language’), the first large-scale
linguistic treatment of Latin, was by far his
most significant work. Originally consisting of
twenty-five volumes one introductory, followed
by six on etymology, six on morphology, and
twelve on syntax – only Books 5–10, treating
etymology and morphology, have come down
to us in a more or less complete form, though
a fair number of fragments of other volumes
have been transmitted in other authors.
These two volumes aim to provide a
comprehensive treatment of this highly
technical text in a new critical edition
accompanied by a clear, accurate translation
and full commentary. In Volume I, an
introductory study outlines Varro’s life and
works, analysing his own linguistic usage
and setting his insights about language in
their historical and intellectual context. His
etymology and morphology are contrasted
with our own modern methods, yielding
important and sometimes surprising insights
into how an educated Roman looked at the
history of his own language: although his
etymology is, by current standards, prescientific,
it is actually quite often in agreement
with modern etymology, while his morphology
also has much in common with a modern
approach, focusing on the question of how
regular language is and providing arguments
against and in favour of regularity. Detailed
discussions of these and other of Varro’s
linguistic ideas are brought to the fore in the
exhaustive commentary in Volume II, which also
sheds much-needed light on the work’s textual
problems, cultural background, and distinctive
Varronian style.
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Trade, Politics, and
Revolution: South
Carolina and Britain’s
Atlantic Commerce,
1730–1790
Huw David (GBF)
London’s ‘Carolina traders’, a little-known
group of transatlantic merchants, played
a pivotal but historically neglected role in
the rise of tensions in the South Carolina
lowcountry. Huw David delves into the
lives of these men and explores their
influence on commerce and politics in
the years before and after the American
Revolution. Beginning in the 1730s, a few
select merchants in Charleston fuelled
South Carolina’s economic rise, used their
political connections to prosper in British-
Carolinian trade, and then relocated to
London, becoming absentee owners of
property, plantations, and slaves. Using
correspondence, business and slave trade
records, newspapers and a wealth of other
sources, David reconstructs the lives of
these Carolina traders and demonstrates
their shifting but instrumental influence
over the course of the eighteenth century.
Until the 1760s these transatlantic traders
served as a stabilizing force, using their
wealth and political connections to lobby
for colonial interests. As the British Empire
flexed its power and incited rebellion with
laws such as the so-called Intolerable Acts,
South Carolinians became suspicious of the
traders, believing them to be instruments
of imperial oppression. Trade, Politics, and
Revolution offers a fresh understanding of
trade in South Carolina’s early history and
the shifting climate that led to the American
Revolution, as well as reaching beyond the
war to explore the reconstruction of trade
routes between the newly founded United
States and Great Britain.
By focusing on one segment of transatlantic
trade, David provides a new interpretative
approach to imperialism and exposes the
complex, deeply personal rift that divided
the Carolina traders from their homeland
and broke the colonies from the mother
country.
To the Volcano, and
other stories
Elleke Boehmer (GBF)
This new collection of short
stories by Elleke Boehmer
tracks lives across continents
from the perspective of
the southern hemisphere – its light, its seas,
its sensibilities. They are stories of people
caught up in a world that tilts seductively,
sometimes dangerously, between south
and north, between ambition and tradition,
between light and dark. Her characters are
poised to leave or on the point of return;
often caught in limbo, haunted by their
histories and veering between possibilities.
An African student in England longs for her
desert home; a shy Argentinian travel agent
agonises about joining her boyfriend in
New York; a soldier is pursued by his past; a
writer’s widow fends off the attentions of his
predatory biographer.
From story to story we walk through
radically different worlds and journeys
packed with hopes and ideals. Sharp, tender,
and always arresting, these exquisitely
written pieces crackle with luminous insights
as characters struggle to come to terms –
with their past, with one another, and with
themselves.
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In Search of Isaiah
Berlin: A Literary
Adventure
Henry Hardy (HF)
Isaiah Berlin was one of the greatest thinkers
of the twentieth century – a man who set
ideas on fire. His defence of liberty and
plurality was passionate and persuasive and
inspired a generation. His ideas – especially
his reasoned rejection of excessive certainty
and political despotism – have become even
more prescient and vital today. But who
was the man behind such influential views?
In Search of Isaiah Berlin tells the compelling
story of a decades-long collaboration
between Berlin and his editor, Henry
Hardy, who made it his vocation to bring
Berlin’s huge body of work into print. Hardy
discovered that Berlin had written far more
than people thought, much of it unpublished.
As he describes his struggles with Berlin,
who was almost on principle unwilling to
have his work published, an intimate and
revealing picture of the self-deprecating
philosopher emerges. This is a unique
portrait of a man who gave us a new way
of thinking about the human predicament,
and whose work had for most of his life
remained largely out of view.
A fuller appreciation of this book follows,
for which we thank Christopher Schenk (GS
1972–75)
This delightful book contains intriguing
insights into the character and personality
not only of Isaiah Berlin but also of its author,
Henry Hardy. Hardy begins by positing
himself and Berlin as polar opposites: the
genius, adept at delineating the bigger
picture but careless with details, and the
pedant, meticulous and punctilious about
accuracy, to the point of obsession.
As the story progresses, it becomes obvious
that they have quite a lot in common. For a
start, they are both good writers, masters of
that dying literary art form, the long letter.
More importantly, they are both remarkably
candid about their thoughts and feelings. They
do not dissemble: there is no guile in them.
Nevertheless, their honesty is by no means a
guarantee that their accounts of themselves are
accurate.
Hardy writes to Berlin in 1976, ‘You have a
refreshing candidness and directness about
dissenting from received opinion’. Hardy’s own
honesty is described as ‘directness’, though ‘to
be direct’ in this sense seems to be one of those
irregular verbs: I am direct, you are tactless, he is
rude.
As a graduate student in the early days of
Wolfson, Hardy was remarkably busy and
productive. As well as completing two degrees,
he founded and edited Lycidas, Wolfson’s first
magazine; he set up his own publishing imprint
using his middle names of Robert Dugdale; he
played the organ at St Frideswide’s, directed
a choir, ran the College music society, and
composed a number of short pieces; he even
found time to teach Ancient Greek to Cecilia
Dick’s younger daughter, Cressida, who is now
the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police. It
was at this time that, with the encouragement
of Sam Guttenplan, he embarked on what was
to become forty years of work, to give the lie to
Maurice Bowra’s famous quip that ‘like Our Lord
and Socrates, Isaiah does not publish much.’
In those heady days before the College moved
to Linton Road, Wolfson was a remarkably
egalitarian institution. Stephen Grounds tells the
story of how he introduced himself to the older
man standing next to him in the queue for lunch
at 60 Banbury Road, with the words ‘I’m Stephen
Grounds and I come from Birmingham’, to be
greeted with the rejoinder ‘I’m Isaiah Berlin and
I come from Riga.’ Berlin involved himself with
the graduate students in a number of ways, for
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example, by organising, with Jerome Bruner,
a seminar that brought together graduate
students in philosophy, like Hardy and myself,
with graduate students in psychology like
Andrew Meltzoff. Berlin also began friendships
with other graduate students who played
important parts in Hardy’s endeavours, notably
Roger Hausheer and Aileen Kelly. Hardy sums
up Berlin’s egalitarianism when he comments
that ‘despite the large differences in age and
status between us, he never pulled rank, and
mostly treated my enquiries and suggestions
and disagreements as if they were those of an
intellectual equal.’
The first part of the book, chapters 2 to 8, tells
the story of how Hardy coaxed Berlin to agree
to the republication of large numbers of his
essays and lectures, at first into four volumes
of his Selected Writings, and later into several
more. This was no easy task, working against
Berlin’s almost pathological self-depreciation
and fear of adverse criticism, as well as his
alarming tendency to change his mind and
go back on previous agreements. The most
outrageous example of this was in 1976 when
he suddenly withdrew his approval of the
volume containing his philosophical essays.
Hardy eventually managed to persuade him to
rescind his veto, so that most, but not all, of the
essays were republished.
After a rebuff like this, it is not surprising that
Hardy did his best to avoid a recurrence.
Even so, Hardy’s chutzpah on occasions
is breathtaking, for example when he
commissioned Noel Annan to write an
introduction to the volume of Personal
Impressions, without telling Berlin, still less
asking permission from him.
The second half of the book, chapters 9 to
11, is about that aspect of the voluminous
correspondence between Hardy and Berlin
in which Hardy probed Berlin’s ideas and
sought, not always successfully, to give them
greater clarity. I am particularly interested
in the chapter on Pluralism and Religion,
having spent a good deal of my working life
inspecting independent religious schools for
the Department of Education (and Science)
as a representative of an ostensibly pluralist
state, seeking to persuade Jewish, Muslim
and Evangelical Christian proprietors to
espouse a more liberal approach without
abandoning their deeply-held beliefs. As
the laws governing independent schools
tightened up, it was no longer just a matter
of persuasion: schools, rather paradoxically,
can now be compelled to be liberal. A
definition of ‘Fundamental British Values’ first
surfaced in the Prevent strategy and was
then incorporated into secondary legislation
in the Independent School Regulations
which specify that proprietors must actively
promote ‘the fundamental British values of
democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty,
and mutual respect and tolerance of those
with different faiths and beliefs.’ While there
is nothing exclusively British about these
values, they are undoubtedly liberal.
For understandable biographical reasons,
Hardy’s view of religious adherence is rather
narrow. He writes as if people join a religion
by giving intellectual assent to a series of
theological propositions, and are then bound
to accept all the logical consequences of
these propositions. While Berlin avows that
he is tone-deaf to religious sentiment, his
understanding of religion is much broader:
even if religion may be theologically empty, it
is anthropologically of great significance.
In a book peppered with accounts of
Berlin forgetting events and conversations
completely, and even denying that he
had ever written essays and lectures that
Hardy brought to light, I feel myself in
good company when I say that I have no
recollection whatsoever of the conversation
with me that Hardy reports (pp. 48 and 49),
though I remain flattered that he thought
my opinion might cut some ice with Berlin.
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However, I do remember some things from
that time. Hardy’s reputation for meticulous
accuracy is well deserved, so it is with
some satisfaction that I avail myself of the
unusual opportunity to correct one of his
end-notes. He writes (p. 270) that ‘Schenk
(a Roman Catholic) and I (a non-believer)
became churchwardens of St Frideswide’s.
When the Archdeacon of Oxford … heard
of this, he had us removed.’ Although I was
brought up as a Roman Catholic, I had
become an Anglican by the time I was a
churchwarden. I also doubt whether, in the
checks and balances of the pluralist Church
of England, an archdeacon has the power
to have churchwardens removed. In any
event, the truth is more prosaic. We both
resigned after Arnold Mallinson had left the
parish, with the agreement of the retired
priest who took temporary charge of St
Frideswide.
Gifts to the Library
The Library welcomes gifts of books
from all its members, past and
present, which enhance its academic
collections and add to the pleasure of
its readers. This year the Library has
received two separate collections in
Ancient History from Professor Donna
Kurtz and Professor Janet Delaine. Dr
Stephanie Dalley notably donated an
eighteenth-century edition of Josephus
as well as other books. Books have
also been generously donated by those
whose names appear above, authors
or contributors being identified by an
asterisk.Thank you all.
DONORS TO THE LIBRARY
Professor Ruben Andersson*
Professor Marcus Banks*
Professor Pamela Clemit*
Dr Geoff Cottrell*
Dr David Cranston*
Dr Stephanie Dalley*
Dr Huw David*
Professor Anne Deighton*
Downing College, Cambridge*
Dr Elena Draghici-Vasilescu*
Jacob G. Ghazarian*
Dr Beata Gessel-Kalinowska vel Kalisz*
Dr Tony Grey*
Rev Dr Martin Henig*
Sir Tim Hitchens*
Sally Horovitz
John R. Kirby*
Matthew Landrus*
Dr James Bryant Lewis*
Professor Rosalind Marsh*
Dr Dario Nappo*
Young Sun Park
George Pattison
Dr John Penney
Dr Olivera Petrovich*
Professor Tariq Rahman*
Dr Alan J. Ross*
Priscilla Moir Sharp*
Dr Clive Sherlock
Michael Strugale*
Professor Bryan Sykes*
Professor John Sutton*
Dr Rachel K.L. Wood*
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PERSONAL NEWS
Obituaries
Bryan Magee
(1930-2019)
(VS 1991–3, VF 1993–4, MCR 1994–2018)
philosopher, writer, broadcaster, politician,
died at St Luke’s Hospital, Headington, on
26 July 2019 aged eighty-nine.
Bryan was born a Cockney in 1930 in
Hoxton, the son of a gentleman’s outfitter
who instilled in him a love of music and
theatre that came to be dominant passions.
He was educated at Christ’s Hospital and
at Keble College, Oxford, where he took
degrees in History (1952) and PPE (1953),
and was President of the Oxford Union
(1953). After a few years in temporary
academic posts and a spell working for
Guinness, he became an author and
television presenter, fronting the ITV current
affairs programme This Week, making
documentaries about social issues, and
writing books, notably the hugely successful
Popper (1973) for Fontana Modern Masters.
In 1974 he was elected as Labour MP for
Leyton, but in 1982 defected to the SDP,
losing his seat in 1983. He then returned to
full-time writing and broadcasting, notably
interviewing philosophers with marked
success in the radio series Modern British
Philosophy and in the TV series Men of
Ideas (1978) and The Great Philosophers
(1987). Books on Wagner and Schopenhauer
followed (he regarded the latter as his
principal contribution to philosophy).
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Bryan had links to a number of Oxford
colleges through his life, but it was Wolfson
that provided him with his main base for
his last three decades. He first came to the
College for two years in 1991 as a Visiting
Scholar at the suggestion of its founding
President, Isaiah Berlin, whom he had
befriended in 1972, when he conducted a
discussion with him and Stuart Hampshire
on nationalism for Thames Television. In
1993 he became a Visiting Fellow for a
year, and in 1994 a permanent Member of
Common Room. In these early Wolfson
years he was working on his celebrated
intellectual-autobiography-cum-introductionto-philosophy,
Confessions of a Philosopher,
published in 1997.
In 2000 he left London, where he had lived
until then, buying a flat in Bardwell Road
so as to be close to Wolfson. He became a
familiar figure and almost daily presence in
College, walking up for lunch after a morning
of writing, and holding court in the Common
Room over coffee. He was a superb talker,
and his multi-faceted life provided a great
deal of matter for him to talk about. Many
Wolfsonians got to know him well, and he
was a widely valued personal and intellectual
resource in College. He continued to have
short-term academic attachments elsewhere
– in Oxford, Cambridge and Otago – but
Wolfson was the home he returned to,
sustaining him as he wrote The Story of
Philosophy, Wagner and Philosophy, Ultimate
Questions, and three volumes of personal
autobiography, Clouds of Glory: a Hoxton
Childhood, Growing Up in a War and finally
Making the Most of It, published last year.
Bryan was a man of many parts who
cannot be summed up by a single label, but
perhaps his most enduring achievement
will turn out to be his brilliant explanation
of philosophy to non-specialists. He made
the subject exciting and accessible without
condescension or dumbing down, and
was surely one of the most articulate and
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engaging expositors who ever lived.
He is survived by his Swedish daughter
Gunnela and her children and
grandchildren.
Henry Hardy (HF)
Michael Metcalf
(1933-2018)
David Michael Metcalf, numismatist, born
8 May 1933; died 25 October 2018.
Michael Metcalf, who has died aged 85,
understood the quantitative significance of
medieval coins long before historians or
other numismatists appreciated it.
His detailed study in the 1960s of the
coins of Offa, the eighth-century king
of Mercia, enabled him to assert that
these coins were struck in much greater
numbers than anyone had realised. This
in turn suggested that early Anglo-Saxon
coins were far too numerous to have
been reserved for the use of an elite.
Instead the numbers argued for a much
greater degree of Dark Age monetisation
than previously assumed. Unsurprisingly,
the established orthodoxy took some
time to come to terms with this, and the
ensuing debates ruffled feathers. One
particular exchange in Oxford in 1966
was sufficiently robust to have been
reported in the national press.
With characteristic grit, Michael resisted
the vigorous criticism of the most
influential scholars, until the advent of
the metal detector in the 80s began to
confirm Michael’s arguments through
the discovery of very large numbers of
medieval coins from all over the country.
Metal detecting was itself then shunned
by archaeologists, who, reasonably enough,
feared the destruction of important
sites, but gradually a more positive attitude
to responsible metal detecting developed.
Nowadays the Portable Antiquities Scheme
records thousands of coin finds reported
by detectorists every year, and the degree
of monetisation in medieval England is no
longer doubted.
The evidence of single coin finds was also
used by Michael to map and quantify the
early Anglo-Saxon gold coins (thrymsas) and
silver pennies (sceattas) of the seventh and
eighth centuries, resulting in his three-volume
work Thrymsas and Sceattas in the Ashmolean
Museum (1993–94). He had energetically
collected the new finds emerging in the 80s
to make the collection of the Ashmolean
Museum in Oxford, where he was Keeper
of the Heberden Coin Room (1982–98), a
leader in this field.
While Michael located the principal areas
in which each type was struck and used, he
also demonstrated that over a quarter of
the English money stock consisted of similar
silver pennies struck in the Low Countries,
testifying to a huge balance of payments
surplus probably attributable to wool exports
as early as the eighth century. Anglo-
Continental trade links were fundamental
to English wealth from at least the eighth
century until our own times.
He also applied his spatial awareness and
statistical skills to the late Anglo-Saxon
coinage from King Edgar’s coinage reform of
973 to the Domesday Book survey of 1086.
This period featured repeated reminting of
the entire national currency, as well as the
export to Scandinavia of huge numbers of
coins as Danegeld. The coin hoards found
above all in Sweden provide numerically
impressive samples, though comparison with
English hoards is essential.
Moreover Michael analysed more than
600 English single finds from this period
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in an attempt to answer a number of key
questions about the nature of the circulation
and the structure and distribution of the
coinage in England.
Nick Mayhew
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excelled academically at Lichfield grammar
school and in 1949, aged 17, he went to
Bristol University to study physics. There
he met a fellow-student, Judith Marshall,
whom he married in 1957. After graduating,
Peter undertook a PhD, supervised by the
Nobel physics laureate Cecil Powell, before
(in 1955) becoming a scientific officer at
Harwell and working his way up within the
organisation.
Peter Iredale
(1930-2019)
My father Peter Iredale, who has died aged
87, was the last director of the UK Atomic
Energy Authority’s Harwell laboratory in
Oxfordshire, a pioneering institute that
housed Europe’s first nuclear reactor.
Having joined Harwell in the late 1950s as
a scientific officer, Peter progressed through
various scientific and leadership positions
there, with a focus that eventually expanded
to embrace non-nuclear energy technologies
such as wind and wave power. At one stage
he led the marine and technology support
unit at Harwell, and from 1979 to 1984
he chaired the UK wave energy steering
committee.
He was appointed deputy director at Harwell
in 1986 and then director the following year.
However, in 1990, following a ministerial
decision – the implications of which were
not known at the time of his appointment
– drastic cuts in government funding led
to a radical restructuring. It fell to Peter to
preside over the ending of Harwell’s role
as a homogenous research establishment.
Before stepping down in 1992 he produced
a plan to develop the campus as a centre for
scientific innovation, and this came to fruition
in the form of what is now the Harwell
science and innovation campus.
After leaving Harwell, Peter sought another
strategic role to satiate his intellectual
restlessness, and found fulfilment as chair of
Oxfordshire area health authority, a position
he held from 1992 until 2001. In that role he
managed several large NHS reorganisations,
including the merger of all the main
Oxfordshire hospitals into one trust; a
process fraught with difficulty. Navigating
these complexities while maintaining stability
in the local health system required great
fixity of purpose, clarity of strategic vision
and an outstanding ability to persuade
people to work together.
In parallel, Peter recognised the importance
of building a stronger relationship between
the Oxfordshire health sector and the
University of Oxford, and his work in that
direction led to the creation of several world
class clinical research institutes, including the
Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology
and Metabolism and the Centre of Functional
Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain.
In his spare time he enjoyed gardening and
operatic music. He is survived by Judith, their
four children (John, Susan, Helen and Alison),
and 13 grandchildren.
John Iredale
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THE RECORD
Born in Brownhills, near Walsall, to Annie
(née Kirby), a maid, and Henry, a grocer, Peter
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PERSONAL NEWS
In memoriam 2018–19
Andreason, Magnus (MCR and
HMCR 1984-2019) on 6 June 2019
Asquith, Mark (GS 2005-2010,
MCR 2010-2011) on 6 June 2019
Ikegami, Tadahiro (MCR 1971-
1972, VF 1986, MCR 1988-1990,
VS 1992-1993, MCR 1994-2018)
on 20 November 2018
Iredale, Peter (MCR 1988-1991,
SF 1991-2000, MCR 2000-2019)
on 10 July 2019
Krishna, Gopal (VF 1975-1976,
RF 1976-1981, MCR 1981-1999,
GS 1999-2012) on 21 April 2019
Magee, Bryan (VS 1991-1993, VF
1993-1994, MCR 1994-2018) on
26 July 2019
Metcalf, Michael (GBF 1982-
1998, EF 1998-2018) on 25
October 2018
THE RECORD
Millar, Fergus (MCR 1977-2019)
on 15 July 2019
Mulvey, John (GBF 1965-1984,
SF 1984-1996, EF 1996-2018) on
10 September 2018
Roberts, Anne (HMCR 2010-
2019), wife of Julian Roberts (PF,
EF) on 13 January 2019
Robinson, Daniel (MCR 2010-
2018) on 17 September 2018
Ullendorff Dina, wife of Edward
Ullendorff (MCR 1981-2006) on 26
March 2019
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FEATURES
Memories
of Wolfson
We celebrate Wolfson’s beautiful setting
and recall three of its founding Fellows,
Hans Schenk (1912–79), Colin Kraay
(1918–82) and Peter Hulin (1923–93).
Photo: Roger Tomlin
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FEATURES
Detail from one of the
Caramanian Plates displayed in
the Colin Kraay Room. For the
full story, see pp. 114–15.
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The Glory of
the Garden
by W. M. (Peggy) Morgan
(MCR, Lecturer in the Faculty of
Theology and Religion)
Kipling’s appreciative phrase, if not all the
sentiments in his poem, including his assumption
that the gardeners are all men and boys, is not
inappropriate to Wolfson’s own collection of
gardens. I am a near neighbour with a tiny garden
of my own, so one of the many privileges of
my College membership is being able to walk
round all parts of Wolfson Gardens regularly. I
find the team of gardeners working hard in the
different areas all display Wolfson’s characteristic
friendliness in responding to my questions, and
they do wonderful work to keep such large and
varied areas looking so attractive. The gardens are
one of Wolfson’s many works of art.
As I started to think about writing this it was mid-
April. The pear blossom was out in the Bishop’s
Garden, the apple blossom was emerging and
the rhubarb sprouting. There is still a strong sense
of the original use of the garden strips which
provided produce for the adjoining house and
were presumably gardened by a team of Victorian
gardeners. The last of the scattering of primroses
were still about, whilst blue and white anemones
graced the wild garden and much else was
emerging. Wild garlic later gave its own distinctive
aroma as I walked, and bluebells filled the space
at the base of the much-anticipated wisteria
which was out in April 2015 when this garden
was opened to members of Wolfson, an event
photographed and recorded in the 2015 Record.
The wisteria is singularly magnificent in its stature
and perfume. It has been pruned this year, so it
was late flowering, but its companion is heading
over the pergola and nearby conifer in profusion.
Careful pruning of shrubs at the end of the front
lawn has opened up what Kipling would call a
Photo: John Cairns
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‘stately view’, a view of the new bird bath in the rose garden. Opening up views like this is an
activity worthy of the best of gardeners. The roses were carefully chosen by Mike Pearson and
newly planted last year, and Mel Constantino wrote about them in the last Record. When the
rose garden had been hoed to prepare for the new growth, I decided it was the right place to
scatter the last dried rose petals from my sister’s coffin spray. She was a considerable gardener,
so this seemed an appropriate act. I love this varied, peaceful and reflective space in which
I usually linger at the completion of my walk. Another joy is the wonderful tulips, a photo of
which graced the front of the 2015 Record. They can be found not only in the Bishop’s Garden
but also in the magnificent tubs at the front of the main building and in the Berlin Quad, in
College colours to greet the spring.
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Gardens are always evolving, and in the 2015 Record Jacqueline Piper gave us a very
informative article about the creation of the Wolfson garden landscape. For example, I am
always excited to see what will emerge whenever the latest version of the herbaceous border
starts to grow at the far end of the lavender path by the croquet lawn. It is an inviting part of
the walk towards yet another pergola with its double beauty of rose and wisteria, and a bench
to invite the stroller to bring a book or just enjoy the reflective peace of the arbour. This year
the hard landscaping of the pergola path has been renewed and contributes to the beauty
of the space. As I write, the formal garden is being replanted with plants with an ‘Eastern
connection’. At its centre is the significantly inscribed sundial which was a gift by Sir Henry
Fisher when he retired from the Presidency in 1989; his initials accompany a quotation from
Horace: INTER SILVAS ACADEMI QUAERERE VERVM (‘To seek Truth within the groves of
Academe’). The original garden-planting had a Chinese and Japanese theme, hence the dragon
on the sundial.
After a side glance at the practical provision of allotment growing-spaces for College members,
the variety of the gardens continues in the winding woodland path. This ends in the view of
the river and bridge as one descends by the side of the cascade and wet garden with its exotic
plants. The bridge has become my younger daughter’s favourite standing and thinking place, but
I was startled the very first time I saw it as it disappeared into a lake in a year when the water
meadow beyond was fully submerged.
A relatively new work of art is Roger Cheney’s ‘Transformed Triangle’ (1974), which startles
my visitors as we take the path back from the river and admire the pinnacle in the Winter
Garden bearing a second inscription, set on a plaque: TRADIDIT HVNC LAPIDEM LYCIDAE
MERTONIA DONVM (‘Merton handed this stone to Lycidas as a gift’ – after all, this is
Oxford!). The pinnacle always attracts the interest of friends as they walk with me, together
with my comment that it was in fact found ‘in a builder’s yard’ (2015 Record, p. 112) and taken
to Wolfson, before being formally captioned by agreement with Merton. Most traditions have
multiple lives and versions, and this is no exception.
As I continue my walk, and at the appropriate season, I seek out areas across the gardens
where there are displays of snowdrops and daffodils and winter crocus, and where I have
learned they will be blooming in early spring, a favourite time.
I have learned that the interesting Catalpa in the Gandy Quad which spreads over yet another
well-positioned bench is also called an Indian Bean Tree. Another ‘stately view’, this time
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towards the Gandy Quad, gives an additional vista to my walk, though I should like to see
the fountain at work, to complete its Islamic feel. When I sit on the bench under the tree, the
delightful and soothing sound of trickling water would add to the experience.
My subject is the study of religions, and I once taught a course on flowers and religious
traditions for which I enjoyed using as a core text the Cambridge anthropologist Jack
Goody’s wonderful and wide-ranging book The Culture of Flowers (1993). Research for the
course covered the visual arts as well as poetry; the history and symbolism of Japanese Zen
gardens; lotuses and roses, lilies and tulips. While I was writing this piece, I remembered a
passage from Annemarie Schimmel’s famous Mystical Dimensions of Islam (1975):
‘Every flower in the garden becomes, for the mystic poets of the late twelfth century, a
tongue to praise God; every leaf and petal is a book in which God’s wisdom can be read,
if a man (sic) will only look. God has put signs on the horizon and in man’s soul (Sura 41:
53); man has only to look at them. The lily praises God, silently, with ten tongues; the violet
sits modestly in its dark blue Sufi garb, its head on the ‘knee of meditation’. Red tulips with
their dark scars in their ‘hearts’ may grow out of the burned hearts of lovers, or they may
remind the mystic of black-hearted hypocrites. The narcissus looks, with languid eyes, toward
the creator or makes the lover think of the friend’s half-closed eyes, and the purple curly
hyacinth resembles the tresses of the beloved ... the eye of the mystic who is enraptured
in love sees traces of eternal beauty everywhere and listens to the mute eloquence of
everything created.’ (pp. 308–9)
Thank you, Wolfson, and your gardeners, for this enhancement of your site and the joy it
brings me. Let me acknowledge, in Kipling’s words, that ‘gardens are not made by singing “Oh
how beautiful!” and sitting in the shade’; and that ‘the Glory of the Garden it abideth not in
words.’
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‘The Glory of The Garden’
was first published in
1911 in A School History of
England by C. R. L. Fletcher
and Rudyard Kipling
Newly planted formal Garden. Photo: Mel Constantino.
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Hans and Willy
Schenk: two
refugees from
Prague in
war-time Britain
by Christopher Schenk
(GS 1972–75)
Hans Schenk, one of the original Iffley
Fellows of Wolfson, arrived in Harwich on
17 March 1939 as an asylum-seeker, with
his younger brother Willy. Both of them had
Czechoslovakian nationality but they were
not Czechs, nor were they Slovaks.
The photograph (on p. 109) of Hans aged
ten and Willy aged four, with their mother,
Ilse, and their nanny, Lissy, reveals their true
ethnicity. They were born subjects of the
Austro-Hungarian monarch: Hans on 6
April 1912, when the Emperor Franz Joseph
was in the 64th year of his reign, and Willy
on 26 July 1918, during the short reign of
the Emperor Charles, the last monarch of
Austria-Hungary. Before the war they were
part of the German-speaking minority in
Prague. It was a substantial minority and
Prague was a bilingual city with parallel
Czech and German institutions,
including universities.
Ferdinand, Hans and Willy’s father, was a
Professor of Gynaecology and Obstetrics
in the German University in Prague. He
was born into a Jewish family but became
a Roman Catholic in order to marry Ilse in
Vienna in 1911. She was a good linguist and
spoke fluent Italian, and good English and
French.
In pre-war Prague, Hans made a name
for himself as a strong chess player. In the
1970s he wrote an article for Lycidas called
‘Chess Reminiscences’, which recalls that
in 1929, when he was 17, he was one of
thirty players taken on in Prague by Aron
Nimzovitch in a simultaneous exhibition.
‘I happened to be the last player left after
the other 29 games had been finished’, he
writes, ‘so Nimzovitch sat down to play the
end game against me. Although I had a
slight disadvantage, I managed to hang on
for a draw.’ He went on to even greater
things in the 1930s when he defeated
José Capablanca, in another simultaneous
exhibition.
In 1935, Hans was awarded a doctorate in
law and was appointed as an assistant at the
Institute of Political Science at the German
University. He worked closely with Professor
Hans Kelsen, an eminent legal and political
philosopher, who was an outspoken critic
of the Nazis. During Kelsen’s short time in
Prague, from October 1936 to February
1938, he had many difficulties with Nazisupporting
students. In a testimonial written
in 1947, when Kelsen was Professor of
Political Science at Berkeley, he says of Hans:
‘In my conflict with the Nazi students in
Prague, he firmly and courageously stood on
my side, in spite of all disadvantages he had
to endure as a consequence of his attitude.’
The first disadvantage was that his university
post was not renewed at the end of 1937,
so in January 1938 he started working
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for the Czechoslovak Civil Service as an
official in the Ministry of Social Welfare. In
September 1938, the Sudetenland, the area
near the border where German speakers
were in a majority, was ceded to Germany,
endorsed by the Munich Agreement. Hans’
job at the Ministry involved welfare for
anti-Nazi refugees from the Sudetenland,
amid an atmosphere of growing support
for the Nazis among the German-speaking
community in Prague. On 9 January 1939,
he was given notice of dismissal from the
Ministry, to take effect in March. No reason
was given, but it was undoubtedly because
of his political views and his active support
for the anti-Nazi Social Democratic Party,
expressed for example in an article he
published in 1938 entitled Aufbau und Schutz
der Demokratie (Building and Protecting
Democracy).
So, from January 1939, Hans and Willy
accelerated their plans to leave for Britain
in March. Hans wrote to the Society for
the Protection of Science and Learning in
London. This was an organisation that had
been founded in 1933 with the express
purpose of giving support to academics
who had been forced to leave Germany,
and later Austria and Czechoslovakia, by the
Nazis. SPSL sent a letter to Hans, which he
hoped would help him to be allowed to
enter Britain. Willy registered as an external
student at London University and wrote to
his English penfriend, Donald, who enlisted
the help of his father, Barclay Baron, a
liberal-minded social reformer, who played a
prominent part in Toc H.
They planned to leave by an early train on
Wednesday, 15 March. On the day before,
Slovakia declared its independence. Emil
Hácha, the President of Czechoslovakia,
was in a very weak position with regard
to Germany since the annexation of the
Sudetenland had stripped Czechoslovakia of
its defences. Hitler forced him into agreeing
to a German takeover of the Czech lands.
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This agreement was signed at four o’clock in
the morning of 15 March, and by six o’clock
German troops began pouring over the
border and took possession of the country
while the Czech military was commanded to
step down and allow them to enter.
Hans and Willy were on the train that
left Prague station at about seven o’clock,
so they would have seen the advancing
German army out of the train’s windows
as it travelled towards the border with
Germany. They reached the border much
more quickly than a traveller would today,
because the border had moved, with the
annexation of the Sudetenland. The stamp
in Hans’ passport shows that the bordercrossing
certificate was issued in Lobositz,
a small town on the left bank of the River
Elbe, now known by its Czech name of
Lovosice, some forty miles north-west of
Prague, and these days at least another forty
miles away from the border.
On 16 March, they reached the Dutch
border at Oldenzaal. On the German side
of the border, they were asked by German
officials whether they were Jews. They
could honestly answer ‘No’ despite their
father, because by Jewish halacha Jewishness
can only be transmitted matrilineally. They
caught the night ferry from Hook of Holland
and landed in Harwich early the following
morning. Barclay Baron wrote: ‘They landed
in England on 17th March 1939 with no
visible means of support whatever. I met
them on arrival, arranged hospitality and
provided them from my personal funds with
immediate necessities. I had already signed a
guarantee to the Home Office that I would
be responsible for their support so that no
charges, in the event of their sickness or
unemployment, would fall on British public
funds.’
Barclay Baron was comfortably off and
well-connected, but by no means rich. He
arranged for Hans to be given hospitality
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for short periods by a succession of his
friends and acquaintances. As Hans wrote
to the SPSL in April 1940: ‘I have managed
to find some hospitality between March
and Christmas 1939, but altogether I had to
move more than twenty times from place
to place.’ That works out to moving about
once a fortnight. Willy was more fortunate.
Through his pen-friend Donald Baron he
was given residency in Pusey House, Oxford,
for the two months of Trinity Term.
By the time the war broke out, on 3
September 1939, Willy and Hans were back
together and made strenuous efforts to
contact their parents, with a view to finding
a way to get them out. Surprisingly, despite
the war, a letter dated 14 September got
through to them from Ferdinand saying: ‘My
dearest children, we got your messages and
we are very happy to hear that you both
are well and live together. We had to take
a new flat of two rooms and kitchen. It is
a very nice flat with modern comfort.’ For
all Ferdinand’s upbeat manner, it was clearly
a step down in the world. Their spacious
apartment in the centre of town had been
commandeered by the Germans, and their
small new flat in the suburbs was rented in
Lissy’s name, so that it would not be taken
away from them because of Ferdinand’s
Jewish origins.
In late December 1939, Hans finally made
it to the Hastings Chess Congress. It was a
mere shadow of its former self with only
eight players, seven of whom were British,
so Hans single-handedly made it into an
International Congress.
1940 was a better year for Hans. He
decided to take another doctorate, this
time a DPhil at Oxford. He contacted the
Postgraduate Aid Committee, chaired by the
Master of Balliol, and renewed his requests
for help from the SPSL.
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A letter from Ronald Bell, Fellow and Tutor
in Chemistry at Balliol, who was secretary
of the Postgraduate Aid Committee, to
Miss Simpson, the secretary of SPSL, makes
it clear why Hans’s case was particularly
difficult. ‘Though young,’ he writes of Hans,
‘he is considerably more experienced than
most of the people with whom we have to
deal, and it seems to me that he rather lies
in the No Man’s Land between the SPSL and
this committee. At this end I have managed
to persuade Exeter College to admit him
with remission of all fees, and this would also
exempt him from any University dues. On
the other hand, we are not able to make any
direct financial grant to him for maintenance.’
Hans’s own letters to Miss Simpson give
interesting insights into his precarious
financial situation. In April 1940, he writes
that he has ‘found a room with full board
and everything included for 27 shillings a
week.’ Eventually, the SPSL agreed to fund
him at a rate of £100 a year, but only for
three months at a time pending a further
application, so his money worries continued.
He matriculated as a graduate student
at Exeter College on 4 May 1940 and
soon afterwards received his first monthly
payment from SPSL of £8 6s 8d. His
supervisor was G. D. H. Cole, then at Univ.
Hans first proposed a broad subject for his
thesis, building on his work in international
law and political science: a comparison of
attempts at international co-operation from
the Concert of Europe up to and including
the League of Nations. In the manner of
DPhil supervisors, Cole urged Hans to
focus more narrowly, suggesting the earlier
period. As a result, Hans’s transition from
international lawyer to historian came about
more by chance than by conscious choice.
By 1942, Hans had begun to earn some
money, lecturing twice a week in Exeter
College on European Economic History
1815–48. In Michaelmas Term, he began
to give tutorials to students in LMH and
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St Hilda’s. Joyce Marjorie Hazell, generally
known as Hazel, was reading Classics at St
Hilda’s; they met and were married on 12
April 1944. With Hans’ obsessive interest in
dates, he calculated that his wife was exactly
seven years, one month and three days
younger than him.
On 17 May 1945, just nine days after Victory
in Europe was declared, Ferdinand died in
Prague of natural causes at the age of 75.
By this time Willy was serving in the British
army, so it fell to Hans to try to find a way
for Ilse and Lissy to join him in England. To
the credit of Ilse and Hans, neither of them
would contemplate leaving Lissy behind.
She had worked for the family for decades,
always on the understanding that she would
be looked after in her old age.
After much lobbying, they were both given
visas and flew from Prague to Croydon
Aerodrome on 18 April 1946. This date
provided Hans with his own personal proof
of the existence of God. The time between
his emigration and that of his mother was
seven years, one month and three days,
exactly the same as the interval between his
birth date and that of Hazel. To Hans’ logical,
chess-playing mind this was conclusive
evidence of the work of an all-powerful
deity; it was simply inconceivable that such
symmetry could be the product of mere
coincidence.
Photograph of Hans aged ten and Willy aged
four, with their mother, Ilse, and their nanny,
Lissy.
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Hans became a University Lecturer in 1947,
but he had to wait for many years, until the
founding of Iffley College, the precursor
of Wolfson, before he gained an Oxford
College Fellowship. He remained a Fellow of
Wolfson until his death in August 1979.
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Naming of the
Colin Kraay Room
By Professor Chris Howgego (GBF, Keeper of the Heberden Coin
Room), from his speech at the Iffley Dinner on Friday, 26 April 2019
The Heberden Coin Room in the Ashmolean
Museum, with its more than 300,000 objects,
is one of the ten leading coin collections in the
world. It is an important centre for teaching
and research in numismatics and monetary
history, and now also for digital numismatics.
Wolfson’s close connection with the
Ashmolean goes back to its foundation as part
of the University’s response to the increasing
number of graduate students and the need
to create college attachments for senior
academics without colleges. Museum curators
were exactly the kind of academics without
fellowships in the 1960s, representing as they
did disciplines then without the undergraduate
teaching requirements which attracted
fellowships at the traditional undergraduate
colleges. The heads of two of the Ashmolean’s
five curatorial departments have fellowships at
Wolfson – the other is Paul Roberts, Keeper
of Antiquities – and there are many other
connections.
I should like to pause at this point to
remember Michael Metcalf, who sadly died on
25 October last year. Michael, a very eminent
Byzantine and medieval numismatist, was
Keeper of the Heberden Coin Room and
Fellow of Wolfson from 1982. He published
prolifically, including almost 250 scholarly
articles, and some 23 books. I owe to him
my own recruitment to the Heberden
Coin Room. Michael regularly took lunch at
Wolfson. He memorably described his long
and loving marriage to Dorothy, who died
just before him last year, as ‘For better, for
worse, but not for lunch’. Michael’s academic
archive and a somewhat implausible bronze
bust are now in Ashmolean.
The Coin Room has a particularly close
connection with Wolfson as together we
run three visiting fellowship and scholarship
programmes to invite numismatic scholars
from all over the world to research in
Oxford for one month each year. These
initiatives have made a huge impact, laying
the ground for the extensive network of
collaborators on current research projects.
The earliest of these schemes was set up in
1977. Two are now named after Colin Kraay:
the Kraay Visitorship for those of professorial
standing and the Kraay Travel Scholarship for
early career researchers.
Colin Kraay joined the Heberden Coin
Room in 1948, acting as Keeper from 1975
until his untimely death in 1982. He was at
first a Fellow of Iffley College and then of
Wolfson, acting as Vicegerent from 1971 to
1973. He is my principal subject, since we
have just been celebrating the re-naming of
President’s Dining Room as the Colin Kraay
Room. This room has long been hung with
images (mostly prints, with one painting)
and ceramics paired with these images. They
are some of the earliest representations
of the Eastern Mediterranean by western
travellers. They were originally commissioned
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by Sir Robert Ainslie, British ambassador to
Turkey between 1776 and 1792, and were
published as Views in the Ottoman Empire
in 1803. The ceramics manufacturer Spode
copied the imagery for their Caramanian
dinnerware series. It is a nice coincidence
that what will still be the President’s
Dining Room in all but name is decorated
by images commissioned by another
ambassador.
This collection has a romantic background. It
was put together by Colin Kraay and his wife
Peggy. Together they sought out the prints or
ceramics in trips around antiques shops in
the Cotswolds and elsewhere. It must have
been more challenging and more fun trying
to make the pairings in the days before
the internet. They displayed their collection
in their elegant home at Hampton Poyle,
where I first saw it. Peggy subsequently
donated the collection to the College. If
you want to know more, the Archivist is
collecting material, but otherwise I suggest
the informal motto of the College: ‘Ask John
Penney.’
Colin Kraay was a leading Greek and Roman
numismatist, so I will turn now to coins.
Wolfson was founded before decimalisation
(1971). At that time the coins in your
pocket routinely included coins going back a
century to Queen Victoria. Coins really were
history in your hand. If you were then to
have taken from your pocket and examined
closely a coin of George V, you would have
seen on the neckline of the portrait the
tiny letters ‘BM’. These are the initials of the
designer of the portrait, the Australian-born
sculptor Bertram MacKennal, who was
Colin’s maternal grandfather. It is not too
much a stretch of the imagination to see
this as the source of Colin’s early interest in
coins. His own second initial, the ‘M’ in C. M.
Kraay, stood for ‘MacKennal’.
There is an excellent obituary of Colin
in the Proceedings of the British Academy
1982, penned by his predecessor as Keeper of
the Heberden Coin Room, Humphrey Sutherland,
who was brother of the artist Graham Sutherland.
Colin’s bibliography runs to 80 items. Its highlight
is the magisterial Archaic and Classical Greek Coins
(1976) which has stood the test of time despite an
ever-changing material record, particularly in the
form of new hoards. This bears witness to Colin’s
outstanding judgement, and it is interesting that his
wartime Record of Service had already noted that
‘His judgement is thoroughly sound and reliable’.
I will not recap the Academy obituary here, but
confine myself to three reminiscences. The first
is personal. I first met Colin when I was 15. I had
written a school project on the eastern bronze
coinage of the emperor Augustus. My Latin master
sent this to Colin, with whom he had been at school.
Colin not only invited me to Oxford but spent
the entire day with me. He took me to lunch in
Wolfson, which in 1973 was still in its first premises
at 60 Banbury Road. I am not the only Fellow still
alive to have lunched there, but I think I must be the
youngest. Colin allowed me to study the Ashmolean’s
collection of Julio-Claudian coinage, including the
spectacular Roman gold, but he advised me to
develop my interest in what was then called Greek
Imperial coinage: ‘No one is interested in those.’
He thus directed me early to what was going to
be the subject of my own doctoral research. This
area of numismatics, under its new name of ‘Roman
Provincial Coinage’, is now the subject of a major
research project based in Oxford. At the end of the
day Colin gave me a pile of Humphrey Sutherland’s
offprints on Roman Coinage. The experience
determined me to try to have his job one day. Which
I now do.
Second, and especially at Wolfson, it would be
impious not to quote what Isaiah Berlin had to say
about Colin: ‘It was not merely that he was charming,
courteous, distinguished, gay, exhilarating: he was all
these things, but apart from that I simply lived, was
made happier, by his presence anywhere. Colin was a
wonderful colleague – just, honourable, sensible, kind
– an ideal member of an academic or indeed any
society.’ I do not imagine that Isaiah was lightly parted
from such words.
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My final reminiscence comes from a book by Margaret Pawley, In Obedience to Instructions: FANY
with the SOE in the Mediterranean (1999). FANY stands for ‘First Aid Nursing Yeomanry’ and
SOE for ‘Special Operations Executive’. Colin served in the SOE as Air Operations Officer in
support of Italian partisans in 1944–5. While in Italy, he met Peggy, who was his FANY secretary.
They got married immediately after the war. Before joining the SOE, Colin had served in India,
Persia and North Africa, and taken part in the landings at Salerno and Anzio. This anecdote will
be found on page 84 of Pawley’s book: ‘Two officers of the Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry
were lying side by side in the mud during a lull in one of the Anzio battles. Colin Kraay, who
joined the army as an undergraduate at Magdalen College, Oxford, had a considerable interest
in ancient coinage. As he dug in the undergrowth he uncovered a Roman coin, whose history
he expounded to his companion …’ This is a wonderful picture of enthusiasm for one’s subject
in challenging circumstances. And curators, like many academics, are often those who have not
grown out of their youthful enthusiasms.
The current political situation, without wanting to mention the ‘B’ word, is perhaps not ideal
for an international college such as ours. My own experience, for what it is worth, has been
that scholars are even more ready to collaborate internationally when they can defy political
uncertainty; but if it seems that things are difficult now, it may be worth remembering that Colin
retained his own enthusiasm even while lying in the mud at Anzio.
There is, I think, a moral here for all members of the College, and indeed for the College itself,
which was fifty years young only the other day. And that is, whatever the circumstances, never
lose that youthful enthusiasm.
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Coins from Ashmolean Museum’s Heberdeen Coin Room. Leucaspis (left) and Head of
Athena (right). Photo: The Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
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Details of two plates from the Colin Kraay Room. Photo: Roger Tomlin and Lisa Heida.
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Caramanian plates in the
Colin Kraay Room
by Dr Ellen Rice (Fellow Archivist)
The President and Governing Body decided to change the name of the President’s
Private Dining Room to ‘the Colin Kraay Room’. His collection of lithographs and
matching plates graces its walls.
Colin Kraay (1918–82) was a founding Fellow of the College and Keeper of the
Heberden Coin Room (1975–82). His wife Margaret (Peggy) gave a talk on 19 June 1994
about the collection, which she presented to the College in memory of her husband.
Their son, Tim, was invited by the President to this year’s Iffley Dinner, at which Chris
Howgego spoke about his father.
Here is a description of one of the scenes depicted in both plate and print (‘The Castle
of Boudron in the Gulf of Stancio’), based upon notes by Peggy Kraay.
The medieval Castle of St Peter, built by the Knights of St John from 1402, dominates the
entrance of the natural harbour of Bodrum (ancient Halicarnassus) in southwest Turkey.
It is depicted on the print and plate, where the headless male statue and the sculptures
on the walls indicate earlier remains, those of the famous Mausoleum which once stood
above the harbour. This was the great tomb built in the fourth century BC by Queen
Artemisia of Caria for her husband King Mausolus, whence comes the modern term
‘mausoleum’. The Knights quarried its ruins for their building materials. Parts of the frieze
and some of the lions were thus preserved, by being used to adorn the Castle.
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The Mausoleum stood halfway up the hill, in the middle of a spacious square, and was
the most magnificent tomb of Antiquity, one of the ‘Seven Wonders of the World’. Its
pyramid was surmounted by a quadriga (a four-horse chariot) which would have been a
landmark far out to sea.
Seventeen slabs of the frieze of the Mausoleum are now in the British Museum. Their
subject matter is continuous and represents the war between the Greeks and Amazons.
Over-lifesized statues probably of Mausolus and Artemisia, and other architectural
elements, are also displayed in the Museum.
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Peter Hulin and
the Bristol Bus
by Roger Hausheer and Anthony Moyes
(as recorded by the Archivist, Liz Baird)
Keen students of the College’s history may remember the entertaining description of
one of our founding Fellows, Peter Hulin (1923–93), by Roger Hausheer (GS 1969–79, VF
1991–2) in John Penney and Roger Tomlin (eds), Wolfson College Oxford: The First Fifty Years
(2016), 25–31, which also described his fascination for the Bristol Bus. For those who have
not yet read it, here is a shortened version:
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‘A tall, stooped figure, like a giant weather-beaten vulture, with a wild shock of light gingery
hair, who was clad in and out of season in a somewhat creased and baggy summer jacket,
open shirt, and billowing light trousers, I early learned to identify as Peter Hulin from the
Oriental Institute, a man deeply learned in Akkadian. I believe a great many senior Fellows
went in terror of him. I soon found that the disposition of this outwardly terrifying figure
was charming and gentle to graduate students, and indeed anyone at all whom he did not
identify with authority and power. His College advisees, to whom he was very kind and
whom he entertained generously, returned from their visits to his house with shining eyes
and fervent tales of a plethora of intriguing bric-à-brac, model railway trains that ran all over
the house through holes in walls, and, above all, a kind of vast museum (or shrine) dedicated
to a now extinct species, the Bristol Bus. On this subject, apparently, their host was in every
sense inexhaustible.
In 1987 I was invited to dinner at Christ Church. To our pleasant surprise, Peter Hulin had
come to dine at his old College, and in the common room afterwards he joined us. Within
no time the conversation flowed smoothly and automatically into the desired course. Yes,
he had devoted a lifetime of study to the Bristol Bus. Why? During an unhappy period of
his Bristol boyhood, he told us, he had found himself, together with his sister, confined by his
parents for several months at a time in an upstairs room that looked out on a major Bristol
thoroughfare. From this vantage-point, and no doubt to employ the energies of his acute
and active mind, he made an exhaustive catalogue of every single Bristol Bus.
Later, armed with his list of registration numbers, he had, with great tenacity, extracted from
a submissive Bristol Bus Company all the chassis numbers, body numbers, and engine numbers,
too. Then began the Quest of the Holy Grail of his entire adult life. That was to track
down, and see again, every single one of these beloved companions of his youth.
Many, perhaps most, of his old familiars had been callously sold off as job lots to Third
World countries. This entailed a prodigious odyssey which took in places from Upper Volta
to Borneo. Luckily, such pilgrimages could be combined with giving learned papers in
Akkadian to the cognoscenti of these countries.
But what in the world was a bus? When was the same bus no longer the same bus? What
really counted for bushood – the engine number, the chassis number, or the body number?
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And what, precisely, was the relation of any or all of these to the original Bristol registration
number? Buses had been unfeelingly butchered and carved up, the chassis of one being
combined with another’s body, and engines endlessly dispersed. The task he had set himself
was to trace every single integral part of every single bus, and to redeem so far as he could,
at least on paper, the lost identity of each. There followed a rigmarole of labyrinthine
complexity involving numbers, parts and far-flung places.
The eloquent chronicler of the lives of these mute creatures developed an almost
Dantesque intensity and sweep as his litany droned on. His eyes shone and flashed as one
possessed, and it became clear that the very quiddity of bushood was somehow at stake
in some vast cosmic drama into which, unaccountably, we were being permitted to peep,
but which we could never hope to understand. Yet there was some kind of consummation:
only last year, on a trip to – was it Singapore? – he had traced the last chassis, the circle had
closed, the mission was now complete. Then, at midnight, he suddenly rose, and stalked out
with all the inscrutable mystery of a high-priest.’
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There is now a postscript to this article. The College Archives were contacted by Anthony
Moyes, who informed us that Peter Hulin’s great work on the Bristol Bus – his photographic
catalogue – was now complete. Mr Moyes kindly sent us some notes, together with a few
photos. Some (slightly revised) extracts from his notes appear below.
Peter Hulin was a founder member of the Bristol Interest Circle, in 1938. This was a group of
people who admired the buses manufactured in his native city of Bristol. ‘Bristol’ buses were
quite successful in the British market. Eventually the bus side of the Bristol company was
absorbed into British Leyland in 1968.
Many ‘Bristol’ vehicles survive in preservation because they were well-engineered, economical,
more than fit for the purpose, aesthetically pleasing, and consequently long-lived and
widely respected. The Bristol Vintage Bus Group was formed in 1972; it is the BVBG which
compiled the catalogue.
From the 1930s particularly, many ‘Bristol’ buses were sold to businesses and municipal
operators all over Britain. So, for someone keen to see every ‘Bristol’ bus made, quite a lot of
travel would be needed.
The first 150 entries in the Hulin catalogue give few details of where or when he photographed
them, and it appears to have started in the early 1940s. But from 1951, he began
to record where and when he took each photograph. The catalogue gives a good idea of his
pilgrimages, which would take him to places not generally on tourist circuits.
From the later 1940s, Bristol buses started to be exported outside the UK, and Peter
documented many of these on his travels as a Near Eastern archaeologist. The largest single
delivery was of 100 chassis to the Nizam of Hyderabad’s State Railways in India, in 1948.
Over 100 were also exported to South Africa. In June and July 1972 he was able to see the
last survivors of these machines. His last South African bus pictures, in August 1975, show
‘Bristol’ single deckers only in scrapyards. Peter also encountered some in places such as
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Cyprus, Iraq and Kathmandu. His final overseas photograph in the catalogue is from
Famagusta in September 1983.
Increasingly from the early 1970s, he took photographs of ‘Bristol’ buses bought by the
widening range of British operators who chose them once previous restrictions on their
sale were removed. So, new locations began to figure in the catalogue; he would still search
out new deliveries, and visit new places where second-hand ‘Bristols’ could be found. He
must have enjoyed going to bus rallies where preserved ‘Bristols’ often gathered. Indeed, it
was from one such occasion, in Bristol itself on 16 June 1987, that we have his last catalogue
entry, showing a double decker that had evaded his camera on several previous visits to its
second-hand home in Pembrokeshire.
Peter’s intention was visually to record his beloved Bristol-made buses as carefully as possible.
Usually there would be views of both three-quarter nearside and offside, sometimes also
frontal or rear views. Ideally the picture would be as uncluttered as possible: no obstructing
human beings, a minimum of background. For the bus enthusiast, this can be admirable and
valuable. Perhaps the opportunities to make them documents of social history were underplayed.
But they do contain messages if one is prepared to look for them. The South African
single deckers almost all display their owner’s fleet-names bilingually, generally in Afrikaans on
the offside, English on the nearside, as was then the practice there. The Indian-owned ‘Bristols’
were deliberately worked hard because their owners were under recurrent threat from
being squeezed out of business by local or state corporations – which indeed took place in
Durban in the 1970s. That’s why he saw only one there in 1964.
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