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INTRODUCTION 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. 10 COLLEGE RECORD 2019
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 INTRODUCTION WOLFSON.OX.AC.UK 11
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