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Annual Lectures<br />
We held four annual lectures named in honour of key figures in the history of Wolfson.<br />
THE RONALD SYME LECTURE (1 NOVEMBER 2018)<br />
‘Spectacular Diplomacy: Nero and the Reception of Tiridates of Armenia on the Bay of Naples’<br />
Professer Kathleen Coleman, James Loeb Professor of the Classics, Harvard University<br />
THE ARIS LECTURE (15 NOVEMBER 2018)<br />
‘Magic, Healing, and Ethics in Tibetan Buddism’<br />
Dr Sam van Schaik, The British Library<br />
THE WOLFSON HALDANE LECTURE (7 FEBRUARY <strong>2019</strong>)<br />
‘The Quest for the Structure of the Ribosome: A Personal Voyage’<br />
Sir Venki Ramakrishnan, President of the Royal Society<br />
THE BERLIN LECTURE (16 MAY <strong>2019</strong>)<br />
‘Liberalism and the Resurgence of Fascism’<br />
Professor Paul Gilroy, Professor of American and English Literature, King’s <strong>College</strong> London<br />
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Other Lectures<br />
THE SARFRAZ PAKISTAN ANNUAL LECTURE (18 OCTOBER <strong>2019</strong>)<br />
‘The Fate of Pakistan – three ways in which things could really go wrong, and reasons for hope<br />
they may not’<br />
Dr Pervez Hoodbhoy<br />
Wolfson Lecture Series 2018–19:<br />
‘Diplomacy for the 21st Century’<br />
‘An Asian Perspective’ (11 October 2018)<br />
His Excellency Koji Tsuruoka, Japanese Ambassador to the UK<br />
‘An African Perspective’ (17 January <strong>2019</strong>)<br />
Her Excellency Yamina Karitanyi, High Commissioner for the Republic of Rwanda<br />
‘Twenty-first Century Diplomacy: A New Rule Book’ (2 May <strong>2019</strong>)<br />
Sir Tim Hitchens<br />
‘Expanding the Diplomatic Toolkit: The Further Evolution of Science Diplomacy’ (23 May <strong>2019</strong>)<br />
Sir Peter Gluckman, Former New Zealand Chief Scientific Advisor<br />
‘The End of the West: a US Perspective’ (31 October <strong>2019</strong>)<br />
Ambassador Nicholas Burns, former US Political Director and NATO Ambassador<br />
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COLLEGE RECORD <strong>2019</strong>
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