The Queen's College Record 2023

Reports and College Activities
Christopher Rowland (Theology, Emeritus)
The Faculty of Protestant Theology of Ludwig Maximilian
University of Munich conferred on me the degree of Doctor
of Theology honoris causa on 19 May 2023.
Credit: John Cairns
Macs Smith (French)
This year, I was honoured to have my book, Paris and the
Parasite, shortlisted for the Gapper Prize in French Studies.
I was especially proud to be shortlisted alongside Roger
Pearson, our Emeritus Fellow in French. The book was
featured in TORCH’s Book at Lunchtime series, and I did
a further interview with Ines Ghalia, a finalist in French at
Queen’s, for OxPods, the student podcast. An article on
the extreme sport of parkour was published in January, and in Trinity Term I received
funding through the University›s John Fell Fund to carry out research for my next
book at the Comédie-Française archive in Paris. On the teaching side, this was year
two of my French theatre class, which I teach with our lectrice, Ana Stoienescu. Our
students spent the year performing scenes from Falk Richter’s Ivresse and Play Loud,
and created their own monologues, music, and dances in response. We hosted Anne
Monfort for a three-day masterclass in March. Anne is Richter’s French translator
and was the first director in France to stage his plays. In addition to her work with our
class, she led an incredible workshop with the Translation Exchange. This program
will continue to expand next year with visits from the dramaturg Elisa Leroy and the
Franco-Moroccan playwright Mohamed El Khatib.
Robert Taylor (Physics)
I have been lucky enough to be on sabbatical for two terms
and have managed to get a good deal of research done.
I gave two invited seminars in Singapore at the National
University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological
University. I have also taken the time to write up some
publications and several are currently under review with
different journals.
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