Jesus College Record 2022

Jesus College | Oxford 

RECORD 2022

Contents 

The Principal’s Welcome 3 

Fellows & College Lecturers 18 

Non-Academic Staff List 29 

Fellows’ & Lecturers’ News 33 

The Fowler Lecture 2022 47 

A Time of Celebration and Gratitude 49 

Events at the Cheng Kar Shun Digital Hub 55 

Public and Private: The Principal’s Lodgings of Jesus College 59 

Cryptocurrencies and Ancient Athens 73 

The Descent of Man 77 

Coffee with Hitler: The Jesus Connection 78 

The ‘Lost’ Islands of Cardigan Bay 84 

Chaucer’s Wife of Bath: A New Biography 89 

A. F. Pollard: A Historian to Celebrate at Jesus 93 

The Lure of Textiles 103 

A Tribute to Fred Taylor 106 

Shakespeare’s Second Folio at Jesus College 113 

The Anthony Pilkington Memorial Bursary 120 

If You Think You Can…You Can! 122 

Wartime Shakespeare 129 

College People 132 

The Year in the JCR 136 

The Year in the MCR 140 

The Year In Access 142 

The Year in Development 145 

Alumni Events 148 

The Year in Chapel 150 

Cultural, Sporting and Travel Awards 154 

Travel Awards Reports 157 

Sports & Club Reports 169 

Prizes, Awards, Elections & Doctorates 2021-22 176 

Old Members’ Obituaries and Memorial Notices 185 

Selected Publications 203 

Honours, Awards and Qualifications 211 

Appointments, Births, Marriages & Civil Partnerships 212 

In Memoriam 216 

Useful Information 220 

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Photo by Richard Legge 

The Principal’s Welcome 

Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt FRS FREng FBCS 

At this time of year, when the 

days are short and the 

weather cold, it is a comfort 

to think back to halcyon 

summer months in College 

– a time when the cheers of 

joyful Finalists celebrating the 

end of their exams echoed 

through the quads, and our 

flowering borders were at 

their most beautiful. 

It was in the heat of a late July 

afternoon that members of 

College, past and present, 

came together to celebrate 

the dedication of the new 

Fourth Quad in honour of our 

Welsh Access Fund, and the gift to College of £1m by alumnus 

Oliver Thomas (2000, Economics and Management) and his 

family. As the sun shone brightly over the then nearly completed 

Cheng Yu Tung Building, and the Band of The Prince of Wales 

played, we welcomed to this wonderful new space many of 

those whose generosity to College over the past decade had 

helped us reach this momentous day. It was my honour as 

Principal to say thank you to our guests, and also to describe the 

College’s vision for how the quad, and our new building more 

generally, will transform academic life for our community in the 

decades to come. 

Left: Dedication of the Welsh Access Fund Fourth Quad. 

Photo: John Cairns 

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In October, I had the pleasure of standing alongside Dr Henry 

Cheng Kar Shun whose transformative philanthropic gift of 

£15m allowed us to cut the ribbon on the building that is named 

in his father’s honour, and the new Digital Hub named after 

Dr Cheng himself. As Director of Development Brittany 

Wellner James describes on page 49, invited guests enjoyed a 

wonderful afternoon of tours, music, canapés, and drinks, 

followed by a candlelit dinner in the Hall. It was a truly 

memorable occasion, enriched by great company, and the 

exceptional hard work of the College’s staff, who made it such a 

success. 

The ongoing war in Ukraine prompted an exceptional 

fundraising effort from the Jesus community in May, when we 

launched the Ukrainian Student Support Fund, in partnership 

The Principal, 

Lady Shadbolt, 

and Dr Henry 

Cheng Kar Shun. 

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with the University’s Graduate Scholarship Scheme for Ukraine 

Refugees. The Fund, which quickly exceeded its £25k target, 

enabled Jesus to welcome, at the start of Michaelmas, a 

Ukrainian graduate student for a one-year Master’s course. As 

we witnessed during the pandemic, both the University and the 

College demonstrated an ability to respond quickly and 

effectively to an emerging crisis, and I extend my gratitude to all 

those who gave to this important cause. 

Through the British Academy’s Researchers at Risk programme, 

Jesus also welcomed an academic from Ukraine. Professor 

Svitlana Slava joined us as a Supernumerary Fellow. She was one 

of many new Fellows to join College in a year that saw the 

Fellowship grow and strengthen across academic disciplines. 

Ben Goldacre was elected to a Professorial Fellowship as the 

first Bennett Professor of Evidence-Based 

Medicine, and amongst those joining our 

Ukrainian colleague as Supernumerary 

Fellows, we welcomed Roxana Radu, 

David d’Avray and Samantha-Kaye 

Johnston. Samantha-Kaye’s research 

focuses on technology and education, 

particularly assessing skills and 

dispositions that support digital 

intelligence, aptitude, and competence 

among young people. 

Dr Samantha-Kaye 

Johnston, Supernumerary 

Fellow in Education. 

We were delighted to appoint two new Tutorial Fellows: 

Ricardo Rocha in Biology and Matthew Kerry in History, while 

John Powell, Tatjana Sauka-Spengler and Catherine Molyneux 

were elected as Senior Research Fellows. John is Professor of 

Digital Health Care at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care 

Health Sciences, and his work examines how digital technology 

can be harnessed to improve health and health care. Nadine 

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Dr Katharina Ereky-Stevens, Junior 

Research Fellow in Education. 

Akkerman joined College from 

the Leiden University Centre for 

the Arts & Society as Visiting 

Senior Research Fellow. Her 

research explores early modern 

manuscript culture and mediated 

authorship, and, intriguingly, the 

dark world of espionage. 

The most significant area of 

growth in the Fellowship this 

year was the election of five new 

Hugh Price Fellows, and seven 

Junior Research Fellows (JRF), 

covering a range of disciplines 

from Materials Science to 

Regenerative Medicine, Geography to Neurobiology. Moreed 

Arbabzadah joins us as Hugh Price Fellow in Celtic History, and 

is working on the Writings of Gerald of Wales project, led by 

Thomas Charles-Edwards, Emeritus Fellow and former 

Professor of Celtic. Katharina Ereky-Stevens is Sylva-Chan JRF in 

Education, a new JRF post made possible by a gift from alumna 

Dr Lydia L.S Chan, and named in honour of Emeritus Fellow 

Kathy Sylva. Katharina is a member of the Department for 

Education’s Child Development and Learning research group. 

She’s conducting research to understand the quality of young 

children’s relationships and interactions with caregivers, and she 

has a particular interest in the provision of support for 

disadvantaged families and their young children. 

During the year, we shared many stories of Jesus teaching and 

research successes, starting in January with the news that our 

Jesus Access YouTube channel had become the largest, and 

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David Ambler. 

most viewed, across Oxbridge. The popularity of the channel is 

due in large part to Access Fellow and Tutor in Politics Matthew 

Williams, whose engaging and informative videos on student life 

at Oxford, the applications and interview process and subject 

advice, are helping to demystify the University for a whole new 

generation of prospective students. A month later, Matthew 

published a new book, Judges and the Language of Law – Why 

Governments Across the World Have Increasingly Lost in Court 

(Palgrave Macmillan, 2022), based on his research into the 

changing language of legislation over the past century, and why 

the judiciary has become more involved in disputes around 

public policy and legislation. 

Also in February, we launched a Jesus Entrepreneurs Network 

(JEN) series titled ‘How we built this’. JEN continues to grow and 

innovate, with this popular online series showcasing College 

alumni who have created and built successful businesses, and 

discussing the entrepreneurial challenges they faced. March 

began with news that Standa Zivny, Tutor in 

Computer Science, had been awarded a five-year 

£2m ERC Consolidation Grant for a research 

project on the computational complexity of 

constraint satisfaction problems. The month 

ended with exciting news when Master’s student 

David Ambler was announced as part of the 

men’s crew for the Boat Race 2022. I was 

fortunate to attend the race and celebrated 

with those in College and across the University as 

the Isis crew went on to beat Cambridge on 

the Tideway. 

Patricia Daley was awarded an Honorary 

Fellowship of the Royal Geographical Society in 

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May, and we announced our participation in the inaugural 

Astrophoria Foundation Year (AFY). The AFY is a University 

initiative that provides a one‐year residential course to help able 

students from disadvantaged backgrounds to raise their 

academic standards and apply successfully to Oxford. The 

College is delighted to be a part of the new initiative, which 

builds on our already exceptional access and outreach work, 

and our participation continues in the year ahead. 

In June, the NHS Northgate Health Centre opened on the 

lower ground floor of our new building. This accessible and 

spacious new healthcare centre combines three local GP 

practices under one roof, and College staff were delighted to 

join the Practice Managers, GPs and staff for its formal opening 

in October. August saw the Royal Society recognise two College 

Fellows with prestigious awards. Emeritus Fellow Richard 

Moxon, founder of the Oxford Vaccine Group, received the 

Buchanan Medal for his contribution to the biomedical sciences, 

and Professorial Fellow Ray Pierrehumbert received the 

Rumford Medal for his “contributions to atmospheric physics, 

employing fundamental principles of physics to elucidate 

phenomena across the spectrum of planetary atmospheres”. 

Elsewhere, Senior Research Fellow Philip Burrows was elected 

Chair of the High Luminosity Large Hadron Collider 

Collaboration Board, and Zeitlyn Fellow Caroline Warman was 

jointly awarded the Society of French Studies prestigious 

R. Gapper Book Prize for her book, The Atheist’s Bible: Diderot 

and the Éléments de physiologie (Open Book Publishing, 2020). 

In ‘The Year in the JCR’ (page 136), JCR President Eoin Hanlon 

reports on the sense of joy and enthusiasm with which our 

undergraduates have embraced the return to a more normal 

College life after the challenging days of the pandemic. Garden 

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Our JCR student ambassadors welcome new Jesubites on Freshers’ Arrival Day 

in late September. 

parties, cocktail dances and intercollegiate bops returned with 

renewed vigour, and the Somerville-Jesus Ball saw the 

Somerville grounds transformed into a dreamscape worthy of 

an Evelyn Waugh novel. In sports, the JCR and MCR had more 

than a dozen Blues in rugby, football and rowing, and new 

societies and clubs were created, including the Henry Vaughan 

Poetry Society, the Jesus Journalism Society, and the Gardening 

Club, founded in collaboration with the MCR. 

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In his report (page 140), MCR President Paul Davis echoes his 

JCR counterpart in celebrating the richness and variety of 

student life this year, with headline events such as exchange 

formals, film and board game nights, and welfare teas all back, 

and as popular as ever. He writes: “The Jesus MCR continues to 

be a resilient, lively community. We are grateful to all the people 

in College whose efforts to provide us with spaces, support, 

and advice make our activities possible.” 

The post-pandemic resumption of normal College life, with its 

rich variety of events, has been a joy. It has been exhilarating, if 

hectic, to teach and research face to face once again, to attend 

Jesus College 

Gardening Club 

members prepare 

the ground for a 

new vegetable 

plot at Stevens 

Close. 

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lectures, dinners, sporting events, musical and cultural activities, 

or simply enjoy the contemplation afforded by Evensong with 

our brilliant choir. Bev and I have been able to welcome 

students, fellows, and friends back into the Lodgings, reminding 

ourselves of the rich and diverse talents of our community. 

It is especially heartening to learn how our students’ 

commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, and 

environmental sustainability, reflects that of the wider College 

as we begin a new chapter in our history. At the time of writing, 

we are finalising Jesus’ new Strategic Plan, and these themes are 

integral to our ambitions for the next five years. Our students 

led the way in celebrating our diversity, with celebrations of the 

Lunar New Year, Nowruz, and Eid ul Fitr. The JCR Equal 

Opportunities Officer, Shathuki Perera, organised International 

and BME brunches and picnics, and a Sri Lanka-themed 

International Hall. During Freshers’ Week, the MCR Equality 

and Diversity Officer created safe spaces for new and returning 

students from diverse communities to share their experiences. 

Academically, our students once again performed incredibly 

well, with Han Xian (Chemistry), Zhihe Lei (Chemistry) and 

Shucheng Li (Mathematics) all receiving Annual Fund Prizes for 

top performance in First Public Examinations, and Alex Tatomir 

(Computer Science) nominated for the Davies Prize for the 

most outstanding performance in a Final Honours School, and 

awarded the Department of Computer Science’s Gibbs Project 

Prize for Part C in Computer Science. 27 Jesus Finalists were 

awarded Firsts, and 32 undergraduates received Distinctions in 

their Prelims. At graduate level, 23 students were awarded 

Graduate Distinctions, and 16 were awarded Doctorates. Given 

the impact of the pandemic on study over the past two years, 

our academic results were truly impressive, and I congratulate 

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all Jesus students for their 

achievements in spite of the 

challenging circumstances 

they have faced. 

With the term-time ‘Cheng 

Kar Shun Digital Hub at 

Jesus College’ programme 

now fully established, it is 

fantastic to see Jesus 

students embracing the 

opportunity to create and 

develop innovative activities 

for this dynamic new 

College space. As Digital 

Hub Coordinator Will 

McBain reports (page 55), 

the Hub recently opened its 

doors for our first public 

Psychology undergraduates celebrating the 

end of Prelims outside the Radcliffe 

Camera. 

events. Following the sold-out book launch for Vili Lehdonvirta’s 

Cloud Empires: How digital platforms are overtaking the state and 

how we can regain control (MIT Press, 2022), November saw the 

Hub host a unique evening of activities on ‘A History of Gaming’. 

The event, led by Paul Davis, included a lively panel discussion 

with three gaming industry experts, examining how video 

gaming drives technological change, and asked what it can teach 

academia, museums and the media. Guests enjoyed the 

opportunity to play on a range of consoles and games from the 

1970s to the present day, and the pristine white walls of the Hub 

became screens onto which the games were projected. The 

event proved hugely popular with academics, students, and the 

general public alike, and demonstrated our ambition to present 

Jesus as an outward-facing Oxford College. 

Left: Students enjoyed a range of traditional dishes 

at the Sri Lankan International Dinner. 

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As well as celebration, this was also a year in which we 

experienced profound sadness. The death of Her Late Majesty 

Queen Elizabeth II in September, following so closely after the 

commemoration of her Platinum Jubilee, was felt deeply by our 

community. In College, and across Oxford, Union flags flew at 

half-mast, and current members lined up to sign a Book of 

Condolence which was placed in the Chapel. The sad news 

prompted many recollections from alumni and staff of Her Late 

Majesty’s visit to open Stevens Close in March 1976. 

This year we also mourned the loss of a number of much-loved 

and respected Fellows. Emeritus Fellow John Walsh died in 

November 2022. John joined Jesus as a Fellow and Tutor in 

MCR President Paul Davis (far right) with History of Gaming speakers (L-R) Patrick Moran (Curator of the 

Barbican Centre’s ‘Virtual Realms’ Exhibition), Elle Osili-Wood (Presenter, broadcaster and host of the BAFTA 

Game Awards) and Chris Kingsley OBE (Co-Founder of Rebellion Games and Chair of the TIGA Education). 

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The late Professor 

Fred Taylor, 

Emeritus Fellow of 

Jesus College. 

History in 1958, and was a highly regarded scholar 

on the Church of England and Methodism in the 

eighteenth century. He also served as Dean, Fellow 

Librarian and Editor of the Jesus College Record. He 

was an outstanding Tutorial Fellow, and many 

former students came forward to share their 

memories of being taught by John, remembering 

him as a wonderfully kind and inspirational tutor. 

The College will fundraise for an endowed 

Undergraduate Bursary in History in John’s name in 

2023. If you would like to support the bursary or 

hear more about this new fund, please email 

brittany.wellnerjames@jesus.ox.ac.uk. 

In this edition, Jesus colleagues also pay tribute to another 

Emeritus Fellow – Fred Taylor – who passed away in December 

2021 (page 106). Fred joined the Department of Physics and 

Jesus College in 1966 as a DPhil student, under the supervision 

of the renowned Sir John Houghton. He was an extremely 

gifted and accomplished scientist but, as Rich Grenyer 

remembers, he “wore his learning very lightly and was always 

delighted to talk about life, the universe and everything else”. 

I also extend my condolences to the family of alumnus and 

Honorary Fellow Alec Monk (1962, PPE). Alec contributed 

greatly to the life of the College, not least during the financial 

decision-making process for the purchase of the Northgate site 

on which our new building now stands. Alec, alongside fellow 

alumnus Rodney Wright, was also at the forefront of the 

Ukrainian Student Support Fund campaign. He was a keen and 

loyal member of the College, and his presence is missed by us 

all, as is that of another Honorary Fellow, Sir Christopher 

Foster, who died in February. 

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Christopher was a Senior Research Fellow of Jesus from 1959 to 

1964, and an Official Fellow & Tutor in Economics from 1964 to 

1966. His academic career was spent at Oxford, MIT and LSE, 

and he was a consultant at Coopers & Lybrand and PwC. He 

was elected to an Honorary Fellowship of the College in 1992. 

Most recently, we mourned the death of Hamish Scott, Senior 

Research Fellow in History, who passed away in December. 

Hamish, a brilliant scholar in early modern European history, 

was a highly valued member of College and loved equally by 

both his students and fellow academics. As one colleague 

remarks, “What a loss. He was one of the kindest and most 

generous scholars I have known”. 

No edition of the Record comes without saying 

thank you and farewell to colleagues and 

friends whose academic talents reach far 

beyond Jesus. I would like to extend my 

gratitude and best wishes to a number of 

departing Fellows; Patricia Clavin, Marion 

Turner, Sarah Rugheimer, Will Ghosh, Paul 

Collins, Jacob Currie, Suchandrima Das and 

Talita Dias. Both Patricia and Marion have 

moved on to Statutory Professorships, the 

most senior academic grade at Oxford. 

Statutory Professorships are established in the 

University Regulations and associated with 

specific Colleges. Patricia now holds the 

Statutory Chair in Modern History and is 

associated with Worcester College, while 

Marion has become the JRR Tolkien Professor 

of English Literature and Language, a Statutory 

Professorship associated with Lady Margaret 

Career 

Development Fellow 

in Engineering 

Suchandrima Das. 

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Hall. I would also like to thank Rosalyn Green, former Official 

Fellow and Director of HR, for all her work in support of our 

staff over the past nine years. 

Jesus is renowned for its welcoming and friendly atmosphere, 

and a highly professional approach to how we look after our 

community, our visitors, and how we deliver our academic and 

operational services. This reputation is in large part due to 

Jesus’ dedicated support staff who once again, across the year, 

demonstrated their ability to be agile and responsive to changing 

circumstances, particularly with the expansion of the historic 

site to include our new building. With an additional 7,900m² of 

space to manage, maintain, clean and a range of new activities to 

organise and cater for, the staff of the Accommodation, 

Catering and Conferencing Office really came in to their own. 

I would like to thank each and every one of them for their hard 

work, and more widely, all our committed support staff who 

continued to ensure the smooth running of the College over the 

past 12 months. 

The current cost-of-living crisis, caused by both global events 

and political disruption on the domestic front, remains a 

concern for us all. In considering the year ahead, and the 

College’s next five-year strategic plan, we will need to draw on 

the strengths and resources that define our community. The 

Jesus community is resilient and generous of spirit, and we 

perhaps show our greatest strength in the most difficult of 

times. Therefore, I end this report by thanking all of you for 

your unswerving support to College, now and in the future, and 

look forward to welcoming you back soon. 

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Fellows and College Lecturers 

Visitor 

The Rt Hon The Earl of Pembroke 

Principal 

Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt, MA (BA Newc; PhD Edin; Hon DSc Nott, 

Trinity Saint David), FRS, FREng, FBCS 

Fellows 

1988 Katrin Kohl, MA (BA, MA, PhD Lond), Vice-Principal and Tutor in 

German, Professor of German Literature 

1991 Patricia Daley, MA, DPhil (BSc Middx; MA Lond), Equality and 

Diversity Fellow, Helen Morag Fellow and Tutor in Geography and 

Professor of the Human Geography of Africa 

1993 Mark Brouard, MA, DPhil, Helen Morag Fellow and Tutor in Chemistry 

and Professor of Chemistry 

1999 Andrew Dancer, MA, DPhil, Keeper of the Plate, John Thomason 

Fellow and Tutor in Mathematics and Professor of Mathematics 

2000 Stuart White, BA, MPhil (PhD Princeton), Nicholas Drake Fellow and 

Tutor in Politics 

2000 Armand D’Angour, MA (PhD Lond), ARCM, Editor of The College 

Record and Communications Fellow, Tutor in Classics and Professor 

of Classics 

2003 Paulina Kewes, MA, DPhil (MA Gdansk), Helen Morag Fellow and 

Tutor in English Literature and Professor of English Literature 

2018 Jane Sherwood, MA, DPhil, Supernumerary Fellow 

2004 Shankar Srinivas (BSc Hyderabad, India; MA, MPhil, PhD Columbia 

University, New York), Zeitlyn Fellow and Tutor in Medicine, 

Professor of Developmental Biology 

2004 James Tilley, BA, DPhil, Tutor in Politics and Professor of Political 

Science 

2005 Caroline Warman, MA (MA Cantab; PhD Lond), Welfare Fellow, 

Zeitlyn Fellow and Tutor in French and Professor of French Literature 

and Thought 

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2005 Suzanne Aspden, MA, MSt, DPhil (BA, BMus, MMus Victoria 

University of Wellington, New Zealand), Tutor in Music 

2021 Graham Taylor, MA, DPhil, Senior Research Fellow and Professor of 

Mathematical Biology 

2006 Philip Burrows, MA, DPhil, FInstP, Steward of SCR, Senior Research 

Fellow in Physics and Professor of Physics 

2021 Yvonne Jones, BA, DPhil, FRS, FMedSci, FLSW, Professorial Fellow 

and Sir Andrew McMichael Professor of Structural Immunology 

2007 John Magorrian, DPhil (BSc Belf), Helen Morag Fellow and Tutor in 

Physics 

2007 Martin Booth, MEng, DPhil, Senior Research Fellow in Engineering 

Science and Professor of Engineering Science 

2008 James Oliver, BA, MSc, DPhil, Helen Morag Fellow and Tutor in 

Mathematics 

2008 Susan Doran, BA (PhD Lond), FRHS, Senior Research Fellow in 

History and Professor of Early Modern British History 

2013 Kylie Vincent (BSc, BA, PhD Melbourne), Tutor in Chemistry and 

Professor of Inorganic Chemistry 

2009 Samu Niskanen (PhL, MA, PhD Helsinki), Hugh Price Fellow in History 

2009 Alexandra Lumbers, DPhil (BA, MA S’ton), Academic Director 

2009 Péter Esö (BA Budapest; MA, PhD Harvard), Roger Hugh Fellow and 

Tutor in Economics 

2009 Edward Anderson, BA (PhD Cantab), Tutor in Organic Chemistry and 

Professor of Organic Chemistry 

2010 Timothy Palmer, CBE, DSc, DPhil (BSc Brist), FRS, Professorial Fellow 

and Royal Society Anniversary Research Professor 

2010 Richard Grenyer (BSc, MSc, PhD Lond), Garden Master, Paul 

Paget-Colin Clarke Fellow and Tutor in Physical Geography 

2010 Georg Holländer (MD Basel), Professorial Fellow and Hoffmann and 

Action Medical Research Professor of Developmental Medicine 

2011 Simon Douglas, BCL, MPhil, DPhil (LLB Liv), Legal Clerk and Peter 

Clarke Fellow and Tutor in Law 

2011 Alexandra Gajda, MA, DPhil, John Walsh Fellow and Tutor in Early 

Modern History 

2011 Paul Riley (BSc Leeds; PhD Lond), FMedSci, Professorial Fellow and 

Professor of Development and Cell Biology 

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2011 Yulin Chen (BS University of Science and Technology of China; PhD 

Stanford), Tutor in Physics and Professor of Physics 

2012 Christine Fairchild (BA Connecticut College), Hugh Price Fellow 

2012 Paul Goffin, MA (BSc De Mont; MSc Bath), FRICS, Professorial Fellow 

2013 Timothy Coulson (BSc York; PhD Lond), Professorial Fellow and 

Professor of Zoology 

2013 Ruedi Baumann, MA, Director of Accommodation, Catering & 

Conferences 

2013 Robin Evans (MA, MMath Cantab; PhD Washington, Seattle), 

Secretary to the Governing Body, Robert Kay Fellow and Tutor in 

Statistics 

2013 Stephen Morris (MPhys S’ton; PhD Cantab), Ana Leaf Foundation 

Fellow and Tutor in Engineering Science and Professor of Engineering 

Science 

2013 Malcolm John (BSc, PhD Lond), Helen Morag Fellow and Tutor in 

Physics 

2014 David Stevenson, MA (MSc H-W), FRICS, Property Director 

2014 Luca Enriques (LLB Bologna; LLM Harvard; PhD Boconni), 

Professorial Fellow and Professor of Corporate Law 

2015 Raymond Pierrehumbert (AB Harvard; PhD MIT), FRS, Professorial 

Fellow and Halley Professor of Physics 

2015 Susan Jebb, OBE (BSc Sur; PhD Cantab), Senior Research Fellow in 

Health Sciences and Professor of Diet and Population Health 

2016 Dominic Wilkinson, DPhil (BMedSci, MBBS Melbourne; MBioeth 

Monash), AMusA, FRACP, FRCPCH, Senior Research Fellow in 

Medical Ethics and Professor of Medical Ethics 

2015 Stefan Dercon, MPhil, DPhil (BA Leuven), CMG, FRSA, Professorial 

Fellow and Professor of Economic Policy 

2015 Stuart Woodward, MA, Estates Bursar 

2015 Deborah Hay, MA, BM BCh, DPhil, Dipl, MRCP, FRCPath, 

Hugh Price Fellow in Clinical Medicine 

2016 Matthew Williams, MSc, DPhil (BSc Brist), Access Fellow 

2016 Benjamin Williams, MPhys, DPhil, Tutor in Engineering Science 

2020 Vili Lehdonvirta (BSc National University of Singapore; MSc TU 

Helsinki; PhD Turku), Senior Research Fellow in Sociology and 

Professor of Economic Sociology and Digital Social Research 

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2020 Sam Staton (MA, PhD Cantab), Senior Research Fellow in Computer 

Science and Professor of Computer Science 

2017 Judith Rousseau (DEA Paris 7; PhD Paris 6), Professorial Fellow and 

Professor of Statistics 

2017 Miles Jackson, MA, DPhil (LLM Harvard), Dean and Sir David Lewis 

Fellow and Tutor in Law 

2017 James Naismith (BSc Edin; PhD Manc; DSc St And), FRS, FMedSci, 

FRSE, FRSC, FRSB, FAAS, Senior Research Fellow in Structural 

Biology 

2017 Hamish Scott † (MA Edin; PhD LSE), FBA, FRSE, Senior Research 

Fellow in History 

2017 Stanislav Živný, MA, DPhil (MSc VU Amsterdam; Magister RNDr 

Prague), Computing Officer, Ana Leaf Foundation Fellow and Tutor in 

Computer Science and Professor of Computer Science 

2017 Brittany Wellner James (BA Wooster; MA SOAS; PhD Cantab), 

Director of Development 

2017 George Deligiannidis (MSc Edin & H-W; MMath Warw; PhD Nott), 

Hugh Price Fellow in Statistics 

2017 Jonathan Harris, KC, BCL, MA (PhD Birm), Senior Research Fellow in 

Law 

2018 Stephen Conway, MA, DPhil, Professorial Fellow 

2020 Tom Douglas, BA, DPhil (BMedSc, MBChB Otago), Senior Research 

Fellow in Philosophy and Professor of Applied Philosophy 

2018 Oiwi Parker Jones, MPhil, DPhil (BA Colorado College), Deputy 

Dean of Degrees and Hugh Price Fellow in Neuroscience 

2018 Iram Siraj, OBE (BEd Herts; MA Essex; PhD Warw), Senior Research 

Fellow in Education and Professor of Child Development and 

Education 

2019 Dirk Van Hulle (PhD Antwerp), Fellow Librarian, Professorial Fellow 

and Professor of Bibliography and Modern Book History 

2019 Dorothée Boulanger (BA, MSc Sciences Po; MA LSE; PGCE, PhD 

KCL), Junior Research Fellow in Modern Languages 

2019 Kristian Strommen, MMath, DPhil, Thomas Phillips and Jocelyn Keene 

Junior Research Fellow in the Science of Climate 

2019 Berta Verd MA (BSc Catalonia; MSc KCL; MRes Imp; Phd Pompeu 

Fabra), Peter Brunet Fellow and Tutor in Biological Sciences 

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2020 Renée Adams (BA UC San Diego; MS Stanford; PhD Chicago), 

Senior Research Fellow in Finance and Governance 

2020 David Willis, BA, MPhil, DPhil, FBA, Professorial Fellow and Jesus 

Professor of Celtic 

2020 Daniel Altshuler (BA California, Los Angeles; PhD Rutgers), Tutor in 

Linguistics 

2020 Nada Kubikova, MSc, DPhil (BSc Nicosia Cyprus), Maplethorpe 

Junior Research Fellow in the Biomedical Sciences 

2020 Andrew Dunning (BA Ottawa; MA, PhD Toronto), Supernumerary 

Fellow in Book History 

2020 Milo Phillips-Brown (BA Reed College; PhD MIT), Tutor in Philosophy 

2020 Talita de Souza Dias, MJur, DPhil (LLB Pernambuco), Shaw 

Foundation Junior Research Fellow in Law 

2021 Janina Schupp (BA Canterbury Christ Church; MPhil, PhD Cantab), 

SOUTHWORKS Career Development Fellow of the Cheng Kar Shun 

Digital Hub 

2020 Fabian Grabenhorst, DPhil (Diploma Bielefeld, Germany), Tutor in 

Experimental Psychology 

2021 Seth Flaxman (BA Harvard; PhD Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh), Tutor 

in Computer Science 

2021 Rachel Taylor (BA Durh; MA SOAS; MA, PhD Northwestern), 

Junior Research Fellow in the Social Sciences 

2020 Jean Baccelli (PhilMaster Institut Jean Nicod, Paris; PhD École 

Normale Supérieure, Ulm, Paris), Tutor in Philosophy 

2021 Geraldine Wright, DPhil (BSc Wyoming; MSc Ohio), Professorial 

Fellow and Hope Professor of Zoology (Entomology) 

2021 Carina Prunkl, MSt, DPhil (BSc, MSc Freie University, Berlin), Junior 

Research Fellow in Philosophy 

2021 Nikolaj Roth (BSc, MSc, PhD Aarhus, Denmark), Junior Research 

Fellow in Chemistry 

2021 Kelsey Sasaki (BA New York; PhD California Santa Cruz), Junior 

Research Fellow in Linguistics 

2021 Adam Sedgwick (MChem, PhD Bath), Glasstone Junior Research 

Fellow in Chemistry 

2022 Ben Goldacre, BA (MB BS Lond, MA KCL, MSc LSHTM), Professorial 

Fellow and Bennett Professor of Evidence Based Medicine 

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2022 Roxana Radu (BA Bucharest; MA Central European University, 

Budapest; PhD Graduate Institute of International & 

Development Studies, Geneva), Supernumerary Fellow in 

Technology & Public Policy 

2022 Katharina Ereky-Stevens, DPhil (MagPhil Vienna), Junior Research 

Fellow in Education 

2022 Frances Williams (BA Oxf Brookes), Human Resources Director 

2022 Ricardo Rocha (BSc, PhD Lisbon; MSc Imp), Tutor in Biology 

2022 Joshua Phillips, BA (MA York; PhD Glas), Junior Research Fellow in 

English 

2022 Robert Laidlow (BA Cantab; MMus RAM; PhD RNCM), Career 

Development Fellow in Music 

2022 Catherine (Sassy) Molyneux (BA Newc; PhD South Bank), Senior 

Research Fellow in Global Health 

2022 John Powell (MB BChir MA Cantab; MSc PhD LSHTM; 

PGCertMedEd Warw), Senior Research Fellow in Digital Health 

2022 Tatjana Sauka-Spengler (BA Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina; State 

Exam Prague; PhD Paris VII), Senior Research Fellow in 

Developmental Genomics 

2022 (Ruy) Sebastian Bonilla, DPhil, PGCert (BS The Andes; MPhil 

Cantab), Hugh Price Fellow in Materials Science 

2022 Betina Ip, DPhil (BA Chelsea College of Arts; MSc UCL), Hugh Price 

Fellow in Neuroscience 

2022 Filipa Simões (Diploma Lisbon; PhD Coimbra & Oxon), Hugh Price 

Fellow in Regenerative Medicine 

2022 (Christoph) Charly Treiber, DPhil (MSc Vienna), Hugh Price Fellow in 

Neurobiology 

2022 David d’Avray, DPhil (BA Cantab), Supernumerary Fellow in History 

2022 Kelsey Inouye, MSc, DPhil (BA, JD, Med Hawaii), Supernumerary 

Fellow in Education 

2022 Samantha-Kaye Johnston (BSc West Indies; MA Liv Hope; PhD 

Curtin), Supernumerary Fellow in Education 

2022 Andrew Shapland (MA Cantab; PhD UCL), Supernumerary Fellow in 

Archaeology 

2022 Nicole Eichert, MSc, PhD (BSc, MSc Tübingen), Junior Research 

Fellow in Experimental Psychology 

2022 Felicia Liu (BA, MA, PhD KCL), Junior Research Fellow in Geography 

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2022 Ryan Rholes (BBA BS Texas State; PhD Texas A&M), Junior Research 

Fellow in Economics 

2022 Nadine Akkerman (Doctoral, PhD Vrije, Amsterdam), Visiting Senior 

Research Fellow 

2022 Svitlana Slava (BA, Specialist Kyiv National Transport University; 

PhD Kyiv National Transport University & National University of 

Construction & Architecture), Supernumerary Fellow in Economics 

2022 Moreed Arbabzadah (BA, MPhil, PhD Cantab), FSA, Hugh Price 

Fellow in Celtic History 

2022 Sandra Kiefer (BSc, MSc Goethe; BSc, MEd, PhD RWTH Aachen), 

Glasstone Junior Research Fellow in Computer Science 

2022 Medwin Hughes, DPhil (BA Aberystwyth), FRSA, Welsh 

Supernumerary Fellow 

Emeritus Fellows 

1994 John Dixon Walsh, MA (MA, PhD Cantab) † 

1996 John Graham De’Ath, Air Commodore (retd), MBE, MA 

2005 Louis Lyons, MA, DPhil 

2005 Donald Andrew Hay, MA, MPhil (MA Cantab) 

2005 Colin Edward Webb, MBE, MA, DPhil (BSc Nott), FRS 

2005 John Anthony Caldwell, BMus, MA, DPhil, FRCO 

2006 Clive Douglas Rodgers, MA (MA, PhD Cantab) 

2006 Colin Graham Clarke, MA, DPhil, DLitt 

2006 Peter George Beer, Air Vice-Marshal (retd), CB, CBE, LVO, MA 

2007 John Nicolas Jacobs, MA, FSA 

2008 David John Acheson, MA (BSc Lond; MSc, PhD, Hon DSc East Ang) 

2008 Edward Richard Moxon, MA (MA, MB, BChir Cantab), FRS 

2009 Peter John Clarke, BCL, MA 

2009 Henry Michael Reece, MA, DPhil (BA Brist) 

2010 Timothy John Horder, MA (PhD Edin) 

2010 Anthony Michael Glazer, MA (BSc St And; PhD Lond; MA Cantab) 

2010 Peter Clifford, MA (BSc Lond; PhD California) 

2010 David Francis Cram, MA (PhD Cornell) 

2010 Mansur Gulamhussein Lalljee, MA, DPhil (BA Bombay) 

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2010 Michael John Vickers, MA (BA, DLitt, Wales; Dip Class Arch 

Cantab; DUniv (Hon) Batumi), FSA, Dean of Degrees 

2010 Kathleen Danaher Sylva, OBE, MA (BA, MA, PhD Harvard), FBA 

2011 Felicity Margaret Heal, MA, DPhil (MA, PhD Cantab), FBA 

2011 Thomas Mowbray Owen Charles-Edwards, MA, DPhil, FRHistS 

2013 William Moore, MA, DPhil (BSc Brist; PhD Cantab) 

2014 Paul Harvey, CBE, MA, DSc (BA, DPhil York), FRS 

2014 Steffen Lauritzen, MA (MSc, PhD, DSc Copenhagen), FRS 

2014 Paul Davies, KC (Hon), MA (LLM Lond; LLM Yale), FBA 

2015 Christopher Winearls, DPhil (MB, ChB University of Cape Town 

Medical School) 

2017 Peter Mirfield, BCL, MA 

2017 Richard Bosworth (BA, MA Sydney; PhD Cantab) 

2018 Pamela Sammons (BSocSci Brist; PhD Council for National 

Academic Awards) 

2020 Charles Vincent, BA (MPhil Institute of Psychiatry Lond; PhD UCL) 

2022 David Barron, MA (MA Cantab; MA, PhD Cornell) 

Honorary Fellows 

1992 Sir Christopher Foster, MA (MA Cantab) † 

1997 The Lord Skidelsky (Robert Jacob Alexander), MA, DPhil, FRSL, 

FRHistS, (Hon DLitt, Buck), FBA 

1998 The Hon Neal Blewett, AC, MA, DPhil, FRHistS 

1998 Sir John Carter, MA, FIA 

1998 Sir Geoffrey Cass, MA 

1998 Professor Sir Richard John Evans, Kt, MA, PhD (inc), LittD, DPhil, 

DLitt, LitD (Hon), DLitt (Hon), LLD (Hon), FRHistS, FRSL, 

FLSW, FBA 

1998 Professor Nigel James Hitchin, MA, DPhil, FRS 

1998 Sir David Thomas Rowell Lewis, MA (Hon DCL City; Hon DCL 

Wales) 

1998 Edwin Milton Yoder, MA 

1999 David Alec Monk, MA (Hon LLD Sheff) † 

1999 Professor Derec Llwyd Morgan, DPhil 

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2001 Sir Thomas Allen, CBE (Hon MA Newc; Hon DMus Durh), FRCM 

2005 Sir Peter Machin North, CBE, KC, MA, DCL (Hon LLD R’dg, Nott, 

Aberd, New Brunswick; Hon D Hum Lett Arizona), FBA 

2007 William Andrew Murray Boyd, CBE (MA Glas), FRSL 

2007 Professor Sir Keith Burnett, CBE, BA DPhil, FRS, FinstP, FLSW 

2007 Francine Elizabeth Stock, MA 

2008 Professor David Williams, FRS, DPhil 

2008 Sir Bryn Terfel, CBE 

2010 Professor Elizabeth Helen Blackburn (BSc, MSc Melbourne; PhD 

Cantab) 

2010 Carole Lesley Souter, CBE, BA (MA Lond) 

2012 Professor Alan Grafen, MA, DPhil, FRS 

2013 Geraint Talfan Davies, OBE, DL, MA 

2013 The Rt Hon Lord Faulks of Donnington (Edward Peter Lawless), 

KC, MA, FCIArb 

2015 Lord Krebs of Wytham (John Richard), Kt, MA, DPhil, FRS, 

FMedSci, ML 

2020 Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, MA Status (BSc Glas; PhD 

Cantab), FRS 

2020 Dame Alison Foster, KC, BA 

2020 Thomas Ilube, CBE (BSc Benin, Nigeria; MBA Lond; Hon DSc Lond; 

Hon DTech Wolv), FRSA, FBCS 

2020 Professor Sir Peter Ratcliffe, MA (MB, ChB, MD Cantab), FRS 

Chaplain 

The Rev Dr Christopher Dingwall-Jones, BA (MSc Edin; PhD Kent) 

Queen Elizabeth I Fellows 

2012 Sir David Thomas Rowell Lewis, MA (Hon DCL City; Hon DCL 

Wales) 

2016 Mr André Hoffmann, MBA 

2016 Mrs Maria Hugh 

2017 Dr Henry Cheng Kar Shun 

2017 Ms Rosaline Wong Wing Yue 

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2018 Mr Harold Shaw 

2020 Mr Oliver Thomas, MA 

2021 Mr Peter Bennett 

2022 Mr Christopher Richey, MPhil (BA SMU; JD Stanford) 

Lecturers 

Ms Izar Alonso Lorenzo, Maths 

Mr Giancarlo Antonucci, Maths 

Ms Francesca Arduini, Economics 

Dr Mara Artibani, Biology 

Dr Gunes Baydin, Computer Science 

Ms Oana Bazavan, Physics 

Ms Amelia Brasnett, Chemistry 

Dr Lennart Brewitz, Chemistry 

Ms Stefanie Burkert-Burrows, German 

Dr Michael Burt, Chemistry 

Mr Aurelio Carlucci, Maths 

Dr Esther Cavett, Music 

Dr Aaron Clift, History 

Dr Dafydd Daniel, Theology 

Dr Alyson Douglas, Geography 

Dr Gillian Douglas, Medicine 

Dr Aneurin Ellis-Evans, Ancient History 

Dr Emre Esenturk, Statistics 

Mr Alexander Georgiou, Law 

Mr Johann Go, Politics 

Mr Michael Hallam, Maths 

Dr Ole Hinz, German 

Dr Amanda Holton, English 

Dr Joshua Hordern, Theology 

Dr Matthias Lanzinger, Computer Science 

Dr Hannie Lawler, Spanish 

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Dr Ayoush Lazikani, English 

Dr Pamela Lear, Medicine 

Dr Melinda Letts, Classics 

Dr Amy Lidster, English 

Dr Sam Lipworth, Medicine 

Ms Cynthia Liu, Classics 

Prof Elena Lombardi, Italian 

Ms Ellen Luckins, Maths 

Dr Sotiris Mastoridis, Medicine 

Dr Keiko Mayazaki, Medicine 

Dr Nick Mayhew, Russian 

Prof Teresa Morgan, Ancient History 

Dr Christopher Nicholls, Engineering 

Prof Daniella Omlor, Spanish 

Dr Michael O’Neill, Chemistry 

Dr Julian Ormerod, Medicine 

Ms Helena Pickford, Chemistry 

Dr Liam Saddington, Geography 

Ms Hannah Scheithauer, German 

Mr Philip Schnattinger, Economics 

Dr Nir Shalev, Experimental Psychology 

Dr Deborah Sneddon, Chemistry 

Mr Barnum Swannell, Maths 

Dr Brian Tang, Engineering 

Ms Cecile Varry, French 

Ms Alena Wabitsch, Economics 

Mr Timothy Wade, History 

Prof Claire Williams, Portuguese 

Dr Bryan Wilson Biology 

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Non-Academic Staff 

1981 Simon Smith, Conference Manager 

1996 Beatrice Coleman, Scout 

2000 David Mead, Groundsman 

2000 Christopher Cox, Lodge Receptionist 

2001 Helen Gee, PA to the Principal 

2006 Jakub Pawlicki, Junior Sous Chef 

2006 Keiron Bennellick, Caretaker 

2006 Valdas Joksas, Kitchen Porter 

2006 Steven Joseph, Chef 

2007 Rosangela Bolonhese, Scout 

2008 Laura Katkute, Accounts Clerk 

2008 Tahira Marham, Scout 

2009 Joan McCoy, Scout 

2010 Tomasz Rabeda, Sous Chef 

2010 Katarzyna Dubarska, Scout 

2010 Owen McKnight, Librarian 

2011 Kevin Beynon, Chef de Partie 

2011 Stephen Widdows, Food Services Supervisor 

2012 Jody Amirthaseelan, Food Services Team Member 

2013 Gerard Fegan, Computing Infrastructure Manager 

2013 Paul Crowther, Maintenance Manager 

2014 Daniel Nolan, Maintenance Team Member 

2014 Tania Dandy-Minto, Accommodation Services Manager 

2015 Xunqin (Emily) Huang, Graduate Administrator 

2015 Maria Ferreira Dos Reis, Scout 

2015 Carolyn Ruhle, Nurse 

2015 Cathy Lea, DACC Administrator 

2015 Gillian Long, Estates & Property Administrator 

2016 Michele Turner, Housekeeping Manager 

2016 Robin Darwall-Smith, Archivist 

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2017 Joanne Bellerby, Scout 

2017 Elena Pinte, Scout 

2017 Richard Dean, Lodge Receptionist 

2017 Neville Fernandes, Kitchen Porter 

2017 Gemma Forster, Admissions Officer 

2017 Bruno Mollier, Head of Food & Beverage Services 

2017 Anand Dube, Head Chef 

2017 Bela Valter, Assistant Head of Food & Beverage Service 

2017 Martinho Afonso, Scout 

2017 James Baxter, Chef de Partie 

2018 Edmund Levin, Annual Fund & Giving Programme Manager 

2018 Raymond Ridley, Bar Supervisor 

2018 Peter Parshall, Chapel Music Co-ordinator 

2018 Eve Bodniece, Principal Data Analyst 

2019 Peter Sutton, Alumni Engagement Manager 

2019 Jolanta Sikora-Marques, Fellows’ Secretary 

2019 Cristina Carmona Casado, Lodge Receptionist 

2019 Mark Trafford, Sales Ledger Officer 

2019 Sandra Marujo, Lodge Receptionist 

2019 Melinda Mattu, Accountant 

2020 Michael Sixsmith, IT Manager 

2020 Jude Eades, Communications Manager 

2020 Poh Gan, Breakfast & Commis Chef 

2020 Georgina Plunkett, Deputy Director of Development 

2020 Tito De Jesus Gutteres, Scout 

2020 Sadia (Kirren) Mahmood, Welfare Officer 

2021 Colin Beall, Health & Safety Coordinator 

2021 Violeta Budreviciute, Accounts Clerk 

2021 Arpornthip Burroughs, Scout 

2021 Kathrina dela Cruz, Assistant Accountant 

2021 Neil Huntley, Lodge Manager 

2021 Ellie Hutson, Admin Assistant 

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2021 Mary O’ Byrne, Human Resources Advisor 

2021 Marina Lazarova, Scout 

2021 Rosita Vacheva, Payroll & Accounts Officer 

2021 Iwona Pietruszewska, Housekeeping Supervisor 

2021 Raquel Hernandez, Catering Supervisor 

2022 Josh Brown, Scout 

2022 Johnathan Eccles, Maintenance Team 

2022 Fisayo Adeleke, Events and Graduation Assistant 

2022 Paulina Mascianica, Lodge Receptionist 

2022 Yu-Wen Huang, Social Media and Communications Officer 

2022 Synthia Barmpa, Conference Assistant 

2022 Gabriel Apahidean, Chef de Partie 

2022 Lourenco Noronha, Kitchen Porter 

2022 Diana Ciolcan, Food Services Team 

2022 Gregorio Soares, Scout 

2022 Grace Exley, Graduate Library Trainee 

2022 Martin Richards, Maintenance Team 

2022 Hannah Dowson, Human Resources Advisor 

2022 Tahmina Sorabji, Disability and Grants Officer 

2022 Megan Lee, Access Assistant 

2022 Ximena Garcia Ochoa, Food Services Team 

2022 Natasha Ali, Junior Dean 

2022 Liza Zillig, Junior Dean 

2022 Vanessa Picker, Junior Dean 

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Photo by Ed Nix.

Fellows’ & Lecturers’ News 

Izar Alonso Lorenzo 

Lecturer in Pure Mathematics 

I am currently finishing my DPhil under the 

supervision of Andrew Dancer and Jason 

Lotay, having completed a Double Bachelor’s 

Degree in Maths and Physics at the 

Universidad Complutense de Madrid and a 

Master of Advanced Studies in Pure 

Mathematics in Cambridge. My research is in 

the area of differential geometry and has 

connections with geometric analysis and heterotic string theory. 

In particular, I study differential-geometric structures in spaces 

of dimensions six and seven, which are of special importance in 

higher dimensional gauge theories. These structures also play a 

key role in heterotic string theory, where they appear in systems 

such as the Hull-Strominger and the heterotic G2 system. I use 

symmetry reduction and analytic techniques to give a better 

understanding of these structures. 

David d’Avray 

Supernumerary Fellow in History 

Joining Jesus as a Supernumerary Fellow has 

proved a very positive experience. Though 

new to the College, I’m familiar with Oxford; 

I did my DPhil at Balliol long ago, and I’ve 

lived here for over two decades since my 

wife became Fellow Librarian at Merton. 

Until I became Emeritus at UCL I commuted 

every weekday to London. I’m a historian of 

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the Middle Ages, and also of the preceding and following 

periods; I enjoy manuscript work and the application of social 

theory. At Jesus I will be advising graduate students, and I also 

propose to lead informal seminars for members of the College 

at all levels, on comparative history, historical argument, and the 

history of Ethics. 

Talita de Souza Dias 

Shaw Foundation Junior Research Fellow in Law 

I qualified as a lawyer in Brazil, and have 

taught a range of International Law subjects 

at Oxford and elsewhere. My current 

research focuses on the application of 

international law to new technologies and 

the international regulation of information 

operations, including disinformation and 

online hate speech. In addition to 

publications, I’m a founding member of the Oxford Process on 

International Law Protections in Cyberspace: I’ve spoken to 

United Nations bodies on the application of international law to 

cyberspace, and given written and oral evidence to Parliament 

for the Online Safety Bill. In December 2022 I took up a post as 

Senior Research Fellow with Chatham House’s International 

Law Programme. 

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Nicole Eichert 

Junior Research Fellow in Experimental Psychology 

This summer I started a Sir Henry Wellcome 

Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Wellcome 

Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging (WIN). 

I am seeking to understand how our brains 

evolved to support uniquely human 

cognition. I combine magnetic resonance 

imaging and histology to investigate how 

brain structure and function relate to each 

other, and how the anatomical basis differs across the primate 

lineage. My focus is the temporal lobe, a part of the brain that 

changed significantly during evolution and plays a key role in 

cognition. My research programme builds on my PhD project, 

which I conducted in Oxford as part of the Wellcome Trust 

Programme in Neuroscience, and benefits from close 

collaboration with the Montreal Neurological Institute. 

Alexandra Gajda 

John Walsh Fellow in History 

I have produced and published several 

articles on disparate topics: on the 

relationship of Church, state and subjects in 

the Tudor realms, Oxford University and the 

Crown in the age of Elizabeth I, the creation 

of the legal framework for witch-hunting in 

early modern England, the influence of 

trading companies on diplomacy in the early 

seventeenth century, and the origins of the political ‘apology’ in 

public life. I’m now working on a study of the evolution of the 

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English and Welsh Parliaments during the Reformation era. I’ve 

also acted as a consultant on a major forthcoming BBC 

documentary on the nature of the Union of the British Isles, and 

appeared on Susannah Lipscomb’s podcast Not Just the Tudors 

talking about the last years of the reign of Elizabeth I. 

I was recently elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. 

Betina Ip 

Hugh Price Fellow in Neuroscience 

How does the human brain learn from 

experience? I study this question by focusing 

on the acquisition of binocular vision, vision 

using two eyes. My lab uses advanced 

non-invasive MR-imaging and virtual reality 

paradigms to investigate if training oneself to 

see better using two eyes also relates to 

reliable changes in the cortical circuitry. 

Knowing where in the brain changes occur, and what they are, is 

important for finding better treatments for visual disorders like 

lazy eye. I am interested in how we perceive the world around 

us, and collaborate with other researchers on topics ranging 

from visual hallucinations to viewing landscape art. I combine my 

scientific and creative background for the purpose of public 

engagement: my children’s picture book, The Usborne Book of 

the Brain and How it Works (2021), has been translated into many 

languages, encouraging children around the world to be curious 

about the squishy matter between our ears. 

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Kelsey Inouye 

Supernumerary Fellow in Education 

I’m a Research Associate at the Department 

of Education Centre for Skills, Knowledge 

and Organisational Performance. My 

research areas include doctoral education, 

scholarly writing and publishing, and PhD 

career trajectories. I’m currently working on 

the ‘Close the Gap’ project, which aims to 

transform the PhD selection and admissions 

processes at Oxford and Cambridge towards the goal of a more 

inclusive research culture. Having obtained my DPhil in 

Education in 2020 I worked as a Senior Researcher at the 

University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Switzerland. I 

currently act as the Junior Coordinator for the European 

Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI) 

Special Interest Group on Researcher Education and Careers. 

Samantha-Kaye Johnston 

Supernumerary Fellow in Education 

Although being digitally skilled is fundamental 

for effectively functioning in society, over 

700 million young people continue to lack 

digital skills. I seek to combine principles 

from education, psychology, user-design, and 

engineering, to create safer and more 

sustainable digital futures. In a previous 

UNESCO collaboration, I spearheaded a 

study across 15 countries exploring new uses for technology in 

education. My research profile spans a large area covering skills 

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development, the assessment of dispositions that support digital 

intelligence, and ethical engagement with technology. My work, 

which employs mixed approaches to studying optimal 

environments for fostering digital skills, and participatory 

approaches with young people to design digital resources, has 

been nominated for various awards including Jamaica’s Prime 

Minister’s Youth Award for Excellence in Academics. 

Melinda Letts 

College Tutor in Greek and Latin Languages 

I’m passionate about ensuring the future of 

Classics as a discipline, which means making 

Classics appealing and accessible to all who 

want to study it, no matter what background 

they come from and regardless of previous 

experience of Greek or Latin. I’ve 

spearheaded the introduction at Jesus of 

Active Latin and Greek, whereby we teach 

grammar and texts by speaking the languages during classes. 

I was inspired to learn how to teach this way by attending a 

Septimana Latina (Latin Week) in Italy run by the Oxford 

Latinitas Project in 2018, and I now chair the board of Oxford 

Latinitas Ltd. The Active Greek and Latin programme at Jesus is 

supported by a generous donation of £30k over three years 

from alumnus John Jagger. The method noticeably speeds up the 

process of language acquisition for beginners, offers a route to 

real fluency to those who already know the languages, and is 

enormously enjoyable for both students and teachers. The first 

cohort of Latinists to be taught consistently using the active 

method in College sat Mods in 2021: all three achieved Firsts, 

with exceptionally high marks in their Latin language papers. 

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Catherine (Sassy) Molyneux 

Senior Research Fellow in Global Health 

I am a social scientist with a background in 

human geography and behavioural studies. 

My main research areas span health policy 

and systems research (system governance, 

financing, and responsiveness to patients and 

publics) and empirical ethics, including the 

everyday ethics of frontline health provision 

and of conducting studies in low income 

settings. Recent contributions include those focused on 

examining vulnerability and agency among research participants 

and communities in low resource settings; understanding the 

emotional well-being of frontline health and research workers 

operating in these contexts; unpacking researchers’ 

responsibilities; and drawing on patient, provider, and manager 

perspectives to design, implement and evaluate systems 

interventions aimed at positive change. Other outputs from my 

work include a video where frontline research staff share their 

experiences, and an animation summarising findings of a realist 

review on community engagement. 

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Tatjana Sauka-Spengler 

Senior Research Fellow in Developmental Genomics 

With a background in both physics and 

biology, I run an interdisciplinary research 

group that seeks to understand the network 

organisation of gene regulatory programmes 

underlying developmental processes, and to 

decipher gene regulatory circuitries that 

orchestrate early cell-specification steps 

during development. Work on reverse 

engineering gene-regulatory circuitry holds high promise for use 

in stem cell therapies. To this end my lab has developed 

approaches such as integrated single-cell genomics, quantitative 

imaging, computational analysis, and machine learning, to tackle 

regulatory network detail in developing embryos, using multiple 

vertebrate models (zebrafish, chick, lamprey). The lab is 

creating new expertise in model-building, integrating multimodal 

single-cell analyses, and applying machine learning and 

computational genomics to tackle open questions in 

development, evolution, and regenerative medicine. 

Eva Schlindwein 

Stipendiary Lecturer in Management 

I am a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Saïd 

Business School and Senior Researcher at the 

Bern University of Applied Sciences, 

Switzerland, and have published in leading 

management journals including the Academy 

of Management Annals. A researcher of 

management and organisations, my work 

uses qualitative research methods to focus 

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on tensions between business and society. I am investigating the 

effects of stigmatisation on the regulation of the cannabis market 

in the US, scaling social innovation in refugee integration in 

Germany, and the organisational transformation of banks 

implementing sustainability for impact in Switzerland. 

Andrew Shapland 

Supernumerary Fellow in Archaeology 

Over the last year my time at the Ashmolean 

Museum has largely been spent in 

preparation of the exhibition, Labyrinth: 

Knossos, Myth and Reality (February–July 

2023). It is an exhibition that I pitched at my 

interview for the newly-endowed post of Sir 

Arthur Evans Curator in Bronze Age and 

Classical Greece. Upon starting the job at 

the end of 2018 I set about negotiating a list of loan objects with 

our partners in Crete: it will be the first time that some of the 

finds excavated by Sir Arthur Evans at Knossos will have left the 

island. In Oxford they will be displayed alongside original 

documents from the excavation archive held by the Ashmolean. 

In 2022 my book Human-Animal Relations in Bronze Age Crete: 

A History through Objects (CUP) was published, and I worked 

with the Greek Archaeological Service and University of 

Toronto as co-director of excavations at Palaikastro in eastern 

Crete. There, with a team which included students from 

Oxford, we investigated Minoan remains that are becoming 

visible along the beach as a result of coastal erosion. 

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Filipa Simões 

Hugh Price Fellow in Regenerative Medicine 

I work at the Institute of Developmental and 

Regenerative Medicine, researching how 

immune cells, in particular macrophages, can 

be programmed by their neighbouring cells 

to repair the damage caused by a heart 

attack. My team uses genomics, spatial 

transcriptomics and functional in vivo and in 

vitro assays to dissect the spatiotemporal 

dynamics of cellular microenvironments, to identify intercellular 

signalling networks, and to decipher how these converge to 

define macrophage identity, plasticity, and function in the healthy 

and diseased heart. I have identified macrophages as direct 

collagen contributors to the forming scar during zebrafish heart 

regeneration and mouse heart repair. This work has revealed 

insights into the source of collagen deposition during cardiac 

scar formation and is likely to be applicable across organ 

systems and fibrotic disease. 

Svitlana Slava 

Supernumerary Fellow in Economics 

I completed my PhD at the National 

Transport University and defended my thesis 

at the National University of Construction 

and Architecture, both in Kyiv, Ukraine. 

Since then I have been working at Uzhhorod 

National University, Transcarpathia, where 

I teach courses in Enterprise Economics, 

Management and Strategic Management and 

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act as scientific advisor for PhD students at the Department of 

Economy and Entrepreneurship. My research interests are 

strategic and structural transformations, economic adjustments 

during and after crises, regional economic and sustainable 

development, and the economics of enterprise and innovation. 

I have published widely in international journals and carried out 

numerous applied projects for governmental bodies, 

universities, and businesses in Ukraine. I am a volunteer 

member of the Joint Committee for a partnership between two 

small towns in Britain and Ukraine, which aims to promote 

school students’ cultural engagement and language learning. 

Dirk Van Hulle 

Professorial Fellow, Professor of Bibliography and Modern Book 

History in the Faculty of English 

With a team of five researchers I am working 

on a bilingual digital edition of Samuel 

Beckett’s works as principal investigator of a 

three year AHRC project, called ‘Editing 

Beckett’. My research focuses on modern 

manuscripts and literary writing processes. 

I recently completed Genetic Criticism: Tracing 

Creativity in Literature (OUP, 2022). I also 

direct the Oxford Centre for Textual Editing and Theory 

(OCTET). We are organising an international colloquium on 

‘Genetic Narratology’ in March 2023, workshops on writers’ 

libraries and on editing Shakespeare. Other projects include the 

digital edition of James Joyce’s unpublished letters, a monograph 

on James Joyce’s Library (OUP), and a scholarly edition that 

reunites all of Samuel Beckett’s manuscripts and the author’s 

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personal library. I am curating an exhibition at the Bodleian 

Library which will open in January 2024 about the many 

treasures that are crossed out or cut by authors, censors, and 

others before they make it into publication. The working title is: 

CUT: the cutting room floor of modern literature. 

Geraldine Wright 

Hope Professor of Zoology (Entomology) 

The Oxford Bee Lab has been working 

diligently in 2022 to study the importance of 

fatty acids and sterols in pollen influence 

bees. Sterols such as cholesterol are essential 

nutrients in insect diets as insects do not 

possess the enzymes required to synthesize 

sterols de novo. Instead, they acquire sterols 

from diet, and in some cases, post-ingestively 

modify them. In collaboration with the Royal Botanic Gardens at 

Kew, we have collected pollen from over 250 species in the UK 

and are in the process of analysing our samples for sterols to 

identify the nutritional value of the sterols of plants for bees. 

The bee lab is also studying how bees adjust their feeding to 

acquire the optimal values for fats and proteins when the fatty 

acids in diet are unsuitable. Our work will be used to inform 

strategies for improving the nutrition of honeybees and wild 

bee species. 

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The Fowler Lecture 2023 

Honouring the memory of Don Fowler, former Fellow and Tutor in 

Classics at Jesus, the 21st Fowler Lecture will be delivered by 

Monica Gale, Professor in Classics at Trinity College, Dublin. 

Professor Gale will speak to the title ‘Five Ways of Reading Catullus’ 

in the lecture theatre of the Stelios Ioannou Classics Centre, 

66 St Giles, at 5pm on Thursday 4 May 2023. 

Professor Gale graduated from Cambridge and went on to hold 

posts at the University of Newcastle and Royal Holloway, 

University of London, before joining the staff at Trinity College 

Dublin in 1998. Her research centres on the poetry of the Late 

Roman Republic and the Augustan period (especially the works of 

Catullus, Lucretius, Virgil and Propertius), with a particular focus on 

issues of genre and intertextuality. She explores the ways in which 

relationships between literary texts serve to create meaning, and is 

interested in poetic self-representation with reference both to 

literary predecessors and to generic convention. Other areas of 

expertise include Greek and Roman didactic poetry and the uses of 

myth in ancient literature. In addition to monographs Myth and 

Poetry in Lucretius (CUP 1994), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The 

Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition (CUP 2000), and 

Lucretius and the Didactic Epic (Bristol Classical Press 2001), she has 

edited Latin Epic and Didactic Poetry: Genre, Tradition and Individuality 

(Classical Press of Wales 2004) and co-edited with David 

Scourfield (a former Fowler Lecturer) Texts and Violence in the 

Roman World (CUP 2018). She is currently writing a commentary 

on the complete poems of Catullus for the Cambridge Greek and 

Latin Classics series. 

Attendance at the lecture is free, and all are invited to drinks 

afterwards in the Classics Centre. Dinner with the speaker in Jesus 

afterwards (three courses with wine, at a cost of £50) is available 

on application: please email armand.dangour@jesus.ox.ac.uk. 

Lesbia and her sparrow by Sir John Poynter. 

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A Time of Celebration and Gratitude 

Brittany Wellner James | Director of Development 

With the Cheng Yu Tung Building now established as part of the 

Jesus estate, College has had a lot to celebrate over the last few 

months. The building represents Jesus’ greatest physical 

transformation since the early 18th century, and is the 

culmination of an ambitious five-year project conducted with 

the goal of positioning the College as a leading institution for 

digital research at Oxford. The impressive design includes new 

teaching and meeting spaces, a raised Fourth Quad, exceptional 

postgraduate facilities, a Tower gallery, and a spacious café. 

On 22 October Dr Henry Cheng Kar Shun, in the presence of 

his friends and family and accompanied by the Principal Sir Nigel 

Shadbolt, cut the ribbon to inaugurate the Digital Hub named in 

his honour. Around 90 guests including Vice Chancellor 

Professor Dame Louise 

Richardson attended 

the event, during which 

guests were invited to 

tour the building after 

hours to the music of a 

jazz quartet in the Hub. 

The reception was 

followed by a Dinner at 

which Dr Cheng was 

certified as a Queen 

Dr Henry Cheng Kar Shun and Principal Sir Nigel 

Shadbolt cut the ribbon to open the new Cheng Yu 

Tung Building and Cheng Kar Shun Digital Hub. 

Photo: Andrew Ogilvy Photography. 

Elizabeth I Fellow in 

recognition of the great 

contribution he has 

made to College life. 

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In September the College welcomed Queen Elizabeth I Fellow 

Chris Richey (1984, MPhil Management Studies) and his wife 

Dr Sara Browne for an afternoon tea to dedicate the Buchanan 

Tower Room in honour of Jesus alumnus Captain Angus 

Buchanan, VC. The Richey family, whose generosity has recently 

endowed a graduate studentship at College, donated the plaque 

in the Tower to honour Captain Buchanan. College Archivist 

Robin Darwall-Smith and Librarian Owen McKnight presented 

archive materials about Captain Buchanan, including photos of 

the College Boat Club from his time and records of his 

undergraduate days. In Robin Darwall-Smith’s words: “Angus 

Buchanan came up to Jesus in 1913 on a Welsh Classical 

Scholarship. He made his mark in sports, becoming a valued 

member of both the College’s rugby team and the Torpid 

crew. When World War I broke out, Buchanan joined the 

South Wales Borderers. He was noted for his gallantry in 

combat, and was quickly promoted to Captain. Further acts of 

bravery earned him the Victoria Cross and the Russian Order of 

St Vladimir 4th Class. In March 1917, while fighting in Kurt, 

Buchanan was blinded by a sniper. This profound injury did not 

deter him from returning to 

College when the war ended 

and restarting his degree. Nor 

did it stop him from rowing in 

the College First Eight during 

Hilary Term 1919.” Mr Richey 

was also a member of the Boat 

Club as a graduate student at 

Jesus, and greatly admired the 

story of Buchanan’s bravery and 

strength of character. 

Dr Grahame 

Davies LVO with 

his commissioned 

Welsh inscription. 

Photo: John Cairns. 

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Sir Nigel dedicates 

the Welsh Access 

Fund Quad in 

honour of 

supporting our 

Welsh students. 

Photo: John Cairns. 

Earlier in July the College invited 

alumni donors and friends to 

celebrate the opening of the 

Welsh Access Fund Quad, and 

to express particular gratitude to 

the family of alumnus Oliver 

Thomas (2000, Economics and 

Management) after whom the 

new quad is named. The Band of 

The Prince of Wales played for 

guests as they enjoyed the 

sunshine in the College’s newest 

outdoor space. Welsh poet and 

author Dr Grahame Davies LVO provided a line of poetry to 

mark the dedication, which is inscribed on one of the stones of 

the quad: Mae seren yn y nos – ac ynomni, ‘There is a star in the 

night – and in ourselves’. The line alludes to the College’s Seren 

summer school, a programme conducted in partnership with 

the Welsh Government now funded in perpetuity by the 

Thomas family. The College’s outreach work across Wales has 

already had a marked impact on Oxford: it is responsible for 

around 20% of the Welsh students now attending the university. 

The day was also an opportunity to thank the numerous alumni 

who have generously supported both the Cheng Yu Tung 

Building and the College’s wider academic and access objectives. 

This year also saw the dedication of the Rosaline Wong Gallery 

in the Buchanan Tower Room. Rosaline Wong was joined by the 

Principal to cut the ribbon to inaugurate the space, which will 

exhibit a wide range of art including works by leading 

contemporary artists. Rosaline Wong has donated works by 

artists Peter McDonald and Marcus Coates, commissioned via 

Kate MacGarry of Kate MacGarry Gallery in London, to adorn 

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the gallery, and has 

also presented the 

College with a piece 

from her personal art 

collection, a lenticular 

lightbox portrait of 

Her Late Majesty 

Queen Elizabeth II by 

Chris Levine entitled 

Equanimity. The 

College is grateful to 

Rosaline Wong for 

these thoughtfully 

curated pieces, which 

will form valuable 

additions to the College’s art collection. 

The College owes a debt of gratitude to the many alumni and 

friends who have helped make a huge success of the 450th 

Anniversary Campaign and in doing so have opened a new 

chapter of College history. Alumni donations have created a 

significant new building and spaces, supported the College’s 

students and tutorial system, and enriched the community at 

Jesus. These beautiful, dedicated spaces are now in active use by 

current students, staff, and Fellows, and they are open to be 

visited and enjoyed by all alumni and friends. The College will 

continue to find opportunities to celebrate all that its friends 

and supporters have done to provide such exceptional and 

greatly valued benefits. 

Peter McDonald, 

Kate MacGarry, 

Rosaline Wong 

and Marcus 

Coates open the 

Rosaline Wong 

Gallery. 

Photo: Andrew Ogilvy 

Photography. 

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The Cheng Kar Shun Digital Hub. 

Photo: Andrew Ogilvy Photography.

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Events at the Cheng Kar Shun 

Digital Hub 

Will McBain | Journalist & Digital Hub Events 

Coordinator 

The first public event in the Cheng 

Kar Shun Digital Hub was the launch 

in October 2022 of the book Cloud 

Empires: How Digital platforms are 

overtaking the state and how we can 

regain control (MIT 2022) by Professor 

Vili Lehdonvirta, Senior Research 

Fellow at Jesus. After weeks of 

planning, it was heartening to see 

audience members walk through the 

Will McBain. 

Cheng Kar Shun Digital Hub’s doors 

on Market Street into the College’s new event space. Prof. 

Lehdonvirta spoke about how global firms such as Amazon and 

Facebook constitute large sections of the online economy and 

exert a state-like dominance over our lives. The event was 

hosted by science journalist Quentin Cooper, who opened up 

the session to lively feedback and questions from the audience. 

While the catering team served sparkling wine and canapés, 

conversations about how to change the status quo continued 

throughout the evening, 

This event gave the Hub team important experience in how 

best to utilise the space, allowing us to tweak things where 

necessary. The Hub’s impressive acoustics mean that sound 

easily travels from the main forum in the basement, along the 

striking curvature of the staircase, and throughout the three 

Left: HerStory Exhibition. 

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Archives of the Future. 

floors – but just as easily the opposite way. For the remaining 

events in Michaelmas, once the talks began – and as staff were 

busy setting up drinks, providing security, or ushering 

latecomers to their seats – we worked in silent synchronised 

coordination, using additional entrances, corridors, and further 

rooms in the hub. 

Oxford’s senior archivists and interested parties came to listen 

to Robin Darwall-Smith speaking on ‘Archives of the Future’; 

and when the College hosted the Royal Navy’s annual Hudson 

Lecture for the first time, we welcomed five-star ranking NATO 

officers and members of the Ukrainian armed forces. The forum 

sparkled with soldiers wearing ceremonial dress and medals, 

while a projector illuminated the Hub with slides showing 

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military statistics and vehicles. As the guests were leaving, news 

of a serious military incident (a missile had struck a Polish village) 

made us wonder whether the new building might have to 

become a command centre for the defence of the Free World. 

Four remaining events of term were less dramatic, but no less 

impressive, as Jesus’ students came to the fore. Andrzej Stuart- 

Thompson, a DPhil student in Modern and Medieval Languages, 

hosted two Digital Hub Reading Club events on Artificial 

Intelligence, robots, tech, and everything digital in selected 

fiction. Graduate Lisa Zillig and undergraduate Shathuki Perera 

launched ‘HerStory’, an exhibition of portraits celebrating Jesus’ 

female alumni. MCR President Paul Davis hosted ‘A History of 

Gaming’, a panel discussion with three industry experts 

examining how video gaming is driving technological change and 

asking what the multibillion-dollar industry behind it can teach 

academia. Three hours of sounds from gaming on consoles, 

from the 1970s to the present day, reverberated through the 

Cheng Kar Shun Digital Hub before the curtain came down on 

this term of events. 

Events in the new year will include a talk on Regenerative 

Medicine, and the 2023 Oxford Synthetic Media Forum will 

explore how synthetic media, AI, and misinformation are 

shaping the world. The Cheng Kar Shun Digital Hub is more 

than an event space, however, and it has already attracted great 

interest and requests for partnerships from computer science 

institutions, Metaverse-based NGOs, and Esports societies. It is 

exciting to think about how the space will be developed, to look 

forward to ideas and solutions to the world’s challenges being 

formulated here, and to enjoy the prospect of bringing together 

the public and the College community to attend inspiring talks 

and exhibitions in future. 

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Public and Private: 

The Principal’s Lodgings of Jesus College 

Robin Darwall-Smith | Archivist 

with images by Bev Shadbolt. 

People familiar with Jesus College know the elegant entrance to 

the Principal’s Lodgings in the north-west corner of First Quad 

near the Hall. One hopes that every Old Member reading this 

will have been inside the Lodgings at least once, and seen its 

beautiful state rooms, especially the drawing room on the 

first floor. 

The Lodgings at Jesus College stand out among their 

counterparts elsewhere by reason of their age. We think of 

Jesus as rather a ‘new’ College, being founded in 1571; but our 

First Quad, completed in the early 1630s, is one of Oxford’s 

older buildings. This is partly because such earlier Colleges as 

Univ., Exeter and Queen’s replaced their medieval buildings with 

newer ones, and these newer buildings date from after our First 

Quad was completed. Other Colleges regularly moved their 

heads around from one building to another. An extreme 

example is Merton, which still rejoices in its thirteenth-century 

architecture, but in 1962 moved its Warden into a brutalist 

monstrosity (recently softened with a more traditional façade). 

Yet at Jesus the Principal has stayed put. The Lodgings have 

certainly been modified and extended, but much of them, 

especially on the first floor, have stayed unchanged. Only two or 

three other College heads live in lodgings which are older 

than ours. 

Why should a Principal have lodgings? Even in pre-Reformation 

days, when all heads of house were celibate clergymen, a head 

Left: The Principal’s Lodgings. 

Image: Bev Shadbolt. 

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had roles and duties which made it essential to have decent 

accommodation. He had to entertain important visitors, who 

might want to stay in the College, or needed to arrange private 

meetings. 

Our Lodgings owe their existence to Sir Eubule Thelwall, 

Principal from 1621-30, and one of that remarkable group of 

early seventeenth-century heads who established Jesus as a 

functioning College. Thelwall was a man of means, and it seems 

that he paid for the erection of the Lodgings himself. Writing in 

the later seventeenth century, Antony Wood was impressed at 

the work, for he declared that Thelwall, “made a very fair dining 

room, adorned with wainscot curiously engraven”. 

Thelwall’s Lodgings were much smaller than the current ones. 

William Williams’s plan of the College in Oxonia Depicta, from 

1733, shows that the Lodgings occupied the north-west range of 

First Quad and nothing more. However, when we remember 

that the College’s first statutes ordered that the Principal remain 

a bachelor, this makes sense. Apart from a grand state room or 

two for visitors, he only needed accommodation for himself and 

his servants. On the other hand, soon after Thelwall’s death his 

successor Francis Mansell had ideas for reworking the Lodgings: 

£5 was paid to a mason in April 1637 “making 5 studyes & some 

other worke in the Lodging” (BU.AC.GEN.1 page 60). 

There was another way in which the Lodgings were enlarged. In 

the 1740s, the Hall was given a new ceiling, leaving a void 

between the ceiling and the roof. At an unknown date 

afterwards, this space, as far as the clock, was turned into a set 

of rooms accessible only from the Lodgings, which were used 

for the Principal’s servants. Also at an unknown date, the rooms 

in XIII.5 were incorporated into the Lodgings, effectively 

creating a second entrance. 

Left: ‘Shadow and Light’ Lodgings Drawing Room. 


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The earliest significant changes to the Lodgings seem to have 

taken place in 1802, when John Nash, no less, was brought in. 

His proposals were somewhat utilitarian, intended to create 

space for the kitchen and surrounding buildings in the north part 

of the Principal’s garden. Nash’s plans show that the room now 

used as the Principal’s study was a dining room, and that the 

entrance hall was much smaller than it is now, with a parlour to 

the left, and a housekeeper’s room beyond that. 

The greatest changes in the Lodgings, however, took place in the 

mid-1880s, when Hugo Harper was Principal. He will have seen 

new, larger lodgings appearing in Oxford, and may well have 

wished for something similar for himself. For this project the 

architects George Frederick Bodley and Thomas Garner were 

used. Bodley and Garner worked all over Oxford, including on 

lodgings for other heads of houses, such as at Univ. and 

Magdalen. So they knew very well what to do. Above all, Bodley 

and Garner were aiming to enlarge the Lodgings to equip it with 

more bedrooms and accommodation, and more space for the 

kitchens and the servants. 

Governing Body minutes from 1883-4 reveal tensions between 

Harper, eager to improve the Lodgings, and the Governing 

Body, anxious about the costs of the project. Eventually, 

agreement was reached, and over £2,500 spent. Earlier 

extensions seem to have been replaced with something much 

larger, which increased the number of bedrooms, and created 

more space on the ground floor. Meanwhile, in the old part of 

the lodgings, the entrance hall was enlarged, and the space to 

the left turned into a fine panelled dining room. 

This change in the Lodgings at Jesus may not just reflect the 

presence of a large Victorian family. Until the later 19th century, 

undergraduates rarely saw the inside of their College’s lodgings, 

Right: ‘Continuum’ Lodgings Drawing Room. 


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which remained the private space of a College head. After this 

period, however, there is a change in how the head of an 

Oxford College – and their family – might see their role. Now 

the Lodgings started to become a place of hospitality within a 

College, and newly built lodgings, such as at Univ. or Magdalen, 

included large reception rooms. Harper’s new dining room was 

clearly built with this in mind. Indeed, Harper’s daughter, Mary, 

whose memories are quoted in J. N. L. Baker’s 1971 history of 

Jesus College, remembered that he aimed to invite every 

undergraduate to dinner, doing so in groups of six. Mary Harper 

admitted that conversation could be sticky, but the atmosphere 

often relaxed when the undergraduates were encouraged to 

sing Welsh songs, as she accompanied them. She recalled “It 

was very nice to hear them sing ‘Land of my Fathers’ … [or] 

‘Men of Harlech’ in their naturally musical voices and often in 

parts”. Successive Principals have followed Harper’s example in 

opening up the Lodgings to students at the College, be it for 

dinners, meetings of societies, or even informal concerts. 

The memories of Hugo Harper’s daughter remind us how easy 

it can be to discuss the Principal’s Lodgings as if only the 

Principal lived there. First of all, there were servants who were 

employed directly (and paid) by the Principal, quite separately 

from the servants who worked for the College. Very little 

information has come down about Principals’ servants, not least 

because, whereas the College did keep information about the 

wages of servants which it directly employed, no similar records 

survive for any of our Principals. We therefore depend on stray 

information where we can find it, such as from censuses. Thus 

the 1881 census shows Principal Harper, his wife and two 

daughters sharing the Lodgings with three women servants, 

whose ages ranged from 20 to 44. According to the 1911 census, 

Sir John Rhŷs, his wife and two daughters were looked after by a 

Left: ‘Delft Blue’ Lodgings Drawing Room. 


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cook, parlourmaid and housemaid, all women in their twenties, 

and a fourteen-year-old page, Bertie Rawlins. Of course, these 

were the servants resident in the Lodgings; there may well have 

been others who lived outside the College. 

In that 1911 census Myvanwy Rhŷs described herself as 

‘Researcher in History’ (her sister Olwen, called herself 

‘Housekeeper’), and this reminds us that some Principals’ 

spouses and children could be significant figures. Indeed 

Myvanwy and Olwen Rhŷs were keen campaigners for women’s 

suffrage. They even won the support of their father, who more 

than once spoke publicly in support of votes for women. A few 

decades later, there were Sir Frederick Ogilvie and his wife 

Mary. In 1949 Sir Frederick died in the Lodgings when only in his 

mid-fifties, but Lady Ogilvie managed to rebuild her life, and in 

1953 she became Principal of St Anne’s College. I do not know 

of any other couple who both became heads of Oxford or 

Cambridge Colleges. It is also worth remembering that, before 

1974, the women in the Lodgings would be the only women 

actually living within the College. 

One of the strangest periods in the history of the Lodgings 

happened after the death of Sir John Rhŷs in December 1915. 

The First World War was still raging, and several Fellows were 

away on active service. It was felt impossible to assemble the 

Governing Body to elect a new Principal and therefore Jesus 

College had an interregnum in its Principalship, whilst the 

Vice-Principal, Ernest Hardy, effectively ran the ship. 

The College was largely deserted of students during the First 

World War, its buildings being occupied by officer cadets. 

However, when the war ended, many students descended on 

Oxford and its Colleges all at once. Some were young men, 

fresh from school, but many more were demobbed ex- 

Right: ‘Secret Door’ Lodgings Drawing Room. 


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servicemen wishing to resume or begin their university careers. 

Never before had so many students simultaneously come up to 

Oxford. 

As the College contemplated this unprecedented demand for 

accommodation, eyes turned to a large unoccupied building in 

First Quad, and so the Lodgings were used as student 

accommodation. Evidence for this can be found in the so-called 

‘Coal Books’, which record the quarterly consumption of coal 

by everyone living in the College, and are therefore, by accident, 

the most reliable source for which members of Jesus occupied 

which rooms. These show that nine students were put up in the 

Lodgings in Michaelmas Term 1919. Numbers then rose to 

twelve in Michaelmas Term 1920 (Coal Books, DO.59-62). 

After Trinity Term 1921, however, the Lodgings were returned 

to the Principal’s use, because by now Ernest Hardy had been 

elected Principal, without doubt out of gratitude for his leading 

the College through difficult times. Hardy’s successors have 

remained in the Lodgings ever since. 

Various little changes were carried out in the Lodgings during 

20th century, but the most radical ones took place in the late 

1960s. First of all, its ‘annexe’ over the Hall was taken away, as a 

passageway was brought through from Staircase V to run all the 

way above the Hall ceiling, with no access to the Lodgings any 

more. The entrance to the Lodgings from Staircase XIII was also 

blocked off. However, the most unusual changes related to the 

Principal’s dining room, situated at the left-hand side of the 

entrance hall. This was now given a rear entrance from Third 

Quad, and became called the Harper Room. This could be 

entered either from Third Quad, as if it was an ordinary 

College meeting room, or via the Lodgings, as if part of the 

private space there. 

Left: ‘Fire Dog’ Lodgings Drawing Room. 


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No doubt the Principal’s Lodgings will see further changes in the 

future, but it will always remain a building with two functions, 

being partly a private space for heads and their family, and partly 

a public place in which they can offer hospitality – and it will 

certainly remain one of the most attractive Lodgings in Oxford. 

Two important articles from older issues of the Jesus College Record supply more detailed information on 

the architectural changes to the Lodgings. They are E. C. Thompson, ‘The Principal’s Lodgings’, JCR 1967, 

pp. 23-8, and J. N. L. Baker, ‘The Principal’s Lodgings’, JCR 1968, pp. 20-1. 

Right: ‘Friend or Foe?’ Mantlepiece detail. 


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Cryptocurrencies and Ancient Athens 

Vili Lehdonvirta | Senior Research Fellow 

“The whole country was in the hands of a few persons, and if 

tenants failed to pay their rent they could be haled into slavery, 

and their children with them.” Aristotle in his Athenian 

Constitution so describes how Athens in the sixth century BC 

was ruled by powerful landowners. The situation became 

untenable: “Since the many were in slavery to the few, the 

common people rose against the upper class. The conflict was 

keen, and for a long time the two parties were ranged in hostile 

camps against one another.” Finally, a compromise was agreed: 

“They appointed Solon to be mediator and Archon, and 

committed the whole constitution to his hands.” 

Solon set about designing a better system. Instead of requiring 

the competing sides to rely on trustworthy officers of state, he 

sought a way of making trustworthiness matter less. This 

involved a machine called a kleroterion or ‘allotment machine’. 

White and black balls were mixed inside the machine until a 

mechanism released them. If a black ball landed next to your 

plate, you were sent home; if it was a white ball, you were 

appointed to office. Magistrates were appointed in this fashion 

annually, jurors were reselected daily. The randomly selected 

appointees acted as checks on each other. 

In 2008, the world was reeling from the effects of the great 

financial crisis. Due to inept government and selfish 

corporations, many people had lost their jobs, savings, and even 

homes. A programmer called Satoshi Nakamoto wanted to 

design a better system – a ‘trustless’ financial system in which 

trust in governments and banks was replaced with technological 

Image: Pete Linforth, Pixabay. 

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certainty: “What is needed is an electronic payment system 

based on cryptographic proof instead of trust, allowing any two 

willing parties to transact directly with each other without the 

need for a trusted third party.” In Nakamoto’s scheme, every 

participant would run special peer-to-peer ‘banking software’ 

on their computers, which communicated directly with other 

participants’ computers. 

How would such a decentralised network ensure that people 

spent only what they owned? Banks are needed precisely 

because they keep a check on balances and can validate 

transactions. Nakamoto’s idea was that the responsibility for 

checking balances could circulate randomly between users, just 

as posts had circulated randomly between citizens in ancient 

Athens. Where Athenians used the kleroterion to rotate 

administrators periodically, Nakamoto’s network used an 

algorithm called proof-of-work to rotate the administrator 

approximately every ten minutes. The job of the administrator 

was to go through recently issued payment instructions, check 

that they were valid, and collate them into a record known as a 

block: an official record of transactions that could be used to 

determine who owned what in the system. Of course, the 

administrator would not have to check transactions by hand: the 

work would be done automatically by peer-to-peer ‘banking 

software’ running on their computer. 

After approximately ten minutes, the next randomly appointed 

administrator would take over, double-check the previous block 

of records, and append their own block to it, forming a chain of 

blocks – a ‘blockchain’. The constant circulation of responsibility 

meant that the administration would, as in ancient Athens, be 

difficult to corrupt. Together the users would be as powerful as 

a bank, but individually none would wield power sufficient to 

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coerce another. As long as most peers remained honest, the 

platform could maintain orderly records without any single 

trusted authority. “With e-currency based on cryptographic 

proof, without the need to trust a third party middleman, 

money can be secure and transactions effortless.” Nakamoto 

called his invention Bitcoin. 

However, a significant problem remained. What if an attacker 

created puppet accounts until their numbers overwhelmed 

legitimate users? It was not difficult to create new digital 

personas online. The randomly chosen administrator could then 

end up being the same person again and again, undermining the 

system’s supposed lack of reliance on any single party. This 

so-called Sybil attack – named after the Greek pseudonym of a 

woman who suffered from multiple personality disorder – had 

stumped Nakamoto’s predecessors. Solon had prevented this 

eventuality by limiting eligibility to men who could prove that 

they owned property in Athens. Nakamoto’s scheme required 

would-be administrators to prove that they owned a CPU. 

A Central Processing Unit is the part of a computer that makes 

calculations. Anyone wishing to have a shot at being selected as 

the next administrator in Nakamoto’s scheme had to make their 

computer’s CPU try to guess a number that would solve an 

otherwise meaningless cryptographic puzzle. Nakamoto called 

this ‘mining’. The first participant whose CPU mined the correct 

number became the administrator for the next ten-minute 

block. Although anyone could create multiple online personas, if 

the personas all shared the same CPU, their chance of being 

appointed was no greater than the individual’s. Sybil was 

thwarted. 

Brilliant as Nakamoto was, he failed to realise that, just like gold 

mining, bitcoin mining would entail economies of scale. Industrial 

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mining operations incurred much lower unit costs than 

individual users with PCs. The industrialists quickly 

outcompeted the ordinary users whom Nakamoto had 

expected to shoulder the system’s administration. Instead of 

circulating randomly between thousands of crypto citizens, 

Bitcoin’s official recordkeeping gravitated towards a handful of 

large corporations. 

Solon’s design sought to stave off oligarchy by allocating a 

predetermined share of the kleroterion’s slots to each wealth 

class in Athens. Every cohort of administrators would include 

men from the wealthiest to those less well off (women and 

slaves were excluded). Nakamoto built no such checks into 

Bitcoin, and by late 2015 just three companies were responsible 

for mining 60% of Bitcoin’s blocks. In principle, anyone 

controlling over half of Bitcoin’s mining power would have been 

able to stop any and all transactions they didn’t like. 

At a Bitcoin conference in Hong Kong in December 2015, 

managers representing approximately 90% of the Bitcoin 

network’s mining power appeared together on a stage. The 

corporations sought to assure the crypto citizens that they had 

the network’s best interests in mind. ‘Trustless’ recordkeeping 

had turned into ‘trust us.’ 

Excerpted from Vili Lehdonvirta’s book Cloud Empires: How Digital Platforms Are Overtaking the State 

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The Descent of Man 

After God had created the Plants and the Trees, 

there remained a Darwinian niche still to plug; 

so then He made Adam and then He made Eve, 

since the Trees needed People to give them a hug. 

David Cram, Emeritus Fellow 

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Coffee with Hitler: The Jesus Connection 

Hugh Clayton | 1964 | PPE

When Joachim von Ribbentrop was appointed 

German ambassador to Great Britain in 1936, he 

had more on his mind than diplomacy. One 

cherished aim was to win a place at Eton for his 

oldest child, Rudolf, then aged 15. But Eton’s strict 

entry rules barred him, and Rudolf was sent to 

Westminster School instead. The British 

intermediary who arranged his entry to 

Westminster was a graduate of Jesus College who 

styled himself ‘Professor Thomas Conwell-Evans’. 

Much about the role of Conwell-Evans (1891- 

1968) in Anglo-German relations before the 

Second World War remains unexplained. As 

Rudolf von Ribbentrop pointed out, he was not a 

Professor, but a lecturer who had worked at the 

University of Königsberg. He was not ‘Conwell- 

Evans’ either, having changed his name from 

Conwil Evans sometime after leaving Jesus with a 

Second Class degree. 

Evans was the second son of Thomas Conwil 

Evans, a Carmarthen master tailor. Named in the 

College records as Thomas Pugh Evans, he 

entered Jesus at the age of 19 to read ‘modern 

and mediaeval literature and languages’. When his 

name crops up in histories of the 1930s, it is 

frequently accompanied by adjectives such as 

‘obscure’, ‘mysterious’, and ‘shadowy’: Rudolf von 

Ribbentrop wrote that ‘father rated him as fairly 

high-ranking in the Secret Service’. Some of his 

contemporaries will have come into contact with 

Winston Churchill, as he did; few can also have 

A still from a film of Lloyd George’s visit to Germany, September 

1936, showing Conwell-Evans with Hitler and Lloyd George (with 

his back to the camera). 

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met Adolf Hitler, as Conwell-Evans did, more than once, in the 

1930s. ‘Intermediary’ seems the appropriate word for 

somebody who was often present at important events but did 

not make himself conspicuous. 

Charles Spicer’s recent book Coffee with Hitler gives a lively 

account of Anglo-German relations in the 1930s. Spicer was 

given access to an archive entrusted by Conwell-Evans to a 

The College 

Register entry 

for Thomas 

Pugh Evans, 

shown top. 

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friend, the historian Sir Martin Gilbert. While little is known of 

Conwell-Evans’ life during the First World War, in the 1930s he 

became part of the group derided as ‘ambulant amateurs’ who 

attempted to improve relations between Britain and Germany 

outside official diplomatic channels. A lifelong pacifist, he was a 

regular visitor to Germany until early in 1939, after which, he 

writes, “I could no longer travel safely in that country”. 

It is not clear when Conwell-Evans started passing sensitive 

information from Germany to the British government. In 1934, 

he wrote a ‘personal statement’ in which he claimed that he had 

often told Nazi leaders that changes were needed in Germany 

“without which good relations with England are scarcely 

possible”. These included, he wrote, “the rehabilitation in some 

form of the Jews as a race. This is not to ignore the fact that 

Germany has a Jewish problem”. Although he had seen no 

violence in Germany, it was impossible to deny that ‘much 

cruelty has occurred’, in his view involving only ‘a minority of 

roughs’. Eight years later he acknowledged “I was sadly late in 

perceiving the real nature of the Nazi German menace. My zeal 

for peace caused me to turn a blind eye to ugly facts”. 

This statement appeared in the preface to None So Blind, a book 

co-authored by Conwell-Evans but compiled mainly from 

material written by Group Captain M. G. Christie CMG, DSO, 

MC. Christie was a much earlier opponent of the Nazis than 

Conwell-Evans; he had intended to destroy his personal archive, 

but Conwell-Evans persuaded him to let some of it be 

published. None So Blind was completed in 1942, but printed 

only in 1947 as a single edition of 100 numbered copies: Spicer 

traced 26 surviving copies in university and national libraries. 

The authors gave instructions that None So Blind should be 

distributed only after they were both dead. Powerful forces in 

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Britain will have resisted its publication. Christie had served as 

an air attaché in Washington and Berlin, and had sent a stream 

of reports to London from Germany. His predictions of the 

dates of the invasions of Czechoslovakia and Poland in 1939 

were accurate virtually to the day. Coffee with Hitler highlights 

the extent to which his detailed warnings, obtained from 

high-level contacts in German military and diplomatic circles, 

were ignored in London. 

The late 1930s were busy for Conwell-Evans too. He helped to 

arrange Lloyd George’s notorious visit to Hitler in 1936, and 

acted as interpreter at their private meeting. In 1937 he became 

the last Secretary of the Anglo-German Fellowship, a society 

that welcomed German tycoons and aristocrats to banquets in 

London and lavish weekends in the shires (Spicer advocates ‘a 

nuanced interpretation of the Fellowship as being Germanophile 

rather than pro-Nazi’). Martin Gilbert told Conwell-Evans’s 

niece that he had once believed her uncle had betrayed his 

country, but he later changed his mind. The evidence showed, in 

his view, that the mysterious Jesus alumnus, in his genuine desire 

to preserve peace between Germany and England, “did things 

for our country of which no man need be ashamed, and few 

could parallel”. 

Coffee with Hitler: The British Amateurs Who Tried to Civilise 

the Nazis by Charles Spicer was published by Oneworld in 2022. 

Hugh Clayton is grateful to David Lermon (1964, Law) and archivist 

Robin Darwall-Smith for their assistance with this article. 

Right: Punts at twilight. 

Photo: Chris Dingwall-Jones. 

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The ‘Lost’ Islands of Cardigan Bay 

Simon Haslett | Honorary Professor | Swansea University 

David Willis | Jesus Professor of Celtic 

A medieval map held in the 

Bodleian Library depicts two 

islands in Cardigan Bay (Bae 

Ceredigion in Welsh) which 

no longer exist. The Gough 

Map, the oldest sheet map of 

Britain, shows two islands 

lying offshore, a southerly 

island between Aberystwyth 

and Aberdovey (Aberdyfi) 

and a northern island 

between there and 

Barmouth (Abermaw). 

We have recently proposed 

that these ‘lost’ islands are 

the remnants of a low-lying 

landscape created by soft 

deposits laid down during the 

David Willis (left) and Simon Haslett 

(right) on the shore of Cardigan Bay at 

Aberystwyth. 

height of the last ice age (approximately between 35,000 and 

10,000 years ago). The deposits will have been dissected by 

rivers and truncated by the sea, and their surfaces lowered 

through run-off to create the ‘islands’. The southerly island lies 

between the mouths of the River Ystwyth (Afon Ystwyth) and 

the River Dovey (Afon Dyfi), the northerly island between the 

River Dovey and the River Mawddach (Afon Mawddach). These 

rivers probably flowed westward between and around the ‘lost’ 

islands, and as the finer sediments of ice-age deposits were 

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Eroding cliffs in 

the middle of 

Cardigan Bay. 

eroded away, the larger gravel and boulder components were 

left on the seafloor as a lag deposit. 

The position of the islands coincides with the location of 

underwater accumulations of gravel and boulders known locally 

as sarns. The sarns are considered to have been moraines 

(material left behind by moving glaciers), but gravel and 

boulders released by the erosion of islands could have 

contributed to these accumulations. Removing large volumes of 

sediment requires a high rate of erosion – we estimate around 

five to ten metres a year. A review of similar coastlines 

elsewhere shows that this rate is not unusual. On the more 

sheltered North Sea coast of Suffolk, along the same coastline 

as the lost medieval port of Dunwich, the erosion rate of cliffs 

created from ice-age deposits has been up to six metres a year. 

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Along the Atlantic coast of Canada, which may be more akin to 

the Atlantic-facing Cardigan Bay, the erosion rate of cliffs made 

up of similar deposits has been estimated at over eight metres 

a year. 

Welsh literary and historical sources preserve a tradition of 

places called Maes Gwyddno and Cantre’ r Gwaelod 

(‘The Hundred of the Bottom’) in what is now Cardigan Bay. 

The location of the mouth of the River Ystwyth indicated 

by the 2nd-century AD Greek cartographer Ptolemy suggests 

that the coastline at the time may have been some thirteen 

kilometres further seaward than it is today. The story of 

Cantre’ r Gwaelod, thus, may have its foundations in a landscape 

comprised of soft sediments whose margins had been eroded 

and surfaces lowered. Medieval Welsh literature and 

genealogies also speak of an inundation: a verse from the Black 

Book of Carmarthen (around AD 1250) runs “Stand forth, 

The medieval 

Gough Map, 

orientated with 

east at the top. 

Reproduced under the 

Bodleian Library’s terms 

of use. 

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Extract from the 

Black Book of 

Carmarthen. 

Courtesy of 

National Library of Wales. 

Seithenhin, and look upon the fury of the sea; it has covered 

Maes Gwyddneu.” However, not all the ice-age deposits in 

Cardigan Bay have eroded away: fragments persist in lowland 

areas around Aberaeron and north along the coast to 

Llanrhystud. If these areas were removed by erosion, the 

coastline of this part of Ceredigion would become more 

indented. 

Our research, published in the journal Atlantic Geosciences, 

proposes a provisional framework for the evolution of Celtic 

coasts along the European seaboard; in addition to Cardigan 

Bay, in Cornwall and Brittany the lost lands of Lyonesse and Ys 

are referenced in literary sources and popular memory. We 

plan to undertake further research to investigate the post-glacial 

evolution of Cardigan Bay and what influence the possible ‘lost’ 

islands may have had. Along the coast of Cardigan Bay, towns 

such as Fairbourne are vulnerable to climate and sea-level 

change, which could result in some of the first climate change 

refugees in the UK. The erosion of islands will have released not 

only the boulders that contributed to the sarns, but also large 

quantities of finer sediment such as sand and silt. This would 

have been deposited on the seabed or driven by waves and 

currents landward to the coast, where longshore drift could 

have transported it northwards, suggesting an explanation for 

why sea access to Harlech Castle was choked by sediment after 

the castle was built in the late 13th century. 

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Chaucer’s Wife of Bath: 

A New Biography 

Marion Turner | J.R.R. Tolkien Professor of English 

Literature and Language 

The Wife of Bath: A Biography is the story of Chaucer’s bestloved 

character, from her origins in Biblical and patristic texts 

through to the present day. Alison of Bath is the first ordinary 

woman in English literature: a middle-aged woman who tells 

stories, makes mistakes, goes on holiday. Before Chaucer 

invented this evidently extraordinary character, women in 

literature were generally queens, witches, damsels in distress, 

nuns, virginal princesses, or whores. The main source of 

Chaucer’s character, La Vielle in Le Roman de la Rose, is a cynical 

old bawd; by contrast the Wife of Bath is a (technically) 

respectable woman with a moral awareness, a sense of humour, 

and a strong understanding of her past and future. She is the 

most memorable of all the pilgrims in The Canterbury Tales, and 

has fascinated readers from Shakespeare and Voltaire to Joyce 

and Pasolini. 

My book sets the Wife of Bath in her own historical moment, 

the late 14th century. The post-plague years were a time of 

social mobility and opportunity for women in north-western 

Europe. Women moved to towns and became economically 

independent. In England and the Low Countries widows 

enjoyed legal protections; and marriage patterns and customs 

encouraged women to earn and save money. It was also a time 

of oppression and misogyny: Alison speaks openly about 

domestic abuse and rape, and makes a plea for women’s voices 

to be heard. This book weaves the story of the Wife of Bath 

alongside the stories of real medieval women such as Margery 

Ellesmere Chaucer, EL26 C9 Egerton family papers, 

The Huntington Library, San Marino, CA, 72r. 

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Kempe’s maid, who abandoned her employer to carve out her 

own successful career as a cellarer in Rome, and Katherine 

Neville, the fifteenth-century duchess who married a teenager 

when she was in her sixties. 

Readers responded to the Wife of Bath with anxiety, outrage, 

and fascination. 15th-century scribes wrote more commentary 

on the Prologue than on any other part of The Canterbury Tales. 

Dryden said he dared not translate the Prologue as ‘tis too 

licentious’; and a seventeenth-century ballad, The Wanton Wife 

of Bath, was ordered to be burnt and its printers thrown in 

prison. Shakespeare responded to her by creating the character 

of Falstaff and writing The Merry Wives of Windsor, which I argue 

was directly inspired by his reading of the Wife of Bath’s 

Prologue and Tale. 

In the 20th century, plays about the Wife of Bath were 

performed in communist Poland; novels were written that 

presented her as a devoted mother in need of being rescued; 

and even cheeses and soaps were named after her. In the 

21st century Black British writers have adapted her Prologue 

and Tale: Patience Agbabi (Telling Tales), Jean ‘Binta’ Breeze 

(‘The Wife of Bath in Brixton Market’), and Zadie Smith (The 

Wife of Willesden) have all rewritten her story, reimagining her 

voice as being that of a woman from the African diaspora. After 

all these adventures, Alison of Bath remains alive and well in 

2023. My book tells her amazing tale. 

The Wife of Bath: A Biography was published by Princeton in 

January 2023. 

Marion Turner, Professor of English Literature and Tutorial Fellow at 

Jesus from 2007-2022, was elected to the J.R.R. Tolkien 

Professorship in English Literature and Language, a post attached to 

Lady Margaret Hall, in Michaelmas 2022. Her prize-winning 

Chaucer: A European Life came out in 2019. She will curate an 

exhibition, ‘Chaucer: Here and Now’, at the Bodleian from 

December 2023 to April 2024. 

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Gargoyle. 

Photo: Chris Dingwall-Jones.

Albert Frederick Pollard. 

Photo courtesy of National Portrait Gallery. 

www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp96214/albert-frederick-pollard

A. F. Pollard: 

A Historian to Celebrate at Jesus 

Colin Haydon | 1975 | History 

The historian most celebrated at Jesus College is John Richard 

Green (1837-83), whose Short History of the English People (1874) 

was a bestseller in its day. A plaque in Second Quad 

commemorates him, and the College’s History Society is named 

after him. Yet Green, who matriculated at Jesus in 1855, loathed 

what he called ‘that vile place’ and its Welshmen; and the 

College numbers many distinguished historians among its alumni 

and dons, including Sir Goronwy Edwards (1891-1976), Sir John 

Habakkuk (1915-2002), and Sir Richard Evans (1947-) and, not 

least, Albert Frederick Pollard (1869-1948). 

Born on the Isle of Wight, where his father was a 

pharmaceutical chemist, Pollard was educated at Felsted School, 

and matriculated at Jesus as an Exhibitioner in 1887. After 

reading Classics and obtaining a Second in Mods, he transferred 

to Modern History, in which he gained a First in 1891. He 

remained at Jesus in 1892, when he won the Marquis of 

Lothian’s Historical Prize (later he was to win the Arnold Prize 

too). His subsequent career was hugely successful: 1893-1901, 

assistant editor of the Dictionary of National Biography; 1903-31, 

Professor of Constitutional History, University College, London; 

1908-36, Fellow of All Souls; 1920, Fellow of the British 

Academy; 1920-39, Founder and Director of the Institute of 

Historical Research (IHR) in London; the recipient of numerous 

academic honours. He published prolifically, most famously 

Henry VIII (1902), The Evolution of Parliament (1920), and Wolsey 

(1929), and, astonishingly, some five hundred DNB entries. 

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These details give little impression of Pollard as a man. 

The Times’ obituary, while noting that his ‘capacity for work 

seemed to defy physical or intellectual fatigue’, says little of his 

personality. However, the lengthy obituary by Oxford’s V. H. 

Galbraith describes a ‘man of somewhat autocratic temper’, his 

‘not always sympathetic personality’, and ‘a life full of academic 

clashes and antagonisms’. Pollard ruled over UCL’s historians 

and the IHR through his ‘dominating personality’, which he 

exerted over his colleagues and female assistants, among them 

his wife. In his National Portrait Gallery photograph, he appears 

precise in every detail, stiff, bespectacled, barely smiling, his pipe 

signifying sustained concentration. He had, apparently, a gentler, 

more appealing side when relaxing with his juniors; but

according to A. L. Rowse, his personality cost Pollard the Regius 

Chair of Modern History at Oxford. There is, however, a case 

to be made for a fuller commemoration of Pollard by Jesus 

College in particular. First, because as a student at the College 

he dutifully and frequently wrote letters to his parents (now 

housed in the Senate House Library, London) which give much 

useful detail about the late Victorian College; and secondly 

because, as the letters show, it was Jesus that laid the 

foundations for his considerable achievements. 

On arriving at the College, Pollard sent his parents details of his 

rooms, with measurements and sketches. He found the food 

indifferent, and later claimed that the dinners were ‘sadly 

degenerating’, while the coffee was remarkable for its 

Felsted School, where Pollard was a pupil, has a room named in his honour. 

Photo: Sophy W. CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=97230274

Senate House Library where Pollard’s letters are housed. 

Photo courtesy of University of London 

‘tastelessness and thinness’. He was elected to the Elizabethan 

Society, then a serious literary group, and spoke at the Debating 

Society (and subsequently the Union). He met dons on social 

occasions, made friends and, unlike Green, was not ill-disposed 

to his Welsh contemporaries. Initially impressed with 

H. D. Harper, Principal from 1877 to 1895, he was later sharply 

critical of him. He thought Harper’s likely successor, John Rhŷs, 

‘one of the cleverest Professors in Oxford’, but in 1890 

commented that he exhibited traces of ‘very boorish manners’. 

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Another candidate was dismissed as a great consumer of 

College port; Pollard had been raised a teetotaller. 

Pollard’s letters do not overburden his parents with accounts of 

his studies and reading, though he justified switching from 

Classics to History by claiming a disinclination to explore Greats’ 

‘philosophical quibbles’. He included details which he thought 

would interest the family; the Pollards were Liberals, and the 

letters comment on political issues. In February 1890, William 

Gladstone spoke in Oxford (on Homer and ancient Assyria). 

Pollard sat very close, and observed that, although ‘the G.O.M.’ 

looked old, his eyes were wonderfully brilliant, and his paper, 

delivered in a low voice, was humorous and interesting. Pollard 

also described his Schools exams at some length. He had slept 

badly before the first day, which was intensely hot; and he 

gloomily underestimated his performance in seven out of the 

ten papers. As an examiner himself later in 1905, Pollard would 

be harsh: he describes a Jesus candidate as one of ‘the stupidest 

men in the Schools: but industrious’. 

Pollard enjoyed vigorous exercise, walking long distances, 

running even in the snow, bathing, and skating. He was a 

ferociously keen rower, although during his years at Jesus the 

crews proved far from successful. He joined the College Boat 

Club in his first term and became Captain of Boats in 1890. He 

trained hard, even in vile weather: in February 1888 he wrote 

‘the snow ugh! cut our necks and hands like needles’. Pollard 

disdained rowers who lacked ‘pluck and energy’ or failed to live 

healthily: he opined that ‘Jesus men seem absolutely incapable of 

any self-sacrifice for the college – or at least the Welsh part of 

the community do’ (a rare anti-Cambrian swipe). In his last year, 

he trained the Eight vigorously, coaching the crew from 

horseback over the Long Course. This was probably foolhardy, 

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since he appears not to have ridden before: ‘I’m still very stiff’, 

he wrote home. 

Rowing with its team activities and meals gave Pollard a large 

part of his social life. He also attended Balliol’s concerts and the 

Elizabethan Society’s annual dinners. He was invited to social 

events, At Homes (What were appropriate clothes?, he 

wondered), and picnic and boating trips. He enjoyed teas, but 

not dancing, and had an eye for ‘girls’. The young women at 

History lectures were, he said, much better looking than those 

who attended classical lectures; and, at one evening event, there 

were ‘some very nice and pretty girls’. In June 1892 he took 

members of the Lucy family, whose wealth derived from 

Jericho’s Eagle Ironworks, punting on the Cherwell. In October 

1894, he married Katie Lucy. 

Pollard had been somewhat disappointed at coming to Jesus, 

having wanted a Scholarship at Jowett’s all-conquering Balliol. 

Nevertheless, ‘I mean to live with all my power at College’, he 

declared after leaving Felsted, ‘and I ought to be happy in the 

midst of such congenial surroundings literary, classical and 

educational in every way.’ He was receptive to new modes of 

thinking: ‘almost all my opinions have changed’, he wrote, 

shortly before going up to Oxford. Aside from academic 

ambition, there was a strong financial motivation for hard work. 

Unlike aristocratic or rich undergraduates’ families, his parents 

could not provide a financial safety-net after university. At 

Oxford, he wrote, ‘I live much cheaper than any of the other 

men I know’; and he spent part of the Lothian prize-money on 

new shoes and trousers. He considered other professions but 

increasingly wanted a university career and, therefore, a 

triumphant Schools result. 

His tutors at Jesus were the right people to nurture his talents. 

The Classics tutor was Wallace Martin Lindsay, a superb 

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Pollard’s History 

tutor at Jesus, 

Reginald Lane 

Poole. 

Latinist, philologist, and palaeographer, who gave 

Pollard generous coaching before Mods. Pollard’s 

History tutor was Reginald Lane Poole, a 

medievalist of enormous distinction and editor of 

the English Historical Review, Britain’s premier 

historical journal. Before Schools Poole arranged 

for Pollard to be taught by Charles Firth, then a 

lecturer at Pembroke and, from 1904, Regius 

Professor. This trio, all educated at the Balliol 

powerhouse, enjoyed a valuable knowledge of 

Continental universities. They had studied in 

Germany; Lindsay and Poole received honorary 

degrees from Continental universities; and the 

French scholar Charles Bémont numbered Poole 

among the foremost British historians. And it was 

principally in Germany that the professional 

practice, standards, and ideals of nineteenth-century historical 

researchers were established by Leopold von Ranke and his 

followers: history grounded on a period’s surviving 

contemporary sources, scrupulously assessed for reliability; 

dispassionate, impartial history, devoid of anachronistic 

judgements and the imprint of an author’s times. 

Recognising his commitment and potential, Pollard’s tutors 

taught him appropriately. Lindsay showed him manuscript 

facsimiles, and purchased for the Meyricke Library books for his 

two key Schools papers. Firth provided him with quantities of 

books. Poole advised him not to attend superficial lectures and 

fostered his critical thinking, while supporting his rowing. In 

January 1891, Pollard told his parents that he would sit a mock 

paper for Poole once a week. Despite some tensions Poole ‘has 

been very good to me indeed’, he observed just before leaving 

Oxford. After the First, there were further preparations for an 

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academic career. Oxford did not then award research degrees, 

but a grounding in research was obtainable by writing a prize 

essay (as Firth and Poole had done) and publishing it. So that 

Pollard could compete for the Lothian, Jesus extended his 

funding. He studied gruellingly when preparing the drafts, and 

read contemporary sources; for Schools, undergraduates were 

required to read overwhelmingly historians’ works. After his 

success with the essay, published as The Jesuits in Poland, Pollard 

wrote reviews for The St James’s Gazette, attended palaeography 

lectures, and prepared for the All Souls Fellowship examination. 

He failed to secure a Fellowship, blaming a poor examination 

performance and his social class: ‘All Souls is a frightfully 

aristocratic place’, he thought. 

Jesus prepared the groundwork for Pollard’s scholarship and 

career. Principally, it initiated his veneration of sources and the 

ideal, albeit not always achieved, of austere impartiality when 

investigating the past. The guiding of Pollard’s first steps in 

research is thought-provoking. Firth, in his inaugural lecture 

delivered in November 1904, advocated a programme of 

training in the Oxford History School strikingly similar to that 

devised for Pollard during his final two years at Jesus. That 

proposal was famously and emphatically rejected by the History 

dons, who, eschewing research themselves, saw Oxford’s 

History degree as a general course for future politicians and 

Home and Empire civil servants, not a training for future 

scholars. Thereafter they boycotted Firth for twenty years. Was 

Pollard a guinea pig for the reformers, Poole and Firth? And 

would he have received such excellent history teaching at almost 

any other College but Jesus? 

One also wonders if Firth’s débâcle explains Pollard’s 

transformation from likeable undergraduate to tyrannical 

martinet, resolved that, as a professor, his will would prevail. In 

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his inaugural lecture in London, delivered five weeks before 

Firth’s inaugural lecture as Regius Professor at Oxford, Pollard 

presented his blueprint for historical studies. Undergraduates, 

whose number was to increase hugely, were to study a period’s 

sources; and documentary source-books were accordingly 

produced. More dynamic was Pollard’s plan for fostering 

research at London, utilising the state’s archives stored in the 

capital: a base for professional historians and a training-school 

for research students. It was the origin of the Institute of 

Historical Research. In his Thursday ‘conferences’ there, Pollard 

copied von Ranke’s renowned seminars at Berlin. International 

scholarly cooperation was promoted by the IHR’s Anglo- 

American Conference of Historians (which continues to this 

day) and the dissemination of researchers’ discoveries by the 

Institute’s Bulletin. 

Pollard’s conception of academic history was diffused through 

London’s external degree programmes for British and colonial 

students, overseas candidates, and then the Empire’s and 

Britain’s university colleges. The Times’ obituary begins by noting 

Pollard’s impact ‘not only in Great Britain but throughout the 

English-speaking world and the continent of Europe’. Surely 

Pollard deserves to be commemorated properly at Jesus both 

as a distinguished scholar who occupies, as The Times noted, ‘a 

permanent place among the historians of our country’, and as an 

unrivalled student chronicler of the College’s life before the 

twentieth century? Felsted School and the Institute of Historical 

Research have rooms named in his honour. Should he not be 

honoured likewise at Jesus, and perhaps Green made to yield 

his place to allow the College’s History Society to be renamed 

after A. F. Pollard? 

Colin Haydon is currently editing Pollard’s Oxford letters for a volume 

to be published by the Oxford Historical Society. 

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The Lure of Textiles 

Sophie Pitman | 2006 | History & English 

In the Hall at Jesus hangs a magnificent 

portrait of Queen Elizabeth I. The 

Queen’s clothing dominates the canvas, 

her skirts exceeding the frame. A 

bobbin lace ruff encircles her face, and 

her body is covered with engineered 

textiles, metals, and jewels. Cage 

sleeves studded with pearls and 

embroidered with floral slips 

emphasise her long slender hands. Her 

gown opens at the front to reveal a lush underskirt heavy with 

embroidered suns and rosettes rendered in gold, gems, and 

pearls. Supporting this clothing we must imagine materials such 

as whalebone, card, and a ‘farthingale’ (a cage of hoops). The 

painting is both fantastical and documentary, recording the huge 

cost and skills invested in clothing in the early modern era. 

I must have absorbed this image unconsciously while eating, 

drinking, chatting, or sitting collections. Since graduation, I have 

devoted my time to thinking about early modern textiles, 

clothing, and material culture. It has always been an interest: 

I spent hours choosing my interview outfit (a tweed suit, the 

only suit I have owned in my life); I adored the clothing culture 

of Oxford; and as a Joint Honours student I quickly determined 

that English students tended to dress better than Historians. 

It was in my final year that I realised that my passion for fashion 

could be more than just a pastime: I wrote my undergraduate 

thesis on Elizabethan sumptuary law, and took my doctorate at 

Cambridge with a thesis on the clothing culture of early 

modern London. 

Left: Sample with Stags and Hearts, c.1935-43, 

Milwaukee Handicraft Project, P.D.US.0467l. 

Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection, School of Human Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison. 

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Now 13 years and 4,000 miles away from Oxford, my work at 

Wisconsin-Madison involves examining textiles ranging from 

Finnish cotton screen prints with psychedelic shapes to tiny 

ancient fragments from Peru painted with purple extracted from 

the glands of shellfish. I curate a collection that contains textiles 

from almost every continent, time period, and tradition, with 

Ikat-dyed kimono fabrics and super-fine Indian muslins stored in 

cabinets alongside Swedish table linens and darning samplers 

made by American schoolgirls two hundred years ago. 

The collection was established by Professor Helen Louise Allen 

(1902-1968), who travelled during university breaks to bring 

back textiles purchased from dealers and craftspeople from 

around the world. It has 

grown over the 

subsequent half century to 

a collection of more than 

13,000 objects. 

Fragment of cotton painted with shellfish 

purple, 200 BCE, Peru, 1997.13.001 

Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection, School of Human Ecology, 

University of Wisconsin-Madison. 

Textiles are a lens through 

which one can understand 

the world. An art historian 

sees human skill in an 

elaborately woven silk; a 

historian reads economic 

and social shifts in the 

warp and weft. Botanists 

and zoologists can explore 

the diversity of plants, 

animals, and minerals that 

make up the fibres, dyes, 

feathers, and furs used to 

create hats, pillowcases, 

and cloaks; chemists can 

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Detail of Songket, 

c.2000, gift of 

John Jackson, 

2021.07.017. 

Helen Louise Allen 

Textile Collection, School 

of Human Ecology, 

University of Wisconsin- 

Madison. 

analyse their origins and date. Mathematicians and computer 

scientists will observe patterns, structure, and tension in the 

designs, while linguists will read names, prayers, and mantras 

embroidered in tiny stitches. My inclination to this 

interdisciplinary mode of investigation owes much to my time at 

Jesus. I trace it to the linen-fold panels of Hall, where I sat next 

to astrophysicists, medics, lawyers, and philosophers, and 

chatted with them about their work. Above us hovered the 

enigmatic but always well-dressed Virgin Queen. I wonder what 

questions she is posing to the next generation. 

Sophie Pitman (spitman@wisc.edu) is Pleasant Rowland Textile 

Specialist and Research Director of the Helen Louise Allen Textile 

Collection (cdmc.wisc.edu/textiles/helen-louise-allen-textilecollection/) 

at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She is working 

on a book about the emergence of London as a fashion city and on 

an exhibition of reconstructed Renaissance clothing. 

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Memories of Fred Taylor, Emeritus Fellow 

24.09.1944 – 16.12.2021 

Fred joined Oxford’s Department of Physics and Jesus College in 

1966 as a DPhil student under the supervision of Sir John 

Houghton. His thesis was on the development of an infrared 

radiometer as prototype for an atmospheric temperature 

sounder to be launched on the NASA Nimbus satellite. That 

instrument would successfully fly on Nimbus 6 and subsequently 

on planetary exploration missions to Venus and Mars. He is 

remembered here by Jesus colleagues. 

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After a DPhil at Oxford and many years at NASA’s Jet 

Propulsion Laboratory, Fred Taylor returned in 1980 as a 

Reader in Atmospheric Physics at Oxford, later becoming the 

inaugural holder of the Halley Professorship when the statutory 

chair was created. When he arrived, he discovered that he was 

Acting Head of a department that did not actually exist in the 

Statutes! So his first task was to establish Atmospheric Physics 

as a statutory entity. He was in large measure responsible for 

the department’s present-day excellence in planetary science, 

now expanding into the frontier area of planets around stars 

other than our own. He was an engaging conversationalist, with 

wide-ranging interests both within and outside science, and was 

often accompanied by his wife, Doris (née Buer), his companion 

for 52 years of marriage. I enjoyed many stimulating discussions 

with Fred during our all-too-brief time of overlap. His life and 

works were celebrated at a memorial event at the College and 

in a day-long colloquium held in the Physics Department on 1 

November 2022. He will be very sorely missed in the College, 

the Physics department, and the worldwide planetary science 

community. 

Ray Pierrehumbert 

Fred was one of the first Fellows I spoke to when I arrived at 

Jesus in 2013. I sat next to him at my first meal in College, and 

he was very welcoming. I always enjoyed hearing his 

recollections of space exploration. His enthusiasm for the 

subject was boundless, and it was a privilege to have him share 

his thoughts with me. 

Tim Coulson 

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Once at a Governing Body meeting when the Principal (then 

John Krebs) asked for corrections to the minutes, Fred noted 

that the word ‘whether’ had been misspelt ‘weather’ in one 

paragraph, adding wittily that his expertise as a meteorologist 

had finally come in use. In addition to his brilliant scientific 

achievements, Fred was a kind, modest, and witty colleague, 

with infectious enthusiasm and understated humour. He once 

explained to the Senior Common Room the idea of 

‘terraforming’ – creating Earth-like conditions on other planets 

for potential human habitation – and I remain genuinely keen on 

his vision for reducing road haulage in the UK by creating 

underground tunnels for goods distribution. Fred and Doris 

were regular attenders at Guest Night dinners. When I first 

joined Jesus I’d invited guests from London only to discover that 

the list for SCR Dessert was full. Fred offered to yield his places 

to allow my guests to enjoy the full experience. It was a typically 

kind and generous gesture. We all deeply miss Fred’s cheerful 

and good-natured presence. 

Armand D’Angour 

Fred Taylor was one of the most comprehensively interesting 

people I’ve had the pleasure to talk with. Obviously a hugely 

talented and accomplished scientist, he nevertheless wore his 

learning very lightly and was always delighted to talk – literally – 

about life, the universe and everything else. Coupled with a 

genuine interest in other people, and in the mission of the 

College and the University, this made for some wonderful 

conversations, which I miss very much. 

Rich Grenyer 

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I had many enjoyable interactions with Fred, but my abiding 

memories will be of his appearances at our academic evenings in 

the senior common room after his supposed retirement. It 

seemed that at each event he would turn up with a new book or 

other major piece of work, showing productivity that those of 

us pre-retirement could only dream of. It was a pleasure to 

observe his enjoyment of his work. 

Martin Booth 

When I took over as Secretary to the Governing Body around 

1995 I didn’t know Fred by sight, and more than once omitted 

his name from the list of GB attendees. During one meeting 

Fred passed a note to me with ‘FRED TAYLOR’ written in large 

letters. I looked up, embarrassed, to see Fred smiling wryly. 

Since those early days we must have sat together at dozens of 

lunches and dinners, and I came to know Fred’s sense of 

humour and other qualities very well. As an experimental 

Physical Chemist I was fascinated to hear his accounts of the 

instruments that he helped to develop and send into space to 

perform experiments on remote worlds that were not dissimilar 

to experiments we chemists struggle to make work on terra 

firma. Fred will be sorely missed, and College lunches will not be 

the same. 

Mark Brouard 

Fred was a stalwart SCR member and deeply valued the 

academic fellowship of the Senior Common Room. Even after 

retirement he was a regular attendee at SCR occasions, and 

always made time to engage with members both old and new. 

He was celebrated for his visionary schemes, two of which 

I particularly treasure. One involved knocking through the walls 

between the Lower SCR and the Memorial Room to create a 

space more fitting to accommodate the SCR membership, now 

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more than 100. As attractive as this plan might be, we were not 

sure what view English Heritage might take. The other was the 

plan (which he’d been invited to present to a Government 

panel) to ship goods around the UK using pods speeding on 

superconductors through subterranean tunnels. 

Philip Burrows 

I miss Fred enormously. I knew him not only as a distinguished 

physicist, but as a man devoted to his birthplace, its community, 

and to his friends and family. His mother came from Newcastle, 

and remained devoted to Newcastle Brown and Newcastle 

United Football Club. He was born in the fishing village of 

Amble, and though his brilliance took him elsewhere in life, he 

was intensely loyal to his Northumbrian roots, where the 

community were overwhelmingly Brexiters (as was he – a 

matter on which we vocally disagreed). For many years he and 

I met at the White Horse Pub before going on to dine at 

College, where Phil Burrows would greet us saying “The Two 

Musketeers have arrived”. Fred met his wife, Doris, when both 

were graduate students at Jesus, and they enjoyed a wonderful 

marriage of over 50 years; my wife, Marianne, and I shared 

many happy occasions with them. I remember a dinner party at 

which Fred set out to tell a joke (about the wedding of a crab 

and a shrimp) but became incapacitated with laughter, tears of 

mirth running down his face; it caused the assembled company 

to laugh much more than the denouement might have. We 

never got to hear the punchline. 

Richard Moxon 

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Chapel detail. 

Photo: Bev Shadbolt.

Shakespeare’s Second Folio 

at Jesus College 

Owen McKnight | College Librarian 

Peter Sabor | Professor of English, McGill University | 

Visiting Fellow 2022 

Shakespeare’s Second Folio in the Fellows’ Library (I Arch.3.18). 

2023 marks the 400th anniversary of the publication of the First 

Folio edition of Shakespeare. Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, 

Histories, & Tragedies was ‘published according to the True 

Originall Copies’ in 1623, seven years after the playwright’s 

death. It was the first time Shakespeare’s plays had been 

published as a collection and, although the sonnets and narrative 

poems are not included, there are sixteen plays which had not 

previously been printed individually. It was sold for fifteen 

shillings unbound, or about £1 with a plain calf binding. In 2020, 

a copy was auctioned at Christie’s, New York, for just under 

$10 million. 

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The Contents page of Shakespeare’s Second Folio. 

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Jesus College does not own a First Folio (though should any Old 

Member have one to spare, the Librarian would be pleased to 

accept it as a gift to the Fellows’ Library); but the College does 

own the ‘second Impression’. Published in 1632, only nine years 

after the First, it contains several hundred textual amendments 

made by an unidentified editor, as well as a considerable number 

of printing errors. It is one of nine copies to be found in Oxford 

college libraries (with three more at the Bodleian), and it too is 

valuable, if less highly prized than the First Folio. 

The College’s Second Folio has a late 19th-century binding in 

caramel-coloured leather, decorated with a simple pattern of 

intersecting perpendicular lines and small ‘fleurons’ (floral 

ornaments) in ‘blind-tooling’ (i.e. without gilt), all somewhat 

scuffed around the edges. It was restored by the Oxford 

Conservation Consortium in 2017 to make it safe for handling in 

student seminars. How did it arrive in College? As it happens, 

the Second Folio is dedicated to William Herbert, 3rd Earl of 

Pembroke, who was the first Visitor of the College (his stout 

bronze statue stands in the Bodleian quadrangle, where it is 

sometimes mistaken for Sir Thomas Bodley). It would be 

pleasant to speculate that Herbert gave the book to the 

College’s newly-built library; but in fact he died in 1630, and the 

dedication is simply repeated from the First Folio. 

We can trace our copy’s movements in the early catalogues 

(whose recent conservation treatment was described in the 

Jesus Record 2021). These indicate that it was in the library by 

1712, and possibly already present at the completion of the 

current Fellows’ Library around 1680. It is not, however, 

recorded among the books from the previous library, placed 

with Fellows for safekeeping in the 1640s, suggesting that the 

College did not acquire it at the time of publication. The Second 

Folio is noteworthy for including the first printed poem, 

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unsigned, by John Milton, then aged 24; and the copy at Jesus is 

noteworthy for two additional verses written on the preliminary 

pages by an as yet unidentified reader. 

In her 2016 book on the First Folio, Emma Smith of Hertford 

College remarks that ‘early modern reading was typically 

undertaken with a pen’ and that scraps of poetry were among 

the marks that readers (oblivious to the stratospheric prices 

that these books would later fetch) left behind. In the case of 

the Jesus Second Folio, there are more than scraps. In addition 

to minor corrections throughout to the names of parts and 

the numbering of scenes, there are two epitaphs to 

Shakespeare in what seems to be the same hand. Both are 

apparently original, both are written in heroic couplets, and 

both bear the initials ‘P.W.’ The verse is accomplished, 

suggesting that the author had had experience in writing 

poetry. 

The shorter of the two epitaphs, consisting of six couplets, has 

been heavily scored over (we are grateful to Stephen Clarke, 

Amy Lidster, Jim McCue, and Henry Woudhuysen for helping 

us with both of the transcriptions). The first epitaph (pictured 

overleaf) reads as follows: 

Shakespeare thou art not dead, thou do’st but sleepe. / 

Thy Lynes both Tune, and due proportion keepe 

As did thy pulse and breath as freshe & faire, 

As when the Globe was ravish’d wth thy Aire 

Had’st thou awak’d till now, and still had writt, 

Thou might’st haue left more Lynes, but not more witt. 

P.W. 

Apparently dissatisfied with this initial attempt, P.W. then wrote 

a longer version, (pictured right) expressing similar sentiments 

about Shakespeare’s immortality and giving the piece a title, 

‘Uppon the ffamous Shakespeare and His Excellent lynes’: 

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Rest Princely Poet, This Immortall sleepe 

Distemperes not thy machlesse Lynes. / they keepe 

There Constant Harmonie, as ffreshe, and ffaire, 

As when the Globe Breath’d such Delit’ous Ayre 

Wee misse the not, vppon the Publique stage 

Thy Rare Conceptions secretly Engage 

Judit’ous Eares, and Eyes to Heare, and see 

The Lasting straines of Witt, and Poetry. / 

Had’st thou more Ages Liv’d, more Vollumes writt } 

More Lynes thou might’st haue lefft, though not more witt } 

Those first without this Last not worth a Sh—tt. } 

P.W. D.P. 

In this recension, the scurrilous last line has been added by 

another hand, and a bracket added beside the last three lines, 

turning what had been a couplet into a triplet. The final word, 

‘Sh—tt’, is written thus; the wag who inserted the line used a 

dash instead of an ‘i’. The letters ‘D.P.’, in faded ink, can just be 

made out next to those of ‘P.W.’, suggesting that someone with 

these initials had mockingly responded to P.W.’s efforts. 

Who were the reverent P.W. and the coarse D.P.? Who had 

access to the Fellows’ Library (then, as now, not customarily 

open to students) with the opportunity to annotate the Second 

Folio? The style of the handwriting dates to the 17th century, but 

without knowing more precisely when the book arrived in 

College, we cannot say whether these verses were added before 

or after its acquisition. Assuming that P.W. was a Jesus man, 

however, there is a candidate: Paul Wonaker (or Woneccer). 

Wonaker came from the Rhineland to study at Queens’ College, 

Cambridge, before moving to Oxford and taking his BA in 

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1623-24. The following year, he contributed a Latin poem to a 

University anthology in honour of the marriage of Charles I & 

Henrietta Maria. Although he did not become a Fellow after 

graduating, might the Fellows have invited him to write a eulogy 

for Shakespeare? 

As for D.P., he remains a mystery, and perhaps deservedly so. 

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The Anthony Pilkington 

Memorial Bursary 

Georgina Plunkett | Deputy Director of Development 

Thanks to the generosity of alumni, Fellows and friends, 

£100,000 has been raised to endow in perpetuity an 

undergraduate bursary in Modern Languages in memory of 

Dr Anthony Pilkington; the College has welcomed the first 

recipient this term. The success of the appeal is a mark of the 

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espect and affection in which Anthony was held. Alumni not 

only of Modern Languages but of many other subjects 

contributed to the Fund, indicating a widespread belief that the 

study of modern languages and literature should be protected 

and enjoyed by future students. 

Anthony Pilkington was Zeitlyn Fellow and Tutor in French 

Language and Literature at Jesus from 1966 to 2005. He also 

served as Acting Principal ‘wholly effectively and with quiet 

grace’ (as noted in Jesus College: The First 450 Years) during Sir 

Peter North’s Vice-Chancellorship of the University (1993-7). 

During his long service to College he touched many lives. His 

teaching methods were described as ‘subtle and effective’, his 

manner ‘generous and patient’. This did not detract from his 

considerable scholarship or the high academic standards he 

expected. With his wife, Madeline, he would make students feel 

welcome and entertain them in their home, and the tributes to 

him printed in the 2021 Record illustrate the impact he had on 

both students and colleagues. 

The College is grateful to all who have supported the appeal, 

and is particularly indebted to Bob Yates (1965) and Tom Brown 

(1975) for initiating the Bursary appeal and for energetically 

approaching peers and friends to contribute. ‘At a time when 

the teaching of Humanities is under pressure at many 

universities,’ says Tom Brown, ‘we have been very heartened by 

the response from our Jesus friends of all ages and interests’. 

The result is a legacy to Anthony’s teaching and a boost to 

language provision at Jesus. The Anthony Pilkington Memorial 

Bursary will ensure support for bright linguists in perpetuity. 

At a time when the high financial cost of undertaking a degree 

can be daunting, such support is both necessary and greatly 

appreciated. 

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If You Think You Can…You Can! 

Ed Horne | 1974 | Literae Humaniores 

Ed Horne came up to Jesus in October 1974 to read Literae 

Humaniores. He represented Oxford in the rugby Varsity match at 

Twickenham in 1975, ‘76 and ‘77, and was a member of the Jesus 

1976 Summer Ball Committee. 

I have carried the Henry Ford quote “if you think you can, you 

can. If you think you can’t, you won’t” with me in my diary for 

several years as a general mantra. Growing up, I had no great 

dream to swim the English Channel. From the age of 11, 

swimming had been purely recreational. 

Following a prostate cancer scare in the summer of 2011, 

I vowed to get as fit as I could. I was already participating in the 

occasional open water event. Then, at a dinner I attended, 

Professor Greg Whyte, an elite sports endurance coach and 

sports psychologist, narrated the story of James Cracknell’s 

challenge to row the Channel, cycle across Europe, and swim 

The GPS boat 

track starting at 

Abbotts Cliff and 

ending in Wissant.

across the Gibraltar Straits from Spain to Morocco. On the 

swim, they were accompanied part of the way by a pod of pilot 

whales. As he finished, I turned to friends sitting either side of 

me and said, ‘I’m doing that swim’. 

Four years and a left hip replacement later, in late June 2017, a 

friend and I set off from Tarifa in southern Spain. We crossed 

the 10 miles of the Gibraltar Straits to Point Cires in Morocco in 

3 hours 36 minutes. Sadly, not a pilot whale was to be seen. 

A year later, after completing the 10.25 miles Lake Windermere 

end to end swim in 6 hours 22 minutes, the boat pilot turned to 

me and said, ‘You know, if you can swim Windermere, you can 

swim the Channel!’ The gauntlet had been thrown down. 

Although I had a solo Channel slot booked in 2019, a 

combination of inclement weather and an untimely boat 

malfunction prevented me from swimming. I had begun 

fundraising for four charities linked to conditions afflicting my 

four siblings. I raised circa £25,000 and hadn’t swum but I was 

now honour bound to do so. 

In May 2020, I contacted Kevin Murphy, a quirky man in his early 

70s known as the ‘King of the Channel’, having swum it 

34 times. Kevin was to become my mentor and friend. When 

my slot in 2020 came around, the pandemic restrictions meant 

that I only had 10 weeks to train in. I packed in as much sea 

swimming as was humanly possible and was as ready as I could 

be given the time available. 

What I wasn’t ready for were the extremely tough sea 

conditions. After 13 hours and shortly after reaching French 

inshore waters, my breathing became shallow and intermittent. 

The excess fluid in my body from involuntarily imbibing sea 

water was pressing against my lungs. My crew aborted the 

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Kevin Murphy applying a little vaseline around 

the neck and under the armpits to avoid 

chaffing. No goose fat or lard for insulation 

– that’s folklore. 

swim. It was the right 

decision but it left me 

with unfinished business. 

In 2021, I made my 

second attempt. I turned 

into French inshore 

waters after 12 hours 

and thought I had the 

swim under control. 

However, I had severe 

cramp in both 

hamstrings. This slowed 

me down and I was no 

longer crossing the tide 

merely riding it north 

towards Calais. After 

14 hours, again, the 

swim was aborted. 

I was determined to try 

again. At the beginning of 

May 2022, I was back in 

the sea and put myself 

through a now very familiar brutal 10-week training regime. For 

this third attempt, I changed my crew. Kevin Murphy was now 

on the boat. There was no way I could fail a man who had swum 

the Channel 34 times. I was looking at him throughout the 

15 hours and 51 minutes of the swim. 

The ‘hard yards’ were hours 9-12. I was in the French shipping 

lane and the wind was now in the opposite direction to the 

current creating choppy waters. I was occasionally involuntarily 

imbibing sea water. Doubts were starting to creep in. Then, at 

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Me swimming alongside the boat (called High Hopes). 

the 12-hour feed, Kevin shouted down to me “Ed, you are in 

French inshore waters and well inside the ZC2 (marker) buoy. 

It’s on … go for it”. I could see the lighthouse at the Cap Gris 

Nez and from that moment onwards I knew that I could make 

it! In the last four hours, I did suffer from cramp and I had some 

bloating in my tummy but they were manageable. To keep my 

spirits up, the crew read out messages from the small group of 

people following the swim. At one feed, Kevin shouted out ‘Ed, 

Fizzy (my daughter in North Carolina) says: “You’ve got this 

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Dad! I’m so proud of 

you.”’ I couldn’t fail. 

On reaching terra firma in 

Wissant, I stood up, 

promptly tripped over a 

hidden boulder and cut 

my foot. I stood up again, 

put my hands in the air, 

the klaxon sounded to 

signal the swim was 

complete and I began to 

swim back to the boat. 

I was totally oblivious to a 

local welcoming party 

(including Steve 

Stievenart, the number 

one French open water 

swimmer) carrying a 

Union Jack that had 

The team just off the boat back in Dover Harbour, post swim. Left 

to right, Kathy Batts, me (looking totally spent), Lorraine Mackie 

and Kevin Murphy. 

assembled on steps 50 metres to the left to greet me. When 

I got back to the boat, the crew’s initial reaction was not to 

congratulate me but to gently chastise me for ignoring Steve. 

I will go back (by ferry) to Wissant for that ‘million dollar’ photo 

with him and to grab a pebble from the beach as a memento. 

About 2,200 people have ever swum the Channel. The oldest 

was 73 years old, only 6 years older than me, and I am probably 

in the oldest 15 people in the world ever to complete the swim. 

Most people say that swimming the Channel changes your life. 

So far, I don’t see that but I have finally scratched the itch. 

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Old vs New. 

Photo: Eve Bodniece.

Wartime Shakespeare 

Amy Lidster | Departmental Lecturer in English 

What comes to mind if you think about the use of Shakespeare 

during wartime? Perhaps it is Laurence Olivier’s famous 1944 

cinematic adaptation of Henry V, prominently dedicated to the 

troops of Great Britain. But what is often overlooked is just how 

embedded Shakespeare has been in wartime culture, in Britain 

and globally, since at least the eighteenth century. He was fought 

over on stage and in politics by supporters and opponents of 

the French Revolution. He was appropriated as Germany’s third 

major dramatist, alongside Goethe and Schiller, propelling his 

use during the First World War in both Britain and Germany. 

He has been a pivotal writer for resisting Russian imperialism 

throughout Ukraine’s history and has been invoked by 

Ukrainians, including President Zelenskyy and scholars such as 

Nataliya Torkut, during the ongoing Russian invasion. 

Since 2018, I have been working on a Leverhulme-funded 

project that has sought, through a transhistorical approach, to 

examine and theorise some of the ways in which Shakespeare 

has been mobilised at times of conflict, with an emphasis on the 

use of theatre and performance. This history is not a linear or 

neatly progressive one. Rather, it is fragmented, provisional, and 

multi-layered. Productions of Shakespeare’s plays, like the texts 

themselves, do not have single or fixed meanings, and binary 

categorises – pro/anti-war, conservative/radical – are not 

typically helpful or accurate. It is the use of Shakespeare that 

determines and reveals meaning, and one production context 

often brings together conflicting agendas: wartime Shakespeare 

can be both radical and conversative at the same time. 

Left: WW1 recruitment poster. Image courtesy of McMaster University Library. 

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Ruhleben 

Concentration 

Camp, 

[Programmes of 

Entertainments at 

Ruhleben 

Internment Camp], 

Ruhleben, 1915, 

1916. Bodleian 

Library solo. 

bodleian.ox.ac.uk/ 

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014164126. 

Photo: Amy Lidster.

During the First World War, for example, Shakespeare’s plays 

were performed by civilians interned in Ruhleben, Germany, to 

boost morale, entertain, and act as a vehicle for allowed dissent. 

Reports of these productions spread outside the camp as part 

of a propaganda campaign by German authorities to counter 

widely circulating reports of the appalling living conditions in 

Ruhleben, and therefore fulfilled a very different set of aims. By 

casting a spotlight on complex networks of production and 

reception, Wartime Shakespeare: Performing Narratives of Conflict, 

my forthcoming monograph with Cambridge University Press, 

offers a history of Shakespeare’s malleable contemporaneity in a 

number of major conflicts spanning the seventeenth to twentyfirst 

centuries. It aims to shed light on the relationship between 

theatre and conflict, Shakespeare’s shifting cultural capital for 

different communities, and concepts such as propaganda, 

patriotism, and wartime commemoration. 

Alongside this book, a collection of essays called Shakespeare at 

War: A Material History (CUP 2023), co-edited by me and Sonia 

Massai from King’s College London, prioritises the materiality of 

this history of use, which is often at the brink of loss and elision, 

marked by archival and critical selection biases. Each chapter 

takes an archival object as its focus, and by exploring the lives of 

significant objects – their provenance, uses, and resonances – 

aims to recover the polyvocality of wartime Shakespeare. It 

brings together Shakespeare scholars, social historians, public 

political figures, and theatre practitioners including Nicholas 

Hytner and Iqbal Khan, and doubles as a companion for a free 

public exhibition at the National Army Museum in London (also 

called ‘Shakespeare at War’) that opens in October 2023. 

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College People 

New Faces at Jesus College 

Kathrina dela Cruz | Assistant Accountant 

Before I joined Jesus in May 2021 I 

worked for a decade at the 

International Fellowship of Evangelical 

Students in the Philippines. After I 

moved to Oxford I thought it would 

be pretty cool to work in one of the 

colleges of the University, so I’m 

grateful for the opportunity to work 

in the Accounts Office at Jesus. I have 

enjoyed learning about the College’s 

structure and have met some wonderful people. In my spare 

time I enjoy cooking, travel, and spending time with my 

daughter. 

Eleanor Hutson | Administrative Assistant | 

Academic Office 

I joined Jesus College as the 

Administrative Assistant in June 2021. 

My role involves acting as the first 

point of contact for visitors to the 

Academic Office and dealing with 

undergraduate administration. I help 

undergraduates with matters such as 

ordering replacement Bod cards, 

signing and stamping enrolment 

certificates, dealing with vacation 

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grants and prizes, as well as organising beginning of term 

Collections, end of term Principal Collections, and social events 

held by the Principal for Undergraduates. Before coming to the 

College I worked in intellectual property services as a proof 

reader and translation checker, making use of the language skills 

I gained from my BA in Modern and Classical Chinese from the 

School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). Outside of 

work, I enjoy travelling and photography, and I volunteer for 

some Chinese adoptee organisations across the UK and Ireland. 

Megan Lee | Access Assistant 

I recently graduated from Hertford 

College, completing an undergraduate 

degree in History. I specialised in 

colonial history, particularly the 

history of medicine in early colonial 

Spanish America. Studying during the 

pandemic was difficult, especially as 

we missed out on so much time in 

Oxford, so I knew that I wanted to 

stay here after I graduated to make 

up for some of that lost time. Working as the Access Assistant 

at Jesus has been a perfect fit for me, as I am excited to share 

my own experiences of studying here with deserving new 

students; we have three or four school visits a week, which 

keeps us busy. I also have a historical connection with the 

college – my grandfather studied here as a mature student after 

the Second World War, and met my grandmother here; so 

working at Jesus feels like closing the circle. Outside of work, I’m 

a keen violinist and lead the Hertford College Orchestra. 

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Melinda Mattu | College Accountant 

I joined Jesus College in October 2019 

as College Accountant managing the 

Accounts Department. Life in the 

Accounts office is both busy and 

varied dealing with College members, 

suppliers etc. – just the way we like it! 

Born in Nottingham, I moved to 

Oxford in 1992 and worked in the 

Treasury and subsequently spent a 

few years working in the USA. On my 

return, I joined St Peter’s College in a role I hugely enjoyed. I am 

married with two children, and enjoy walking, reading, and 

gardening. 

Tahmina Sorabji | Disability and Grants Officer 

I’m a Londoner but escaped the inner 

city to bring up my daughter in 

beautiful green Oxford twenty years 

ago: she is now at university herself. 

I originally trained as an artist and 

graphic designer, and continue to 

paint and do a bit of a web building 

and design. My background is in 

teaching and student support in an 

alternative education setting with 

neurodiverse young people and students, dealing with mental 

health issues. I’ve been working at Jesus since the beginning 

of October 2022, and act as a point of contact, information 

and support for students who have a disability. This can 

include mental or physical health, physical disability, 

neurodiversity or a specific learning difficulty. I also provide 

information and support to students with regard to grants 

and bursaries. 

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View from the Cheng Yu Tung Building. 

Image: Bev Shadbolt.

The Year in the JCR 

Eoin Hanlon | 2020 | English & French 

2022 marked the period in which 

College life could finally resume. 

Halfway hall returned with vigour, 

and the Marriage Book was opened 

once more for the marriage dinner. 

Social Secretary Aram Masharqa 

organised a Cocktail Dance with 

glittering mirror balls, a pyramid of 

pizzas and a Welsh Dragon ice 

sculpture that doubled as a vodka 

luge; and, in Trinity, we had a 

Summer Soirée with candyfloss, a milk chocolate fountain and 

Jesus’ own Chilli Garlic Quartet to pack out the dance floor. 

Also in Trinity, JCR Secretary Charlie Bircham devised an 

inaugural Secretary’s Drinks in Hank’s Bar. The Jesus Garden 

Party resumed after a few years’ break, with the BBQ brought 

from the boat club to Stevens’ Close so that Jesubites could 

enjoy burgers and hot dogs while playing croquet and drinking 

Pimms. In addition to undergraduate exchange dinners and 

intercollegiate bops, the Somerville-Jesus Ball, with the theme of 

‘Dreaming Spires or Spiralling Dreams’, saw the Somerville 

grounds converted into a dreamscape with masked jesters on 

stilts, a ferris wheel, pink zebras, giant mushrooms, and quilted 

elephants. Jesubites celebrated with Brideshead extravagance 

what was probably the best ball of the summer. 

The term card featured new and revived events. Celtic Cross 

(inspired by an event from 1984, mentioned in the 450th 

anniversary issue of Jesus News) invited in the University’s Irish 

and Welsh Societies, to hear readings of Welsh, Scottish, and 

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Irish poems, a Celtic harp, a talk by Professor of Celtic David 

Willis, a medley of Welsh songs, and a performance of Beckett. 

International reps Sam Zia and Julius Chua brought us 

celebrations of Lunar New Year, Nowruz, and Eid ul Fitr. Equal 

Opportunities Officer Shathuki Perera organised International 

and BME Brunches and picnics, and a Sri Lanka-themed 

International Hall. Since the reopening in fifth week of Hilary of 

the College bar, Jake Reid has devised some magical occasions, 

with bar parties, pub quizzes, jazz nights, open mic nights, bar 

exchanges with other colleges, and table football competitions 

– best accompanied by the new College cocktail, the Bleed 

Green, thanks to resident mixologist Ray Ridley. In Hilary Term, 

Aram acted as President of the Turl Street Arts Festival: 

activities including printmaking, jewellery-making, and life 

drawing culminated in the Jazz Ball in Hall. As the theme was 

‘Blue’, some sapphire-coloured cocktails were mixed up by 

Mariya Sait and George Woods as the University Jazz Orchestra 

served up blue cocktail music that kept us dancing far into 

the night. 

Meanwhile the JCR was upgraded with a pair of leather sofas 

from Halo/John Lewis, and Jesus memorabilia now adorn the 

walls: letters from Harold and Mary Wilson, programmes of 

plays starring John Wood, original Ackermann aquatints of the 

College Chapel and its founder. The true treasure was 

something discovered on Etsy: a portrait of the Jesus College 

Officer Training Corps in 1914. Robin the archivist has 

confirmed that the photo includes Angus Buchanan V.C., adding 

to the few precious photos of him during his time at Jesus. We 

also sought to celebrate our diverse alumni: in honour of the 

60th anniversary of Jamaican independence, the Law Society 

was renamed after the National Hero of Jamaica and former 

Rhodes scholar at Jesus, Norman Manley. 

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This year Jesus was home to a Jewish Society President, the 

Welsh Society President, the Sri Lankan Society President, two 

American Society Co-Presidents, a Finance Society President, 

the Editor in Chief of Cherwell newspaper, the University 

Football Club President, the President of the University 

Cheerleading Squad, and the President of Oxford Engineers 

Without Borders. We had a dozen Blues in rugby, football, and 

rowing; and the OU Wild Swimming Society was founded by 

two Jesubites, Daniel Bazely and Ellie Ford (the Society’s 

President). The Henry Vaughan Poetry Society was created by 

Martha Heggs and Edward Launders-Grieve, the Gardening 

Club was created in collaboration with the MCR, and the Jesus 

Journalism Society was founded by Estelle Atkinson. 

With Guy Zilberman at the helm, the undergraduate 

community continued its charitable efforts. At the beginning of 

the war in Ukraine, the JCR raised £540 in charitable donations, 

followed by a charity football tournament, a ‘Charaoke’ event in 

the bar, an opt-out battels donation, and a direct gift of £200 to 

the British Red Cross Appeal for Ukraine. Money raised through 

battels for the Ukrainian Student Support fund has enabled the 

College to welcome a Ukrainian graduate in the new academic 

year. 

I crossed the channel for a year abroad in September, and Vice 

President Stephen Eastmond (2020, PPE) took over as JCR 

President. He has already successfully lobbied to reduce the fob 

replacement price for students from £25 to £5 and changed the 

flag protocol to ensure that the Progress Pride flag flies during 

Pride month. Under Stephen, Jesus takes over the Oxford ice 

rink for a night in November and Dinner Dance returns to the 

silver steps of the Randolph. 

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Photo: by Ed Nix

The Year in the MCR 

Paul Davis| 2021 | Inorganic Chemistry 

We marked the apparent end of 

the period of lockdowns with a 

garden party and a number of 

smaller events over the summer. 

Freshers’ Week 2022 saw a full 

Welcome Drinks Reception in a 

church-turned-bar, attended by the 

majority of our freshers. The 

majority of our headline events 

such as Wine & Cheese, Exchange 

Formals, bops, Film and Board 

Game Nights, and Welfare Coffee and Cake are back and 

running as normal. Joint events with St John’s and Worcester 

Colleges provided an early start to inter-collegiate activities. 

The brand new café in the Cheng Yu Tung Building provided an 

ideal venue for a joint JCR-MCR College Freshers’ Fair, with 

over 20 societies exhibiting. 

Among other initiatives, the Equality and Diversity Officer 

provided safe spaces during Freshers’ Week for freshers and 

returners from diverse communities to share experiences; the 

Environmental Officer distributed a batch of free Jesus MCRbranded 

metal water bottles to provide an alternative to 

single-use plastics; and the Environmental and Welfare Officers 

are collaborating with the College Nurse and their counterparts 

in the JCR to provide free menstrual cups upon request. We 

also collaborated with the ACC Department to furnish and 

finally open the brand new Graduate Study Room on the top 

floor of the Cheng Yu Tung Building, with splendid views over 

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the top of College towards Radcliffe Square and the city’s 

dreaming spires. 

Jesus MCR continues to be a resilient, lively community. We are 

grateful to all the people in College whose efforts to provide us 

with spaces, support, and advice make our activities possible. I 

am happy to lead a dedicated Committee that works hard to 

ensure our MCR members continue to have an unforgettable 

experience at Jesus College. 

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The Year in Access 

Matthew Williams | Access Fellow 

In 2022, another record-breaking year 

for the Access Team, we worked with 

over 12,000 young people in 176 

events in Wales and in the London 

boroughs of Lambeth and 

Wandsworth. Meanwhile, our 

YouTube channel with nearly 14,000 

subscribers remains by far the largest 

such channel of any Oxford or 

Cambridge College.150 new access 

videos, another record, were produced by Jesus students and 

academics, and attracted over the past year 1.2 million views. 

The jump in applications to the College of more than 100 in a 

single admissions cycle may be attributed to this digital outreach. 

Our flagship summer school welcomed 76 young people from 

all over Wales. When asked what they felt the impact of their 

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time in Oxford was, the 

proportion of respondents 

who said they feel ‘quite 

confident’ or ‘very confident’ 

applying to universities like 

Oxford rose from 19% before 

attending the summer school 

to 93% after it. The 

proportion of respondents 

who said they feel ‘unsure’, 

‘less confident’ or ‘not 

confident’ decreased from 

70% to 0%. As many as 20% 

of current Oxford students 

from Wales have attended 

these summer schools. Jesus hosted four in 2022: three inperson 

residential summer schools and one two-week summer 

school online. In total there were 450 participants: only the 

University’s UNIQ programmes cater for more. 

Shelley Knowles, indefatigable Access Assistant for the past four 

years, has moved to a new role with the University of Bath. 

Megan Lee, a recent graduate of Hertford College, joined in 

October and is focusing on engaging Jesus students to deliver a 

wider range of access events and produce more digital content. 

There is still much more that needs to be done to ensure that 

Oxford (and other British universities) admit and nurture the 

best and brightest. We continue to expand, using the human 

resources all around us: we are committed to professionalising 

the work done by students and to pay for their services. 

Everything we do is made possible by the generosity of donors, 

for which we are endlessly grateful. 

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The Year in Development 

Brittany Wellner James | Director of Development 

After a long Covid hiatus, 

the College experienced 

the joy of inviting alumni 

and donors back to 

celebrate the opening of 

the Cheng Yu Tung 

Building. Several events 

marked the opening of 

the new building and the 

Cheng Kar Shun Digital 

Hub, the Rosaline Wong 

Gallery within the 

Buchanan Tower Room, 

and the Welsh Access 

Fourth Quad. Students have now moved into their 

graduate accommodation and can take advantage of 

the new College café, as well as writing their weekly 

essays in the Hub’s light-filled study spaces. 

This tremendous addition to College’s fabric and 

environment is thanks in large part to a philanthropic 

gift by Dr Henry Cheng Kar Shun, complemented by 

donations from College alumni and friends. Around 

2,500 alumni donated to the 450th Anniversary 

Campaign over the last decade, and they too will be 

celebrated when a recognition wall is unveiled in the 

Digital Hub in 2023. Many alumni have said that they 

were unprepared for how emotional their first visit to 

the new building would be. In summer, the glow of the 

Fourth Quad. Image: Bev Shadbolt. 

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golden stones of the new Fourth Quad bathed in sunshine feels 

almost Mediterranean. During one viewing, an Old Member 

stopped on the stone landing between the Fellows’ Garden and 

raised quad. “Wow” he exclaimed, needing a moment to 

process what he would soon discover was only a small part of 

the whole structure. It was wonderful to accompany him up the 

remaining stairs and hear him draw an audible breath as he took 

in the rest. 

The design of the Cheng Yu Tung Building allows it to feel 

connected to College’s ancient buildings, while beautifully 

integrating something unapologetically modern into the older 

site. As College grows accustomed to having a much larger 

city-centre footprint, we have been devising ways of welcoming 

alumni to this uncharted Jesus territory overlooking 

Cornmarket Street. Over the next year, we look forward to 

hosting more events in the new building; meanwhile, alumni and 

friends are welcome to contact the Development Office for a 

personal tour. So far, those who have seen the space marvel at 

how lucky the current students are, and say how proud they are 

to be part of the Jesus community in what is undeniably an 

exciting new age for the College. 

As well as offering a programme of diverse events for alumni 

(noted by Peter Sutton on page 148), the Development Office 

remains committed to supporting all aspects of College life. 

Following the success of the 450th Anniversary Campaign, 

raising funds for ongoing and new academic priorities continues. 

We seek to create opportunities for Tutorial and Early Career 

Fellowships, graduate studentship and bursaries, and Research 

Associates across a variety of disciplines. We also continue to 

work closely with the Jesus Access Team to help support and 

subsidise their plans to inspire the next generation of Oxford 

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students to raise their ambitions, and to encourage applications 

from the most capable students regardless of their background. 

These plans include new programmes in undergraduate inreach, 

digital outreach, and widening schools participation in 

London and Wales. 

Another fundraising priority for the Development Office is a 

renewed focus on the College estate, with sustainability in mind. 

The ambition for a greener Jesus will include projects that 

upgrade the College’s historic buildings and make the changes 

needed to meet our net-zero pledge. We look forward to 

working together as a College community to meet these 

academic and environmental objectives. Although Jesus has 

grown considerably in size, Alice in Wonderland-style, over the 

last few years, it remains at heart the same small College 

nestling among the dreaming spires but nurturing big plans for 

the future. 

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Alumni Events 

Peter Sutton | Alumni Engagement Manager 

On Saturday 22 October, the College 

was delighted to welcome Queen 

Elizabeth I Fellow Dr Henry Cheng Kar 

Shun, together with members of his 

family and friends, to College to 

dedicate the Cheng Yu Tung Building, 

Cheng Kar Shun Digital Hub, and 

Rosaline Wong Gallery. The building is 

a symbol of the success of the 450th 

Anniversary Campaign, and has 

transformed the Northgate site and Cornmarket Street. 

Together with the dedication of the Fourth Quad in July and the 

Visiting Day in September, these occasions celebrated donors 

whose generosity made the building possible. The Cheng Kar 

Shun Digital Hub affords new spaces for a wide range of events, 

creating opportunities to rekindle old friendships and create 

new connections within the College community. 

In 2022 the College re-introduced a full programme of 

in‐person events, including gaudies and a record number of nine 

graduations (for forthcoming gaudies and graduations see 

page 176). The College hosted the St David’s Day Celebrations, 

the All Alumni Dinner with Welsh poet Owen Sheers as guest 

of honour, the Commemoration of Benefactors, the 1571 

Society Legacy Luncheon, and the XL Old Members’ Day. 

Rowing returned for the JCBC in May, and the Cadwallader 

Club held its dinner in September. In collaboration with the 

Access Team, the Shakespeare Project staged The Two 

Gentlemen of Verona, The Taming of the Shrew and Henry VI, part 

one; warm thanks to Julie Bowdler (1975, Biochemistry) for her 

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Hall. 

Photo: Andrew Ogilvy 

Photography. 

generous support. David 

Seddon (1961, English) 

spearheaded a celebration of 

Gilbert and Sullivan 

productions put on in the 

1960s by the Jesus-St Anne’s 

Music Society. Events in 

London included a Happy 

Hour with alumni in 

October, and a return in 

November to St George’s 

Hanover Square for the 

Donor Carol Service and 

Reception. 

Online events also continue. 

Beginning with a 

conversation between the 

Principal and John Tasioulas, 

Director of the Institute of 

Ethics in AI at Oxford, the 

#JesusFutures series covered 

topics such as regenerative medicine, democracy in Wales, 

education, business and enterprise, and sustainable diets; the 

complete series can be watched on the alumni YouTube 

channel. A six-part course on Ancient Greek Literature for 

alumni and supporters was run by Classics Fellow Armand 

D’Angour; a course on Latin Literature is scheduled for early 

2023. A series of Zoom events entitled #JesusInternational, 

exploring transnational research projects in which Jesus 

academics are involved, began in October; it will be accompanied 

by #JENInternational, a series featuring conversations with 

alumni around the world about their businesses. 

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The Year in Chapel 

Chris Dingwall-Jones | Chaplain 

Chris at the baptism of Madeleine 

Hunt. Photo: Bill Parker 

It was with a sense of relief that we 

began Michaelmas Term 2021 with 

an ‘in person’ Freshers’ Evensong in 

Chapel. After the restrictions of 

COVID-19, the 2021-22 academic 

year was one of rediscovery, a year 

to remember old customs and 

invent new ones. 

A key order of business was to get 

back into the swing of Chapel 

services. The Choir rose to the 

occasion under the leadership of 

Peter Parshall and with Organ 

Scholars Ollie Edwardes and Himeno Niimi. By Seventh Week 

of Michaelmas, the Choir were singing not just Evensong but a 

service of Vespers, including the whole of J.S. Bach’s Cantata 

BWV 140, ‘Wachet auf’ accompanied by an ensemble of 

chamber musicians. 

Replacing Evensong with more adventurous repertoire on one 

Sunday worked so well that it was reprised in Hilary Term, as 

we marked the start of Lent with selections from Handel’s 

Messiah, highlighting movements around the Crucifixion. At the 

end of Trinity Term, thirty-five of us flew off to a very hot 

Florence to enjoy a week of music and culture in the Tuscan sun. 

We were privileged to be able to sing at St Mark’s English 

Church (twice) and St James’s Episcopal Church in Florence, as 

well as providing the music for Evensong at All Saints’ Anglican 

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Choristers in the 

Piazzale 

Michelangelo, 

overlooking 

Florence. 

Church, Rome. 

In-person Evensongs also meant the return of visiting preachers. 

Our termly themes included ‘Community,’ ‘Visions Glorious: 

theology and ways of seeing,’ and (in the light of the conflict in 

Ukraine) ‘Peace and Reconciliation’. Highlights included Fr Angus 

Ritchie’s reflections on the role of disruption in community 

organising, The Revd Dr Ayla Lepine’s tour-de-force exploration 

of Raphael and Andy Warhol, and Canon Mary Gregory’s 

discussion of Coventry Cathedral’s commitment to 

reconciliation. Chapel also hosted talks and events. We enjoyed 

a pair of lectures on Medieval Women Saints; Andrew Dunning 

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(Supernumerary Fellow in Book 

History) explored the links 

between St Frideswide, 

Oxford’s Patron Saint, and 

Jesus; and Visiting Fellow Laura 

Miles introduced St Birgitta of 

Sweden and her popularity in 

England. 

In Michaelmas we were visited 

by Ahmad AlKhatib, a Sufi 

Dancer from Syria. We 

partnered with the Silence Hub 

to present a discussion on 

Silence and Sufism and a 

practical workshop on Dervish 

dancing at St Hilda’s College; 

and we were treated to Ahmad 

dancing in the middle of First 

Quad. In Hilary we welcomed 

Jay Hulme, performance poet, 

educator, and author of 

The Backwater Sermons. Jay 

preached on poetry as 

theological reflection, and 

Sufi dancer Ahmad AlKhatib from Syria. 

offered students a workshop on 

careers in the arts that emphasised the value of art beyond 

career prospects. In March we celebrated St David’s Day in 

traditional style, with Evensong in Welsh led by the Choir and a 

sermon by the Revd Dr Manon James, Director of Initial 

Ministerial Training at St Padarn’s Institute, part of the Church 

in Wales. 

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Chapel remains a focus for the joys and sorrows of current and 

past students and fellows. During the 2021-22 academic year, 

Chapel was the venue for a number of weddings, marriage 

blessings, and memorial services. Over the course of the year 

we celebrated the lives of Lisa Hirst (2017, DPhil History), Clark 

Brundin (Honorary Fellow and former Engineering tutor), Tony 

Downs (Emeritus Fellow), Chris Burt (1961, PPE), and Derek de 

Sa (1963, DPhil Pathology). We also played host to a bumper 

crop of marriage celebrations. Clive and Heather Minihan, and 

Marie-Virginie Arras and Nick Jongerius had services of Blessing 

after Civil marriage, while wedding services were held for 

Juan-Enrique Manosalva Brun and Maria Cielo Linares, Katie 

Myint and Timothy Smith, Rhodri Hopes and Rosie Pugh, Olivia 

Bushell and Andrew Wilson, and Marcin Śliwa and Elizabeth 

Nyikos. The famous punchbowl of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn 

was pressed into its occasional service as a makeshift font for 

the baptisms of John Nicholas Alban Dunning and Madeleine 

Wendy Russett Hunt. 

Concerts by international pianists and visiting choirs took their 

place alongside the return of ‘Celtic Cross’, which celebrates 

Welsh, Irish, and Scottish Culture, and the regular meetings of 

the Oxford Interfaith Scriptural Reasoning Society. Chapel 

remains a focus for music, the arts, and interfaith discussions 

and we look to build on this in the coming year. On behalf of 

those of all faiths and none, we look forward to utilising the 

Multifaith Room in the new Cheng Yu Tung Building, as well as 

taking full advantage of having three organ scholars and a 

College full of talented musicians. 

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Cultural, Sporting and Travel Awards 

Sums of between £59 and £800 were awarded from the 

following College funds in the academic year 2021-22. 

Ann Ward Award 

Hadley Sharman 

Bahram Dehqani-Tafti Travel 

Award 

Alison Middleton 

Baron Segal Award 

Phoebe Jowett Smith 

Bowers Award 

Raphael Bradenbrink 

Lewis Chinery 

Jessica Kindrick 

Adedamilola Tariuwa 

Charles Green Award 

Soraya Asif 

Natascha Domeisen 

Tabea Anna Elsener 

Jeffrey Fasegha 

George Kirkham 

Christopher Lyes 

Vanessa Picker 

Johanna Sinclair 

Josiah Thiagarajah 

David Rhŷs Award 

Benedict Carroll 

Molly Cressey-Rodgers 

Timea Csahók 

Lucy Harlow 

Jennifer Hunt 

Grace Lloyd 

Esther Tan 

Lisa Zillig 

McKenna Award 

Nicola Green 

Patrick Lynch 

Katie Robinson 

Johanna Sealey 

Zara Siddiqi 

Charles West 

P.W. Dodd Award 

Helena Aeberli 

Romi Aggarwal 

Angus Alder 

Tomer Amit 

Lydia Anderlini 

Peter Anderson 

Estelle Atkinson 

Jackson Baida 

Zak Ball 

Tal Barnea 

Jenny Bates 

Charles Bircham 

Hannah Blackmore 

Emily Borghaus 

Thomas Cairns 

Benedict Carroll 

Anna Carse 

Gonzalo Castellanos De Campos 

Francis Chambers 

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Alan Chang 

Phoebe Chave 

Eleanor Chung 

Alfie Cicale 

Edward Clark 

Emily Cohen 

Timothy Collins 

Anna Cooper 

Chiara Cox 

Alexander Crosby 

Jack Danson 

Jenson Davenport 

Alessandra David 

Angharad Davies 

Daniel Davies 

James-Joseph De Costa 

Stephen Eastmond 

Christina Elliot 

Frederick Feltham 

Joel Fernandez 

Frankie Frazer 

Simran Gandhi 

Elissavet-Loudoviki Germanidou 

Haulwen Goldie-Jones 

Megan Goundry-Napthine 

Samuel Guatieri 

Meron Haile 

Eoin Hanlon 

Alexander Henderson 

Finley Hewitt 

Elsa Heywood 

Jessica Hillier 

Alice Hopkins 

Lewis Ince 

Claire Johnson 

Kriszta Jozsa 

Megan Kavanagh 

Emilia Keeling 

Anna Kotanska 

Alice Lasocki 

Charlotte Leach 

Allegra Levine 

Samuel Lewis 

Grace Lloyd 

Ronan Lunny 

Patrick Lynch 

Philip Martin 

Aram Masharqa 

Arnas Vytautas Matulaitis 

Alexander Miller 

Riana Modi 

Emma-Mai Mulvey 

Adam Najmudin Hall 

Henrietta Nicholls 

Ilaria Okusaga 

Charles Papworth 

Rhiannon Paton 

Rebecca Pattenden 

Charlotte Pavey 

Lily Pitcher 

Sophy Popov 

Lucas Porfirio 

Katie Robinson 

Toni Rogers 

Charles Rosen 

William Rumble 

Hazel Rycroft 

Mariya Sait 

Thomas Sandford-Bondy 

Dalveen Sandhu 

William Searle 

Beatrice Sexton 

Zara Siddiqi 

Sophie Sieradzan Wright 

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James Somper 

Selina St John 

Ioannis Stamoulis 

Marta Stangierska 

Adedamilola Tariuwa 

Imogen Thomas 

Natalie Thomas 

Eugenio Toso 

Autumn Usher 

Gabriela Van Bergen 

Gonzalez-Bueno 

Alec Wallis 

William Watts 

Alfie Williams-Hughes 

Theodore Wilmot-Sitwell 

Minyi Yao 

Rayvanth Zama 

Vaughan-Thomas Award 

Benedict Campbell 

Cayla Bleoaja 

Gregoire Desclee de Maredsous 

Greta Evans 

Gregory Herne 

Bethan Jones 

Arun Joseph 

Maya Landis 

Edward Launders-Grieve 

Sarah Marshall 

Himeno Niimi 

Mared Owen 

Isobel Patterson 

Tianyi Pu 

Rosemary Richards 

Kirsty Smith 

Rachel Smyth 

Chiara Theimer 

Lucas Troadec 

Tiffany Walmsley 

Chloe Wong 

W.E. Nicholson Award 

Eleanor Chung 

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Travel Awards Reports 

Bowers Award 

New Orleans 

Jessica Kindrick | 2019 | DPhil Biomedical Sciences 

In April 2022 I was 

invited to present at 

the annual conference 

for the American 

Association of Cancer 

Research (AACR) 

held in New Orleans, 

Louisiana USA. 

Because the majority 

of my time as a DPhil 

student had been 

impacted by the 

pandemic, this was my first opportunity to present at an 

academic conference. Thanks to the Bowers Award I was able 

to register for in-person attendance. In addition to my own 

presentation, I attended seminars given by internationally 

renowned cancer scientists. Some talks contained the most 

up-to-date scientific findings relevant to my own project, while 

others provided broader insights into a wide variety of cancer 

research topics being investigated around the world. 

My poster, focusing on my current DPhil research, was entitled 

Correlating locus-specific changes in histone trimethylation and gene 

expression in hypoxia and exhibited in the ‘Epigenomics to 

Molecular Markers’ session. I gained experience speaking about 

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New Orleans. 

Photo: Jessica Kindrick.

my postgraduate work and received positive feedback from 

other researchers in the field. The discussions have sparked new 

ideas and informed my plans for future experiments. 

During periods of downtime, my colleagues and I were able to 

explore the city of New Orleans. We marvelled at the classic 

French Quarter architecture, learned about the important 

history of Mardi Gras, and enjoyed an evening Jazz Cruise along 

the Mississippi River aboard the iconic Steamboat Natchez. I 

returned to Oxford even more excited to continue my 

research, and grateful to the Bowers Fund for making this trip 

possible. 

Charles Green Award 

Paris 

Soraya Asif | 2018 |History & Modern Languages 

In March 2022 I visited Paris to 

conduct research central to my 

studies on 19th-century French 

art. It was a period of the 

changing of styles, the subversion 

of academic conventions, and 

new forms of inspiration. 

Standard hierarchies were no 

longer accepted by artists who 

rejected the Academic and 

Neoclassical traditions. Seeing the 

paintings in person helped me 

understand the impact of pieces 

and why they revolutionised 

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French painting in this period. 

Preliminary sketches and 

pieces in the Musée Delacroix 

demonstrate the 

development of Delacroix’s 

œuvre, an element often 

lacking when one sees his 

masterpieces in the Louvre 

alone. Early sketches of his 

Liberté guidant le peuple 

highlight the preoccupations 

that were to characterise the 

finished piece, such as the 

changing of the viewpoint to 

place the viewer on the 

barricades looking up at the 

figure of Liberty. 

A trip to the temporary 

exhibition of the Morozov 

Collection at the Fondation Louis Vuitton gave me the 

opportunity to view Impressionist pieces such as Renoir’s 

Portrait de Mademoiselle Jeanne Samary, on display outside of 

Russia for the first time since they were purchased in the early 

twentieth century. The collection also included many mid to late 

nineteenth-century landscapes; I could observe how pieces such 

as Monet’s Champ de Coquelicots combines plein air painting with 

Impressionism. A visit to the Musée d’Orsay allowed me to view 

pieces key to the disruption of traditional Academic painting, 

such as Manet’s Déjeuner sur l’herbe, a painting that shocked 

contemporary critics because of its huge size and mix of genres 

– the combination of the nude with landscape and still life. 

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Finally, a trip to Versailles allowed me to visit the statecommissioned 

Bataille de Zurich by François Bouchot. This was a 

particularly important visit for me as Bouchot’s Le Tambour 

Blessé (in the Louvre) is what originally aroused my interest in 

this period of French art and history. 

Zambia 

Rebecca Goldberg | 2017 | Environmental Research (Zoology) 

In September 2021 I travelled to Zambia for six weeks to carry 

out research in Lake Tanganyika as part of my PhD in Zoology. 

I had planned this trip for several years, and it was cancelled 

twice the previous year. In Zambia I joined up with a team of 

researchers from the University of Konstanz, all interested in 

understanding the evolution of social behaviour by studying the 

diversity of shell-dwelling cichlid fish that are unique to Lake 

Tanganyika. These fish use empty shells of the snail Neothauma 

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tanganyicense as refuges and nest sites. They aggressively defend 

their shells and exhibit a diversity of social structures, from the 

small harems of Lamprologus ocellatus to the cooperative groups 

of Neolamprologus multifasciatus. My work focused on 

L. ocellatus, where competition between females is intense, even 

between females mated to the same male. I hoped to 

understand how differences in the density of predators that 

prey on the offspring of this species might affect competition 

between females and the structure of their groups. 

We stayed in a lodge right on the shore of the lake just outside 

of Mpulungu that has been used by researchers since the 1980s. 

For electricity we set up solar panels, and our water source was 

filtered lake water. It was a beautiful setting: the lake, the second 

largest and deepest lake in the world, feels more like a sea. 

Every day we set out on small boats with our dive gear, and 

travelled to sites around the lake to collect data under water. 

For me this involved observing my species to work out who 

belonged in each group, and setting up cameras to video their 

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interactions with each other and with intruding predators. 

The days were long and there were many challenges. Broken 

boat engines, rough weather, injuries and illnesses, dangerous 

animals, failing equipment, and lost data were part of daily life. 

We formed a strong team, and we could always be cheered up 

by the local children who crowded round us at the dive sites and 

borrowed our masks to play and catch fish, and by the delicious 

food served by our host Celestine. It was fascinating for me to 

observe my study species in their natural habitat after three 

years of studying them in the lab. I am very grateful for this 

opportunity to collaborate with a brilliant team of researchers 

and to experience one of Darwin’s ‘dreamponds’ at first hand. 

Kerala 

George Kirkham | 2021 | Msc Nature, Society and 

Environmental Governance 

Snakebite is a disease that kills an 

estimated 100,000 people per year, 

yet remains neglected, with 

treatments and prevention having 

received relatively little investment. 

Snake Awareness Rescue Protection 

App (SARPA), ‘the Uber for snake 

emergencies’, is a digital platform 

designed to prevent snakebites and 

support snake conservation in 

Kerala, India. SARPA connects users 

with local snake rescuers, who are 

on hand to safely bag and 

translocate venomous snakes that 

enter people’s homes. 

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Thanks in part to the Charles Green Fund, I was able to travel 

to Kerala for my MSc dissertation fieldwork, where I researched 

SARPA’s impact on human-snake conflict. I studied how 

SARPA’s digital features make it easy for citizens to contact their 

local snake rescuer, meaning that they are less likely to attempt 

snake removal themselves. This keeps people safe while also 

reducing harm to snakes. 

Researching SARPA was a fascinating and occasionally 

frightening experience: the flared hood and loud hiss of the 

spectacled cobra never failed to make my hair stand on end. 

Other highlights of the trip included Kerala’s delicious food, its 

stunning beaches, and the kindness and generosity of everyone 

I met. I feel very lucky to have been able to conduct my 

research in such a beautiful place and with such wonderful 

people. 

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Florence 

Hanna Sinclair | 2018 | DPhil History 

Thanks to the College and the Charles Green Fund, I was able 

to travel to Florence towards the end of Trinity Term 2021 to 

undertake archival research towards my thesis. I had the 

pleasure of staying at a convent, the Casa per Ferie Suore 

Oblate dell’Assunzione, where few of the nuns spoke English. 

Their home, a 15th-century former palazzo, is within five 

minutes’ walk of the Duomo and ten minutes’ walk from the 

The Archivio di Stato, Florence. 

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archives. It was quiet and peaceful, with a lovely garden 

courtyard that was perfect for going over my notes in the 

evenings. The nuns were friendly and patient with my mangling 

of their language, and forgiving of my repeated loss of the 

room keys. 

My project focuses on relations between the Florentine and 

French ruling families, as seen during the 16th-century dynastic 

marriages between them. This means my sources are primarily 

writings by diplomats and other witnesses to the negotiations, 

travels, and celebrations of these court alliances.

Florence has some of the most extensive records, but the 

relevant references are dispersed within dense and repetitive 

dispacci (ambassadors’ reports) and other accounts. Most of my 

time was spent photographing the pages of the twelve most 

relevant filze, giving me over 800 pages to transcribe and 

translate this summer in addition to the 22,000 words 

I transcribed while in the Archivio di Stato. The paleography 

didn’t prove to be too difficult, but sometimes navigating the 

archive bureaucracy was a challenge! 

The archive was open three full days and two half-days per 

week, which left me time to revisit old favourite sites as well as 

appraise some of the places where the marriages took place. 

The Pitti Palace, for example, now a museum and gallery holding 

a vast collection of art and objects, was the site of two of the 

wedding celebrations I’m studying. Revisiting it in light of the 

scholarship I have read on the ceremonies, banquets, and 

spectacles helped me understand where and how the social 

interactions took place and the scope of the theatrical elements. 

Florence is packed with tourists, gelaterie, shops full of tourist 

tat, and overpriced restaurants, but it is also a city with priceless 

works of art and buildings of historical significance around every 

corner. The birthplace of humanism, it was the city of the 

Medici, Michelangelo, Dante, Leonardo da Vinci, Galileo Galilei, 

Machiavelli, and innumerable other artists, philosophers, 

scientists and writers whose impact reached far beyond the 

Renaissance. On the weekends I travelled to Pisa and Siena, two 

cities I had not visited before. Siena is a jewel, with all the 

elements of the perfect Tuscan city: a stunning cathedral, 

historic town square (I hope to return to see the palio 

someday), amazing views of the countryside from several sites 

around town, and many beautiful restaurants and shops 

enclosed in its gold and terracotta-coloured buildings. 

Siena. Photo: Hanna Sinclair. 

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Sports & Club Reports 

Rugby 

Charlie Rosen | 2021 | Physics 

With such a great success in the Cuppers competition to bring 

home the Bowl, JCRFC are expecting big things for this year’s 

College rugby. Just as my predecessor Dan Rolles did so well, 

the overarching aim for this year is to create a strong team 

atmosphere and take the ever hearty nature of the College into 

our culture as a club. Each year we welcome a new group of 

talented and eager rugby players, and this year has not 

disappointed. The team has shown fight and flair to take home 

two strong victories – a friendly against Exeter to show that Turl 

Street runs green, and our first Cuppers match against a 

clinically dispatched Brasenose. Heading into the second round 

against St Edmund Hall, we knew we were set to face our 

toughest opponent yet. Although true grit shown across the 

board, the game was lost. However, our heads stay high, and 

our sights are now set on the Plate competition later on this 

year. Until then, the focus is to develop both as players and as a 

team through the League competition and some great social 

occasions. 

Football 

Oliver Smith | 2021 | Mathematics 

Last year we won the College Cuppers competition, crushing 

every team in our path on the way to the trophy, and we plan to 

do so again this year. Having kept our star players, and with a 

couple of great freshers added to the mix, we are again one of 

the strongest teams in Oxford. We’ve started this season 

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winning 3 games out of 3 (the only team in our League to do 

so), so are not only on track to retain the 140-year-old Cuppers 

trophy but also to win the League, which would get us 

promoted back into the Premier Division where we rightfully 

belong. The 2nd team reached the semi-finals of reserve 

Cuppers last year and are looking strong once again; led by their 

passionate captain Guy Zilberman, they are a formidable team 

in their division. With the matches being enjoyed by players and 

fans alike, the 2022-23 footballing season is looking like one to 

remember for the mighty stags. 

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Women’s Football 

Noa Alony Gilboa | 2021 | Experimental Psychology 

This year we merged with New College to become the Jesus/ 

New College women’s football team. Following the successes of 

the England women’s football team at the Euros and the Jesus 

men’s team in Cuppers last year, we wanted to get involved in 

bringing success to Jesus. With a wealth of talented players, we 

have all the hallmarks of a great team. We now have some 

amazing friends from New College, and the team chemistry is 

unmatched. Together with my co-captains we are excited about 

what the future has in store. 

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Mixed Hockey 

Izzi Strevens | 2021 | Classics and English 

After a slow slide into non-existence last year, Jesus Hockey is 

now back up and running. We’ve joined forces with our historic 

allies Worcester and added Pembroke to our pact, making a 

College name portmanteau nearly impossible (ideas welcome!) 

but creating a great team. We’ve made a strong start with a win 

against Balliv and a narrow loss to Christ Church x Hugh’s, and 

are looking forward to building up momentum in both Cuppers 

and League. Stay tuned for the debut Jesus-only team playing in 

the Jesus-Jesus Varsity in fifth week. 

Rounders 

Izzi Strevens | 2021 | Classics and English 

Having taken up the mantle from Tomer last year, I’m very much 

looking forward to making Jesus Rounders the top sporting 

team of the year. We put in a very strong performance in 

Cuppers last year, being narrowly beaten by Anne’s in a latestage 

round. Now I’m looking to build our performance in what 

is, objectively, the best and most fun sport ever. Get ready for 

some stellar swings and catches up in Barts, and (hopefully) a 

glorious first win against Cambridge in Jesus-Jesus Varsity. 

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Netball 

Charlie Leach | 2020 | PPE 

The Jesus College Netball Club has not stopped these past few 

terms. We are loving the rules update, which allows three men 

to play on court at once: this has meant we have been able to 

introduce more men to the game. In Trinity we battled our way 

to the finals of mixed Cuppers and narrowly missed out on the 

finals of non-mixed Cuppers. We have had some excellent 

League results as well this term, with a 17-7 win over Magdalen 

and a crushing 16-1 victory over Brasenose (which turned into a 

friendly after half-time because we had to take pity on them). 

With League promotion on the cards, we look forward to what 

the rest of the season holds. 

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Rowing 

Martha Heggs | 2021 | English 

Toby Kerr | 2021 | Engineering Science 

2022 has been a year of growth for the men’s side of JCBC. 

Having not competed in any Bumps races in 2021, JCBC men’s 

crew made a name for itself securing top 5 finishes in the Isis 

Winter League, winning the Collegiate category in the Bedford 

Head race, and finishing the term with a strong Torpids 

campaign bumping up to third in Division 2. Trinity Term rocked 

the boat for the men’s crew, as Finals meant that a lot of seniors 

could not row. Fortunately, with several novices stepping up to 

the challenge, and returning Blues David Ambler and Luke 

Robinson, our Bumps campaign was saved. With M1 bumping 

up into the Division 1 sandwich boat (rowing eight times in 

4 days), M2 rowing and our Viking boat getting blades, Summer 

Eights was a huge success. In November, Jesus won Autumn 

Fours as the underdogs, winning by over a length and continuing 

the upward trend. 

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In last summer’s Eights the W1 crew secured its position in 

Division 1, with two rowers trialling for uni squads. Both went 

on to compete in December’s Trial Eights and we wish them 

well for The Boat Race! The new W2 made their Bumps debut 

in Summer Eights 2022 and have a growing cohort, with new 

novices joining every week. Our novices got their first taste of 

competition in Nephthys Regatta, and were a force to be 

reckoned with in the Novice Regatta at the end of Michaelmas 

Term. Meanwhile our seniors rowed the Henley trials last 

summer and went on to compete in the Fairbairn Cup in 

December. Out of term JCBC undertook a charity row to 

London raising £1,193 for the Dr Sean McGrady Foundation. It 

was lovely to see alumni rowing with current students before 

the Cadwallader Club dinner in September. JCBC has had a 

great year, and looks forward to an even better year to come. 

Are you signed up to Cadwallader Club emails? If not, sign up to hear more about the club’s endeavours 

and social engagements like the annual Cadwallader Club dinner in September. 

Email: JCBC.Cadwallader@gmail.com. The club welcomes all ex-JCBC members. 

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Prizes, Awards, Elections 

& Doctorates 2021-22 

Annual Fund Prizes for Top 

Performance in First Public 

Examinations 

Han Xian Julius Chua, Geography 

Zhihe Lei, Chemistry 

Shucheng Li, Mathematics 

Davies Prize – nominations 

for the most outstanding 

performance in a Final 

Honours School 

Alex Tatomir, Computer Science 

FHS First 

Helena Aeberli, History & Politics 

Romi Aggarwal, Chemistry 

Angus Alder, Engineering Science 

Samuel Banfield, Mathematics 

Joseph Chambers-Graham, 

Mathematics & Computer Science 

Daniel Davies, Chemistry 

Man Hon Fan, Mathematics & 

Computer Science 

Frederick Feltham, Philosophy & 

Theology 

Matthew Frey, Law 

Lucy Kelly, English & Modern 

Languages 

Anna Kotanska, Chemistry 

Hannah Li, Biology 

Joshua Luke, Chemistry 

Charlotte Mason, Experimental 

Psychology 

Charles Papworth, Law 

Charlotte Pavey, Economics & 

Management 

William Rumble, Mathematics (BA) 

Hazel Rycroft, Chemistry 

Beatrice Sexton, Law 

Selina St John, English 

Flynn Studholme, English 


Eugenio Toso, Modern Languages 

Clara Wade, Biology 

Matthew Williams, Chemistry 

Theodore Wilmot-Sitwell, 

Philosophy & Theology 

Yining Zhang, Mathematical & 

Theoretical Physics 

Prelims Distinctions 

Lina Alrawashdeh, Philosophy, 

Politics & Economics 

Megan Bradley, Law 

Edoardo Casini, Economics & 

Management 

Gonzalo Castellanos de Campos, 

Chemistry 

Yaqing Chen, Experimental 

Psychology 


Reuben Cooper, Classics 

Joshua Coupar-Evans, Biology 

Greta Evans, Modern Languages & 

Linguistics 

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Jack Forrest, Engineering Science 

Lucas Gathercole, Physics 

Xiang Yu Han, Economics & 

Management 

Finley Hewitt, Law 

Faith Lee Siew Ling, Experimental 

Psychology 



Weijie Lu, Physics 

Sarah Marshall, History & Economics 

Dylan Moss, Oriental Studies 

Milou Ottolini, Medicine 

Katie Robinson, Modern Languages 

Thomas Sandford-Bondy, Chemistry 

Yuxiang Shen, Mathematics 

Oliver Skeet, Economics & 

Management 

Darcey Snape, Philosophy, Politics & 

Economics 

Alec Wallis, Classics 

Benjamin Wighton, History 

Adam Wilson, Classics 

Zetai Wu, Chemistry 

Chi Zhang, Mathematics 

Sam Zia, History & Politics 

Guy Zilberman, Geography 

Graduate Distinctions 

Claudia Barry, Law 

Francis Bertschinger, MSt Music 

Emilia Blyth, MSt History 

Abhinav Chauhan, Law 

Nicola Cockerill, MSt Classical 

Archaeology 

Jian Cui, MPhil Linguistics, Philology & 

Phonetics 

James Derby, MSc Software & 

Systems Security 

Talia Gilbey, MSc Psychological 

Research 

Alexander Goodall, MSc Advanced 


Audrey Hagopian, MSc Education 

Quinn Higgins, MPhil Development 

Studies 

Annabel Jackson, MSt English 

Katie Jones, MSc Latin American 

Studies 

George Kirkham, MSc Nature, 

Society & Environmental 

Governance 

Victoria Longhi, MSc Education 

Nia Moseley-Roberts, MSt Medieval 

Studies 

Isabelle Napier, MPhil International 

Relations 

Lily Pollock, BM Medicine – Clinical 

Robert Powell, MSc Water Science, 

Policy & Management 

Oliver Rausch, MSc Advanced 


Jack Stebbing, MSt Music 

Jessica Sutton, Law 

Lily Watson, BM Medicine – Clinical 

With apologies to Myles Preston, 

whose 2021 Graduate Distinction 

(MSc Learning & Teaching) was 

incorrectly listed. 

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Subject Prizes 

C F Williamson Prize in English 

Lucy Kelly, English & Modern 

Languages 


Ernest Ely Genner Prize 

William Searle, Classics 

D L Chapman Memorial Prize 

Chelsea Wallis, BCL 

JT Christie Prize 

Joel Fernandez, Classics 

Riana Modi, Classics 

Jagger Prize 


College Subject Awards for 

Meritorious Work 

Zayd Addicott, Biology 

Md Alam, Medicine 

Lina Alrawashdeh, Philosophy, Politics 

& Economics 

Tomer Amit, Geography 

Megan Bradley, Law 

Muxue Chen, Chemistry 

Yaqing Chen, Experimental 

Psychology 

Chiara Cox, Biology 


Frederick Feltham, Philosophy & 

Theology 

Haulwen Goldie-Jones, Engineering 

Science 

Quan Guan, Physics 

Finley Hewitt, Law 

Si Hui, Medicine 


Alice Lasocki, Mathematics 



Psychology 


Seren Marsh, Medicine 


Milou Ottolini, Medicine 


Management 

Sophy Popov, Medicine 

Jonathan Powell, Law 

Reef Ronel, Medicine 

Thomas Sandford-Bondy, Chemistry 


Economics 

James Somper, Chemistry 

Eugenio Toso, Modern Languages 

Sam Zia, History & Politics 

Progress Prizes 

Alexander Crosby, Chemistry 

Niamh Jones, English 

College Prize in recognition of 

a University Prize 

Zhichun Cao, Mathematics & 

Statistics 


James Eaton, Chemistry 

Greta Evans, Modern Languages & 

Linguistics 

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Psychology 





Lily Watson, BM Medicine – Clinical 

Xiang Yu Han, Economics & 

Management 

Election to an Open 

Scholarship 2021-22 

Yaamir Badhe, Classics 

Leon Balan-Tribus, Mathematics & 


Arion Beckett, Chemistry 

Benjamin Biggs, History & Politics 

Emily Borghaus, PPE 

Ruotong Cao, Mathematics 

Ismael Carlosse, Mathematics & 


Francis Chambers, Modern 

Languages 

Alan Chang, Computer Science 

Phoebe Chave, History 

Samir Chitnavis, Biology 

Timothy Collins, History & Politics 

Anna Cooper, Modern Languages 

David Cowen, Mathematics 


Jennifer Crompton, Classics 

George Dietz, Geography 

Jessica Ebner-Statt, Geography 

Alex Hanley, Mathematics 

Eoin Hanlon, English & Modern 

Languages 

Elsa Heywood, Biology 

Jessica Hillier, Biology 

Georgia Hopwood, Geography 

Chenxuan Ji, Physics 

Bethan Jones, History 

Kriszta Jozsa, Biology 

Hannah Li, Biology 

Ronan Lunny, Modern Languages 

Aram Masharqa, English 

Kinga Mastej, Chemistry 

Farheen Muhammed, Engineering 

Science 

Denise Ng, Law 

James Perkins, History 

Jessye Phillips, Biology 

Chiara Pigaiani, Chemistry 

Grace Ramsey, Music 

Jake Reid, PPL 

Max Robertson, Chemistry 

William Rumble, Mathematics 

William Searle, Classics 


Lloyd Smith, Chemistry 

Antoni Strychalski, Computer Science 

Chiara Theimer, Biology 

Imogen Thomas, Chemistry 

Eleanor Tutt, English 

Clara Wade, Biology 

George Woods, English 

Gang Xu, Medicine 

Zhiqi Xu, Economics & Management 

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Election to an Open Exhibition 

2021-22 

Bruno Armitage, History Modern 

Languages 

Charles Bircham, Modern Languages 

Benedict Carroll, Modern Languages 

& Philosophy 


Raphael Gaete, History 

Haulwen Goldie-Jones, Engineering 

Science 

Jude Gordon, Medicine 

Oliver Hutton, Law 

Claire Johnson, Law 

Aleksander Kleinszmidt, Computer 

Science 

Charalampos Kokkalis, Computer 

Science 


Henrietta Nicholls, English Modern 

Languages 

Adeyinka Okuwoga, Engineering 

Callum Pemberton, Physics 

Lily Pitcher, Biology 

Ifan Rogers, Physics 

Lianfeng Shi, Computer Science 

Renewal of Scholarship 2021-22 

Romi Aggarwal, Chemistry 

Angus Alder, Engineering Science 

Lucas Bachmann, Mathematics & 


Samuel Banfield, Mathematics 

Zhichun Cao, Mathematics & 

Statistics 

Louis Capstick, English 

Joseph Chambers-Graham, 

Mathematics & Computer Science 

Muxue Chen, Chemistry 

Yong Sang Cho, Physics 

Hou Chua, Computer Science 

Marc Cowan, Physics 

Calum Crossley, Mathematics 

Alessandra David, Geography 


Susannah Dunn, Modern Languages 

Oliver Edwardes, Economics & 

Management 

Man Hon Fan, Mathematics & 


Alexander Henderson, Chemistry 

Henrik Holen, Physics 

Kaitlin Horton-Samuel, English 

Si Hui, Medicine 

Lewis Ince, Engineering Science 

Claire Irwin, Modern Languages 


Daisy Leeson, Geography 


Charles Papworth, Law 

Kush Patel, Law 

Rebecca Pattenden, Geography 


Management 

Joseph Phelps, Physics 

Geoffrey Pugsley, Physics 

Hazel Rycroft, Chemistry 

Fergus Seymour, Geography 


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Siyu Wang, Engineering Science 

Charles West, Modern Languages 

Matthew Williams, Chemistry 

Theodore Wilmot-Sitwell, 

Philosophy & Theology 

Tianyi Yang, Chemistry 

Minyi Yao, Chemistry 

Mateja Zdravkovic, Physics 

Yining Zhang, Mathematical & 

Theoretical Physics 

Renewal of Exhibition 2021-22 

Helena Aeberli, History & Politics 

Md Alam, Medicine 

Tal Barnea, Mathematics 

Emily Cohen, Mathematics 

Bal Gurpreet Singh, Engineering 

Consuelo Monson, History & 

Modern Languages 

Natasha Palfrey, Philosophy & 


Sophy Popov, Medicine 

Reef Ronel, Medicine 

Samuel Schulenburg, Modern 

Languages 

Gohar Shafia, Mathematics 

Sophie Sieradzan Wright, History 

Natalie Thomas, History 

Ryan Walshaw, History & Modern 

Languages 

Rayvanth Zama, History 

Thomas William Thomas 

Scholarship 

Daniel Munks, Philosophy & Theology 

Rhiannon Paton, Philosophy & 

Theology 

Johanna Sealey, Philosophy & 

Theology 

Chelsea Wallis, Law 

Collection Prizes 

Lina Alrawashdeh, Philosophy, 

Politics & Economics 

Otto Arends Page, Mathematics 

Edoardo Casini, Economics & 

Management 

Reuben Cooper, Classics 

David Cowen, Mathematics 

Molly Cressey-Rodgers, 

Mathematics & Philosophy 

Joel Fernandez, Classics 

Lucas Gathercole, Physics 

Alex Hanley, Mathematics 

Amy Lamb, Physics 

Laureline Latour, Modern Languages 

Nathan Lawson, Geography 




Yuxiang Shen, Mathematics 


Economics 



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Internship Awards 

Cassidy Bereskin, Social Science 

Chuchu Chen, Education 


Saran Davies, Zoology 

Theodore Hall, Russian & Arabic 

Shathuki Hetti Achchige Perera, 

Biology 

Quinn Higgins, Development Studies 

Kriszta Jozsa, Biology 

Laureline Latour, Modern Languages 

Allegra Levine, Geography 

Arnas Matulaitis, Physics 

Alexander Miller, Philosophy & 

Theology 

Natasha Palfrey, Philosophy & 


Geoffrey Pugsley, Physics 

Alexander Rodway, Biological 

Sciences 

Adedamilola Tariuwa, Engineering 

Science 

Alfie Williams-Hughes, Modern 

Languages 


Extended Research Project 

Awards for Undergraduates 

Farheen Muhammed, Engineering 

Science 

Tianyi Yang, Chemistry 

Graduate Scholarships 2021-22 

Susannah Bain, DPhil History 

Eli Bernstein, DPhil History 

Raphael Bradenbrink, DPhil 

International Development 

John Colley, DPhil English 

Lucy Goddard, DPhil Primary Health 

Care 

Swati Jhaveri, DPhil Law 

Isobel Patterson, DPhil Engineering 

Science 

Yang Pei, DPhil Medical Sciences 

Lisa Zillig, Interdisciplinary Bioscience 

(BBSRC DTP) 

Graduate Scholarship renewals 

2021-22 

Izar Alonso Lorenzo, DPhil 

Mathematics 

Nora Baker, DPhil Medieval & 


Benedict Campbell, DPhil 

Environmental Research 

(NERC DTP) 

Saran Davies, DPhil Environmental 

Research (NERC DTP) 

Bee Jones, DPhil History 

Marta Krueger, EPSRC CDT Diamond 

Science & Technology 

Christopher Lyes, DPhil Classical 

Archaeology 

Alison Middleton, DPhil Classical 

Languages & Literature 

Raffaele Sarnataro, 

DPhil Neuroscience 

Jesus Old Members’ 

(XL Group) Exhibitions 

Xin Shen, Mathematics and Statistics 

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Renewal of Jesus Old Members’ 

(XL Group) Exhibitions 

Caitlyn Eddy, Geography 

Callum Martin, Chemistry 

Flavius Vlasiu, Computer Science 

Clarendon/Old Members’ 

(XL Group) Postgraduate 

Awards 

Lucas Mangas Araujo, 

MSc Mechanical Engineering 

Sarah Tan, MSc Nature, Society and 

Environmental Governance 

Renewal of Clarendon/ 

Old Members’ (XL Group) 

Postgraduate Awards 

Benedict Campbell, DPhil Earth 

Sciences 

Louis Henderson, DPhil History 

Rowland Imperial, DPhil Education 

Rebecca Kelly, DPhil Population 

Health 

Joseph McManus, DPhil Physical and 

Theoretical Chemistry 

Doctorates awarded 2021-22 

Ralph Abboud, Learning & Inference 

over Relational Data 

Mohammad Alsharid, Generating 

textual captions for ultrasound 

visuals in an automated fashion 

Iqbal Bhalla, The ecology & ecosystem 

services of insectivorous bats in rice 

dominated landscapes 

William Brockbank, Conceptions of 

Place in Old English Poetry 

Jiahe Cui, Adaptive optics & remote 

focusing in biomedical microscopy 

Natascha Domeisen, Heidin und 

Mörin. Zur Materialität, Visualität 

und Medialität höfischer Texte im 

Spätmittelalter 

Janik Festerling, Alexa, ‘How Do You 

Change Us?’ Exploring Associations 

Between Children’s Exposure to 

Digital Voice Assistants & Their 

Ontological Understandings of 

(Human) Life & Technology 

Rebecca Goldberg, Sexual selection 

& reproductive trade-offs in caring 

parents 

Nada Kurdi, Studies towards the total 

synthesis of omuralide 

Jian Rui Liu, Interplay between oxygen 

sensing mechanisms & hepatitis B 

virus replication. 

Helena Pickford, Heteroatom- 

Substituted Bicyclo[1.1.1]pentanes 

Robert Pisarczyk, From causality to 

randomness – a quantum 

information perspective 

Priyav Shah, Novel Capabilities for 

Gas-Phase Laser-Induced Gratings 

Li Shen, Validation of Flow Simulation 

Model using Particle Image 

Velocimetry Data & Dimensionality 

Reduction Techniques 

Jamie Shenk, Democratization from 

Below: Citizen-Activated 

Participatory Democracy in 

Colombia’s Extractive Industries 

Esther Turner, A Measurement of 

Scattering Characteristics of the 

Detection Medium in the SNO+ 

Detector 

Wenyuan Zhang, From local to 

global: biodiversity estimation & 

implications 

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Old Members’ Obituaries and 

Memorial Notices 

These notices are compiled and edited from various sources, including 

external publications and submissions from family and friends. 

1940s 

BEGG, Ean Cochrane Macinnes (1949) 

26.06.1929 – 01.10.2018 

After graduating from Jesus in Modern Languages and following 

a spell in the British army, Ean Begg undertook a variety of 

occupations including wine merchant, Headmaster, and 

Dominican friar. Having developed a keen interest in 

comparative religion, Gnosticism, and Norse mythology, he 

went on to train as an analytical psychologist at the C.G. Jung 

Institute in Zurich. On his return to England in the 1970s he 

joined the Association of Jungian Analysts (AJA). In 1982 he was 

elected chairman of the organisation; but after internal 

disagreements he and a number of colleagues left AJA and 

formed a new group called the Independent Group of Analytical 

Psychologists (IGAP); this became home to Zurich analytical 

psychology graduates in the UK. Begg conducted a private 

therapy practice in South London, and was a frequent lecturer 

until his death in 2018. 

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DANIELS FRSC FRSA FInstP, James Maurice (1942) 

26.08.1924 – 12.06.2016 

Born in Canada, James Daniels graduated with a BA from Jesus 

in 1948 and a DPhil in 1952. He served as Professor of Physics at 

the University of British Columbia from 1953 to 1960, then 

spent a year as a visiting professor at Instituto de Fisica J.A. 

Balseiro in Bariloche, Argentina, before being appointed 

Professor of Physics at the University of Toronto. He served five 

years as Chairman of the Physics department, retiring in the late 

1980s to live near Princeton, New Jersey, where he had been a 

Visiting Senior Researcher (1984-85). 

1950s 

DICKEY, John Wallis (1950) 

23.12.1927 – 01.06.2022 

Born in Springfield, Missouri, John Dickey graduated from the 

University of Missouri, where he was a member of the Sigma 

Chi fraternity, and was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to study 

Law at Jesus; he viewed his studies at Oxford as one of the 

happiest times of his life. After graduating in Law from Jesus in 

1952, he went on to serve in the United States Army and then 

practised law at Sullivan & Cromwell in New York and London 

for more than forty years, specialising in civil litigation and 

among other things appearing before the United States 

Supreme Court and the World Court. Numerous partners and 

associates paid tribute to his brilliant mentoring, some saying 

they had only joined his firm because of his inspiration. He was 

an avid reader and book collector, and a lover of ballet, opera, 

jazz, old movies, college football, horse racing, and tennis. He 

had a lifelong fascination with the Second World War, and he 

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travelled widely around Australia, South America, Japan, and 

Viet Nam. He returned to his Missouri home in 2011 and 

devoted much time and extensive resources to philanthropic 

projects, including founding a scholarship at his Springfield high 

school and establishing a charitable foundation. He is survived 

by his wife, Emilie (née Kiekhofer), whom he married in 1964, as 

well as three children, three grandchildren, a great-grandchild, 

and many devoted nieces, nephews, and cousins. 

Elizabeth Dickey 

LLOYD OBE, Howell Arnold (1958) 

15.11.1937 – 20.05.2022 

Howell Lloyd was born in Carmarthen to a 

Welsh-speaking family. His father was 

Principal of the Gelli Aur Agriculture 

College, Llandeilo, and his mother was a 

teacher. Educated at Queen Elizabeth 

Grammar School, Carmarthen, he gained 

his BA degree from the University of Wales 

at Aberystwyth. In 1958 he moved to Jesus 

where he completed his doctorate on the 

gentry of south-west Wales. While at Oxford he met his wife, 

Gaynor, and they were married in 1962. He decided to seek a 

history lectureship in the north of England, and moved to the 

University of Hull, where he became an avid Hull City 

supporter, attending matches with his sons (although he always 

supported Wales at rugby). He was appointed Professor of 

History at Hull University, with his research bridging the 

medieval and early modern periods and covering social, 

constitutional, and intellectual history. In 1995 he became 

Pro Vice-Chancellor, a position he held for nine years before 

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ecoming Senior Pro Vice-Chancellor and eventually Deputy 

Vice-Chancellor. In 2004 he was awarded an OBE for services 

to higher education. 

Howell was fond of calling himself the eminence grise – the 

power behind the throne – explaining that ‘Howell’ in Welsh 

means ‘eminent’, and ‘Lloyd’ in Welsh means ‘grey’. He was 

keen to integrate the University more closely with the City, and 

to tap into Hull’s maritime history. When Blaydes House in 

Hull’s Old Town was established as the new centre for maritime 

history (HMS Bounty of mutiny fame was commissioned there) 

Howell energetically raised funds for the Centre. He also found 

a home for the Wilberforce Institute for Slavery and 

Emancipation in the town centre, and set up a series of seminars 

there. He loved the East Riding countryside and coast, and 

enjoyed walking with his family in the Yorkshire Wolds and the 

North York Moors. On retirement, he published four books 

and was an active member of the congregation of Hull Minster, 

serving on the Parochial Church Council as well as on the 

Development Board and Fabric Committee. He raised funds to 

restore the organ and is remembered for his powerful reading 

of the lessons, the last time on Palm Sunday 2022. He is 

survived by his sister Nansi, his wife Gaynor, their five children 

and five grandchildren. 

Rebecca Lloyd 

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McGUIRE, James Edward ‘Ted’ (1959) 

29.10.1931 – 12.05.2022 

Ted McGuire held positions at Harvard, Cornell, Leeds, 

Leicester, and Oxford before joining the faculty for the history 

of philosophy and science at Pittsburgh in 1971. He also held 

various visiting positions over the years, including as the Sarton 

Chair Holder at the University of Ghent, as a visiting lecturer at 

the University of the Bosphorus, Istanbul, and as the Silverman 

Visiting Professor at Tel Aviv University. He was known for his 

work on time, temporality, and historicity in early modern 

thought, particularly his research on Newton and on Descartes’ 

dualism, and was the author and co-author of numerous books 

including Science Unfettered: A Philosophical Study in Sociohistorial 

Ontology (with Barbara Tuchanska) and Descartes’s Changing 

Mind (with Peter Machamer). 

With thanks to the Daily Nous 

MOORE, Norman John (1955) 

17.04.1934 – 18.04.2022 

Norman Moore was born in Evesham, 

Worcestershire, and educated at the City of 

Oxford School. After completing his 

National Service in the Royal Air Force, 

where he obtained a Civil Service 

Interpreters Certificate in Russian, he 

studied Modern Languages at Jesus 

(1955-1958), where he was Captain of 

Rugby and High Master of the Elizabethan 

Society. He also played for the OU Greyhounds, and was an 

Elected Member of Vincents Club. His career began in Sales 

Management with Hoover plc, and he progressed through 

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various divisions of London Brick before establishing his own 

sales and marketing consultancy. He is survived by Barbara, his 

wife of 63 years, and their children Christina, Valerie, Peter 

and Robert. 

Val Harris 

SHARP CBE, Tom (1951) 

19.06.1931 – 20.08.2021 

Tom Sharp came from a family of historians: 

his mother, the daughter of Manchester 

historian T F Tout, taught history at Bristol 

University, and his great aunt Hilda Johnston 

was a professor of history at Royal Holloway 

College. He was educated at Abbotsholme 

School in Derbyshire and gained a 

scholarship to Jesus to read History at age 

17, coming up in 1951 after doing national 

service. After graduating with a First he entered the civil service, 

where he spent 34 years, mostly in the Board of Trade 

(subsequently the Department for Trade and Industry). He 

worked on the merging of BOAC and BEA to form British 

Airways, was Commercial Counsellor at the British Embassy in 

Washington during the Watergate years, and negotiated on 

trade policy issues with the EU and GATT. His leading role in 

the privatisation of British Telecom earned him the award of a 

CBE in 1987. He retired from the civil service in 1987 and 

worked for Lloyds of London until 1991. In 1989 he was elected 

Liberal Democrat County Councillor for Guildford South, a 

position he retained for 16 years; he was also a Guildford 

borough councillor for eight years, chair of Social Services on 

Surrey County Council for two, chair of the Citizens Advice 

Bureau for six, and a long-term governor of two Guildford 

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schools. He kept up his interest in history by being on the Board 

of the Surrey History Centre, becoming a member of the 

Historical Association, and maintaining links with an Anglo- 

American group called the Washington Historicals. In 1962 he 

married fellow civil servant, Margaret (nee Hailstone), who 

became a Liberal Democrat peer in 1998. They were keen 

walkers, above all from their second home in the Brecon 

Beacons, and they travelled widely and enjoyed many walking 

holidays in Europe and America. Tom is remembered for a life 

of public service and for his gentleness, sense of fairness, and 

sense of humour. He is survived by Margaret and their 

two daughters. 

Margaret Sharp 

SYMES, David Gilyard (1953) 

30.07.1934 – 13.01.2022 

Born in Bradford, David Symes secured a 

King Charles I Scholarship to read 

Geography at Jesus, where he was awarded 

the Herbertson Memorial Prize. He 

graduated in 1956 with a First, and following 

a period of postgraduate research on rural 

change in western Norway (based at the 

Norwegian School of Economics) he was 

appointed in 1958 to a teaching post at the 

University of Hull. He worked in the Geography department at 

Hull for over 40 years until his retirement in 2000. He was one 

of Europe’s most renowned social scientists working in the field 

of fisheries management, rural development and policy. His 

academic career spanned seven decades, and his research had a 

major impact on fisheries policy and on the formation of a 

European fisheries social science community. 

With thanks to Newcastle University’s Centre for Rural Economy 

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1960s 

COOPER, Christopher Richard Havelock (1964) 

13.04.1946 – 05.04.2022 

Chris Cooper read History at Jesus, coming 

up as an Open Exhibitioner in 1964 when 

Richard Grassby and John Walsh ran the 

course. He came from Woolverstone Hall, 

then an LCC boarding school known in the 

popular press as ‘the Cockney Eton’. He had 

lived abroad in Germany, Greece, and 

Egypt, as his father was an officer in the 

Royal Artillery. His historical interests lay in 

the early Medieval and Anglo-Saxon periods. On graduating he 

was able to follow his inclination to work in archives, and gained 

a postgraduate diploma from Liverpool University. He became 

keeper of manuscripts at the Corporation of London Guildhall 

Library, where he spent 17 years, and then worked for 32 years 

until retirement at The National Archives at Kew, where he 

finished as Departmental Security Officer, ensuring the security 

of the TNA data. His time at Kew was notable for his work 

enhancing and enlarging the Archives’ role as a resource for the 

public and for developing their facilities. He oversaw the transfer 

of the former Family Records Centre to Kew in 2008, and was a 

specialist in the records of bankruptcies. He stayed in post until 

he was 72, and after retiring continued as a volunteer. An 

aesthete and dedicated smoker in the mid-60s, he became a 

much respected and skilful administrator in public office, and an 

enthusiastic runner in Bushy Park near his home in Teddington. 

He favoured the Mediterranean coast and its wines for family 

holidays and was teaching himself Italian. He enjoyed opera and 

cinema, having had a brief tenure as film critic for Isis magazine; 

and he was a keen gardener, novel reader, and visitor to 

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London’s art galleries. A family man, he is survived by his wife 

Clare (also a distinguished archivist), daughters Lucy, Alice, 

Hannah, and Sarah, and grandson Charlie. 

Kerry Renshaw (1964) 

HARVEY, Julian Edmund (1960) 

12.04.1942 – 13.03.2020 

Julian Harvey was born in Maidstone, Kent, 

and educated at Sutton Valence School 

where his father taught French. At Jesus he 

read Modern Languages and, a keen 

sportsman, captained the college cricket and 

hockey sides. After Oxford he joined 

Canada Life Assurance, working for the 

company for 25 years in London and then 

the North East. In 1969, he married Daphne 

Mitchell and brought up his family of two sons and a daughter in 

Barnard Castle, Co Durham, while restoring a stunning 

Georgian townhouse and garden. His lifelong love of France 

prompted his move to a bucolic rural farmhouse in the Gironde 

in 1990. He taught at a language school in Bordeaux before 

retirement. He relished the wines, cuisine, and landscape of the 

Sud-Ouest, where he died, in the same hospital as Daphne, 

who predeceased him by two years. He is survived by his two 

sons, daughter and six grandchildren. 

Alex Harvey (1983) 

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OGILVIE, Dr Robert Victor (1962) 

01.04.1938 – 11.10.2022 

Born in Grenada, West Indies, Robert 

Ogilvie attended Grenada Boys’ Secondary 

School and completed the Cambridge 

Higher School Certificate in 1956. In 1958 he 

started a six-year medical programme at the 

University College of the West Indies in 

Mona, Jamaica, where he won the Walter 

Harper Prize in Anatomy and a Medal for 

Physiology. In 1962 he was awarded the first 

Caribbean Rhodes Scholarship: prior to 1962 only Jamaicans 

had been eligible, but a special scholarship was instituted for 

students from the other islands. Robert came up to Jesus in 

1962 and completed the last two years of his medical training. 

After interning and working in Jamaica, he joined the residency 

programme in Otolaryngology at the University of Toronto, 

Canada. He worked as a surgeon, and subsequently became 

Chief of Surgery, at the York-Finch Hospital in West Toronto, 

where he remained for 41 years. Outside of work he played 

cricket and golf, and sang as a baritone in three choirs: All The 

King’s Voices, the Repertory Chorus at the Royal Conservatory 

of Music, Toronto, and in his Church choir. He is survived by his 

wife Hazel, a son, three daughters and ten grandchildren. 

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PIDCOCK, John Nigel Edward (1963) 

26.12.1944 – 12.2021 

A native of Derbyshire, John attended 

Denstone College before reading Modern 

Languages at Jesus. There he also rowed and 

was a gifted jazz pianist, an activity inspired 

by his music-teaching mother and which he 

continued with performing groups in later 

life. After Voluntary Service Overseas in 

Tunisia he moved to Spain. Friends 

remember his atmospheric wedding in the 

Judería quarter of Seville on a New Year’s Eve. The marriage 

ended in divorce and he had no children. Based initially in 

Barcelona, John worked for the British Council, also travelling 

around Spain and overseas to check standards on behalf of the 

Cambridge University programme for teaching English as a 

foreign language. He later lived in a hill village in Catalonia’s 

Priorat wine region. During retirement he wrote 

autobiographical and other factual material as well as fiction, 

and was exploring publication possibilities shortly before he 

died. A number of Jesus contemporaries with whom he stayed 

in touch remember him as talented, courteous, kind, quiet but 

fun to be with and possessing a great sense of humour. 

Malcolm Campbell 

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1980s 

BISHOP, Andy (1987) 

09.07.1969 – 21.12.21 

Andy Bishop was born and educated in 

Wokingham and read Maths at Jesus. After 

Oxford, he worked for Coopers and 

Lybrand, J P Morgan, and Bank of America 

before becoming CIO IST and Corporate 

Functions for BP. His colleagues compiled a 

book of memories of Andy following his 

death, which is full of warm tributes: “an 

outstanding leader with amazing values”, “he 

remained true to himself and lived his values”, “the ultimate 

leader.” One of his team said “Everyone I know regarded him as 

the exemplar of how to be, in every sense of the word. I feel 

much the richer for having known him, and so much the poorer 

for the news of his passing.” He was a man of integrity, huge 

talent, and a wicked dry wit. We were married in 2001, and in 

2012 we decided to move away from the corporate world, 

setting up our own holiday business in Cornwall. In typical style, 

Andy grasped the Cornish life with both hands, making many 

friends here and proving to be a talented ultra-runner. He 

would agree that his proudest achievement was being Dad to 

our children, Sophia and Sam. They were his pride and joy 

every day. 

Louise Bishop (1986) 

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MURPHY (née Massie), Lynda (1987) 

25.01.1970 – 07.12.2021 

Lynda Murphy (née Massie) was born in 

Falkirk. Scotland, and brought up in Dollar, 

attending Dollar Academy and winning her 

year’s Milne medal awarded to the top 

academic pupil. After studying Mathematics 

at Jesus (1987 – 1990) she worked as an 

actuarial consultant in London, moving to 

Winchester in 2003 and earning a Wildlife 

Management degree from Sparsholt College. 

She was a popular and passionate campaigner on local and 

national issues, including the climate emergency and on 

membership of the EU. She was elected to Winchester District 

Council in 2018, and led the Council’s environmental portfolio 

from 2019 until her death. She stood for parliament for the 

Liberal Democrats in 2019. She is survived by her husband 

Richard, her two children Alex and Ewan, and by her mother 

Jessica Massie. 

Richard Massie 

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2000s 

AGGLETON, Hugh Simon (2003) 

28.09.84 – 14.08.22 

Hugh Aggleton came up to Jesus to read 

Earth Sciences, during which time he 

graduated from a complete novice rower to 

captain of the 1st Eight, reflecting his 

athleticism. To stay fit he began running 

regularly, tackling the hills of South Wales 

with Mynyddwyr De Cymru. He discovered 

a love and aptitude for fell running and went 

from strength to strength, competing mainly 

in Wales and winning numerous races and setting course 

records. He repeatedly represented Wales, and in 2015 Hugh 

was the Welsh Fell Runners Association and Welsh Athletics 

Men’s Open Fell Running Champion. Other notable 

achievements included twice winning the world famous Man 

versus Horse race, though he never quite beat the first horse. 

He ran multiple marathons, and was the first GBR man home 

(out of 477) in the 2016 Athens Authentic Marathon. He also 

represented the RAF in road running. In 2019 Hugh was 

diagnosed with an incurable aggressive brain tumour. As with his 

running, he showed extraordinary fortitude and inner strength 

over the time he had left. 

John Aggleton (1976) 

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Fellows 

PHILLIPS, Thomas (JRF, 1963) 

18.04.1937 – 06.08.2022 

Tom Phillips was born in Watford, England, 

outside London. His mother Iris supported 

the family by taking in boarders; his father, 

Joe, had aspired as a young man to become 

a mechanical engineer. From Watford 

Grammar School he secured a full academic 

scholarship to St Edmund Hall, graduating in 

1961 with a First in physics (the most 

prestigious degree). He married his first wife 

Joy in 1961, and started research towards a DPhil at Oxford. 

Early in his career he published research on low-temperature 

solid-state physics, and in 1963 was appointed Junior Research 

Fellow at Jesus. After obtaining his DPhil in 1964 he won a 

postdoctoral position at Stanford University, and in the three 

years following his degree he and Joy had two children. In 1968 

he took up a research position at Bell Laboratories in Murray 

Hill, New Jersey, where he persuaded Nobel laureates Arno 

Penzias and Bob Wilson that he could build a more sensitive 

instrument to detect new molecules in the galaxy. His 

innovations led to the receiver technology that powers 

international observatories on mountaintops and satellites in 

space, opening the field of submillimeter-wave astrophysics to 

the science community worldwide. In 1979 he was appointed 

Professor at the California Institute of Technology, where he 

taught generations of students. In 1986 Tom married his second 

wife, Caltech and JPL astronomer Jocelyn Keene, and they 

raised their daughter Elizabeth while researching and building 

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new observatories. To win the opportunity to build his own 

observatory, he first had to serve as the assistant director of the 

Owens Valley Radio Observatory and finish the array of 

telescopes there. Having done so he won funding for his own 

project, the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory (CSO) on 

Mauna Kea, Hawaii, which made its first observations in 1986. 

He also worked closely with NASA, first by placing instruments 

on the Kuiper Airborne Observatory and subsequently serving 

as the American Principal Investigator for the HIFI instrument 

on the Herschel Space Observatory, which was launched in 

2009. He was a recipient of the Joseph Weber Award of the 

American Astronomical Society, an honorary doctorate from 

the Paris Observatory, and the NASA Exceptional Public 

Service medal. He is survived by his wife Jocelyn, his three 

children, a granddaughter, and his brother Barry. 

With thanks to the Los Angeles Times 

Thomas Phillips was appointed the College’s first Junior Research 

Fellow in 1963. He and his wife, Dr Jocelyn Keene, gifted to the 

College funding for a Junior Research Fellowship in Climate Science 

2020-2023. 

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TAYLOR, Professor Frederic William (Emeritus Fellow) 

24.09.1944 – 16.12.2021 

Fred Taylor was born in Amble, 

Northumberland. His father, William, was 

a joiner who had been wounded in World 

War II, and his mother, Ena, was a teacher. 

In 1949, the family moved to Howick, 

Northumberland, and he was educated at 

The Duke’s School, then an all-boys school 

in Alnwick. After studying Physics at 

the University of Liverpool and graduating 

with a first class BSc, he obtained his DPhil at Jesus 

researching atmospheric physics under the supervision of Sir 

John Houghton. His thesis was on the development of an 

infrared radiometer as prototype for an atmospheric 

temperature sounder to be launched on the NASA Nimbus 

satellite. Having successfully demonstrated the performance of 

the instrument on a high-altitude balloon system, the instrument 

would successfully fly on Nimbus 6 and subsequently on 

planetary exploration missions to Venus and Mars. 

In 1970 he joined the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of the California 

Institute of Technology in Pasadena. He worked on a wide range 

of planetary missions and was selected as Principal Investigator 

of the VORTEX instrument, the first temperature sounder for 

planet Venus, launched on the Pioneer Venus mission in 1978: 

the first British-built hardware to travel to another planet. He 

was also involved in the mission that sent the unmanned 

spacecraft Galileo to study Jupiter and its moons. In 1979, he 

returned to Oxford as Acting Head of the Atmospheric Physics 

Department. He became Reader and Head of Atmospheric 

Physics in 1984 and was appointed to the Halley Professorship in 

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1990. Under his leadership, the department expanded in size 

and significantly broadened the scope of its research into climate 

dynamics, physical oceanography and planetary science, building 

new links with the Met Office and the Institute for 

Oceanographic Sciences. As a result, the department changed 

its title in 1990 to Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics 

(AOPP). He also supervised a large number of DPhil students, 

many of whom continue to work in planetary science. 

Fred remained Halley Professor until his retirement in 2011, 

after which he was a tireless organiser of historic documents 

and instruments in the Dobson Room. His group was involved 

in space missions to study the atmospheres of Earth, Venus, 

Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Titan, as well as Mercury, the Moon, 

and a comet. He was also a prolific writer, publishing twelve 

books on atmospheric physics and popular science. His 

textbooks touch on virtually all aspects of planetary science, and 

he also wrote a very engaging memoir of his life and work. 

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Selected Publications 

Publications listed here are limited to the two most recent items 

submitted by the author or (where relevant) the most recent singleauthored 

and the most recent co-authored item. If all publications are 

co-authored or (co-)edited, only the most recent item is listed. Where 

authors have submitted titles of further publications, [++] is marked after 

the final entry. 

Principal 

SHADBOLT, Sir Nigel 

‘“From so simple a beginning”: species of artificial intelligence’ in AI & 

Society, special issue of Daedalus 151(2) (2022) 

Fellows 

ALTSHULER, Daniel 

co-author, Co-ordination and the Syntax-Discourse Interface (OUP, 2022) 

‘A puzzle about narrative progression and causal reasoning’, in E. Maier 

& A. Stokke (editors), The Language of Fiction (OUP, 2021) [++] 

ANDERSON, Edward 

co-author, ‘Collective synthesis of illudalane sesquiterpenes via cascade 

inverse electron demand (4 + 2) cycloadditions of thiophene S,Sdioxides’, 

Journal of the American Chemical Society 144 (2022) [++] 

BOOTH, Martin 

co-author with Stephen MORRIS, ‘Single-mode sapphire fiber Bragg 

grating’, Optics Express 30(9) (2022) [++] 

BOULANGER, Dorothée 

Fiction as History: Resistance and Complicities in Angolan Postcolonial 

Literature (Legenda, 2022) 

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‘“In the centre of our circle”: 

gender, selfhood and non-linear 

time in Yvonne Vera’s Nehanda’, 

Angelaki 27(3-4) (2022) 

BURROWS, Philip 

co-author, ‘The AWAKE Run 2 

programme and beyond’, 

Symmetry 14 (2022) [++] 

DANCER, Andrew 

co-author, ‘Partial implosions and 

quivers’, Journal of High Energy 

Physics 7 (2022) [++] 

D’ANGOUR, Armand 

‘Meter and music’ in Laura Swift 

(editor), A Companion to Greek 

Lyric (Wiley, 2022) 

‘The music of the Orestes chorus’ 

in Krzysztof Bielawski & 

Włodzimierz Staniewski (editors), 

Eurypides Innowator (Gardzienice, 

2022) 

D’AVRAY, David 

Papal Jurisprudence, 385-1234 

(CUP, 2022) 

‘Rationalities and rationalization’, 

in Alan Sica (editor), The Routledge 

International Handbook on Max 

Weber (Routledge, 2023) 

DERCON, Stefan 

Gambling on Development (Hurst, 


DIAS, Talita de Souza 

Beyond Imperfect Justice: Legality 

and Fair Labelling in International 

Criminal Law (Brill, 2022) 

co-author, ‘Drawing the cyber 

baseline: the applicability of 

existing international law to the 

governance of information and 

communication technologies’, 

International Law Studies 99(4) 

(2022) 

DORAN, Susan 

‘The late raigne of Blessed 

Queene Elizabeth: memory and 

commemoration of Elizabeth I in 

early-Jacobean England’, Groniek 

Historisch Tijdschrift 227 (2021) 

DUNNING, Andrew 

‘Introduzione’ to Il manoscritto 

Douce 390 e 390*: atlante nautico 

Veneziano (Treccani, 2022) 

ENRIQUES, Luca 

co-author, ‘Rewiring law for an 

interconnected world’, Arizona 

Law Review 64 (2022) [++] 

HARRIS, Jonathan 

co-author, Underhill and Hayton 

Law of Trusts and Trustees 

(LexisNexis, 2022) [++] 

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HOLLÄNDER, Georg 

LEHDONVIRTA, Vili 

co-author, ‘A circulating subset of 

iNKT cells mediates antitumor 

and antiviral immunity’, Science 

Immunology 7(76) (2022) [++] 

HULLE, Dirk van 

Genetic Criticism (OUP, 2022) 

‘The intertextual condition’ in 

Catherine Flynn (editor), The New 

Joyce Studies (CUP, 2022) [++] 

INOUYE, K. 

‘Developing the PhD research 

proposal: The role of individual 

contexts in PhDs’ approaches to 

doctoral research and writing’. 

Higher Education (2022) 

co-author, ‘Writing across 

contexts: Relationships between 

doctoral writing and workplace 

writing’. Innovations in Education 

and Teaching International (2022) 

[++] 

LANZINGER, Matthias 

‘The complexity of conjunctive 

queries with degree 2’, ACM 

Symposium on Principles of 

Database Systems (2022) 

co-author, ‘Fast parallel hypertree 

decompositions in logarithmic 

recursion depth’, ACM Symposium 

on Principles of Database Systems 

(2022) [++] 

Cloud Empires: How Digital 

Platforms are Overtaking the State 

and How We Can Regain Control 

(MIT Press, 2022) 

LIDSTER, Amy 

Publishing the History Play in the 

Time of Shakespeare (CUP, 2022) 

MORRIS, Stephen 

co-author with Martin BOOTH, 

‘Single-mode sapphire fiber Bragg 

grating’, Optics Express 30(9) 


PALMER, Tim 

The Primacy of Doubt: From 

Climate Change to Quantum Physics 

(OUP, 2022) 

PHILLIPS, Joshua 

‘How should one read “The 

Reader”? New approaches to 

Virginia Woolf ’s late archive’, 

Textual Cultures 14 (2022) 

‘Virginia Woolf ’, The Year’s Work 

in English Studies, 99 (2021) 

PIERREHUMBERT, Raymond 

Planetary Systems: A Very Short 

Introduction (OUP, 2021) 

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RADU, Roxana 

co-author, ‘Digital footprints as 

barriers for accessing 

e-government services’, Global 

Policy (2022) [++] 

SCOTT, Hamish † 

‘Early modern history: its present 

and its past’, Canadian Journal of 

History 57(2) (2022) 

‘Aristocrats and nobles’, in Erin 

Griffey (editor), Early Modern 

Court Culture (Routledge, 2022) 

[++] 

SEDGWICK, Adam 

co-author, ‘A fluorescent probe 

strategy for the detection and 

discrimination of hydrogen 

peroxide and peroxynitrite in 

cells’, Chemical Communications 


SHAPLAND, Andrew 

Human-Animal Relations in Bronze 

Age Crete (CUP, 2022) 

‘Curating the Macedonian 

campaign’ in P. Cornish & N.J. 

Saunders (editors), Curating the 

Great War (Routledge, 2022) 

SIRAJ, Iram 

co-author, ‘Exploring children’s 

exposure to voice assistants and 

their ontological 

conceptualizations of life and 

technology’ AI & Society (2022) 

[++] 

WHITE, Stuart 

Labour, Pluralism and Creative 

Constitutionalism (Compass, 2022) 

‘The referendum and the UK’s 

constitution: from Parliamentary 

to popular sovereignty?’, 

Parliamentary Affairs 75(2) (2022) 

[++] 

WILKINSON, Dominic 

co-author, ‘Ethical issues and 

decision making for children’, in 

Katherine Wasson & Mark 

Kuczewski (editors), Thorny Issues 

in Clinical Ethics Consultation 

(Springer, 2022) [++] 

WILLIAMS, Matthew 

Judges and the Language of Law 

(Palgrave Macmillan, 2022) 

WILLIS, David 

co-author (with Simon HASLETT, 

former Visiting Fellow): ‘The ‘lost’ 

islands of Cardigan Bay, Wales, 

UK’, Atlantic Geoscience 58 (2022) 

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‘Welsh and English in Breconshire 

from the seventeenth to the 

nineteenth centuries’, Brycheiniog 

53 (2022) [++] 

Emeritus Fellows 

BOSWORTH, Richard 

‘Benito Mussolini: 100 years on’ in 

Andrea Di Michele & Filippo 

Focardi (editors), Rethinking 

Fascism (De Gruyter, 2022) 

CALDWELL, John 

Historia de Sancta Mildretha 

(Institute of Mediaeval Music, 

2021) 

CHARLES-EDWARDS, Thomas 

‘Origin legends in Ireland and 

Celtic Britain’, in L. Brady & P. 

Wadden (editors), Origin Legends 

in Early Medieval Western Europe 

(Brill, 2022) 

‘The textual tradition of Llyfr 

Iorwerth revisited, or why both J. 

Gwenogvryn Evans and Daniel 

Huws may be right’, in S.E. 

Roberts, S. Rodway, & A. 

Falileyev (editors), Cyfarwydd 

mewn Cyfraith (Welsh Legal 

History Society, 2022) [++] 

JACOBS, Nicolas 

‘Gort na gCapall’, Oxford 

Magazine, 0th Week Trinity 2022 

LALLJEE, Mansur 

co-author, ‘The Morality-Agency- 

Communion (MAC) model of 

respect and liking’, European 

Journal of Social Psychology 51 

(2021) 

MIRFIELD, Peter 

contributing editor, Hodge M. 

Malek (editor), Phipson on 

Evidence (Sweet & Maxwell, 2022) 

SAMMONS, Pamela 

co-author, ‘The art of “being 

positive”: narratives of 

transcendence and determination 

in a comparative study of teacher 

professional identities in state and 

private schools in mainland 

China’, Teachers and Teaching 


SYLVA, Kathy 

co-author with Pamela 

SAMMONS, ‘Investigating the 

reliability and validity of the 

Toddler Home Learning 

Environment (THLE) scale’, 

Frontiers in Educational Assessment, 

Testing, and Applied Measurement 

(2021) [++] 

VICKERS, Michael 

co-editor, Two Cemeteries at 

Takhtidziri (Georgia) Late 

Achaemenid–Early Hellenistic and 

Late Hellenistic–Early Roman 

(Archaeopress, 2022) 

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Honorary Fellows 

LEWIS, Sir David T.R. 

The Rhŷs, Rice and Dynevor Families 

of Dinefwr Castle and Newton 

House (2022) 

Visiting Fellows 

HASLETT, Simon 

co-author (with David WILLIS): 

‘The ‘lost’ islands of Cardigan Bay, 

Wales, UK’, Atlantic Geoscience 58 


‘Locating Eglwys-y-rhiw in 

Cardigan Bay and its implications 

for estimating coastal retreat’, 

Ceredigion: Journal of the 

Ceredigion Historical Society 19(1) 


Lecturers 

CAVETT, Esther 

‘Desire, gratification and the 

moment: a music analytical and 

psychological enquiry into the role 

of repetition in the music of 

Howard Skempton’ 

Interdisciplinary Science Reviews 

47(2) (2022) 

MASTORIDIS, Sotiris 

co-author, ‘Visceral-tosubcutaneous 

fat ratio exhibits 

strongest association with early 

post-operative outcomes in 

patients undergoing surgery for 

advanced rectal cancer’, 

International Journal of Colorectal 

Disease (2022) [++] 

WABITSCH, Alena 

co-author, ‘Central bank 

communication with non-experts: 

a road to nowhere?’ Journal of 

Monetary Economics 127 (2022) 

WINEARLS, Christopher 

co-author, ‘An analysis of vascular 

access thrombosis events from 

the Proactive IV Iron Therapy in 

hemodialysis patients trial’, Kidney 

International Reports 7(8) (2022) 

[++] 

Old Members 

CARTY, Roland Kenneth (1966) 

The Government Party: Political 

Dominance in Democracy (OUP, 


208

CHURCH, Michael (1960) 

Musics Lost and Found: Song 

Collectors and the Life and Death 

of Folk Tradition (Boydell & 

Brewer, 2021) 

CRABB, Steve (1982) 

Queen’s Park: A History (History 

Press, 2022) 

DAVIES, Roy (1959) 

co-editor, Advanced Methods and 

Deep Learning in Computer Vision 

(Elsevier, 2022) 

DILNOT, Alan (1960) 

‘By me William Shakspeare’: 

A Study of Shakespeare’s 

Handwriting and Identity 

(Grayswood, 2020) 

DUTTON, Yasin (1971) 

Early Islam in Medina 

(Bloomsbury, 2022) 

‘The form of the Qur’an: 

historical contours’ in Mustafa 

Shah & Muhammad Abdel 

Haleem (editors), The Oxford 

Handbook of Qur’anic Studies 

(OUP, 2020) 

HARVEY, Alex (1983) 

Song Noir (Reaktion Books, 2022) 

Essays, London Review of Books 

and Los Angeles Review of Books. 

JONES, Tobias (1992) 

The Po (Head of Zeus, 2022) 

LIN, Chia-Shu (2007) 

Dental Neuroimaging (Wiley- 

Blackwell, 2021) 

MASON, Peter (1970) 

Ulisse Aldrovandi, Naturalist and 

Collector (Reaktion, forthcoming) 

MATHIAS, Glyn (1963) 

A Last Respect: The Roland Mathias 

Prize Anthology of Contemporary 

Poetry (Seren, 2020) 

MOLONEY, Catherine (1983) 

Crime in the Crypt (Joffe, 2021) 

MUTTUKUMARU, Christopher 

(1970) 

‘Two perennial Parliamentary 

problems: propriety in public life 

and Parliamentary sovereignty’, 

Graya 135 (2022) 

PALEIT, Edward (1992) 

co-editor, Thomas May: Lucan’s 

Pharsalia (MHRA, 2020) 

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PICKERING, James (2011) 

Ultrafast Lasers and Optics for 

Experimentalists (Institute of 

Physics Publishing, 2021) 

PRICE, Huw (1976) 

Writing Welsh History (OUP, 2022) 

ROACH, Paul James (1970) 

Unity and World Religions 

(Unity, 2022) 

ROBERTS, Gareth Ffowc (1964) 

For the Recorde: A History of Welsh 

Mathematical Greats (University 

of Wales Press, 2022) 

Archivist 

DARWALL-SMITH, Robin 

co-editor, The Unloved Century: 

Georgian Oxford Reassessed, 

History of Universities 35(1) 


‘More than Mengs: the chapel 

between Thornhill and Scott’ in 

Peregrine Horden (editor), The 

Reredos of All Souls College, Oxford 

(Ad Ilissum, 2021) 

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Honours, Awards and Qualifications 

1960s 

CARTY, Roland Kenneth (1966, PPE) 

With his wife, Elaine Carty (CM OBC), granted an Honorary 

Doctorate of Letters by the University of New Brunswick. 

1980s 

PALMER, Richard (1981, Physics) 

Highly Commended (runner up) in the British Yachting Awards 

Pataenius Sailor of the Year. 

2000s 

LEWIS, Lly^r Gwyn (2009, Mst Celtic Studies) 

Winner of the Ceredigion Eisteddfod Chair. 

Fellows 

PALMER, Timothy 

Inducted into the United States National Academy of Sciences as 

International Member. 

FLAXMAN, Seth 

The SPI-M-O Award for Modelling and Data Support (SAMDS), given 

to those in recognition of exceptional contribution to the work of the 

Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling outside of their 

usual work activity. 

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Appointments 

1960s 

JOHNSON, Roderick Stowers KC (1966, Literae Humaniores) 

Appointed joint Head of Goldsmith Chambers, London. 

1970s 

WARD CBE, Graham (1970, Chemistry) 

Elected a Fellow of Goodenough College. 

WILLIS, David (1977, Jurisprudence) 

Elected a Fellow of Queen Mary University of London. 

Principal 

SHADBOLT, Sir Nigel 

Elected a Fellow of Goodenough College. 

Fellows 

CLAVIN, Patricia 

Appointed to Statutory Chair in Modern History and 

Professorial Fellow of Worcester College. 

TURNER, Marion 

Appointed to the J. R. R. Tolkien Professorship of English Literature 

and Language in the Faculty of English Language and Literature. 

Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall. 

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Marriages & Civil Partnerships 

BRADSHAW, Christopher (2007) 

to McKAY, Olivia 23.07.2022 

BRUN, Juan-Enrique Manosalva (2018) 

to LINARES, Maria Cielo 17.06.2022 

BUSHELL, Olivia (2012) 

to WILSON, Andrew (2012) 17.09.2022 

FROST, Natasha Mary (2010) 

to CARTER, Samuel John Burnett 23.07.2022 

HANSON, Olivia (2009) 

to TRAFFORD, Robert (2008) 15.01.2022 

JAMES, Christina (1983) 

to SMITH, Patrick Michael Bryan 30.10.2021 

LIWA, Marcin (2011) 

to NYIKOS, Elizabeth 19.09.2022 

MacGREGOR, Nicola (2003) 

to DAVIES, Philip James 18.04.2022 

MORGAN, David (2007) 

to MORGAN, Nadine 14.07.2018 

MYINT, Katie (2009) 

to SMITH, Timothy (2009) 09.07.2022 

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NIXON, Rachel (1997) 

to NIXON, Lee 12.12.2020 

PUGH, Rosie (2011) 

to HOPES, Rhodri (2010) 10.09.2022 

Blessings 

ARRAS, Marie-Virginie (2022) 

and JONGERIUS, Nick (2011) 06.08.2022 

MINIHAN, Clive (1973) 

and MINIHAN Heather 26.03.2022 

Births 

BLUES, Rebecca (2004, née Rigby) and 

BLUES, Richard (2004) 

a daughter, Charlotte Minnie 26.04.2017 

a son, Max William 01.07.2019 

CROW, Robert (1995) 

a son, Rohan William Dalzell 30.10.2019 

a son, Edward Ethan Dalzell 30.10.2019 

JOHNSTON, Katherine (2005) and 

NAZARUK, Alexander (2006) 

a son, Leonid Lochlan James 30.11.2021 

MACGREGOR, Nicola (2003) 

a son, Harry Nye MacGregor-Davies 01.04.2019 

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MORGAN, David (2007) and Nadine 

a daughter, Sofia Mira 27.01.2020 

WILSON, Peter (2006) 

a son, Kit Bruce Goddard 30.10.2018 

a daughter, Sadie Ruth Capell 06.11.2020 

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In Memoriam 

In cases where the date of death is not publicly available, the date of 

notification only is listed below; correspondents are requested to 

provide accurate dates where possible. 

1940s 

BAYLISS, Peter Henry (1948) 17.04.2021 

BEGG, Ean Cochrane Macinnes (1949) 01.10.2018 

DANIELS FRSC FRSA FInstP, James (Jim) Maurice (1942) 12.06.2016 

DAVIS, Alan (1949) 11.2021 

EVANS, Robert Glyn (1948) 25.01.2021 

JONES, Harry (1946) notified 10.02.2022 

LINEKER, Roger Frederick (1947) Jul 2016 

LLOYD JONES, Gareth (1944) notified 02.09.2022 

MILLER DM FRCP, Graham Austin Herrock (1948) 17.01.2022 

THOMAS, Alun Gwyn (1948) 20.11.2022 

WILLAN, Richard Lawrence (1947) 08.08.2022 

1950s 

DICKEY, John Wallis (1950) 01.06.2022 

GOUGH MinstP, Dr William (Bill) (1957) notified 21.12.2022 

GUINNESS, (Richard) Giles (1954) 01.2021 

HODSON, Walter Leighton Ronald (1953) 25.06.2017 

HOPSON, David Morgan (1952) notified 04.08.2022 

LLOYD OBE, Howell Arnold (1958) 20.05.2022 

McGUIRE, James Edward (1959) 12.05.2022 

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McMANN, The Revd Duncan (1952) 17.11.2022 

MOORE, Norman John (1955) 18.04.2022 

MOSELEY, David Victor (1957) 16.07.2021 

ROSE, Dennis John (1958) notified 21.09.2022 

RUSSELL, Arthur Christie (1953) notified 09.09.2022 

RUSSELL, Norman (1954) 16.05.2022 

SHARP (CBE), Thomas (1951) 20.08.2021 

SYMES, David Gilyard (1953) 13.11.2022 

THOULESS, Martin Herbert (1950) 12.12.2021 

TIBBOTT, Delwyn (1957) 08.11.2021 

TOTTY, Peter Garstang (1958) 03.2022 

WAGLAND, Phillip John (1956) 21.03.2022 

1960s 

COOPER, Christopher Richard Havelock (1964) 05.04.2022 

DE SA, Derek (1963) notified 07.03.2022 

GEALY, Walford Lloyd (1962) 15.03.2022 

GREEN, Trevor (1967) 02.02.2022 

HARVEY, Julian Edmund (1961) 13.03.2020 

MONK, David Alec George (1962 & Honorary Fellow) 19.06.2022 

MURPHY, Christopher Robert (1967) 17.04.2022 

OGILVIE, Robert Victor (1962) 11.10.2022 

PIDCOCK, John Nigel Edward (1963) 12.2021 

SAXON OBE FRSE, David Harold (1966) 23.01.2022 

SIMKIN, Alan (1967) 30.11.2022 

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1970s 

BARRY, Kevin (1979) notified 06.10.2022 

WINSTANLEY, Philip John (1970) 20.05.2014 

1980s 

BISHOP, Andrew John (1987) 21.12.2021 

MURPHY, Lynda Jane (1987) 07.12.2021 

SHERIDAN, Sean (1987) 01.11.2022 

STACEY, Simon Layton (1985) notified 02.08.2022 

2000s 

AGGLETON, Hugh Simon (2003) 14.08.2022 

Fellows and Staff 

FOSTER, Sir Christopher (Honorary Fellow) 18.02.2022 

PHILLIPS, Thomas Gould (former Junior Research Fellow) 06.08.2022 

SCOTT, Hamish (Senior Research Fellow) 06.12.2022 

WALSH, John Dixon (Emeritus Fellow) 03.11.2022 

John Walsh, Fellow and Tutor in History 1958-1992, Senior Research Fellow 

1992-1994, and Emeritus Fellow since 1994, died on 3 November 2022 

shortly before this issue of the Record went to print. Tributes will appear in 

next year’s Jesus News and a full obituary in the Record. The College will 

fundraise for an endowed Undergraduate Bursary in History in John’s name 

in 2023. If you would like to support the bursary or hear more about this 

new fund please email brittany.wellnerjames@jesus.ox.ac.uk. 

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Photo: Jude Eades.

Useful Information 

Visiting College 

Alumni and their guests are welcome to come and visit College. 

However, there are occasions on which College will be unable 

to accommodate visits owing to College closures, graduations 

etc. In order for us to ensure that we can accommodate your 

visit on your intended date, please email alumni@jesus.ox.ac.uk 

at least a week in advance to avoid disappointment. 

Degree Ceremonies 

The University has re-commenced in-person graduation 

ceremonies. Our current students are given preference when 

booking ceremonies, with alumni who have not yet collected 

their degrees being added to a waiting list. To register your 

interest in having your degree conferred, or to apply for your 

honorary MA either in absentia or in person, please email 

degree_day@jesus.ox.ac.uk with your full name at 

matriculation, matriculation year and subject, degree to be 

conferred, and a current postal address. We try to respond to 

all queries within a week. 

Alumni Website 

The alumni pages of the College website contain information on 

all events, ways of keeping in touch, news, useful links and more. 

They are updated regularly and are available at 

www.alumniweb.ox.ac.uk/jesus. 

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Gaudies 

We were delighted to have recommenced our Gaudies in 2022, 

and look forward to hosting these much-anticipated occasions 

again in 2023. Invitations will be sent via email to those in the 

year groups selected. To make sure you don’t miss out on your 

Gaudy invitation, please subscribe to our events emails. You 

can do this once you have logged in to your alumni account 

(www.alumniweb.ox.ac.uk/jesus/login) or by emailing 

events@jesus.ox.ac.uk. 

Updating your details 

If you have moved or changed your contact details, please email 

alumni@jesus.ox.ac.uk, or complete the Update Form on the 

website. If you would like your news to go into the next edition 

of the Record, the deadline for entries is 31 October 2023. 

Transcripts and Certificates 

If you require proof of your exam results or a transcript of your 

qualifications for a job application or continuing education 

purposes and you commenced your course before Michaelmas 

Term 2007, please contact the College’s Academic Office by 

email at academic.office@jesus.ox.ac.uk. If you commenced 

your course from Michaelmas Term 2007 onwards, you will 

have received a transcript in the post at the end of your course. 

If you need a replacement, please visit the online shop for latest 

service updates: 

www.oxforduniversitystores.co.uk/product-catalogue/ 

degree-conferrals. 

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Dining in College 

College is delighted to welcome alumni back to College to dine 

in Hall on Sunday nights during Full Term time. Please email 

alumni@jesus.ox.ac.uk to enquire about availability at least a 

week in advance of your intended date. 

Bed & Breakfast 

College has now re-opened for bed and breakfast bookings. 

Old Members can book via the website: 

www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/visitors/accommodation. A discounted 

rate is available if you enter the promotional code OM1571. 

Availability is uploaded three months in advance. If no rooms 

are bookable, we are unable to offer accommodation during 

this period. Availability during term time is unlikely, owing to the 

need to accommodate students. Details of the facilities are 

available on the website. 

The Chapel 

The Chaplain is pleased to welcome Old Members to Chapel 

services. A full list of dates and times is included on the Chapel 

page of the website www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/about/jesus-collegechapel. 

Old Members can also enjoy virtual services on the 

Chapel’s new YouTube channel: 

www.youtube.com/channel/UC4Owe0If6rW6RZgMhdmt7vg. 

Old Members may be married in the College Chapel under 

certain conditions. For information, please read the Marriage 

Policy Document available online. The College charges the fee 

set by the Church of England for holding marriage ceremonies in 

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the Chapel. For enquiries regarding the Chapel, please contact 

the Chaplain, Chris Dingwall-Jones, by emailing 

chaplain@jesus.ox.ac.uk. 

Social Media 

Social media provides opportunities for alumni to keep in touch 

with the College, and to find out about news and events. To join 

Facebook, search on Facebook for Jesus College and click on 

‘Jesus College, Oxford – Alumni’ (www.facebook.com/jesus.alumni). 

Our Instagram handle is jesuscollegeoxford, and our YouTube 

channel is Jesus College Alumni. There is also a group on 

LinkedIn: go to www.linkedin.com and search for ‘Jesus College 

Alumni’. The College also has a Twitter account 

(@JesusOxford). 

Merchandise 

Current College merchandise is on sale at the Lodge, or via the 

College store online: 

thecollegestore.co.uk/collections/jesus-college. 

Please email alumni@jesus.ox.ac.uk for more details. 

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