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17 December 2021

St Hugh’s alumna, The Rt Hon Baroness Heather Hallett DBE PC has been appointed to lead the public inquiry into the Covid-19 pandemic
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has chosen Honorary Fellow and St Hugh’s alumna, The Rt Hon Baroness Heather Hallett DBE PC (Jurisprudence, 1968) to chair the public inquiry into the COVID-19 pandemic. Baroness Hallett will begin work on setting the inquiry’s terms of reference in January 2022, with the inquiry due to begin in the spring. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: 'I want to thank Baroness Hallett f...
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10 December 2021
Professor Anne Hudson (English Language & Literature, 1957), Honorary Fellow and St Hugh’s alumna, has died
It is with the deepest sorrow that the College has learnt of the death of Honorary Fellow Professor Anne Hudson (1938–2021), who studied English at ...
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6 December 2021
St Hugh’s alumna, Aung San Suu Kyi, sentenced to imprisonment
The College is deeply concerned to hear about the imprisonment for four years (subsequently reduced to two years) of our alumna, Aung San Suu Kyi, on ...
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6 December 2021
St Hugh’s Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
We were delighted to be able to hold a Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols in person at the College this year. If you were not able to attend and woul...
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3 December 2021
St Hugh’s celebrates Hanukkah 2021
Students and staff were delighted to be able to celebrate Hanukkah last night with St Hugh's Tutor in Law; Vice Principal, Professor Joshua Getzler, w...
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29 November 2021
Professor McMahon launches 2021/22 lecture series with thought-provoking session
On 10 November 2021, we were delighted to welcome alumni, students, academics, staff and friends from across the world to our first online lecture for...
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29 November 2021
Oxmas arrives at St Hugh’s!
Oxmas arrived at College on Friday 26 November with a special event to decorate the Christmas tree. Students and staff enjoyed singing carols with St ...
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24 November 2021
St Hugh’s College welcomes pupils from the Kingsgen Foundation
St Hugh’s recently welcomed 45 school pupils aged between 14 and 17 years old from the Kent area, as part of its outreach work with the Kingsgen Fou...
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22 November 2021
Home Secretary appoints Chair to Sarah Everard inquiry
The Home Secretary has made the following statement this afternoon: "Rt Hon Dame Elish Angiolini QC will lead...
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17 November 2021
St Hugh’s lights up as students and staff enjoy fireworks display
St Hugh's Principal, Dame Elish, welcomed students and staff to a wonderful evening of food and fireworks last week - the first all College event this...
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17 November 2021
Congratulations to Professor Elizabeth Eva Leach FBA on receiving the Roland Jackson Award
We are delighted to announce that a Music Analysis publication, “Do Trouvère Melodies Mean Anything?” by St Hugh's Tutorial Fellow in Mus...
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17 November 2021
JCR students welcome some four-legged friends to St Hughs!
St Hugh's JCR organised and funded a packed Welfare Week programme during 5th week of Michaelmas Term which included a visit by a group of  alpacas. ...
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25 October 2021
Prize winning book co-edited by St Hugh’s Fellow Professor Peter Mitchell
Congratulations to Professor Peter Mitchell, Tutorial Fellow in Archaeology, for being co-editor of The Oxford Encyclopedia of African Historiogra...
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21 October 2021
Black History Month Profile
Sir Lesley McCarthy: A Pioneer of Africanisation of the Senior Civil Service in the Gold Coast by Margaret Esiri, Emeritus Fellow ...
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18 October 2021
Congratulations to Professor Erin Saupe on being awarded the Philip Leverhulme Prize 2021
We are delighted to announce that College Fellow, Professor Erin Saupe has been awarded the Philip Leverhulme Prize 2021 in recognition of her excepti...
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14 October 2021
St Hugh’s Fellows named Turing Fellows for the 2021/22 academic year
Congratulations to St Hugh's Fellows, Professor Alessandro Abate, Tutorial Fellow in Computer Science, and Professor Rafael Perera, Fellow in Medical ...
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14 October 2021
Black History Month Profile
Samuel Edward Krune Loliwe Ngxekengxeke Mqhayi: A great twentieth century writer by Professor Peter D. McDonald, Tutorial Fellow in English
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13 October 2021
St Hugh’s hosts exhibition featuring the photography of Nancy Sheung (1914-1979)
St Hugh's is delighted to be hosting an exhibition featuring the photography of Nancy Sheung in the College's Hamlin Gallery from Friday 15 October un...
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12 October 2021
St Hugh’s Honorary Fellow and friend, Geneviève Adams, has died
It is with the deepest sorrow that the College has learnt of the death of our treasured former colleague and friend, Geneviève Adams, who had  been ...
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12 October 2021
St Hugh’s announces the winners of the Julia Wood Prize, 2021
This year there was again a record number of entries: 387. The prize was awarded to Kitty Dallas, in the Lower Sixth at St Paul’s Girls’ School, f...
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12 October 2021
St Hugh’s announces the winners of the Mary Renault Prize 2021
This year we again had an excellent selection of essays on many different aspects of classical reception, with a strong international field. The first...
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7 October 2021
Black History Month Profile
Septimius Severus: African Roman Emperor, legislator and judge By Professor Joshua Getzler and Professor Mike Macnair, Tutors in Law
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6 October 2021
St Hugh’s Alumni Association celebrates the life and legacy of Barbara Castle
On 18 September 2021, the St Hugh’s Alumni Association was delighted to host a virtual symposium celebrating the life and legacy of St Hugh’s alum...
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30 September 2021
Black History Month Profile
Phillis Wheatley: A Pioneering African-American Poet by David Taylor, Fellow in English Literature   Phillis Wheatley (175...
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27 September 2021
St Hugh’s DPhil student wins prestigious Vice Chancellor’s Social Impact Award
Congratulations to Carla V. Fuenteslópez who has been awarded the accolade for her outstanding commitment to soci...
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10 September 2021
St Hugh’s open its doors
St Hugh's will open to the public as part of Oxford Open Doors which celebrates Oxford’s heritage and culture by giving people the chance to get beh...
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3 September 2021
St Hugh’s Vice Principal visits statue of Emily Wilding Davison
College Vice-Principal Professor George Garnett together with his dog Lily recently visited the 2018 statue of Emily Wilding Davison, in Carlisle Park...
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3 September 2021
Virtual Information Afternoon for state school sixth formers with Back, Asian, or Minority Ethnic heritage
As part of our commitment to supporting applicants from all backgrounds, and in conjunction with the Oxford University Virtual Open Day on Friday 17 ...
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26 July 2021
St Hugh’s appoints Professor Robert Vilain as Senior Tutor
Professor Robert Vilain joins St Hugh’s from the University of Bristol, where he has been Professor of German and Comparative Literature since 2010 ...
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8 July 2021
Oxford golf team retain Fox-Powell Trophy
Congratulations to the team from the University of Oxford for winning the Fox-Powell Trophy in a closely contested match against the University of Cam...
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7 July 2021
St Hugh’s student wins 2021 Henfrey Prize for Composition
Jonty Lefroy Watt (Music, 2018) has been awarded the Henfrey Prize for Composition 2021. Jonty set to music the words of fellow St Hugh's student Anni...
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